Śledztwo [The Investigation] (Marek Piestrak, 1974)

Oct

28

A person offscreen shoots a handgun. DP: Edward Kłosiński.

#FilmDuJour #October #MarekPiestrak #StanisławLem #TadeuszBorowski #WłodzimierzNahorny #EdwardKłosiński #TVMovie #crime #BookAdaptation #Poland #1970s ★★★★☆

Il caso Mattei [The Mattei Affair] (Francesco Rosi, 1972)

Oct

27

1962

A group of well-dressed men, somewhere in a field, with Enrico Mattei (Gian Maria Volontè) in the centre. DP: Pasqualino De Santis.

“IF they want to kill me, let them do it.”

– Enrico Mattei

#FilmDuJour #October #FrancescoRosi #GianMariaVolontè #GhigoAgosti #PieroPiccioni #PasqualinoDeSantis #drama #biography #Italy #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.

“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

1970s

Śledztwo [The Investigation] (Marek Piestrak, 1974)

Oct

28

A person offscreen shoots a handgun. DP: Edward Kłosiński.

#FilmDuJour #October #MarekPiestrak #StanisławLem #TadeuszBorowski #WłodzimierzNahorny #EdwardKłosiński #TVMovie #crime #BookAdaptation #Poland #1970s ★★★★☆

Il caso Mattei [The Mattei Affair] (Francesco Rosi, 1972)

Oct

27

1962

A group of well-dressed men, somewhere in a field, with Enrico Mattei (Gian Maria Volontè) in the centre. DP: Pasqualino De Santis.

– Enrico Mattei

#FilmDuJour #October #FrancescoRosi #GianMariaVolontè #GhigoAgosti #PieroPiccioni #PasqualinoDeSantis #drama #biography #Italy #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

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.