Bales2024FilmChallenge &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:Bales2024FilmChallenge @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:50:34 +0200 The Clock (Christian Marclay, 2010) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-clock-2010 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Clock (Christian Marclay, 2010)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 31/div div class="occasion" Hogmanay/div div class="img" The Clock (2010)/div div class="caption" Prof. Charles Rankin (Orson Welles) during the climax in The Stranger (1946). The clocktower strikes midnight. DP: Russell Metty./div div class="txt" Midnight: it's Hogmanay in Scotland. "There's no clue to the identify of Franz Kindler; except one little thing. He has a hobby that almost amounts to a mania: clocks." ### – Mr. Wilson The Clock takes place over – and lasts – 24 hours, with each moment either being shown in a film still or mentioned by characters during a scene. In total, there are over 12 000 scenes edited into Marclay's tour de force./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2024FilmChallenge #midnight #Hogmanay #ChristianMarclay #OrsonWelles #RussellMetty #ArtFilm #time #clocks #ExperimentalFilm #UK #2010s/div /section ]]>

The Clock (Christian Marclay, 2010)

Dec

31

Hogmanay

The Clock (2010)

Prof. Charles Rankin (Orson Welles) during the climax in The Stranger (1946). The clocktower strikes midnight. DP: Russell Metty.

Midnight: it's Hogmanay in Scotland.

“There's no clue to the identify of Franz Kindler; except one little thing. He has a hobby that almost amounts to a mania: clocks.”

– Mr. Wilson

The Clock takes place over – and lasts – 24 hours, with each moment either being shown in a film still or mentioned by characters during a scene. In total, there are over 12 000 scenes edited into Marclay's tour de force.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #midnight #Hogmanay #ChristianMarclay #OrsonWelles #RussellMetty #ArtFilm #time #clocks #ExperimentalFilm #UK #2010s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-clock-2010 Tue, 31 Dec 2024 11:22:52 +0100 Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen [Even Dwarfs Started Small] (Werner Herzog,... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/auch-zwerge-haben-klein-angefangen-1970 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen [Even Dwarfs Started Small] (Werner Herzog, 1970)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 30/div div class="occasion" National Short Person Day/div div class="img" Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen (1970)/div div class="caption" Some of the main cast members, with three women in focus. They're outdoors and several animals, including a kneeling dromedary, can be spotted in the background. DP: Thomas Mauch./div div class="txt" A short main character for National Short Person Day (USA). "When we behave nobody cares. But when we are bad nobody forgets." ### – Hombré /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2024FilmChallenge #NationalShortPersonDay #WernerHerzog #HelmutDöring #PaulGlauer #GiselaHertwig #HertelMinkner #GertrudPiccini #FlorianFricke #ThomasMauch #drama #comedy #dwarfism #HumanMarvels #anarchy #WestGermany #1970s/div /section ]]>

Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen [Even Dwarfs Started Small] (Werner Herzog, 1970)

Dec

30

National Short Person Day

Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen (1970)

Some of the main cast members, with three women in focus. They're outdoors and several animals, including a kneeling dromedary, can be spotted in the background. DP: Thomas Mauch.

A short main character for National Short Person Day (USA).

“When we behave nobody cares. But when we are bad nobody forgets.”

– Hombré

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #NationalShortPersonDay #WernerHerzog #HelmutDöring #PaulGlauer #GiselaHertwig #HertelMinkner #GertrudPiccini #FlorianFricke #ThomasMauch #drama #comedy #dwarfism #HumanMarvels #anarchy #WestGermany #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/auch-zwerge-haben-klein-angefangen-1970 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 11:25:26 +0100 Teorema [Theorem] (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/teorema-1968 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Teorema [Theorem] (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 29/div div class="occasion" Independence Day of Mongolia/div div class="img" Teorema (1968)/div div class="caption" The visitor (Terence Stamp) in intimate closeup. DP: Giuseppe Ruzzolini./div div class="txt" Someone finds their independence: Independence Day of Mongolia (Үндэсний эрх чөлөө, тусгаар тогтнолоо сэргээсний баярын өдөр). "I no longer even recognize myself. What made me like the others has been destroyed. I was like everyone else, with many faults, perhaps, mine and those of the world around me. You made me different by taking me out of the natural order of things." ### – Pietro, the son /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2024FilmChallenge #IndependenceDayOfMongolia #PierPaoloPasolini #SilvanaMangano #TerenceStamp #MassimoGirotti #AnneWiazemsky #LauraBetti #AndrésJoséCruzSoublette #EnnioMorricone #GiuseppeRuzzolini #drama #mystery #religion #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Teorema [Theorem] (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968)

Dec

29

Independence Day of Mongolia

Teorema (1968)

The visitor (Terence Stamp) in intimate closeup. DP: Giuseppe Ruzzolini.

