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Mauvais sang [Bad Blood / The Night Is Young] (Leos Carax, 1986)
Jan
8
David Bowie – 1947
(Alex) Denis Lavant in a scene set to David Bowie's Modern Love. DP: Jean-Yves Escoffier.
A [favourite] scene featuring a Bowie song for David Bowie's birthday (1947).
“They pulled in just behind the fridge
He lays her down, he frowns
“Gee, my life's a funny thing
Am I still too young?”
He kissed her then and there
She took his ring, took his babies
It took him minutes, took her nowhere
Heaven knows, she'd have taken anything”
– David Bowie, Modern Love (from Let's Dance, 1983)
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Altered States (Ken Russell, 1980)
Jan
7
Wed
Eddie Jessup (William Hurt) in his tank. Around him visions of clouds, fishes, the ocean. DP: Jordan Cronenweth.
“I'm a man in search of his true self. How archetypically American can you get?”
– Eddie Jessup
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Rosso sangue [Absurd / Monster Hunter] (Joe D'Amato, 1981)
Nov
2
spaghetti
“So this is the team, ey? A priest, a detective near retirement, and a young moron rookie of a cop… Terrific.”
– Sgt. Ben Engleman
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Night of the Comet (Thom Eberhardt, 1984)
Sep
20
cereal
“Hey! If you're going to throw those guns away, can I have one?”
– Sarah
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Könnyű testi sértés [Tight Quarters] (György Szomjas, 1983)
Aug
19
nokedli
Éva (Mariann Erdős) samples nokedli. DP: Ferenc Grunwalsky.
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Kisapmata [Sa bawat kisapmata / In the Wink of an Eye] (Mike De Leon, 1981)
Aug
18
gatas
Adelina (Charito Solis) unwell in bed. She holds a glass of milk. DP: Rody Lacap.
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Czułe miejsca [Tender Spots] (Piotr Andrejew, 1981)
Jul
7
ice cream
Ewa (Hanna Dunowska) licks melting ice cream with Janek (Michał Juszczakiewicz) looking on. DPs: Jerzy Zieliński & Ryszard Lenczewski.
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Simone Barbès ou la vertu (Marie-Claude Treilhou, 1980)
Jun
19
pâté
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.
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Kontrakt [The Contract] (Krzysztof Zanussi, 1980)
Jun
4
Coca-Cola
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.
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Altered States (Ken Russell, 1980)
May
18
tea
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.”
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