settima

1980s

Czułe miejsca [Tender Spots] (Piotr Andrejew, 1981)

Jul

7

ice cream

Czułe miejsca (1981)

Ewa (Hanna Dunowska) licks melting ice cream with Janek (Michał Juszczakiewicz) looking on. DPs: Jerzy Zieliński & Ryszard Lenczewski.

蠱​ [Gu / Bewitched] (Chih-Hung Kuei, 1981)

Jun

30

蠱 (1981)

Exorcising demons. DP: Hsin-Yeh Li.

Le démon dans l'île [Demon Is on the Island / Demon of the Island] (Francis Leroi, 1983)

Jun

28

1947

Le démon dans l'île (1983)

Dr. Gabrielle Martin (Anny Duperey) reads her digital patient file. It mentions her day of birth, June 28, 1947. DP: Jacques Assuérus.

“Don't think too much, it could affect your health, Gabrielle.”

– Dr. Marshall

Simone Barbès ou la vertu (Marie-Claude Treilhou, 1980)

Jun

19

pâté

Simone Barbès ou la vertu (1980)

Two female porn theatre ushers (Ingrid Bourgoin and Martine Simonet) looking bored. They sit under two large eye-shaped neon lights. Between them a small table with various half-consumed items, including part of a baguette with pâté. DP: Jean-Yves Escoffier.

– Ah, regarde, c'est Tati ! – Tati qui? – Tati, comme Mon Oncle.

Kontrakt [The Contract] (Krzysztof Zanussi, 1980)

Jun

4

Coca-Cola

Kontrakt (1980)

Two middle-aged men in discussion with a woman, semi off-screen, holding a drink. There's food covered with a napkin and a wineglass in front of the men. Behind the men, the maid – a tense woman cradling many small Coca-Cola bottles – looks on. DP: Slawomir Idziak.

Red & Rosy (Frank Grow, 1989)

Jun

3

Red & Rosy (1989)

Big Red (Rico Martinez) in his hotrod. DPs: Frank Grow, Ralph Hawkins & Rico Martinez.

Altered States (Ken Russell, 1980)

May

18

tea

Altered States (1980)

An almost monochrome man and woman in Edwardian costumes sit at a round table under a parasol. The couple looks out over a field with bright orange poppies. The flowers are filmed through a fisheye lens and appear to be on a grassy green planet.. DP: Jordan Cronenweth.

“She's still crazy about him. He's still crazy.”

The Appointment (Lindsey C. Vickers, 1982)

May

14

Tue

The Appointment (1982)

“Subject, Sandy Fremont. The last positive sighting of the child was on her way home from a school orchestra rehearsal. This was on Tuesday May 14th at approximately 6:30 in the evening.”

Зеркало для героя [Zerkalo dlya geroya / Mirror for a Hero] (Vladimir Khotinenko, 1987)

May

8

1949

Зеркало для героя (1987)

Sergey Pshenichnyy (Sergey Koltakov) speaking to one of the 1940s farmers. DP: Evgeniy Grebnev.

Falfúró [Wall Driller] (György Szomjas, 1986)

Feb

17

Falfúró (1986)

Peeping through a window we see a woman at a gas stove, stirring something in a low enamel pan. She appears to speak to a large man with a big moustache who's standing close to her. DP: Ferenc Grunwalsky.