Someone finds their independence: Independence Day of Mongolia (Үндэсний эрх чөлөө, тусгаар тогтнолоо сэргээсний баярын өдөр).

“I no longer even recognize myself. What made me like the others has been destroyed. I was like everyone else, with many faults, perhaps, mine and those of the world around me. You made me different by taking me out of the natural order of things.”

– Pietro, the son

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #IndependenceDayOfMongolia #PierPaoloPasolini #SilvanaMangano #TerenceStamp #MassimoGirotti #AnneWiazemsky #LauraBetti #AndrésJoséCruzSoublette #EnnioMorricone #GiuseppeRuzzolini #drama #mystery #religion #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/teorema-1968 Sun, 29 Dec 2024 17:21:33 +0100 Couro de Gato [Cat Skin] (Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, 1962) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/couro-de-gato-1962 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Couro de Gato [Cat Skin] (Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, 1962)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 27/div div class="occasion" Junkanoo/div div class="img" Couro de Gato (1962)/div div class="caption" A man plays a small hand drum, the tamborim, with a cat skin head. DP: Mário Carneiro./div div class="txt" Drums for Junkanoo. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2024FilmChallenge #Junkanoo #JoaquimPedroDeAndrade #Paulinho #RivaNimitz #HenriqueCésar #MiltonGonçalves #FranciscoDeAssis #NapoleãoMunizFreire #CláudioCorrêaECastro #DomingosDeOliveira #CarlosLyra #MárioCarneiro #drama #comedy #documentary #docudrama #ComingOfAge #Carnival #holidays #ShortFilm #animals #cats #Brazil #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Couro de Gato [Cat Skin] (Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, 1962)

Dec

27

Junkanoo

Couro de Gato (1962)

A man plays a small hand drum, the tamborim, with a cat skin head. DP: Mário Carneiro.

Drums for Junkanoo.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #Junkanoo #JoaquimPedroDeAndrade #Paulinho #RivaNimitz #HenriqueCésar #MiltonGonçalves #FranciscoDeAssis #NapoleãoMunizFreire #CláudioCorrêaECastro #DomingosDeOliveira #CarlosLyra #MárioCarneiro #drama #comedy #documentary #docudrama #ComingOfAge #Carnival #holidays #ShortFilm #animals #cats #Brazil #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/couro-de-gato-1962 Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:37:16 +0100 Cali: de película (Luis Ospina, 1973) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/cali-de-pelicula-1973 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Cali: de película (Luis Ospina, 1973)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 26/div div class="occasion" Feria de Cali/div div class="img" Cali: de película (1973)/div div class="caption" A child hands a man in indigenous garb a small liquor bottle during the cabalgata, the parade of horseback riders. The man's horse is painted to resemble a zebra. DP: Carlos Mayolo./div div class="txt" A parade for Feria de Cali, Columbia. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2024FilmChallenge #LaFeriaDeCali #CarlosMayolo #LuisOspina #UteBroll #EduardoCarvajal #documentary #ShortFilm #holidays #cabalgata #Colombia #1970s ★★★★★/div /section ]]>

Cali: de película (Luis Ospina, 1973)

Dec

26

Feria de Cali

Cali: de película (1973)

A child hands a man in indigenous garb a small liquor bottle during the cabalgata, the parade of horseback riders. The man's horse is painted to resemble a zebra. DP: Carlos Mayolo.

A parade for Feria de Cali, Columbia.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #LaFeriaDeCali #CarlosMayolo #LuisOspina #UteBroll #EduardoCarvajal #documentary #ShortFilm #holidays #cabalgata #Colombia #1970s ★★★★★

