biography &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:biography @settima@mograph.social Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:02:35 +0200 El chacal de Nahueltoro [Jackal of Nahueltoro] (Miguel Littin, 1969) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-2vp4 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" El chacal de Nahueltoro [Jackal of Nahueltoro] (Miguel Littin, 1969)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 23/div div class="occasion" 1960/div div class="img" El chacal de Nahueltoro (1969)/div div class="caption" The condemned (Nelson Villagra) in his penitentiary cell, swapping out his sandals for leather dress shoes. Two members of the Gendarmería de Chile wait for him to finish. DP: Héctor Ríos./div div class="txt" Full title: En cuanto a la infancia, andar, regeneración y muerte de Jorge del Carmen Valenzuela Torres, quien se hace llamar también José del Carmen Valenzuela Torres, Jorge Sandoval Espinoza, José Jorge Castillo Torres, alias el Campano, el Trucha, el Canaca, el Chacal de Nahueltoro /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #MiguelLittin #NelsonVillagra #ShendaRomán #MarceloRomo #SergioOrtega #HéctorRíos #drama #crime #biography #CinémaVérité #Chile #1960s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

El chacal de Nahueltoro [Jackal of Nahueltoro] (Miguel Littin, 1969)

Sep

23

1960

El chacal de Nahueltoro (1969)

The condemned (Nelson Villagra) in his penitentiary cell, swapping out his sandals for leather dress shoes. Two members of the Gendarmería de Chile wait for him to finish. DP: Héctor Ríos.

Full title: En cuanto a la infancia, andar, regeneración y muerte de Jorge del Carmen Valenzuela Torres, quien se hace llamar también José del Carmen Valenzuela Torres, Jorge Sandoval Espinoza, José Jorge Castillo Torres, alias el Campano, el Trucha, el Canaca, el Chacal de Nahueltoro

#FilmDuJour #September #MiguelLittin #NelsonVillagra #ShendaRomán #MarceloRomo #SergioOrtega #HéctorRíos #drama #crime #biography #CinémaVérité #Chile #1960s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-2vp4 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +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 Le vampire de Düsseldorf [The Vampire of Dusseldorf] (Robert Hossein, 1965) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-jzw2 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Le vampire de Düsseldorf [The Vampire of Dusseldorf] (Robert Hossein, 1965)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 5/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Le vampire de Düsseldorf (1965)/div div class="caption" Robert Hossein as Peter Kuerten [sic]. DP: Alain Levent./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #RobertHossein #MarieFrancePisier #AndréHossein #AlainLevent #SerialKillers #PeterKurten #Düsseldorf #drama #crime #biography #France #Italy #Spain #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Le vampire de Düsseldorf [The Vampire of Dusseldorf] (Robert Hossein, 1965)

Sep

5

Le vampire de Düsseldorf (1965)

Robert Hossein as Peter Kuerten [sic]. DP: Alain Levent.

#FilmDuJour #September #RobertHossein #MarieFrancePisier #AndréHossein #AlainLevent #SerialKillers #PeterKurten #Düsseldorf #drama #crime #biography #France #Italy #Spain #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-jzw2 Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Flic Story [Cop Story] (Jacques Deray, 1975) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-m00x <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Flic Story [Cop Story] (Jacques Deray, 1975)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 3/div div class="occasion" 1947/div div class="img" Flic Story (1975)/div div class="caption" A close-up of a man's feet hastily walking along a corridor. Superimposed it reads 3 SEPTEMBRE 1974. DP: Jean-Jacques Tarbès./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #JacquesDeray #RogerBorniche #AlainDelon #JeanLouisTrintignant #ClaudeBolling #JeanJacquesTarbès #drama #crime #biography #France #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Flic Story [Cop Story] (Jacques Deray, 1975)

Sep

3

1947

Flic Story (1975)

A close-up of a man's feet hastily walking along a corridor. Superimposed it reads 3 SEPTEMBRE 1974. DP: Jean-Jacques Tarbès.

#FilmDuJour #September #JacquesDeray #RogerBorniche #AlainDelon #JeanLouisTrintignant #ClaudeBolling #JeanJacquesTarbès #drama #crime #biography #France #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-m00x Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +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 The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (Gordon Davidson, 1972) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-fg26 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (Gordon Davidson, 1972)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 17/div div class="occasion" 1968/div div class="img" The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1972).jpg)/div div class="caption" Director Gordon Davidson and the defense attorney (David Spielberg) on set. DP: Haskell Wexler./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #GordonDavidson #DanielBerrigan #EdFlanders #DavidSpielberg #ShellyManne #HaskellWexler #drama #biography #VietnamWar #theatre #USA #1970s/div /section ]]>

The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (Gordon Davidson, 1972)

May

17

1968

The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1972)

Director Gordon Davidson and the defense attorney (David Spielberg) on set. DP: Haskell Wexler.

