USA &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:USA @settima@mograph.social Sat, 19 Sep 2026 22:13:22 +0200 The UFO Incident [Interrupted Journey] (Richard A. Colla, 1975) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-917q <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The UFO Incident [Interrupted Journey] (Richard A. Colla, 1975)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 19/div div class="occasion" 1961/div div class="img" The UFO Incident (1975)/div div class="caption" Betty Hill (Estelle Parsons) observed from above. It's night, and tire tracks are visible. DP: Rexford L. Metz./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #RichardAColla #JohnGFuller #JamesEarlJones #EstelleParsons #BillyGoldenberg #RexfordLMetz #hypnotism #UFOs #SciFi #biography #BookAdaptation #drama #TVMovie #USA #1970s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

The UFO Incident [Interrupted Journey] (Richard A. Colla, 1975)

Sep

19

1961

The UFO Incident (1975)

Betty Hill (Estelle Parsons) observed from above. It's night, and tire tracks are visible. DP: Rexford L. Metz.

#FilmDuJour #September #RichardAColla #JohnGFuller #JamesEarlJones #EstelleParsons #BillyGoldenberg #RexfordLMetz #hypnotism #UFOs #SciFi #biography #BookAdaptation #drama #TVMovie #USA #1970s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-917q Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200 In the Heat of the Night (Norman Jewison, 1967) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-hp4z <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" In the Heat of the Night (Norman Jewison, 1967)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 13/div div class="X" /div div class="img" In the Heat of the Night (1967)/div div class="caption" Det. Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) and Chief Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger) at the train station. The timetable is written by hand on a blackboard. DP: Haskell Wexler./div div class="txt" "They call me MISTER TIBBS." ### – Det. Virgil Tibbs /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #NormanJewison #JohnBall #SidneyPoitier #RodSteiger #WarrenOates #LeeGrant #QuincyJones #HaskellWexler #BookAdaptation #crime #racism #USA #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

In the Heat of the Night (Norman Jewison, 1967)

Sep

13

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Det. Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) and Chief Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger) at the train station. The timetable is written by hand on a blackboard. DP: Haskell Wexler.

“They call me MISTER TIBBS.”

– Det. Virgil Tibbs

#FilmDuJour #September #NormanJewison #JohnBall #SidneyPoitier #RodSteiger #WarrenOates #LeeGrant #QuincyJones #HaskellWexler #BookAdaptation #crime #racism #USA #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-hp4z Sun, 13 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Homicidal (William Castle, 1961) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ddml <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Homicidal (William Castle, 1961)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 6/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Homicidal (1961)/div div class="caption" Man's hands hold a picture of Emily (Joan Marshall). DP: Burnett Guffey./div div class="txt" "We've been to Haunted Hills, and through Tinglers, and even Ghosts... but now we're going to meet a group of people who just happen to be… Homicidal." ### – William Castle, introduction\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #WilliamCastle #GlennCorbett #PatriciaBreslin #JoanMarshall #HugoFriedhofer #BurnettGuffey #crime #drama #mystery #USA #1960s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

Homicidal (William Castle, 1961)

Sep

6

Homicidal (1961)

Man's hands hold a picture of Emily (Joan Marshall). DP: Burnett Guffey.

“We've been to Haunted Hills, and through Tinglers, and even Ghosts... but now we're going to meet a group of people who just happen to be… Homicidal.”

– William Castle, introduction

#FilmDuJour #September #WilliamCastle #GlennCorbett #PatriciaBreslin #JoanMarshall #HugoFriedhofer #BurnettGuffey #crime #drama #mystery #USA #1960s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ddml Sun, 06 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Shock Corridor (Samuel Fuller, 1963) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-dsk0 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Shock Corridor (Samuel Fuller, 1963)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 30/div div class="occasion" 1954/div div class="img" Shock Corridor (1963)/div div class="caption" Inpatient Stuart (James Best) in one of the many scenes that appear to bear some of the seeds of Mark Frost & David Lynch's Twin Peaks (1990–1991). DPs: Stanley Cortez & Samuel Fuller./div div class="txt" "Life is a messy weapon." ### – Pagliacci /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #SamuelFuller #PeterBreck #ConstanceTowers #LarryTucker #JamesBest #PaulDunlap #StanleyCortez #drama #crime #USA #1960s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Shock Corridor (Samuel Fuller, 1963)

Aug

30

1954

Shock Corridor (1963)

Inpatient Stuart (James Best) in one of the many scenes that appear to bear some of the seeds of Mark Frost & David Lynch's Twin Peaks (1990–1991). DPs: Stanley Cortez & Samuel Fuller.

