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Endişe [Anxiety] (Yılmaz Güney + Şerif Gören, 1974)
Sep
1
Labor Day
A Kurdish worker in the cotton fields. She looks straight into the camera while two others continue their work. DP: Kenan Ormanlar.
The Industrial Revolution, or unions, for Labor Day (USA)
Kurdish seasonal cotton pickers fear losing their job when mechanisation is preferred by their overseers. While unionising, Cevher, one of the workers – tries to stay out of the hands of his enemies, who want him because of a blood feud.
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La horse [Horse] (Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1970)
Aug
28
1923
Francis Grutti's (Armando Francioli) ID, handled by someone wielding a large stamp. His birthday is August 28, 1923. DP: Walter Wottitz.
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Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975)
Aug
22
1972
Sal (John Cazale) and Sonny (Al Pacino) in the bank, holding out with their increasingly impatient hostages. DP: Victor J. Kemper.
“He won't listen to anybody. He's been very crazy all summer. Since June he's been trying to kill me.”
– Leon
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Månen är en grön ost [The Moon Is a Green Cheese] (Mai Zetterling, 1977)
Aug
21
violet
A woman in a violet dress and sunhat, plays a harp in the middle of a lake (via). DP: John Bulmer.
Violet in food or fashion. If in doubt, pick a title with ALL the colours of the rainbow!*
During their stay in the family summer house, two sisters imagine themselves as adults, once for every colour of the rainbow.
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (Tobe Hooper, 1974)
Aug
18
1973
“Travel in the country, long-range plans, and upsetting persons around you, could make this a disturbing and unpredictable day. The events in the world are not doing much either to cheer one up.”
your August 18 horoscope
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Le camion [The Lorry] (Marguerite Duras, 1977)
Aug
16
indigo
Indigo: a building or structure*
Him: It’s a film?
Her: It would have been a film.
A truck, both the narrative structure and his (Depardieu's character) material representation. She – the director – and he – the lead actor – do a read-though while discussing her script. A communist truck driver picks up a female hitchhiker. They discuss the landscape, the cosmos, pointlessness, communism of course. All the while, the indigo truck plods on.
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Top of the Heap (Christopher St. John, 1972)
Aug
16
10 A.M.
An invitation via telegram dated August 10 for astronaut George Lattimer to Waltersville Alabama on August 16 at 10 A.M.. DP: Richard A. Kelley.
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Le 15/8 (Chantal Akerman + Samy Szlingerbaum, 1975)
Aug
15
Chris Myllykoski. DPs: Chantal Akerman & Samy Szlingerbaum.
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Il fiore delle mille e una notte [Arabian Nights] (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1974)
Aug
13
cerulean
Cerulean, or blue: a building or structure*
“Eh, i sogni a volte insegnano male, Dùnya, perché la verità intera non è mai in un solo sogno, la verità intera è in molti sogni.”
One of the many exotic locations is the مسجد شاه, [Masjed-e Shah, or Shah Mosque] in Iran with its otherworldly blue and blue-adjacent tiles.
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Ovoce stromů rajských jíme [We Eat the Fruit of the Trees of Paradise] (Věra Chytilová, 1970)
Aug
6
orange
Eva (Jitka Novákova) devouring oranges under a black umbrella (via). DP: Jaroslav Kučera.
Orange, food or fashion*
“Tell me the truth!”
– choir
