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Les scélérats [The Wretches] (Robert Hossein, 1960)
Feb
26
canapés
Maid Louise (Perrette Pradier) holding a platter with canapés at a black tie party. Observing her is the master of the house, Jess Rooland (Robert Hossein). DP: Jacques Robin.
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破戒 [Po jie / Broken Oath] (Chang-hwa Jeong, 1977)
Feb
24
noodles
A large man at an eatery gulps down bowl after bowl of delicious noodles. He's at number seven with bowl eight ready to go. DPs: Tieh Wang & Yung-Lung Wang.
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The Whole Shootin' Match (Eagle Pennell, 1978)
Feb
23
dinner with dad
Father and son at a small messy dinner table in a small kitchen. The dad, Frank (Sonny Carl Davis) is going on about something while the kid, T. Frank (David Weber), licks his finger. DP: Eagle Pennell.
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Falfúró [Wall Driller] (György Szomjas, 1986)
Feb
17
Peeping through a window we see a woman at a gas stove, stirring something in a low enamel pan. She appears to speak to a large man with a big moustache who's standing close to her. DP: Ferenc Grunwalsky.
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火まつり [Himatsuri / Fire Festival] (Mitsuo Yanagimachi, 1985)
Feb
16
water
A man drinks from a small stream like an animal. DP: Masaki Tamura.
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Hägringen [Mirage] (Peter Weiss, 1959)
Feb
12
An uncomfortably close close-up up of a man's mouth eating something. Tongue and mouth are visible. He's got stubble. DP: Gustaf Mandal.
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The Naked City (Jules Dassin, 1948)
Feb
10
Popsicles
A New York precinct. Across the street an ice cream vendor. Several kids are standing around the man's cart while one of them – a chunky monkey – leans against the nearest fire hydrant. A scruffy man in fedora walks past holding a Popsicle. DP: William H. Daniels; still photographers: Bert Anderson & Arthur “Weegee” Fellig.
“Another day, another ball of fire rising in the summer sky. The city is quiet now, but it will soon be pounding with activity. This time yesterday, Jean Dexter was just another pretty girl, but now she's the marmalade on 10,000 pieces of toast.”
– narrator
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Weegee’s Coney Island [Coney Island] (Arthur “Weegee” Fellig, 1954)
Feb
10
Good Humor
Two chubby ladies on Coney Island's beach eating chocolate-coated ice cream bars on a stick, I guess Good Humor bars. The women both wear black shapeless bathing suits. One of them has a pink towel over her shoulders and her hair in rollers. The framing shows only part of the couple, but tells you all you need to know. DP: Weegee.
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The Kentucky Fried Movie (John Landis, 1977)
Feb
9
popcorn
A white guy munches popcorn in a seemingly empty movie theatre while an usher, standing right behind him, lights a cigarette. DP: Stephen M. Katz.
“The popcorn you are eating has been pissed in. Film at eleven.”
– newscaster
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Иконостасът [Ikonostasat / The Icon Stand] (Christo Christov + Todor Dinov, 1969)
Feb
5
apples
A closeup of woman's hand moving an apple. The black-and-white photography is deliberately out of focus. DP: Atanas Tasev.
