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NationalHandshakeDay

Poslední trik pana Schwarcewalldea a pana Edgara [The Last Trick of Mr. Schwarcewallde and Mr. Edgar] (Jan Švankmajer, 1964)

Jun

26

National Handshake Day

Poslední trik pana Schwarcewalldea a pana Edgara (1964)

Mr Schwarcewallde and Mr Edgar on stage. Both are puppeteers in Edwardian costumes and oversized papier-mâché heads. DP: Svatopluk Malý.

Characters shake hands on National Handshake Day (USA)

 

Two illusionists compete with increasingly incredible tricks, sealed with a hefty handshake.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #NationalHandshakeDay #JanŠvankmajer #ŠtěpánKoníček #ZdeněkŠikola #SvatoplukMalý #ShortFilm #puppetry #comedy #illusionists #Czechoslovakia #1960s

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, 1948)

Jun

29

National Handshake Day

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Fred (Humphrey Bogart) and Curtin (Tim Holt) shake hands witnessed by gruff prospector Howard (Walter Huston). DP: Ted D. McCord.

Cheated out of their wages, broke Americans #Bogart and Holt are approached by a former prospector. There's #gold in the #SierraMadre mountains, he tells them.

“I know what gold does to men's souls.”

– Howard

Seemingly character driven, Huston's The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is an adventure moved by a relentless #landscape, the urge to drift, and #greed.

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalHandshakeDay #JohnHuston #BTraven #HumphreyBogart #WalterHuston #TimHolt #MaxSteiner #TedDMcCord #BookAdaptation #drama #adventure #western #USA #1940s ★★★★☆