Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue (Dennis McGuire, 1974)
Jan
29
Kansas Day
A white cop (Michael Moriarty) aims his gun at someone offscreen. DP: Bob Bailin.
“Even you, Ear, can't listen in the toilet!”
Ucho [The Ear] (Karel Kachyňa, 1970)
Jan
27
Thomas Crapper Day
Ludvik (Radoslav Brzobohatý) taking a break from the official's party in a pristine but claustrophobic, white-tiled toilet stall. DP: Josef Illík.
– Ludvik
“I'll take you to the horses. I'll take you to the Moon.”
Space Coast (Ross McElwee + Michel Negroponte, 1979)
Jan
26
NASA Day Of Remembrance
Cape Canaveral space journalist Mary Bubb, 59, determined to never miss a launch – shows up at a rocket launch.
– former NASA employee talking to his granddaughter
“On old long syne my Jo,
On old long syne,
That thou canst never once reflect,
On old long syne”
The Noah (Daniel Bourla, 1975)
Jan
25
Burns Night
Noah (Robert Strauss) singing Auld Lang Syne. DP: Jerry Kalogeratos.
Auld Lang Syne is sung on Burns Night (Scotland)
– Robert Burns, Auld Lang Syne (1788)
“These are not pretty stories but they need to be recorded.”
Numéro zéro [Odette Robert] (Jean Eustache, 1971)
Jan
21
Dzień Babci
Jean Eustache holds up a clapperboard while interviewing his grandmother Odette Robert. DPs: Adolfo Arrieta & Philippe Théaudière.
– Odette Robert
Pamela and Ian (David Greene, 1971)
Jan
18
National Michigan Day
Ian (Ian Stulberg) and Pamela (Pamela Seamon) during the rehearsal of the birth scene (via). DP: Freddy Sweet.
Filmed on campus of the University of Michigan and inspired by Alain Robbe-Grillet's concept of characters being born at the start of the film, and dying at the end.
Outside of this framework, the characters do not exist.
にっぽん戦後史 マダムおんぼろの生活 [Nippon Sengoshi – Madamu onboro no Seikatsu / History of Postwar Japan (Shōhei Imamura, 1970)
Jan
17
Customer Service Day
Hostess Emiko Takada watching footage of US occupying forces in a movie theatre. DP: Masao Tochizawa..
“What the hell are you doing?”
書を捨てよ町へ出よう [Sho o suteyo machi e deyō / Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets] (Shūji Terayama, 1971)
Jan
9
成人の日
Young adults rally in the streets. DP: Masayoshi Sukita.
Coming of Age Day in Japan.