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Teorema [Theorem] (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968)
Dec
29
Independence Day of Mongolia
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
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I pugni in tasca [Fists in the Pocket] (Marco Bellocchio, 1965)
Nov
3
Alessandro (Lou Castel). DP: Alberto Marrama.
“I'm a volcano of ideas.”
– Alessandro
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Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978)
Oct
7
1916
The Amarillo Dispatch reports on President Wilson's October 7 visit to the town of Panhandle. DP: Néstor Almendros.
– Here he is!
– There he goes!
– That's the president of the whole country.
– Ohh!
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Vergogna, schifosi!… [Dirty Angels] (Mauro Severino, 1969)
Aug
14
fruit
“Matto, caldo, soldi, morto… girotondo…”
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La battaglia di Algeri [The Battle of Algiers] (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966)
Dec
18
Arabic Language Day
Petit Omar (Mohamed Ben Kassen) reading out a letter to Ali La Pointe (Brahim Hadjadj) in the قصبة, (Cashbah). If it were not for the leads' jeans and sneakers, this scene could be in any century. DP: Marcello Gatti.
“The first section's dead. There's no one left. We lost contact with the second. The third is reorganizing. All that's left is the fourth. It's enough to start over with.”
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I pugni in tasca [Fists in the Pocket] (Marco Bellocchio, 1965)
Oct
15
soup
A smirking Alessandro (Lou Castel) pours soup with a ladle with his tired-looking mother (Liliana Gerace) observing. DP: Alberto Marrama.
“I'm a volcano of ideas.”
– Alessandro
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Il grande silenzio [The Great Silence] (Sergio Corbucci, 1968)
Aug
26
horse
A man in a heavy fur coat (Bruno Corazzari) is eating at a small table when Silenzio (Jean-Louis Trintignant) enters the small establishment. Outside the landscape is covered in snow. DP: Silvano Ippoliti.
– What do you want?
– We just want that horse of yours.
– You want my horse, there's an awful lot of ya. What are you gonna do with just one horse, anyhow?
– Eat it. We're gonna feed off that beast for at least a week.
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Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978)
Aug
7
Alberta Heritage Day
Bill (Richard Gere) and Abby (Brooke Adams) walking through golden fields towards a small pavilion. DP: Néstor Almendros.
Quintessential Americana. Filmed in Canada.
“The sun looks ghostly when there's a mist on a river and everything's quiet. I never knowed it before.”
– Linda