BookAdaptation &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:BookAdaptation @settima@mograph.social Fri, 07 Aug 2026 01:39:15 +0200 黒蜥蜴 [Kurotokage / Kuro tokage / Black Lizard] (Kinji Fukasaku, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-wk6y <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 黒蜥蜴 [Kurotokage / Kuro tokage / Black Lizard] (Kinji Fukasaku, 1968)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 4/div div class="X" /div div class="img" 黒蜥蜴 (1968)/div div class="caption" The Black Lizard (Akihiro Miwa) in embrace with Detective Akechi (Isao Kimura). DP: Hiroshi Dōwaki./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #KinjiFukasaku #RampoEdogawa #YukioMishima #AkihiroMiwa #IsaoTomita #HiroshiDōwaki #drama #romance #action #crime #comedy #drag #LGBT #BookAdaptation #Japan #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

黒蜥蜴 [Kurotokage / Kuro tokage / Black Lizard] (Kinji Fukasaku, 1968)

Aug

4

黒蜥蜴 (1968)

The Black Lizard (Akihiro Miwa) in embrace with Detective Akechi (Isao Kimura). DP: Hiroshi Dōwaki.

#FilmDuJour #August #KinjiFukasaku #RampoEdogawa #YukioMishima #AkihiroMiwa #IsaoTomita #HiroshiDōwaki #drama #romance #action #crime #comedy #drag #LGBT #BookAdaptation #Japan #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-wk6y Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Night Has a Thousand Eyes (John Farrow, 1948) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-gtxy <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Night Has a Thousand Eyes (John Farrow, 1948)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 3/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)/div div class="caption" Mentalist John Triton (Edward G. Robinson, middle) and two of his conspirators. DP: John F. Seitz./div div class="txt" A continuity error later on in the movie makes it August 4. "I'd become a sort of a reverse zombie. I was living in a world already dead, and I alone knowing it." ### – John Triton\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #JohnFarrow #CornellWoolrich #EdwardGRobinson #VictorYoung #JohnFSeitz #BookAdaptation #FilmNoir #USA #1940s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

Night Has a Thousand Eyes (John Farrow, 1948)

Aug

3

Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)

Mentalist John Triton (Edward G. Robinson, middle) and two of his conspirators. DP: John F. Seitz.

A continuity error later on in the movie makes it August 4.

“I'd become a sort of a reverse zombie. I was living in a world already dead, and I alone knowing it.”

– John Triton

#FilmDuJour #August #JohnFarrow #CornellWoolrich #EdwardGRobinson #VictorYoung #JohnFSeitz #BookAdaptation #FilmNoir #USA #1940s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-gtxy Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200 The Outfit (John Flynn, 1973) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-zmrz <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Outfit (John Flynn, 1973)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 31/div div class="occasion" bread/div div class="img" The Outfit (1973).png)/div div class="caption" A white man in a dark coat in an undefined room. A concrete wall, a metal pipe, a loaf of white bread on a walnut counter. DP: Bruce Surtees./div div class="txt" "I don't talk to guys wearing aprons." ### – Earl Macklin /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #bread #JohnFlynn #DonaldEWestlake #RobertDuvall #KarenBlack #JoeDonBaker #RobertRyan #TimothyCarey #JerryFielding #BruceSurtees #BookAdaptation #thriller #crime #USA #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Outfit (John Flynn, 1973)

Jul

31

bread

The Outfit (1973)

A white man in a dark coat in an undefined room. A concrete wall, a metal pipe, a loaf of white bread on a walnut counter. DP: Bruce Surtees.

“I don't talk to guys wearing aprons.”

– Earl Macklin

#FilmDinner #bread #JohnFlynn #DonaldEWestlake #RobertDuvall #KarenBlack #JoeDonBaker #RobertRyan #TimothyCarey #JerryFielding #BruceSurtees #BookAdaptation #thriller #crime #USA #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-zmrz Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:03:49 +0200 Gli intoccabili [Machine Gun McCain] (Giuliano Montaldo, 1969) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-x7md <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Gli intoccabili [Machine Gun McCain] (Giuliano Montaldo, 1969)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 30/div div class="occasion" 1968/div div class="img" Gli intoccabili (1969)/div div class="caption" Man's hands hold up the July 30, 1968 San Francisco Chronicle. The headline reads GANGLAND FEUD EXPLODES: TWO CUT DOWN BY MACHINE GUN. It's a Tuesday. DP: Erico Menczer./div div class="txt" "It's a lot of work, ya know, just staying alive." ### – Rosemary Scott /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #GiulianoMontaldo #OvidDemaris #JohnCassavetes #BrittEkland #PeterFalk #GabrieleFerzetti #GenaRowlands #EnnioMorricone #EricoMenczer #crime #drama #romance #BookAdaptation #Italy #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Gli intoccabili [Machine Gun McCain] (Giuliano Montaldo, 1969)

Jul

30

1968

Gli intoccabili (1969)

Man's hands hold up the July 30, 1968 San Francisco Chronicle. The headline reads GANGLAND FEUD EXPLODES: TWO CUT DOWN BY MACHINE GUN. It's a Tuesday. DP: Erico Menczer.

