settima

1960s

荒野のダッチワイフ [Kōya no dacchi waifu / Dutch Wife of the Wasteland] (Atsushi Yamatoya, 1967)

Dec

13

ice cream

荒野のダッチワイフ (1967)

A young woman in profile, almost a silhouette, eats ice cream. DP: Hajime Kai.

Roj [The Swarm] (Miodrag 'Mića' Popović, 1966)

Dec

12

International Day of Neutrality

Roj (1966)

The judge and the woman. DP: Milorad Marković.

Trying to stay out of conflict on the International Day of Neutrality.

Les abysses [The Depths] (Nikos Papatakis, 1963)

Dec

2

sister's birthday

Les abysses (1963)

Michèle and Marie-Louise (real-life sisters Francine and Colette Bergé) as the real-life Papin sisters in their shared bedroom. DP: Jean-Michel Boussaguet.

Sisters for [OP's] sister's birthday.

Il mare [The Sea] (Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, 1962)

Dec

1

Il mare (1962)

The actor (Umberto Orsini) and the boy (Dino Mele) in a restaurant. It's out of season and deserted. DP: Ennio Guarnieri.

Mélodie en sous-sol [Any Number Can Win] (Henri Verneuil, 1963)

Nov

22

banquet

Mélodie en sous-sol (1963)

Backstage at the Cannes casino, stars and stagehands enjoy their well-deserved end-of-season banquet. Just walking in front of the showgirls is piano player Sam (Jimmy Davis). DP: Louis Page.

Divorzio all'italiana [Divorce Italian Style] (Pietro Germi, 1961)

Nov

9

Divorzio all'italiana (1961)

Ferdinando Cefalù (Mastroianni), all handsome and bored, at a table set with food and wine for one. DPs: Leonida Barboni & Carlo Di Palma.

Compartiment tueurs [The Sleeping Car Murder] (Costa-Gavras, 1965)

Nov

8

Compartiment tueurs (1965)

Eliane Darrès (Simone Signoret) – comédienne, by herself – takes a long hard look at her table-set-for-two. DP: Jean Tournier.

The Gruesome Twosome (Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1967)

Sep

14

chicken

The Gruesome Twosome (1967)

Teenage girls at a pajama party, dance, munch on the Colonel's chicken, and read the March 27, 1967 newspaper. DP: Roy Collodi.

The Black Cat (Harold Hoffman, 1966)

Sep

9

The Black Cat (1966)

A sad blonde (Robyn Baker) with her perfectly coiffed head on her perfectly set table. DP: Walter Schenk.

El esqueleto de la señora Morales [Skeleton of Mrs. Morales] (Rogelio A. González, 1960)

Sep

6

El esqueleto de la señora Morales (1960)

Señora Morales (Amparo Rivelles) looks on in horror while señor Morales (Arturo de Córdova) enjoys his meal. DP: Víctor Herrera.