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Die glücklichen Minuten des Georg Hauser [The Happy Minutes of Georg Hauser] (Mansur Madavi, 1974)

Jun

25

National Day of Joy

Die glücklichen Minuten des Georg Hauser (1974)

In a moment of total bliss, Georg Hauser (Walter Bannert) wrecks a car (via). DP: Mansur Madavi.

A character who is happy on the National Day of Joy (USA)

“Grünes Licht für ehrgeizige, strebsame und arbeitswillige junge Menschen.”

Georg Hauser's life is a drag. He gets up to drive his car to the same office to do the same thing surrounded by the same people everyday, just to make money to do the same thing all over again. Then, his glasses break and the new pair makes him see things a bit differently.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #NationalDayOfJoy #MansurMadavi #Walter Bannert #ErnstEpler #LoreHeuermann #LiliGlas #ChristineHeuer #WilhelmHerzog #DieterSchrage #IngridFessler #axes #drama #ExperimentalFilm #Austria #1970s ♥︎

Rosso sangue; Happy End; The Hang Up

Nov

2

axe

Rosso sangue (1981)
Happy End (1967)
The Hang Up (1969)

Top to bottom: Rosso sangue [Absurd] (Joe D’Amato, 1981), Happy End (Oldřich Lipský, 1967), The Hang Up (TonyVorno, 1969).

Watched on November 2, 4 and 7 respectively.

#Arcs #axes #VladimírMenšík #KatyaBerger #JoeDAmato #OldřichLipský #JohnHayes #TonyVorno

Körkarlen [The Phantom Carriage] (Victor Sjöström, 1921)

Jun

13

International Axe Throwing Day

Körkarlen (1921)

David Holm (Victor Sjöström) attempts to break through a wooden door with the butt of an axe. This scene was the inspiration for the infamous door scene in Kubrick's The Shining (1980). DP: Julius Jaenzon.

“I want to be good, but no one believes me. Is it any wonder I cry?”

– David Holm

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #InternationalAxeThrowingDay #axes #VictorSjöström #SelmaLagerlöf #JuliusJaenzon #holidays #NewYearsEve #drama #horror #BookAdaptation #SilentFilm #Sweden #1920s