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The Man Who Could Work Miracles (Lothar Mendes + Alexander Korda, 1936)
Jun
15
fruit
“As I want it, so it will be!”
– George McWhirter Fotheringay
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Gycklarnas afton [Sawdust and Tinsel] (Ingmar Bergman, 1953)
Jun
11
pancakes
Ringmaster Albert Johansson (Åke Grönberg) with Anne (Harriet Andersson) – holding a pot – standing over him. DPs: Hilding Bladh & Sven Nykvist.
– All I can offer is pancakes? Will they do?
– They'll do just fine.
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Les trois couronnes du matelot [Three Crowns of the Sailor] (Raúl Ruiz, 1983)
Jun
5
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Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (Richard Blackburn, 1973)
Jun
4
meat
A fancy looking silver plate with what appears to be raw meat. DP: Robert Caramico.
“Wouldn't you rather I did it out of love, than have one of those wood things do it out of their own animal hungers?”
– Lemora
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Who Killed Teddy Bear (Joseph Cates, 1965)
Jun
3
A square 1960s man – Jan Murray as Lt. Dave Madden – smugly pouring himself a stiff drink. DP: Joseph C. Brun.
“I don't find you the least bit amusing, Lieutenant Whatever-your-problem- is!”
– Norah Dain
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আকালের সন্ধানে [Akaler Sandhane / In Search of Famine] (Mrinal Sen, 1981)
May
29
चाय
The Bollywood stars arrive at the temple. In the foreground one of the actresses, cupping a beaker with her hands. DP: K.K. Mahajan.
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Culloden (Peter Watkins, 1964)
May
23
Wigged man at a table, drinking wine with three men lower in rank standing behind them with their arms crossed. DP: Dick Bush.
“Sir John MacDonald, Jacobite captain of cavalry. Aged, frequently intoxicated, described as 'a man of the most limited capacities'.”
– narrator
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Ansiktet [The Magician / The Face] (Ingmar Bergman, 1958)
May
22
love potion
Coach driver Simson (Lars Ekborg) serving maid Sara (Bibi Andersson) a potion from a flask. DP: Gunnar Fischer.
– We're out of love potion. What now?
– Take this one, for colic and bunions. What matters is how the bottle looks and how the potion tastes.
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Doc (Frank Perry, 1971)
May
16
A tense scene in a dark saloon, the table littered with empty bottles. DP: Gerald Hirschfeld.
“If it weren't for bad people, what would you do for a living, Marshal?”
– Doc Holliday
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Οι Τεμπέληδες της Εύφορης Κοιλάδας [Oi tembelides tis eforis koiladas / The Idlers of the Fertile Valley] (Nikos Panayotopoulos, 1978)
May
15
The maid (Olga Karlatos) patiently feeding the father (Vasilis Diamantopoulos) in bed. DP: Andreas Bellis.
