Bookadaptation &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:Bookadaptation @settima@mograph.social Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:23:51 +0200 Experiment in Terror (Blake Edwards, 1962) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-4dhs <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Experiment in Terror (Blake Edwards, 1962)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 18/div div class="occasion" 1961/div div class="img" Experiment in Terror (1962).png)/div div class="caption" A ticket to a baseball game at Candlestick Park on August 18, 1961, a Friday. Playing are the San Francisco Giants vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants won. DP: Philip H. Lathrop./div div class="txt" And July 26, Joey's birthday. He's six now. "And oh, are the Giants mad!" ### – announcer on PA /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #BlakeEdwards #GordonGordon #MildredGordon #GlennFord #LeeRemick #StefaniePowers #RoyPoole #NedGlass #AnitaLoo #PatriciaHuston #RossMartin #HenryMancini #PhilipHLathrop #drama #thriller #crime #BookAdaptation #FilmNoir #baseball #SanFrancisco #USA #1960s ★★★★☆ ♥︎/div /section ]]>

Experiment in Terror (Blake Edwards, 1962)

Aug

18

1961

Experiment in Terror (1962)

A ticket to a baseball game at Candlestick Park on August 18, 1961, a Friday. Playing are the San Francisco Giants vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants won. DP: Philip H. Lathrop.

And July 26, Joey's birthday. He's six now.

“And oh, are the Giants mad!”

– announcer on PA

#FilmDuJour #August #BlakeEdwards #GordonGordon #MildredGordon #GlennFord #LeeRemick #StefaniePowers #RoyPoole #NedGlass #AnitaLoo #PatriciaHuston #RossMartin #HenryMancini #PhilipHLathrop #drama #thriller #crime #BookAdaptation #FilmNoir #baseball #SanFrancisco #USA #1960s ★★★★☆ ♥︎

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-4dhs Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Cagliostro - Liebe und Leben eines großen Abenteurers [Cagliostro] (Richard... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-bqs1 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Cagliostro - Liebe und Leben eines großen Abenteurers [Cagliostro] (Richard Oswald, 1929)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" 1785/div div class="img" Cagliostro (1929).png)/div div class="caption" A title card: LE 15 AOÛT 1785. DPs: Maurice Desfassiaux & Jules Kruger./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #RichardOswald #JohannesVonGünther #HansStüwe #RenéeHéribel #AlfredAbel #IvanKovalSamborsky #RinaDeLiguoro #MauriceDesfassiaux #JulesKruger #SilentFilm #fragment #drama #history #melodrama #BookAdaptation #Germany #France #Sweden #1920s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Cagliostro – Liebe und Leben eines großen Abenteurers [Cagliostro] (Richard Oswald, 1929)

Aug

15

1785

Cagliostro (1929)

A title card: LE 15 AOÛT 1785. DPs: Maurice Desfassiaux & Jules Kruger.

 

#FilmDuJour #August #RichardOswald #JohannesVonGünther #HansStüwe #RenéeHéribel #AlfredAbel #IvanKovalSamborsky #RinaDeLiguoro #MauriceDesfassiaux #JulesKruger #SilentFilm #fragment #drama #history #melodrama #BookAdaptation #Germany #France #Sweden #1920s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-bqs1 Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0200 簪​ [Kanzashi / Ornamental Hairpin] (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-tpvc <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 簪​ [Kanzashi / Ornamental Hairpin] (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 10/div div class="occasion" 1941/div div class="img" Kanzashi (1941).png)/div div class="caption" A formal paper with the date stamp for August 10, Showa 16 (1941). DP: Suketarō Inokai./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #HiroshiShimizu #MasujiIbuse #KinuyoTanaka #HirokoKawasaki #TatsuoSaitō #ChishūRyū #ShinIchiHimori #TakeshiSakamoto #TakaakiAsai #SuketarōInokai #comedy #drama #BookAdaptation #Japan #1940s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

簪​ [Kanzashi / Ornamental Hairpin] (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941)

Aug

10

1941

Kanzashi (1941)

A formal paper with the date stamp for August 10, Showa 16 (1941). DP: Suketarō Inokai.

 

#FilmDuJour #August #HiroshiShimizu #MasujiIbuse #KinuyoTanaka #HirokoKawasaki #TatsuoSaitō #ChishūRyū #ShinIchiHimori #TakeshiSakamoto #TakaakiAsai #SuketarōInokai #comedy #drama #BookAdaptation #Japan #1940s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-tpvc Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200 The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5ccy <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 9/div div class="X" /div div class="img" The Lady from Shanghai (1947)/div div class="caption" Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth) and husband Arthur Bannister (Everett Sloane) in the dizzying modernist finale. DP: Charles Lawton Jr../div div class="txt" "You need more than luck in Shanghai." ### – Elsa Bannister /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #OrsonWelles #SherwoodKing #RitaHayworth #EverettSloane #TedDeCorsia #WilliamCastle #HeinzRoemheld #CharlesLawtonJr #RudolphMaté #JosephWalker #BookAdaptation #drama #romance #mirrors #FilmNoir #Chinatown #USA #1940s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947)

Aug

9

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth) and husband Arthur Bannister (Everett Sloane) in the dizzying modernist finale. DP: Charles Lawton Jr..

“You need more than luck in Shanghai.”

– Elsa Bannister

#FilmDuJour #August #OrsonWelles #SherwoodKing #RitaHayworth #EverettSloane #TedDeCorsia #WilliamCastle #HeinzRoemheld #CharlesLawtonJr #RudolphMaté #JosephWalker #BookAdaptation #drama #romance #mirrors #FilmNoir #Chinatown #USA #1940s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5ccy Sun, 09 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +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