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.
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.
Le 15/8 (Chantal Akerman + Samy Szlingerbaum, 1975)
Aug
15

Chris Myllykoski. DPs: Chantal Akerman & Samy Szlingerbaum.
“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.” Il fiore delle mille e una notte [Arabian Nights] (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1974)
Aug
13
cerulean

The entrance of the Shah Mosque as seen in the film. The seven colours of the tile work are reflected in the extras' costumes. DP: Giuseppe Ruzzolini.
Cerulean, or blue: a building or structure*
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.
* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for August is not date-related but lists, for the most part, the colours of the rainbow.
“Tell me the truth!” 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*
– choir
An allegorical, psychedelic retelling of Genesis 3 and the Fall of Man
* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for August is not date-related but lists, for the most part, the colours of the rainbow.
“It's just a dream, Agnes.” Viskningar och rop [Cries and Whispers] (Ingmar Bergman, 1972)
Aug
1
red

The three sisters in the red room (via). DP: Sven Nykvist.
Red: a building or structure*
– Anna
Red as an expression of inner and outer worlds. Even the scene transitions are red.
* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for August is not date-related but lists, for the most part, the colours of the rainbow.
“Don't know why
There's no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my man and I ain't together
Keeps raining all of the time Oh, yeah
Life is bad
Gloom and misery everywhere
Stormy weather, stormy weather
And I just can get my poor self together
Oh, I'm weary all of the time
The time, so weary all of the time When he went away
The blues walked in and met me
Oh, yeah if he stays away
Old rocking chair's gonna get me
All I do is pray
The Lord will let me
Walk in the sun once more Oh, I can't go on, can't go on, can't go on
Everything I have is gone
Stormy weather, stormy weather
Since my man and I, me and my daddy ain't together
Keeps raining all of the time
Oh, oh, keeps raining all of the time
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah raining all of the time
Stormy stormy
Stormy weather
Yeah” The Tempest (Derek Jarman, 1979)
Jul
28

Sailors dancing in a room wildly decorated with guirlandes and flowers (via). DP: Peter Middleton.
Local nightlife: people dancing or at a show*
– Elisabeth Welch, Stormy Weather (Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler, 1933)
A radiant Goddess (Elisabeth Welch) performs the torch song Stormy Weather. Enchanted sailors dance.
* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for July is, for unknown reasons, mostly not date-related and follows some sort of vacation narrative.
“The most revolting film I have ever seen” La grande bouffe (Marco Ferreri, 1973)
Jul
21

Andréa Ferréol in a promotional photo. Food styling by actor/food writer Giuseppe Maffioli, DP: Mario Vulpiani.
A character pigging out*
– Mary Whitehouse, via
Four hedonistic gourmands throw a party of the flesh, of meat, of lust, and death.
* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for July is, for unknown reasons, mostly not date-related and follows some sort of vacation narrative.
“Fantastic! You are a first class dilettante!”Sinong lumikha ng yoyo? Sinong lumikha ng moon buggy? [Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?] (Kidlat Tahimik, 1979)
Jul
20
1969

A Bavarian onion dome with the date July 20, 1969 superimposed over it. DP: Kidlat Tahimik.
– Kidlat's proud parents
“Grünes Licht für ehrgeizige, strebsame und arbeitswillige junge Menschen.”Die glücklichen Minuten des Georg Hauser [The Happy Minutes of Georg Hauser] (Mansur Madavi, 1974)
Jul
20

A smiling Georg Hauser (Walter Bannert) with one of his many attractive secretaries. DP: Mansur Madavi.
Среда [Sreda / Wednesday / Wednesday 19.7.1961] (Viktor Kosakovskiy, 1979)
Jul
19
Wed

Adult twins who, like director Kosakovskiy, were born on Wednesday 19, 1961. DP: Victor Kossakovsky.