错位 [Cuo wei / Dislocation] (Huang Jianxin, 1986)
Jun
17
啤酒
The engineer (Zifeng Liu) drinking many many beers with his secretary (Hong Mu). DP: Xinsheng Wang.
“As I want it, so it will be!”
The Man Who Could Work Miracles (Lothar Mendes + Alexander Korda, 1936)
Jun
15
fruit
George McWhirter Fotheringay (Roland Young) waking up to an abundance of tropical foods in a crystal bowl, plus multiple expensive watches. His ill-fitting pajamas miss a button. DP: Harold Rosson.
– George McWhirter Fotheringay
– All I can offer is pancakes? Will they do? – They'll do just fine.
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.
Les trois couronnes du matelot [Three Crowns of the Sailor] (Raúl Ruiz, 1983)
Jun
5
A woman at a table, writing in a notebook with a pencil. There's a Chinese newspaper, a lit candle and candle stump, and stacked tableware in the form of Chinese bowls and bamboo steamers. DP: Sacha Vierny.
“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: 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.
– Lemora
“I don't find you the least bit amusing, Lieutenant Whatever-your-problem- is!”
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.
– Norah Dain
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.
“Sir John MacDonald, Jacobite captain of cavalry. Aged, frequently intoxicated, described as 'a man of the most limited capacities'.”
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.
– narrator
– 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.
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.
“If it weren't for bad people, what would you do for a living, Marshal?”
Doc (Frank Perry, 1971)
May
16
A tense scene in a dark saloon, the table littered with empty bottles. DP: Gerald Hirschfeld.
– Doc Holliday