Emperor of the North Pole (Robert Aldrich, 1973)

Oct

25

Lobbycard. The blurb reads: “The battle for the title of “Emperor of the North Pole” begins between Shack (ERNEST BORGNINE) and A-No. 1 (LEE MARVIN)“. DP: Joseph F. Biroc.

“Stay off the tracks. Forget it. Its a bum's world for a bum.”

– Shack

#FilmDuJour #October #RobertAldrich #JackLondon #LeeMarvin #ErnestBorgnine #KeithCarradine #SidHaig #FrankDeVol #JosephFBiroc #BookAdaptation #hobos #thriller #trains #USA #1970s ★★★½

Pensione paura [Hotel Fear] (Francesco Barilli, 1978)

Oct

18

wartime soup

Rosa (Leonora Fani) prepares soup for two of the hotel guests. DP: Gualtiero Manozzi.

#FilmDinner #soup #FrancescoBarilli #LucMerenda #LeonoraFani #FranciscoRabal #JoleFierro #AdolfoWaitzman #GualtieroManozzi #drama #mystery #war #WW2 #Italy #Spain #1970s ★☆☆☆☆

仁義なき戦い [Jingi naki tatakai / Battles Without Honor and Humanity] (Kinji Fukasaku, 1973)

Oct

16

Tetsuya Sakai (Hiroki Matsukata, L) and several of the other yakuza. DP: Sadaji Yoshida.

#FilmDuJour #October #KinjiFukasaku #BuntaSugawara #HirokiMatsukata #KunieTanaka #ToshiakiTsushima #SadajiYoshida #TheYakuzaPapers #crime #yakuza #Japan #1970s ★★★★☆

0課の女赤い手錠 [Zeroka no onna: Akai wappa / Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs] (Yukio Noda, 1974)

Oct

15

Rei (Miki Sugimoto) wielding the long red chain of her handcuffs. DP: Yoshio Nakajima.

#FilmDuJour #October #YukioNoda #TōruShinohara #MikiSugimoto #ShunsukeKikuchi #YoshioNakajima #BookAdaptation #PinkuEiga #exploitation #crime #action #Tōei #Japan #1970s ★★★★☆

La notte dei diavoli [The Night of the Devils] (Giorgio Ferroni, 1972)

Oct

12

soup

The two children (Cinzia De Carolis on the right) eat soup and giggle. Some parsley is stuck to the left child's mouth. DP: Manuel Berenguer.

Le passager de la pluie [Rider on the Rain] (René Clément, 1970)

Oct

10

Mélancolie 'Mellie' Mau (Marlène Jobert) and Col. Harry Dobbs (Charles Bronson), dancing. DP: Andréas Winding.

– You expect me to eat that?

– Americans live on ketchup and milk. I'm a whiz at geography.

#FilmDuJour #October #RenéClément #CharlesBronson #MarlèneJobert #FrancisLai #AndréasWinding #crime #drama #mystery #France #Italy #1970s ★★★½

Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978)

Oct

7

1916

The Amarillo Dispatch reports on President Wilson's October 7 visit to the town of Panhandle. DP: Néstor Almendros.

– Here he is!

– There he goes!

– That's the president of the whole country.

– Ohh!

#FilmDuJour #October #TerrenceMalick #RichardGere #BrookeAdams #LindaManz #SamShepard #HaskellWexler #NéstorAlmendros #EnnioMorricone #Americana #drama #crime #USA #1970s

Grey Gardens (Albert + David Maysles, Ellen Hovde + Muffie Meyer, 1975)

Oct

5

1973

Washed out felt-tip penned well-wishes read: OCTOBER 5^th – 1973 “GREY GARDENS” AT 78 IT IS TRUE – YOU CAN LIVE TO BE 80 TOO. DPs: Albert & David Maysles.

“Thank you for your card and your ice-cream, I love you very much!”

– Edith 'Big Edie' Bouvier Beale, saying goodbye to her birthday party guests

#FilmDuJour #October #EllenHovde #AlbertMaysles #DavidMaysles #MuffieMeyer #EdithLittleEdieBouvierBeale #EdithBouvierBeale #EdithBigEdieBouvierBeale #BrooksHyers #birthday #documentary #exploitation #drama #USA #1970s ★★★½

Le boucher [The Butcher] (Claude Chabrol, 1970)

Oct

3

Popaul (Jean Yanne) and Hélène (Stéphane Audran) in the former's butcher shop. DP: Jean Rabier.

#FilmDuJour #October #ClaudeChabrol #JeanYanne #StéphaneAudran #PierreJansen #JeanRabier #drama #crime #thriller #food #France #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆

September 30, 1955 (James Bridges, 1977)

Sep

30

1955

Jimmy J. (Richard Thomas) in the lobby of his movie theatre, looking at the poster for Elia Kazan's East of Eden (1955). DP: Gordon Willis.

