settima

FilmDinner

Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält [Mark of the Devil] (Michael Armstrong + Adrian Hoven, 1970)

Nov

28

cheese

Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält (1970)

A very young, very pretty Udo Kier seated at a dinner table. There are various fruits on a platter and Udo's eating cheese. His outfit suggests the 18th century. DP: Ernst W. Kalinke.

“I accuse you of having trampled on the cross, of having ridden to the Sabbath, of throwing the Holy Cross of our Saviour into manure so that the skies grew dark, and the rain fell upon the earth!”

– Albino

The Criminal [The Concrete Jungle] (Joseph Losey, 1960)

Nov

21

chow time

The Criminal (1960)

A prison space. Two tough looking guys in dark clothing appear to savour their meals. One of them is holding a book. DP: Robert Krasker.

 

Le pacha [Pasha / Showdown] (Georges Lautner, 1968)

Nov

14

Le pacha (1968)

Dany Carrel and Jean Gabin gloomily share a small dinner table. DP: Maurice Fellous.

“The day they put jerks into orbit, you won't stop rotating soon!”

– Comissaire Joss, le Pacha

Panique [Panic] (Julien Duvivier, 1946)

Nov

7

Panique (1946)

A child probes her dinner with a fork larger than her head while another one is all neat and proper. In the midst of them, as serious table settings require, a large man. His napkin tucked in at the neck, he leans over the first child with something to say. DP: Nicolas Hayer.

“Dead meat always attracts flies.”

– Monsieur Hire

拳銃は俺のパスポート [Koruto wa ore no pasupōto / A Colt Is My Passport] (Takashi Nomura, 1967)

Nov

3

拳銃は俺のパスポート (1967)

A blurry shot of a man with a moustache in a space with chairs and a round table. DP: Shigeyoshi Mine.

 

Kladivo na čarodějnice [Witchhammer] (Otakar Vávra, 1970)

Oct

19

apples

Kladivo na čarodějnice (1970)

A woman in a tub lustfully bites into an apple, presented to her by a giddy maid. A second maid replenishes the bathwater. DP: Josef Illík.

 

藪の中の黒猫 [Yabu no naka no kuroneko / A Black Cat in a Bamboo Grove] (Kaneto Shindō, 1968)

Oct

13

藪の中の黒猫 (1968)

Two country women sit on the floor on tatami mats, eating from bowls using chopsticks. They look directly at us, seemingly interrupted. DP: Kiyomi Kuroda.

A mother and daughter who are raped and murdered by a rogue samurai, return as cat-shaped onryō, vengeful spirits.

 

하녀 [Hanyeo / The Housemaid] (Kim Ki-young , 1960)

Oct

12

rice

하녀 (1960)

A distraught looking woman appears to be force fed rice by a person just off-screen. DP: Kim Deok-jin.

“I won't cook for a concubine, even if today is the last day of my life.”

– Mrs Kim

Vargtimmen [Hour of the Wolf] (Ingmar Bergman, 1968)

Oct

4

aquavit

spoiler warning: click to toggle image Vargtimmen (1968)

Digestifs served with glass peepers Skål! DP: Sven Nykvist.

“This is my supper, you see. Lindhorst, who knows the world, says that old harlots have a morbid desire to satisfy their mouths and stomachs.”

– Gamla Fru von Merkens

拳精 [Quan jing / Spiritual Kung Fu] (Wei Lo, 1978)

Oct

3

拳精 (1978)

Jackie Chan balances three bowls and a small bench Jackie Chan style. DP: Jung-Shu Chen.