Mélodie en sous-sol [Any Number Can Win] (Henri Verneuil, 1963)
Sep
6
Tue
Mario (Henri Virlojeux), bathhouse proprietor. A nearby wall calendar reads mardi, septembre 6. DP: Louis Page.
Mélodie en sous-sol [Any Number Can Win] (Henri Verneuil, 1963)
Sep
6
Tue
Mario (Henri Virlojeux), bathhouse proprietor. A nearby wall calendar reads mardi, septembre 6. DP: Louis Page.
“We've been to Haunted Hills, and through Tinglers, and even Ghosts... but now we're going to meet a group of people who just happen to be… Homicidal.”Homicidal (William Castle, 1961)
Sep
6
Man's hands hold a picture of Emily (Joan Marshall). DP: Burnett Guffey.
– William Castle, introduction
Le vampire de Düsseldorf [The Vampire of Dusseldorf] (Robert Hossein, 1965)
Sep
5
Robert Hossein as Peter Kuerten [sic]. DP: Alain Levent.
Человечка нарисовал я [Chelovechka narisoval ya / It Was I Who Drew the Little Man] (Valentin Lalayants, Zinaida Brumberg + Valentina Brumberg, 1960)
Sep
1
День знаний
Mesmerised schoolboy Fedya holds up a huge bubble. DP: Elena Petrova.
On September 1, also known as Knowledge Day (День знаний) in Russia, an enthusiastic schoolboy draws a little man on the classroom wall, and causes a whole lot of trouble.
Happy End (Oldřich Lipský, 1967)
Sep
1
1889
Butcher Bedřich Frydrych (Oldřich Lipský), born September 1, 1889 in Trumberk. DP: Vladimír Novotný.
“Life is a messy weapon.”Shock Corridor (Samuel Fuller, 1963)
Aug
30
1954
Inpatient Stuart (James Best) in one of the many scenes that appear to bear some of the seeds of Mark Frost & David Lynch's Twin Peaks (1990–1991). DPs: Stanley Cortez & Samuel Fuller.
– Pagliacci
“Everything is rotten. Decadence is everywhere. Why fight it?”Les créatures [The Creatures] (Agnès Varda, 1966)
Aug
29
Mylène (Catherine Deneuve) and Edgar (Michel Piccoli) Piccoli playing checkers at a small table. DPs: Willy Kurant, William Lubtchansky & Jean Orjollet.
“Remember love, remember love
Love is what it takes to dream”
Bed Peace [John and Yoko: The Bed-In] (John Lennon + Yoko Ono, 1969)
Aug
27
white
John and Yoko in their bed, all dressed in white, framed by flowers. DP: Nicholas D. Knowland.
White, in food or fashion*
– Yoko Ono, Remember Love (1969)
While the press expected the newlyweds' “bed-in” to be a scandalous nude affair, the two lovers showed up all in white – like angels, as John put it. Surrounded by journalists and friends, John and Yoko imaged peace.
* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for August is not date-related but lists, for the most part, the colours of the rainbow.
“These people have faith in me, and I have faith in their faith.”
Guide [The Guide] (Vijay Anand, 1965)
Aug
20
fasting
A scruffy looking Raju (Dev Anand) wearing the orange shawl of a holy man. DP: Fali Mistry.
Ramadan [on the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, not mid-August]: someone atones or fasts*
– Swami Ji
Due to a simple misunderstanding, a farmer mistakes tour guide Raju for a holy man. When drought hits the land, the village fool tells the townspeople that Raju, now known as Swami Ji, will fast for twelve days to bring the rain. During his reluctant fast, Raju undergoes a spiritual transformation.
* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for August is not date-related but lists, for the most part, the colours of the rainbow.
“Marge, my love, my angel.”Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960)
Aug
20
1959
A contract for Marge, a sailboat, dated August 20, 1959. DP: Henri Decaë.