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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.

 

Requiem for a Village (David Gladwell, 1975)

Sep

29

bread

Requiem for a Village (1975)

Farmers resting, eating bread, after the harvest. DP: Bruce Parsons.

 

La strega in amore [The Witch] (Damiano Damiani, 1966)

Sep

27

La strega in amore (1966)

We, the viewer, sit at the head of a long table. Two women at the tall ends of the table stop eating to look at us. It's ominous. DP: Leonida Barboni.

 

마의 계단 [Maui gyuedan / The Evil Stairs] (Lee Man-hee, 1964)

Sep

25

rice

Maui gyuedan (1964)

Watched from above, the nurses gather to gossip over lunch. DP: Jeong-min Seo.

 

ტარიელ მკლავაძის მკვლელობის საქმე [Tariel Mklavadzis mkvlelobis saqme / The Hero of Our Time] (Ivane Perestiani, 1925)

Sep

21

wine

Tariel Mklavadzis mkvlelobis saqme (1925)

A dark eyed woman lurks from behind a white horse, while holding a glass of wine. DP: Aleksandr Digmelov.