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/cali-de-pelicula-1973 Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:23:58 +0100 Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari [The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari] (Robert Wiene, 1920) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-nxl3 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari [The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari] (Robert Wiene, 1920)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 25/div div class="occasion" Hanukkah + Christmas/div div class="img" Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)/div div class="img2" Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1822 – 1827)/div div class="caption" Cesare (Conrad Veidt) escapes with Jane (Lil Dagover) in his arms. Composition and distribution of light and shadow – much of which was painted directly on the set pieces – strike a strong resemblance with the oldest known survived photograph by Nicéphore Niépce from ca. 1822 – 1827. DP: Willy Hameister./div div class="txt" A favourite scene featuring light for Hanukkah and Christmas. Alan "How long will I live?" Cesare "Till the break of dawn." /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2024FilmChallenge #RobertWiene #WernerKrauss #ConradVeidt #FriedrichFeher #LilDagover #AlfredoAntonini #GiuseppeBecce #WillyHameister #mystery #drama #horror #ExperimentalFilm #Expressionismus #Germany #1920s/div /section ]]>

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari [The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari] (Robert Wiene, 1920)

Dec

25

Hanukkah + Christmas

Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1822 – 1827)

Cesare (Conrad Veidt) escapes with Jane (Lil Dagover) in his arms. Composition and distribution of light and shadow – much of which was painted directly on the set pieces – strike a strong resemblance with the oldest known survived photograph by Nicéphore Niépce from ca. 1822 – 1827. DP: Willy Hameister.

A favourite scene featuring light for Hanukkah and Christmas.

Alan “How long will I live?”

Cesare “Till the break of dawn.”

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #RobertWiene #WernerKrauss #ConradVeidt #FriedrichFeher #LilDagover #AlfredoAntonini #GiuseppeBecce #WillyHameister #mystery #drama #horror #ExperimentalFilm #Expressionismus #Germany #1920s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-nxl3 Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:24:33 +0100 Мъжки времена [Mazhki vremena / Manly Times] (Eduard Sachariev, 1977) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/manly-times-1977 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Мъжки времена [Mazhki vremena / Manly Times] (Eduard Sachariev, 1977)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 23/div div class="occasion" Festivus/div div class="img" Мъжки времена (1977)/divdiv class="caption" The men with a kidnapped woman, as was a custom in the region. DP: Radoslav Spassov ./div div class="txt" A really silly tradition for Festivus. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2024FilmChallenge #Festivus #traditions #EduardSachariev #NikolaiHaitov #MarianaDimitrova #GrigorVachkov #VelkoKynev #PavelPoppandov #KirilDonchev #RadoslavSpassov #drama #BookAdaptation #Bulgaria #Hungary #1970s/div /section ]]>

Мъжки времена [Mazhki vremena / Manly Times] (Eduard Sachariev, 1977)

Dec

23

Festivus

Мъжки времена (1977)

The men with a kidnapped woman, as was a custom in the region. DP: Radoslav Spassov .

A really silly tradition for Festivus.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #Festivus #traditions #EduardSachariev #NikolaiHaitov #MarianaDimitrova #GrigorVachkov #VelkoKynev #PavelPoppandov #KirilDonchev #RadoslavSpassov #drama #BookAdaptation #Bulgaria #Hungary #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/manly-times-1977 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:51:42 +0100 Valkoinen peura [The White Reindeer] (Erik Blomberg, 1952) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/valkoinen-peura-1952 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Valkoinen peura [The White Reindeer] (Erik Blomberg, 1952)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 21/div div class="occasion" Yule/div div class="img" Valkoinen peura (1952)/div div class="caption" Pirita (Mirjami Kuosmanen) in Gákti in front of a prism-like structure with a reindeer skull on top. Antlers stick out in the snow around her. DP: Erik Blomberg./div div class="txt" ##### Pagans for Yule. The reindeer plays an important part in Sámi #animism (1/2). /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2024FilmChallenge #Yule #ErikBlomberg #MirjamiKuosmanen #KalervoNissilä #ÅkeLindman #JouniTapiola #ArvoLehesmaa #EinarEnglund #animals #Sámi #shamanism #paganism #horror #drama #fantasy #witches #witchcraft #Finland #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Valkoinen peura [The White Reindeer] (Erik Blomberg, 1952)

Dec

21

Yule

Valkoinen peura (1952)

Pirita (Mirjami Kuosmanen) in Gákti in front of a prism-like structure with a reindeer skull on top. Antlers stick out in the snow around her. DP: Erik Blomberg.

Pagans for Yule. The reindeer plays an important part in Sámi #animism (1/2).

