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Numéro zéro [Odette Robert] (Jean Eustache, 1971)
Jan
21
Dzień Babci
Jean Eustache holds up a clapperboard while interviewing his grandmother Odette Robert. DPs: Adolfo Arrieta & Philippe Théaudière.
“These are not pretty stories but they need to be recorded.”
– Odette Robert
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Alice's Restaurant (Arthur Penn, 1969)
Jan
13
Stephen Foster Memorial Day
Arlo (Arlo Guthrie, son of legendary folk musician Woody) jams with his film-dad Pete Seeger. DP: Michael Nebbia.
A songwriter as the lead.
“This song is called 'Alice's Restaurant', and it's about Alice. And the restaurant. But Alice's Restaurant is not the name of the restaurant, that's just the name of the song. And that's why I called the song 'Alice's Restaurant'.
– Arlo Guthrie, intro to “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” (1967)
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المومياء [Al-mummia / The Night of Counting the Years / The Mummy] (Chadi Abdel Salam, 1969)
Jan
11
Heritage Treasures Day
Men carrying the sarcophagi through the desert in a long, winding procession. Both the porters and the dead are dressed in white cloth. DP: Abdel Aziz Fahmy.
“You who go, you will return
You who sleep, you will rise
You who walk, you will be resurrected”
