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鉄輪 [Kanawa / The Iron Crown] (Kaneto Shindō, 1972)

Sep

20

fried eggs

鉄輪 (1972)

Meg Flower as the young woman eats a fried egg straight from a spatula. She's naked. DP: Kiyomi Kuroda.

#FilmDinner #eggs #KanetoShindō #NobukoOtowa #HideoKanze #MegFlower #HikaruHayashi #KiyomiKuroda #revenge #drama #ghosts #romance #PinkuEiga #Japan #1970s ★★★★☆

Veneno para las hadas [Poison for the Fairies] (Carlos Enrique Taboada, 1986)

Sep

19

apples

Veneno para las hadas (1986)

Verónica (Ana Patricia Rojo) eating a red apple from a paper bag filled with fruit. The kitchen is spartan. DP: Lupe García.

#FilmDinner #apples #CarlosEnriqueTaboada #AnaPatriciaRojo #ElsaMaríaGutiérrez #LeonorLlausás #CarlosJiménezMabarak #LupeGarcía #fruit #witches #mystery #horror #Mexico #1980s ★★★☆☆

The Medium (Gian Carlo Menotti, 1951)

Sep

18

The Medium (1951)

Madame Flora (Marie Powers) by herself at a small table in a shady bar. DP: Enzo Serafin.

#FilmDinner #GianCarloMenotti #MariePowers #LeopoldoSavona #AnnaMariaAlberghetti #EnzoSerafin #drama #opera #FilmNoir #mystery #USA #Italy #1950s ★★★★☆

狂つた一頁 [Kurutta ippēji / A Page of Madness] (Teinosuke Kinugasa, 1926)

Sep

12

狂つた一頁 (1926)

The servant's wife (Yoshie Nakagawa) eating. She looks up at someone offscreen, and smiles. DP: Kōhei Sugiyama.

#FilmDinner #TeinosukeKinugasa #YasunariKawabata #MasuoInoue #AyakoIijima #KōheiSugiyama #drama #AvantGarde #MentalHealth #ExperimentalFilm #BookAdaptation #Japan #1920s ★★★★★

Ostia [A Violent Life] (Sergio Citti, 1970)

Sep

11

supper

Ostia (1970)

A group of vulgar looking people eating outdoors at a very long table in front of an old crumbing wall at a very long table. The scene is a re-enactment of Da Vinci's Il Cenacolo / Last Supper. DP: Mario Mancini.

#FilmDinner #SergioCitti #PierPaoloPasolini #LaurentTerzieff #FrancoCitti #AnitaSanders #FrancescoDeMasi #MarioMancini #religion #ComingOfAge #crime #drama #mutton #animals #Ostia #Italy #1970s ★★★½

The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock, 1963)

Sep

10

chicken

The Birds (1963)

Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren in a promotional photo by Philippe Halsman. Hedren, as her character Melanie Daniels, is attacked by a large crow while Hitchcock calmly enjoys a fried chicken and a glass of wine. DP: Robert Burks.

Feeling rather peckish.

“Are the birds gonna eat us, Mommy?”

#FilmDinner #chicken #AlfredHitchcock #Hitchcock #DaphneDuMaurier #TippiHedren #RodTaylor #SuzannePleshette #RemiGassmann #OskarSala #RobertBurks #BookAdaptation #drama #horror #thriller #animals #birds #USA #1960s ★★★★☆

Stroszek (Werner Herzog, 1977)

Sep

9

turkey

Stroszek (1977)

Bruno (Bruno S.) shopping in a small American convenience store. He's holding a wad of dollar bills and a huge bird that he just took out of a very opulently stocked cooler. DP: Thomas Mauch.

“We're in America now.”

– Bruno S.

To Catch a Thief (Alfred Hitchcock, 1955)

Sep

8

leg or breast

To Catch a Thief (1955)

Francie (Grace Kelly) and John Robie (Cary Grant) taking a (lunch) break on the Grand Corniche coast road. DP: Robert Burks.

– You want a leg or a breast?

– You make the choice.

#FilmDinner #chicken #AlfredHitchcock #Hitchcock #DavidDodge #CaryGrant #GraceKelly #LynMurray #RobertBurks #BookAdaptation #crime #chicken #meat #mystery #USA #1950s ★★★☆☆

Red Roses of Passion (Joseph W. Sarno, 1966)

Sep

5

Red Roses of Passion (1966)

A blonde lustfully drinks from a cup held up for her by someone offscreen. DP: Anthony Lover.

#FilmDinner #JosephWSarno #PatriciaMcNair #AnthonyLover #drama #cult #adult #sexploitation #USA #1960s ★★★½

Homicidal (William Castle, 1961)

Sep

2

Ice cream (melting)

Homicidal (1961)

Emily (Joan Marshall), a stately blonde, looking down on a sulky little kid holding his slowly melting ice cream. DP: Burnett Guffey.

#FilmDinner #IceCream #WilliamCastle #GlennCorbett #PatriciaBreslin #JoanMarshall #HugoFriedhofer #BurnettGuffey #crime #drama #mystery #USA #1960s ★★★☆☆