settima

1970s

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.

La maudite galette [Dirty Money] (Denys Arcand, 1972)

Aug

2

La maudite galette (1972)

At a depressing, fluorescent-lit bar, men gathered at small round tables smoke and drink. A single man in a brightly lit phone booth places a call. DP: Alain Dostie.

Wieczne pretensje [Permanent Objections] (Grzegorz Królikiewicz, 1975)

Jul

29

kotlet mielony

Wieczne pretensje (1975)

Two men in suits in what appears to be a factory canteen. One offers the other a large piece of kotlet mielony or kotlet schabowy, a type of #schnitzel. DP: Bogdan Dziworski.

Na wylot [Through and Through] (Grzegorz Królikiewicz, 1972)

Jul

15

sandwiches

Na wylot (1972)

Jan (Franciszek Trzeciak) and Maria (Anna Nieborowska) share lunch on a bench. DP: Bogdan Dziworski.

狼やくざ 殺しは俺がやる [Ōkami yakuza: Koroshi wa ore ga yaru / Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder / The Lone Assassin] (Ryūichi Takamori, 1972)

Jul

13

lollipops

狼やくざ 殺しは俺がやる (1972)

One of the gang members, immaculately dressed in all-black and small like a child, walks along a seedy street holding an oversized rainbow lollipop. DP: Yoshio Nakajima.