Wśród nocnej ciszy [Quiet Is the Night] (Tadeusz Chmielewski, 1978)
Sep
14
A young student sits on the ledge of a barge, looking up at another man. DP: Jerzy Szurowski.
Il pleut sur Santiago [Rain over Santiago] (Helvio Soto, 1975)
Sep
11
1973
Naicho Petrov as Chilean president Salvador Allende. DP: Georges Barsky .
“Tot dusver had ik mij steeds vrij tevreden met het leven gevoeld, zonder er wonderen van te verwachten. Die morgen geloofde ik, dat het voor een mens niet onmogelijk is gelukkig te zijn, kortstondig gelukkig misschien, maar gelukkig onmiskenbaar.”
De komst van Joachim Stiller [The Arrival of Joachim Stiller] (Harry Kümel, 1976)
Sep
11
1919
The mysterious letter postmarked September 11, 1919 that one day landed on Freek Groenevelt's (Hugo Metsers) doormat. DP: Eduard van der Enden.
– Hubert Lampo, De komst van Joachim Stiller (1960)
“Monday 3 September 1973, Munich – airport; Wednesday 5 September 1973, Barcelona, 12 a.m. – Parque Communal, – Umbraculo; Friday 7 September 1973, pick up Lucy; Monday 10 September 1973, Melina – 3 p.m. Plaza de la Iglesia, S. Ferdinando; Tuesday 11 September 1973, Daisy, 6 p.m. – Osuna, Hotel de la Gloria; Thursday 13 September 1973, 47-22, including SM, $40; Sunday 16 September 1973, care Daisy in Madrid.”
Professione: reporter [The Passenger] (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975)
Sep
10
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The girl (Maria Schneider) reads out Locke's (Jack Nicholson) calendar: “at three o'clock on the ten of September, don't forget”. DP: Luciano Tovoli.
The reporter keeps a detailed calendar with many, many dates to pick from:
Die Delegation – Eine utopische Reportage [The Delegation] (Rainer Erler, 1970)
Sep
9
0 h 20 GMT
Reporter Will Roczinski (Walter Kohut) picks up mysterieus signals through the ether (via). DP: Charly Steinberger.
We watch the final report by Will Roczinski, who sadly died in a car crash while working on a TV documentary about UFOs and the like. A fascinating early “faux footage” film from the BRD. One can only wonder how the average West German processed the fantastic premise.
И дойде денят [I doyde denyat / And the Day Came] (Georgi Djulgerov, 1973)
Sep
9
1944
Mustafa (Plamen Maslarov) running. DP: Radoslav Spassov.
Nuits rouges [L'homme sans visage / Shadowman] (Georges Franju, 1974)
Sep
6
A faceless man in black wearing a red balaclava (Jacques Champreux) holds his right wrist, which is bleeding profusely. DP: Guido Bertoni.
Flic Story [Cop Story] (Jacques Deray, 1975)
Sep
3
1947
A close-up of a man's feet hastily walking along a corridor. Superimposed it reads 3 SEPTEMBRE 1974. DP: Jean-Jacques Tarbès.
Red [The Red Half-Breed / Red the Half Breed] (Gilles Carle, 1970)
Sep
2
A counter at a Québécois branch of the Banque de Montréal – oddly enough using its English-language name. A wall calender reads September 2. DP: Bernard Chentrier.
La horse [Horse] (Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1970)
Aug
28
1923
Francis Grutti's (Armando Francioli) ID, handled by someone wielding a large stamp. His birthday is August 28, 1923. DP: Walter Wottitz.