“Life is a messy weapon.”

– Pagliacci

#FilmDuJour #August #SamuelFuller #PeterBreck #ConstanceTowers #LarryTucker #JamesBest #PaulDunlap #StanleyCortez #drama #crime #USA #1960s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-dsk0 Sun, 30 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-rwqs <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 22/div div class="occasion" 1972/div div class="img" Dog Day Afternoon (1975)/div div class="caption" Sal (John Cazale) and Sonny (Al Pacino) in the bank, holding out with their increasingly impatient hostages. DP: Victor J. Kemper./div div class="txt" "He won't listen to anybody. He's been very crazy all summer. Since June he's been trying to kill me." ### – Leon /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #SidneyLumet #LeslieWaller #JohnCazale #AlPacino #ChrisSarandon #CarolKane #PenelopeAllen #LanceHenriksen #VictorJKemper #drama #heist #crime #LGBT #biography #BookAdaptation #USA #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975)

Aug

22

1972

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

Sal (John Cazale) and Sonny (Al Pacino) in the bank, holding out with their increasingly impatient hostages. DP: Victor J. Kemper.

“He won't listen to anybody. He's been very crazy all summer. Since June he's been trying to kill me.”

– Leon

#FilmDuJour #August #SidneyLumet #LeslieWaller #JohnCazale #AlPacino #ChrisSarandon #CarolKane #PenelopeAllen #LanceHenriksen #VictorJKemper #drama #heist #crime #LGBT #biography #BookAdaptation #USA #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-rwqs Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Marquette Park I (Tom Palazzolo + Mark Rance, 1976) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-d82t <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Marquette Park I (Tom Palazzolo + Mark Rance, 1976)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 21/div div class="occasion" 1976/div div class="img" Marquette Park I (1976).png)/div div class="caption" A snotty kid – who, like all kids in the 70s, looks like Mick Jagger – holds up a xeroxed pamphlet calling out to the "white voter"./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #TomPalazzolo #MarkRance #Panchito #GeorgeEstregan #RomyDiaz #VicDiaz #JooneeGamboa #ShortFilm #Nazis #Neonazis #documentary #Chicago #USA #1970s/div /section ]]>

Marquette Park I (Tom Palazzolo + Mark Rance, 1976)

Aug

21

1976

Marquette Park I (1976)

A snotty kid – who, like all kids in the 70s, looks like Mick Jagger – holds up a xeroxed pamphlet calling out to the “white voter”.

 

#FilmDuJour #August #TomPalazzolo #MarkRance #Panchito #GeorgeEstregan #RomyDiaz #VicDiaz #JooneeGamboa #ShortFilm #Nazis #Neonazis #documentary #Chicago #USA #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-d82t Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Experiment in Terror (Blake Edwards, 1962) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-4dhs <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Experiment in Terror (Blake Edwards, 1962)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 18/div div class="occasion" 1961/div div class="img" Experiment in Terror (1962).png)/div div class="caption" A ticket to a baseball game at Candlestick Park on August 18, 1961, a Friday. Playing are the San Francisco Giants vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants won. DP: Philip H. Lathrop./div div class="txt" And July 26, Joey's birthday. He's six now. "And oh, are the Giants mad!" ### – announcer on PA /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #BlakeEdwards #GordonGordon #MildredGordon #GlennFord #LeeRemick #StefaniePowers #RoyPoole #NedGlass #AnitaLoo #PatriciaHuston #RossMartin #HenryMancini #PhilipHLathrop #drama #thriller #crime #BookAdaptation #FilmNoir #baseball #SanFrancisco #USA #1960s ★★★★☆ ♥︎/div /section ]]>

Experiment in Terror (Blake Edwards, 1962)

Aug

18

1961

Experiment in Terror (1962)

A ticket to a baseball game at Candlestick Park on August 18, 1961, a Friday. Playing are the San Francisco Giants vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants won. DP: Philip H. Lathrop.

And July 26, Joey's birthday. He's six now.