#FilmDuJour #May #GordonDavidson #DanielBerrigan #EdFlanders #DavidSpielberg #ShellyManne #HaskellWexler #drama #biography #VietnamWar #theatre #USA #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-fg26 Sun, 17 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut [A Man Escaped]... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-cjbl <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut [A Man Escaped] (Robert Bresson, 1956)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 2/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (1956)/div div class="caption" A hand with dirty nails writing on a scrap of paper with a pencil stump. It starts "Mai 2 Ma chère maman, Je suis à la pris[…]". DP: Léonce-Henri Burel./div div class="txt" "With nothing to do, no news and in terrible solitude, we were 100 unfortunates awaiting our fate. I had no illusions about my own. If I could only escape, run away…" ### – Fontaine\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #RobertBresson #AndréDevigny #FrançoisLeterrier #LéonceHenriBurel #drama #WW2 #biography #BookAdaptation #prison #JailBreak #France #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut [A Man Escaped] (Robert Bresson, 1956)

May

2

Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (1956)

A hand with dirty nails writing on a scrap of paper with a pencil stump. It starts “Mai 2 Ma chère maman, Je suis à la pris[…]“. DP: Léonce-Henri Burel.

“With nothing to do, no news and in terrible solitude, we were 100 unfortunates awaiting our fate. I had no illusions about my own. If I could only escape, run away…”

– Fontaine

#FilmDuJour #May #RobertBresson #AndréDevigny #FrançoisLeterrier #LéonceHenriBurel #drama #WW2 #biography #BookAdaptation #prison #JailBreak #France #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-cjbl Sat, 02 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner [The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-y8zj <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner [The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner] (Werner Herzog, 1974)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 13/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner (1974)/div div class="caption" Walter Steiner, flying. DP: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein./div div class="txt" "Ich sollte eigentlich ganz allein auf der Welt sein, ich, Steiner, und sonst kein anderes lebendes Wesen. Keine Sonne, keine Kultur, ich nackt auf einem hohen Fels, kein Sturm, kein Schnee, keine Straßen, keine Banken, kein Geld, keine Zeit und kein Atem. Ich würde dann jedenfalls keine Angst mehr haben." ### – Walter Steiner /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #WernerHerzog #WalterSteiner #WestGermany #PopolVuh #JörgSchmidtReitwein #Olympics #sports #documentary #biography #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner [The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner] (Werner Herzog, 1974)

Mar

13

Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner (1974)

Walter Steiner, flying. DP: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein.

“Ich sollte eigentlich ganz allein auf der Welt sein, ich, Steiner, und sonst kein anderes lebendes Wesen. Keine Sonne, keine Kultur, ich nackt auf einem hohen Fels, kein Sturm, kein Schnee, keine Straßen, keine Banken, kein Geld, keine Zeit und kein Atem. Ich würde dann jedenfalls keine Angst mehr haben.”

– Walter Steiner

#FilmDuJour #March #WernerHerzog #WalterSteiner #WestGermany #PopolVuh #JörgSchmidtReitwein #Olympics #sports #documentary #biography #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-y8zj Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (Todd Haynes, 1987) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/superstar-the-karen-carpenter-story-1987 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (Todd Haynes, 1987)/div div class="month" Feb/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 4/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987)/div div class="caption" A brunette Barbie doll representing Karen Carpenter makes a statement in front of the White House. DP: Barry Ellsworth./div div class="txt" "Mother, didn't you know there are children starving in Africa?" ### – "Karen Carpenter" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #February #ToddHaynes #KarenCarpenter #BarryEllsworth #EatingDisorders #Barbie #toys #satire #food #biography #drama #music #USA #1980s/div /section ]]>

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (Todd Haynes, 1987)

Feb

4

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987)

A brunette Barbie doll representing Karen Carpenter makes a statement in front of the White House. DP: Barry Ellsworth.

“Mother, didn't you know there are children starving in Africa?”

– “Karen Carpenter”

#FilmDuJour #February #ToddHaynes #KarenCarpenter #BarryEllsworth #EatingDisorders #Barbie #toys #satire #food #biography #drama #music #USA #1980s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/superstar-the-karen-carpenter-story-1987 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0100 کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک [Klūzāp, nemā-ye nazdīk / Close-Up] (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/nema-ye-nazdik-1990 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک [Klūzāp, nemā-ye nazdīk / Close-Up] (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990)/div div class="month" Jan/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 19/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Nema-ye Nazdik (1990)/div div class="caption" Hossain Sabzian on the back of a motorcycle on a busy tree-lined, four lane street. He's holding a large potted rose-red dahlia. DP: Ali Reza Zarrindast./div div class="txt" – Is there anything I can do for you? – You could make a film about my suffering. ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #January #AbbasKiarostami #HossainSabzian #MohsenMakhmalbaf #AliRezaZarrindast #drama #crime #biography #docudrama #Iran #1990s ★★★★★/div /section ]]>

کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک [Klūzāp, nemā-ye nazdīk / Close-Up] (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990)

Jan

19

Nema-ye Nazdik (1990)

Hossain Sabzian on the back of a motorcycle on a busy tree-lined, four lane street. He's holding a large potted rose-red dahlia. DP: Ali Reza Zarrindast.

– Is there anything I can do for you?

– You could make a film about my suffering.

#FilmDuJour #January #AbbasKiarostami #HossainSabzian #MohsenMakhmalbaf #AliRezaZarrindast #drama #crime #biography #docudrama #Iran #1990s ★★★★★

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/nema-ye-nazdik-1990 Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0100