“It's a lot of work, ya know, just staying alive.”

– Rosemary Scott

#FilmDuJour #July #GiulianoMontaldo #OvidDemaris #JohnCassavetes #BrittEkland #PeterFalk #GabrieleFerzetti #GenaRowlands #EnnioMorricone #EricoMenczer #crime #drama #romance #BookAdaptation #Italy #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-x7md Thu, 30 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Goodbye & Amen (Damiano Damiani, 1977) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-yn63 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Goodbye & Amen (Damiano Damiani, 1977)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 25/div div class="occasion" cereal/div div class="img" Goodbye & Amen (1977).png)/div div class="caption" Mrs. De Mauro (Claudia Cardinale) peeks around her hotelroom door. Waiting for her is a room service cart with coffee, coffee cups, and numerous boxes of Post Toasties. DP: Luigi Kuveiller./div div class="txt" "Twelve boxes of cornflakes - all for himself?" ### – Jack /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #cereal #cornflakes #DamianoDamiani #FrancisClifford #TonyMusante #ClaudiaCardinale #JohnSteiner #RenzoPalmer #FabrizioJovine #JohnForsythe #GuidoDeAngelis #MaurizioDeAngelis #LuigiKuveiller #drama #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆ ♥︎/div /section ]]>

Goodbye & Amen (Damiano Damiani, 1977)

Jul

25

cereal

Goodbye & Amen (1977)

Mrs. De Mauro (Claudia Cardinale) peeks around her hotelroom door. Waiting for her is a room service cart with coffee, coffee cups, and numerous boxes of Post Toasties. DP: Luigi Kuveiller.

“Twelve boxes of cornflakes – all for himself?”

– Jack

#FilmDinner #cereal #cornflakes #DamianoDamiani #FrancisClifford #TonyMusante #ClaudiaCardinale #JohnSteiner #RenzoPalmer #FabrizioJovine #JohnForsythe #GuidoDeAngelis #MaurizioDeAngelis #LuigiKuveiller #drama #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆ ♥︎

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-yn63 Sat, 25 Jul 2026 17:22:51 +0200 The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-qc3r <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="occasion" 1940/div div class="img" detailssummary spoiler warning: click to toggle image/summary The Killers (1946)/div div class="caption" The July 21 headline. DP: Elwood Bredell./div div class="txt" "Don't ask a dying man to lie his soul into Hell." ### – Lt. Sam Lubinsky /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #RobertSiodmak #ErnestHemingway #BurtLancaster #AvaGardner #EdmondOBrien #AlbertDekker #SamLevene #MiklósRózsa #ElwoodBredell #drama #crime #FilmNoir #thriller #sports #BookAdaptation #USA #1940s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946)

Jul

20

1940

spoiler warning: click to toggle image The Killers (1946)

The July 21 headline. DP: Elwood Bredell.

“Don't ask a dying man to lie his soul into Hell.”

– Lt. Sam Lubinsky

#FilmDuJour #July #RobertSiodmak #ErnestHemingway #BurtLancaster #AvaGardner #EdmondOBrien #AlbertDekker #SamLevene #MiklósRózsa #ElwoodBredell #drama #crime #FilmNoir #thriller #sports #BookAdaptation #USA #1940s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-qc3r Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200 Figures in a Landscape (Joseph Losey, 1970) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-6gqx <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Figures in a Landscape (Joseph Losey, 1970)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 17/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Figures in a Landscape (1970)/div div class="caption" MacConnachie (Robert Shaw, standing and peering upwards) and Ansell (Malcolm McDowell, squatting and facing away) in a barren landscape. Both have their hands tied behind their back. DPs: Henri Alekan, Peter Suschitzky & Guy Tabary./div div class="txt" "I'll tell you what though, Mac. There'll be no more games from now on." ### – Ansell /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #JosephLosey #BarryEngland #RobertShaw #MalcolmMcDowell #RichardRodneyBennett #HenriAlekan #PeterSuschitzky #GuyTabary #BookAdaptation #manhunt #thriller #drama #action #UK #Spain #1970s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Figures in a Landscape (Joseph Losey, 1970)

Jul

17

Figures in a Landscape (1970)

MacConnachie (Robert Shaw, standing and peering upwards) and Ansell (Malcolm McDowell, squatting and facing away) in a barren landscape. Both have their hands tied behind their back. DPs: Henri Alekan, Peter Suschitzky & Guy Tabary.

