“8th of May. What a lovely day!”
Le Horla [The Horla] (Jean-Daniel Pollet, 1966)
May
08
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A reel-to-reel tape recorder. DP: Jean-Jacques Rochut.
and subsequent days.
– voice on tape
Japanicky [Felix the Cat in Japanicky] (Otto Messmer, 1928)
May
03
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A cheeky looking Felix stands in a doorway with a bamboo roller shutter. Inside the room a woman in Japanese dress sits in front of a tea bowl and pot on top of a small platform. From the ceiling hangs a (Chinese) lantern and from the wall a large scroll that reads May 3 in stereotypical Oriental lettering.
and May 4.
Goya 3 de mayo [Goya, May 3rd] (Carlos Saura, 2021)
May
3
1808
Saura's reconstruction of Goya's anti-war painting El tres de mayo de 1808 en Madrid (1814). DP: Sergio De Uña.
L'eclisse del 17 aprile [An Eclipse of the Sun] (1912)
Apr
17
1912
Scientists in impeccable suits observing the 1912 solar eclipse. The colour used for tinting this scene, a turquoise, indicates moonlight/dusk. Image source: Cineteca di Bologna (via).
Even: As You and I (Roger Barlow, Harry Hay + LeRoy Robbins, 1937)
Feb
27
A film editor struggling with a long strip of celluloid. DP: Hy Hirsh.
”'I know how you feel,' Reiko says quietly. 'And I will follow you wherever you go.'”
憂國 [Yūkoku / Patriotism or the Rite of Love and Death] (Yukio Mishima, 1966)
Feb
26
1936
Reiko (Yoshiko Tsuruoka) walking through her lover's blood, her kimono drenched. DP: Kimio Watanabe.
Covers February 26–28, 1936.
– intertitles
X2000 (François Ozon, 1998)
Jan
1
2000
A young, naked man holding a drink observes two men asleep in a sleeping bag on the floor. On the wall behind them the text “2000” spelled out with tinsel garlands. DP: Pierre Stoeber.
“Laugh, my friends. Laugh with me, laugh for me, because I dream for you.”
Le voyage dans la lune [A Trip to the Moon] (Georges Méliès, 1902)
Dec
19
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A gif from the hand-coloured edition that is now in the Filmoteca de Catalunya. Poor Mister Moon has the adventures' rocket stuck in his eye. DPs: Théophile Michault & Lucien Tainguy.
The Moon (any moon) to commemorate the end of the final man-manned moon landing.
– Georges Méliès, 1937
In true Méliès style, a wild menagerie of showgirls and scientists meet on the Moon in this groundbreaking sci-fi spectacle.
“Shadow boxes become poetic theaters or settings wherein are metamorphosed the element of a childhood pastime.”
Children's Party (Joseph Cornell, c. 1938/1969)
Dec
18
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Exuberant dancers at the children's party.
A festive child for Las Posadas
– Joseph Cornell
Children of all ages are entertained by a menagerie of dancers, acrobats, talented fauna and bobbing apples in this exhilarating found-footage party. Part of The Children's Trilogy, together with Cotillion (c. 1938/1969) and The Midnight Party (c. 1938/1969).
The Automatic Motorist (Walter R. Booth, 1911)
Dec
17
Saturnalia
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While on the ringed planet, they pick up a cop to save him from spear-wielding rascals, but he elopes with the planet's fairy. Look at those lovebirds on the rings of Saturn!
A planet with rings for Saturnalia
Two lovely newlyweds and their robot chauffeur take a trip to Saturn for their honeymoon, followed by a jolly ride under the sea. A remake of Booth's own The '?' Motorist from 1906.