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #Yule #ErikBlomberg #MirjamiKuosmanen #KalervoNissilä #ÅkeLindman #JouniTapiola #ArvoLehesmaa #EinarEnglund #animals #Sámi #shamanism #paganism #horror #drama #fantasy #witches #witchcraft #Finland #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/valkoinen-peura-1952 Sat, 21 Dec 2024 17:15:49 +0100 St. Louis Blues (Dudley Murphy, 1929) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/st-louis-blues-1929 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" St. Louis Blues (Dudley Murphy, 1929)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="occasion" Walter "Wolfman" Washington – 1943/div div class="img" St. Louis Blues (1929)/div div class="caption" Bessie "the Empress of Blues" Smith, singing her blues away. DP: Walter Strenge ./div div class="txt" Featuring rhythm and blues, funk or blues, for Walter "Wolfman" Washington's birthday (1943) "I hate to see the evening' sun go down I hate to see the evening' sun go down It makes me think I'm on my last go 'round Feeling' tomorrow like I feel today Feeling' tomorrow like I feel today I'll pack my grip and make my getaway" Saint Louis woman with her diamond rings Pulls that man around by her apron strings Wasn't for powder and the store-bought hair The man I love wouldn't go nowhere, nowhere I got them Saint Louis Blues; just as blue as I can be He's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me" ### – Bessie Smith, St. Louis Blues (W. C. Handy) /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2024FilmChallenge #birthday #DudleyMurphy #BessieSmith #JimmyMordecai #IsabelWashington #HallJohnsonChoir #WCHandy #Walter Strenge #blues #music #ShortFilm #drama #USA #1920s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

St. Louis Blues (Dudley Murphy, 1929)

Dec

20

Walter “Wolfman” Washington – 1943

St. Louis Blues (1929)

Bessie “the Empress of Blues” Smith, singing her blues away. DP: Walter Strenge .

Featuring rhythm and blues, funk or blues, for Walter “Wolfman” Washington's birthday (1943)

“I hate to see the evening' sun go down I hate to see the evening' sun go down It makes me think I'm on my last go 'round

Feeling' tomorrow like I feel today Feeling' tomorrow like I feel today I'll pack my grip and make my getaway”

Saint Louis woman with her diamond rings Pulls that man around by her apron strings Wasn't for powder and the store-bought hair The man I love wouldn't go nowhere, nowhere

I got them Saint Louis Blues; just as blue as I can be He's got a heart like a rock cast in the sea Or else he wouldn't have gone so far from me”

– Bessie Smith, St. Louis Blues (W. C. Handy)

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #birthday #DudleyMurphy #BessieSmith #JimmyMordecai #IsabelWashington #HallJohnsonChoir #WCHandy #Walter Strenge #blues #music #ShortFilm #drama #USA #1920s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/st-louis-blues-1929 Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:33:03 +0100 Баллада о солдате [Ballada o soldate / Ballad of a Soldier] (Grigoriy Chukhray,... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/ballada-o-soldate-1959 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Баллада о солдате [Ballada o soldate / Ballad of a Soldier] (Grigoriy Chukhray, 1959)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 19/div div class="occasion" Heroes' Day/div div class="img" Баллада о солдате (1959)/div div class="caption" Hero Alyosha Skvortsov (Vladimir Ivashov). DPs: Vladimir Nikolayev & Era Savelyeva./div div class="txt" A heroic act for (National) Heroes' Day. "You were so scared that you knocked out two tanks? Out of fright? Everybody hear? I wish everybody were so scared." ### – The General /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2024FilmChallenge #HeroesDay #GrigoriyChukhray #VladimirIvashov #ZhannaProkhorenko #AntoninaMaksimova #NikolayKryuchkov #MikhailZiv #VladimirNikolayev #EraSavelyeva #drama #war #SovietUnion #1950s/div /section ]]>

Баллада о солдате [Ballada o soldate / Ballad of a Soldier] (Grigoriy Chukhray, 1959)

Dec

19

Heroes' Day

Баллада о солдате (1959)

Hero Alyosha Skvortsov (Vladimir Ivashov). DPs: Vladimir Nikolayev & Era Savelyeva.

A heroic act for (National) Heroes' Day.

“You were so scared that you knocked out two tanks? Out of fright? Everybody hear? I wish everybody were so scared.”

– The General

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #HeroesDay #GrigoriyChukhray #VladimirIvashov #ZhannaProkhorenko #AntoninaMaksimova #NikolayKryuchkov #MikhailZiv #VladimirNikolayev #EraSavelyeva #drama #war #SovietUnion #1950s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/ballada-o-soldate-1959 Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:21:05 +0100