Le mépris [Contempt] (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963)

May

5

Europe Day

Michel Piccoli, director Fritz Lang, Jack Palance, and director Jean-Luc Godard behind the scenes. The clapperboard held by Godard is for the movie that Lang's working on in Le Mépris, an adaption of Homer's Odyssey. DP: Raoul Coutard.

A director from the EU for Europe Day

“Producers are something I can easily do without”

– Fritz Lang

A film in a film, the former directed by Fritz Lang, directed by Godard.

L'immortelle (Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1963)

Mar

12

National Hitchcock Day

A woman in silhouette (Françoise Brion) enters a building. The setup is perfectly symmetrical except a beam of light passing through the opened doors that highlight's the woman's presence, adding a sense of wrong to the scene. DP: Maurice Barry.

A favourite non-Hitchcock mystery for National Hitchcock Day (USA).

“You're a foreigner and you're lost.”

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #NationalHitchcockDay #AlainRobbeGrillet #FrançoiseBrion #JacquesDoniolValcroze #GuidoCelano #GeorgesDelerue #MichelFano #TahsinKavalcioglu #MauriceBarry #ExperimentalFilm #drama #mystery #France #Italy #Turkey #1960s ★★★★★

L'immortelle (Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1963)

Jun

23

Sat

A man's hand holds a crumbled up diary page for Saturday June 23. There are no calendar entries. DP: Maurice Barry.

“You're a foreigner and you're lost.”

#FilmDuJour #June #AlainRobbeGrillet #FrançoiseBrion #JacquesDoniolValcroze #GuidoCelano #GeorgesDelerue #MichelFano #TahsinKavalcioglu #MauriceBarry #ExperimentalFilm #drama #mystery #France #Italy #Turkey #1960s ★★★★★

Malpertuis (Harry Kümel, 1971)

May

12

meat

Cassavius (Orson Welles), looking monstrous on his sickbed, surrounded by peopel who appear to be in mourning. On his bed's foot-end a large silver platter with cooked meat, and a rat on its hind legs. DP: Gerry Fisher.

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GeorgesDelerue

Le mépris [Contempt] (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963)

May

5

Europe Day

Michel Piccoli, director Fritz Lang, Jack Palance, and director Jean-Luc Godard behind the scenes. The clapperboard held by Godard is for the movie that Lang's working on in Le Mépris, an adaption of Homer's Odyssey. DP: Raoul Coutard.

A director from the EU for Europe Day

– Fritz Lang

A film in a film, the former directed by Fritz Lang, directed by Godard.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #EuropeDay #JeanLucGodard #AlbertoMoravia #BrigitteBardot #MichelPiccoli #JackPalance #GiorgiaMoll #FritzLang #RaoulCoutard #LindaVeras #GeorgesDelerue #PieroPiccioni #drama #philosophy #romance #mystery #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★★½

L'immortelle (Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1963)

Mar

12

National Hitchcock Day

A woman in silhouette (Françoise Brion) enters a building. The setup is perfectly symmetrical except a beam of light passing through the opened doors that highlight's the woman's presence, adding a sense of wrong to the scene. DP: Maurice Barry.

A favourite non-Hitchcock mystery for National Hitchcock Day (USA).

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #NationalHitchcockDay #AlainRobbeGrillet #FrançoiseBrion #JacquesDoniolValcroze #GuidoCelano #GeorgesDelerue #MichelFano #TahsinKavalcioglu #MauriceBarry #ExperimentalFilm #drama #mystery #France #Italy #Turkey #1960s ★★★★★

L'immortelle (Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1963)

Jun

23

Sat

A man's hand holds a crumbled up diary page for Saturday June 23. There are no calendar entries. DP: Maurice Barry.

#FilmDuJour #June #AlainRobbeGrillet #FrançoiseBrion #JacquesDoniolValcroze #GuidoCelano #GeorgesDelerue #MichelFano #TahsinKavalcioglu #MauriceBarry #ExperimentalFilm #drama #mystery #France #Italy #Turkey #1960s ★★★★★

Malpertuis (Harry Kümel, 1971)

May

12

meat

Cassavius (Orson Welles), looking monstrous on his sickbed, surrounded by peopel who appear to be in mourning. On his bed's foot-end a large silver platter with cooked meat, and a rat on its hind legs. DP: Gerry Fisher.