“Our past doesn't belong to us.”La Chambre verte [The Green Room / The Vanishing Fiancée] (François Truffaut, 1978)
Mar
17
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A woman cries. Captions read “on March 17th,”. DP: Néstor Almendros.
“Our past doesn't belong to us.”La Chambre verte [The Green Room / The Vanishing Fiancée] (François Truffaut, 1978)
Mar
17
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A woman cries. Captions read “on March 17th,”. DP: Néstor Almendros.
Cockfighter (Monte Hellman, 1974)
Mar
15

Frank Mansfield (Warren Oates) holding up a reluctant, wildly flapping white rooster. DP: Néstor Almendros.
Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner [The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner] (Werner Herzog, 1974)
Mar
13

Walter Steiner, flying. DP: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein.
Waiting for Fidel (Michael Rubbo, 1974)
Mar
8
International Women's Day

A group of six girls and two boys sing in celebration of International Women's Day. DP: Douglas Kiefer.
Time flies while waiting for Fidel, and before you know it, it's March 8.
Film du Jour posts does not list holidays on their respective date, unless a film or scene happens to take place on one.
“On Saturday 14th February 1900, a party of schoolgirls from Appleyard College picnicked at Hanging Rock near Mt. Macedon in the state of Victoria. During the afternoon, several members of the party disappeared without trace.”Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir, 1975)
Feb
14
Valentine's Day

A delicate, pink frosted Valentine's cake topped with a yellow marzipan rose. The cake, which bears the words St. Valentine in crude writing, has a deep straight cut right through the middle and a scorched dark spot on its side. On the right a rusty knife. DP: Russell Boyd.
“You represent everything I detest in a man.”Paranoia [A Quiet Place to Kill] (Umberto Lenzi, 1970)
Feb
13
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Carroll Baker as Helen pours herself a stiff drink while a guy in lettuce-coloured pants struts in. She's deserves it. Damn it, we ALL deserve it! DP: Guglielmo Mancori.
– Lily Harmer
“Got a lot to write about today. You.”3 Women (Robert Altman, 1977)
Feb
7
1970

Millie Lammoreaux's Social Security card, issued on February 7, 1970. DP: Charles Rosher Jr.
– Millie Lammoreaux
“So, this month becomes the month of Scrawdyke.”Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (Stuart Cooper, 1974)
Scrawdyke
2

Malcolm Scrawdyke (John Hurt), disgruntled art student. DP: John Alcott.
– Malcolm Scrawdyke
L'udienza [The Audience] (Marco Ferreri, 1972)
Feb
2

Aiche (Claudia Cardinale) washing Principe Donati's (Vittorio Gassman) feet. DP: Mario Vulpiani.
Beaubourg, centre d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou [Beaubourg] (Roberto Rossellini, 1977)
Jan
31
1977

Rossellini on site. DPs: Néstor Almendros, Jean Chiabaut & Emmanuel Machuel.