Мъжки времена [Mazhki vremena / Manly Times] (Eduard Sachariev, 1977)

Dec

23

Festivus

The men with a kidnapped woman, as was a custom in the region. DP: Radoslav Spassov .

A really silly tradition for Festivus.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #Festivus #traditions #EduardSachariev #NikolaiHaitov #MarianaDimitrova #GrigorVachkov #VelkoKynev #PavelPoppandov #KirilDonchev #RadoslavSpassov #drama #BookAdaptation #Bulgaria #Hungary #1970s

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)

Dec

11

International Mountain Day

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

The two friends setting off on their track of the Swiss mountains. Their chalet can be seen in the foreground. DP: Hans-Jakob Siber.

Mountain living on International Mountain Day. Available to watch via the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste's media archive.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #InternationalMountainDay #HansJakobSiber #AlexanderVonBergen #HansReimann #GabriellaKaech #SonjaMeyer #TheMandrakeMemorial #mountains #drama #horror #ExperimentalFilm #folklore #music #psychedelic #Switzerland #1970s ★★★★☆

Black Sabbath – Live in Paris (Jacques Bourton, 1970)

Dec

6

Metal & Beer Fest

Tony Iommi.

A heavy soundtrack for the Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver.

“Heavy boots of lead Fills his victims full of dread Running as fast as they can Iron Man lives again”

– Black Sabbath, Iron Man (1970)

Despite its title, Live in Paris was filmed in Théâtre 140 in Brussels by Yorkshire Television and is Sabbath's first recorded live concert.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #DecibelMagazineMetalAndBeerFestDenver #JacquesBourton #BlackSabbath #OzzyOsbourne #TonyIommi #GeezerButler #BillWard #HeavyMetal #music #documentary #Belgium #UK #1970s

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

Dec

5

فَاطِمَة بِنْت مُحَمَّد

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

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

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #MartyrdomOfFatima #DenysArcand #CélineLomez #ClaudeBlanchard #FrédériqueCollin #BennyBarbara #MichelPagliaro #AlainDostie #drama #revenge #rape #SlowCinema #Canada #1970s ★★★★☆

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

Nov

23

potato chips

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

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

#FilmDinner #CherryPie #GerardDamiano #JohnFrancis #LisaChristian #PaulBarry #JarrarRamze #AnnePaul #JamesProcter #DeborahHorlen #ChristaHelm #SandraPeabody #JoãoFernandes #hooptober #cult #horror #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 ★☆☆☆☆

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.

The Animal (Walter Ungerer, 1976)

Sep

22

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

#FilmDinner #WalterUngerer #PaulIckovic #JoMoore #SlowCinema #Hooptober #drama #romance #mystery #ghosts #Hooptober #USA #1970s ★★★★☆

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

Sep

10

leite

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

#FilmDinner #milk #IvanCardoso #GeorgesBataille #ClaudiaOhana #MustaphaBarat #EduardoViveiros #eroticism #fetishism #BookAdaptation #Brazil #1970s ★★★☆☆

1970s

Мъжки времена [Mazhki vremena / Manly Times] (Eduard Sachariev, 1977)

Dec

23

Festivus

The men with a kidnapped woman, as was a custom in the region. DP: Radoslav Spassov .

A really silly tradition for Festivus.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #Festivus #traditions #EduardSachariev #NikolaiHaitov #MarianaDimitrova #GrigorVachkov #VelkoKynev #PavelPoppandov #KirilDonchev #RadoslavSpassov #drama #BookAdaptation #Bulgaria #Hungary #1970s

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)

Dec

11

International Mountain Day

The two friends setting off on their track of the Swiss mountains. Their chalet can be seen in the foreground. DP: Hans-Jakob Siber.

Mountain living on International Mountain Day. Available to watch via the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste's media archive.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #InternationalMountainDay #HansJakobSiber #AlexanderVonBergen #HansReimann #GabriellaKaech #SonjaMeyer #TheMandrakeMemorial #mountains #drama #horror #ExperimentalFilm #folklore #music #psychedelic #Switzerland #1970s ★★★★☆

Black Sabbath – Live in Paris (Jacques Bourton, 1970)

Dec

6

Metal & Beer Fest

Tony Iommi.

A heavy soundtrack for the Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver.

– Black Sabbath, Iron Man (1970)

Despite its title, Live in Paris was filmed in Théâtre 140 in Brussels by Yorkshire Television and is Sabbath's first recorded live concert.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #DecibelMagazineMetalAndBeerFestDenver #JacquesBourton #BlackSabbath #OzzyOsbourne #TonyIommi #GeezerButler #BillWard #HeavyMetal #music #documentary #Belgium #UK #1970s

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

Dec

5

فَاطِمَة بِنْت مُحَمَّد

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

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

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #MartyrdomOfFatima #DenysArcand #CélineLomez #ClaudeBlanchard #FrédériqueCollin #BennyBarbara #MichelPagliaro #AlainDostie #drama #revenge #rape #SlowCinema #Canada #1970s ★★★★☆

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

Nov

23

potato chips

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.

– George A. Custer

#FilmDinner #PotatoChips #MarcoFerreri #CatherineDeneuve #MarcelloMastroianni #MichelPiccoli #PhilippeNoiret #UgoTognazzi #AlainCuny #SergeReggiani #PaoloVillaggio #PhilippeSarde #ÉtienneBecker #Movember #satire #history #drama #war #western #Paris #France #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆

Legacy of Satan (Gerard Damiano, 1972/74)

Oct

31

cherry pie

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

#FilmDinner #CherryPie #GerardDamiano #JohnFrancis #LisaChristian #PaulBarry #JarrarRamze #AnnePaul #JamesProcter #DeborahHorlen #ChristaHelm #SandraPeabody #JoãoFernandes #hooptober #cult #horror #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 ★☆☆☆☆

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.

The Animal (Walter Ungerer, 1976)

Sep

22

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

#FilmDinner #WalterUngerer #PaulIckovic #JoMoore #SlowCinema #Hooptober #drama #romance #mystery #ghosts #Hooptober #USA #1970s ★★★★☆

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

Sep

10

leite

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

#FilmDinner #milk #IvanCardoso #GeorgesBataille #ClaudiaOhana #MustaphaBarat #EduardoViveiros #eroticism #fetishism #BookAdaptation #Brazil #1970s ★★★☆☆