“I'll tell you what though, Mac. There'll be no more games from now on.”

– Ansell

#FilmDuJour #July #JosephLosey #BarryEngland #RobertShaw #MalcolmMcDowell #RichardRodneyBennett #HenriAlekan #PeterSuschitzky #GuyTabary #BookAdaptation #manhunt #thriller #drama #action #UK #Spain #1970s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-6gqx Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200 妻は告白する [Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru / A Wife Confesses] (Yasuzō Masumura, 1961) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-slcx <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 妻は告白する [Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru / A Wife Confesses] (Yasuzō Masumura, 1961)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" 1961/div div class="img" 妻は告白する (1961).png)/div div class="caption" An expert called into the court case studies an enlarged photograph of the supposed crime scene. DP: Setsuo Kobayashi./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #YasuzōMasumura #MasayaMaruyama #AyakoWakao #HiroshiKawaguchi #EitarōOzawa #RiichirōManabe #SetsuoKobayashi #drama #romance #crime #BookAdaptation #Japan #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

妻は告白する [Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru / A Wife Confesses] (Yasuzō Masumura, 1961)

Jul

15

1961

妻は告白する (1961)

An expert called into the court case studies an enlarged photograph of the supposed crime scene. DP: Setsuo Kobayashi.

#FilmDuJour #July #YasuzōMasumura #MasayaMaruyama #AyakoWakao #HiroshiKawaguchi #EitarōOzawa #RiichirōManabe #SetsuoKobayashi #drama #romance #crime #BookAdaptation #Japan #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-slcx Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200 La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil [The Lady in the Car with... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-xy0g <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil [The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun] (Anatole Litvak, 1970)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 10/div div class="occasion" Vendredi/div div class="img" La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil (1970)/div div class="caption" A man with a lot of swagger and rolled up blueprints is about to enter a room with a prominent Coca-Cola machine and a jazzy leather swivel chair on display. An electronic flip clock tells the time and date. It's 17:52. DP: Claude Renoir./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #AnatoleLitvak #SébastienJaprisot #SamanthaEggar #OliverReed #StéphaneAudran #JohnMcEnery #MichelLegrand #ClaudeRenoir #crime #thriller #mystery #BookAdaptation #France #USA #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil [The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun] (Anatole Litvak, 1970)

Jul

10

Vendredi

La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil (1970)

A man with a lot of swagger and rolled up blueprints is about to enter a room with a prominent Coca-Cola machine and a jazzy leather swivel chair on display. An electronic flip clock tells the time and date. It's 17:52. DP: Claude Renoir.

#FilmDuJour #July #AnatoleLitvak #SébastienJaprisot #SamanthaEggar #OliverReed #StéphaneAudran #JohnMcEnery #MichelLegrand #ClaudeRenoir #crime #thriller #mystery #BookAdaptation #France #USA #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-xy0g Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200 Burnt Offerings (Dan Curtis, 1976) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ngd5 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Burnt Offerings (Dan Curtis, 1976)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 1/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Burnt Offerings (1976)/div div class="caption" The chauffeur (Anthony James). DP: Jacques R. Marquette./div div class="txt" "The house takes care of itself." ### – Roz Allardyce /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #DanCurtis #RobertMarasco #KarenBlack #OliverReed #BurgessMeredith #BetteDavis #AnthonyJames #BobCobert #JacquesRMarquette #BookAdaptation #horror #USA #Italy #1970s ★★½/div /section ]]>

Burnt Offerings (Dan Curtis, 1976)

Jul

1

Burnt Offerings (1976)

The chauffeur (Anthony James). DP: Jacques R. Marquette.

“The house takes care of itself.”

– Roz Allardyce

#FilmDuJour #July #DanCurtis #RobertMarasco #KarenBlack #OliverReed #BurgessMeredith #BetteDavis #AnthonyJames #BobCobert #JacquesRMarquette #BookAdaptation #horror #USA #Italy #1970s ★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ngd5 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200