“And oh, are the Giants mad!”

– announcer on PA

#FilmDuJour #August #BlakeEdwards #GordonGordon #MildredGordon #GlennFord #LeeRemick #StefaniePowers #RoyPoole #NedGlass #AnitaLoo #PatriciaHuston #RossMartin #HenryMancini #PhilipHLathrop #drama #thriller #crime #BookAdaptation #FilmNoir #baseball #SanFrancisco #USA #1960s ★★★★☆ ♥︎

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-4dhs Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Top of the Heap (Christopher St. John, 1972) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-9726 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Top of the Heap (Christopher St. John, 1972)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 16/div div class="occasion" 10 A.M./div div class="img" Top of the Heap (1972)/div div class="caption" An invitation via telegram dated August 10 for astronaut George Lattimer to Waltersville Alabama on August 16 at 10 A.M.. DP: Richard A. Kelley./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #ChristopherStJohn #PaulaKelly #JiTuCumbuka #BrianCutler #JJJohnson #RichardAKelley #drama #AfroFuturism #USA #1970s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Top of the Heap (Christopher St. John, 1972)

Aug

16

10 A.M.

Top of the Heap (1972)

An invitation via telegram dated August 10 for astronaut George Lattimer to Waltersville Alabama on August 16 at 10 A.M.. DP: Richard A. Kelley.

#FilmDuJour #August #ChristopherStJohn #PaulaKelly #JiTuCumbuka #BrianCutler #JJJohnson #RichardAKelley #drama #AfroFuturism #USA #1970s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-9726 Sun, 16 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Shanghai Express (Josef von Sternberg, 1932) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-c3wt <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Shanghai Express (Josef von Sternberg, 1932)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" 1927/div div class="img" Shanghai Express (1932).png)/div div class="caption" An elderly lady complains from her train compartment to a newspaper salesman on the platform: "This magazine you sold me says August 15, 1927". DPs: Lee Garmes & James Wong Howe./div div class="txt" Takes place between August 15 and August 19, 1927 "We know what year it is, don't we?" ### – Mrs. Haggerty speaking to her dog /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #JosefVonSternberg #MarleneDietrich #CliveBrook #AnnaMayWong #WarnerOland #EugenePallette #KarlHajos #WFrankeHarling #RudolphGKopp #JohnLeipold #LeeGarmes #JamesWongHowe #war #drama #romance #FilmNoir #USA #1930s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

Shanghai Express (Josef von Sternberg, 1932)

Aug

15

1927

Shanghai Express (1932)

An elderly lady complains from her train compartment to a newspaper salesman on the platform: “This magazine you sold me says August 15, 1927”. DPs: Lee Garmes & James Wong Howe.

Takes place between August 15 and August 19, 1927

“We know what year it is, don't we?”

– Mrs. Haggerty speaking to her dog

#FilmDuJour #August #JosefVonSternberg #MarleneDietrich #CliveBrook #AnnaMayWong #WarnerOland #EugenePallette #KarlHajos #WFrankeHarling #RudolphGKopp #JohnLeipold #LeeGarmes #JamesWongHowe #war #drama #romance #FilmNoir #USA #1930s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-c3wt Sat, 15 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0200 The Beast with Five Fingers (Robert Florey, 1946) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-jx7s <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Beast with Five Fingers (Robert Florey, 1946)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="X" /div div class="img" The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)/div div class="caption" Hilary Cummins (Peter Lorre). DP: Wesley Anderson./div div class="txt" "Eight bones has the carpus, five the metacarpus, fourteen the phlanges, all in all, all in all, twenty-seven all in all. Abracadabra." ### – Donald Arlington\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #RobertFlorey #PeterLorre #JohnAlvin #MaxSteiner #WesleyAnderson #horror #mystery #FilmNoir #USA #1940s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

The Beast with Five Fingers (Robert Florey, 1946)

Aug

15

The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)

Hilary Cummins (Peter Lorre). DP: Wesley Anderson.

“Eight bones has the carpus, five the metacarpus, fourteen the phlanges, all in all, all in all, twenty-seven all in all. Abracadabra.”

– Donald Arlington

#FilmDuJour #August #RobertFlorey #PeterLorre #JohnAlvin #MaxSteiner #WesleyAnderson #horror #mystery #FilmNoir #USA #1940s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-jx7s Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200