settima

1970s

Gina [Stone Cold Revenge] (Denys Arcand, 1975)

Dec

5

فَاطِمَة بِنْت مُحَمَّد

Gina (1975)

Gina (Céline Lomez) waiting at an airport. DP: Alain Dostie.

A triumphant woman in commemoration of the martyrdom of Sayyida Fatimah al-Zahra

 

Touche pas à la femme blanche [Don't Touch the White Woman!] (Marco Ferreri, 1974)

Nov

23

potato chips

Touche pas à la femme blanche (1974)

Two white Frenchmen – in a University of Columbia and a CIA sweatshirt respectively – comment on the “period piece” they're in. CIA man (Paolo Villaggio) stuffs his face with potato chips. DP: Étienne Becker.

“Whoever dies for the country hasn't lived in vain. I, on the contrary, will live for the country because I'm not that stupid.”

– George A. Custer

Legacy of Satan (Gerard Damiano, 1972/74)

Oct

31

cherry pie

Legacy of Satan (1974)

A lady cuts her left index finger with a knife. Nearby a plate with bloodred cherry pie. DP: João Fernandes.

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

Oct

18

wartime soup

Pensione paura (1978)

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

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

Oct

12

soup

La notte dei diavoli (1972)

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.

The Animal (Walter Ungerer, 1976)

Sep

22

The Animal (1976)

A man (Paul Ickovic) by himself at a table. The table setting suggests another person present. DP: Walter Ungerer.

A História do Olho [The Story of the Eye] (Ivan Cardoso, 1977)

Sep

10

leite

A História do Olho (1977)

Simone (Claudia Ohana) about to dip her derrière in a bowl with milk. DP: Eduardo Viveiros.

Night of the Cobra Woman [Movini's Venom] (Andrew Meyer, 1972)

Sep

7

cereal

Night of the Cobra Woman (1972)

A blonde, mud-covered, boyish woman with shoulder-length dead hair (Joy Bang) in a grey kitchen eats Cheerios straight from the box. One of her shoes is on the kitchen counter. DP: Nonong Rasca.

Die Sage vom alten Hirten Xeudi und seinem Freund Reiman [The Legend of the Old Shepherd Xeudi and His Friend Reimann] (Hans-Jakob Siber, 1973)

Sep

3

potatoes

Die Sage vom alten Hirten Xeudi und seinem Freund Reiman (1973)

Gloomy potatoes and a small metal peeler on a wooden surface. DP: Hans-Jakob Siber.

Available to watch via the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste's media archive.

La horse [Horse] (Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1970)

Aug

23

baguette

La horse (1970)

Auguste Maroilleur (Jean Gabin) at the head of a long table, covered in Good Things (wine, butter, coffee, and fresh milk). He cuts a baguette with his pocketknife. DP: Walter Wottitz.