#FilmDuJour #September #JamesBridges #RichardThomas #SusanTyrrell #DeborahBenson #LisaBlount #TomHulce #DennisQuaid #LeonardRosenman #GordonWillis #theatre #USA #1970s

1970s

Emperor of the North Pole (Robert Aldrich, 1973)

Oct

25

Lobbycard. The blurb reads: “The battle for the title of “Emperor of the North Pole” begins between Shack (ERNEST BORGNINE) and A-No. 1 (LEE MARVIN)“. DP: Joseph F. Biroc.

– Shack

#FilmDuJour #October #RobertAldrich #JackLondon #LeeMarvin #ErnestBorgnine #KeithCarradine #SidHaig #FrankDeVol #JosephFBiroc #BookAdaptation #hobos #thriller #trains #USA #1970s ★★★½

Pensione paura [Hotel Fear] (Francesco Barilli, 1978)

Oct

18

wartime soup

Rosa (Leonora Fani) prepares soup for two of the hotel guests. DP: Gualtiero Manozzi.

#FilmDinner #soup #FrancescoBarilli #LucMerenda #LeonoraFani #FranciscoRabal #JoleFierro #AdolfoWaitzman #GualtieroManozzi #drama #mystery #war #WW2 #Italy #Spain #1970s ★☆☆☆☆

仁義なき戦い [Jingi naki tatakai / Battles Without Honor and Humanity] (Kinji Fukasaku, 1973)

Oct

16

Tetsuya Sakai (Hiroki Matsukata, L) and several of the other yakuza. DP: Sadaji Yoshida.

#FilmDuJour #October #KinjiFukasaku #BuntaSugawara #HirokiMatsukata #KunieTanaka #ToshiakiTsushima #SadajiYoshida #TheYakuzaPapers #crime #yakuza #Japan #1970s ★★★★☆

0課の女 赤い手錠 [Zeroka no onna: Akai wappa / Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs] (Yukio Noda, 1974)

Oct

15

Rei (Miki Sugimoto) wielding the long red chain of her handcuffs. DP: Yoshio Nakajima.

#FilmDuJour #October #YukioNoda #TōruShinohara #MikiSugimoto #ShunsukeKikuchi #YoshioNakajima #BookAdaptation #PinkuEiga #exploitation #crime #action #Tōei #Japan #1970s ★★★★☆

La notte dei diavoli [The Night of the Devils] (Giorgio Ferroni, 1972)

Oct

12

soup

The two children (Cinzia De Carolis on the right) eat soup and giggle. Some parsley is stuck to the left child's mouth. DP: Manuel Berenguer.

Le passager de la pluie [Rider on the Rain] (René Clément, 1970)

Oct

10

Mélancolie 'Mellie' Mau (Marlène Jobert) and Col. Harry Dobbs (Charles Bronson), dancing. DP: Andréas Winding.

#FilmDuJour #October #RenéClément #CharlesBronson #MarlèneJobert #FrancisLai #AndréasWinding #crime #drama #mystery #France #Italy #1970s ★★★½

Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978)

Oct

7

1916

The Amarillo Dispatch reports on President Wilson's October 7 visit to the town of Panhandle. DP: Néstor Almendros.

#FilmDuJour #October #TerrenceMalick #RichardGere #BrookeAdams #LindaManz #SamShepard #HaskellWexler #NéstorAlmendros #EnnioMorricone #Americana #drama #crime #USA #1970s

Grey Gardens (Albert + David Maysles, Ellen Hovde + Muffie Meyer, 1975)

Oct

5

1973

Washed out felt-tip penned well-wishes read: OCTOBER 5th – 1973 “GREY GARDENS” AT 78 IT IS TRUE – YOU CAN LIVE TO BE 80 TOO. DPs: Albert & David Maysles.

– Edith 'Big Edie' Bouvier Beale, saying goodbye to her birthday party guests

#FilmDuJour #October #EllenHovde #AlbertMaysles #DavidMaysles #MuffieMeyer #EdithLittleEdieBouvierBeale #EdithBouvierBeale #EdithBigEdieBouvierBeale #BrooksHyers #birthday #documentary #exploitation #drama #USA #1970s ★★★½

Le boucher [The Butcher] (Claude Chabrol, 1970)

Oct

3

Popaul (Jean Yanne) and Hélène (Stéphane Audran) in the former's butcher shop. DP: Jean Rabier.

#FilmDuJour #October #ClaudeChabrol #JeanYanne #StéphaneAudran #PierreJansen #JeanRabier #drama #crime #thriller #food #France #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆

September 30, 1955 (James Bridges, 1977)

Sep

30

1955

Jimmy J. (Richard Thomas) in the lobby of his movie theatre, looking at the poster for Elia Kazan's East of Eden (1955). DP: Gordon Willis.

#FilmDuJour #September #JamesBridges #RichardThomas #SusanTyrrell #DeborahBenson #LisaBlount #TomHulce #DennisQuaid #LeonardRosenman #GordonWillis #theatre #USA #1970s

0課の女赤い手錠 [Zeroka no onna: Akai wappa / Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs] (Yukio Noda, 1974)

Washed out felt-tip penned well-wishes read: OCTOBER 5^th – 1973 “GREY GARDENS” AT 78 IT IS TRUE – YOU CAN LIVE TO BE 80 TOO. DPs: Albert & David Maysles.