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La diosa arrodillada [The Kneeling Goddess] (Roberto Gavaldón, 1947)
Jun
13
cake
A woman's manicured hand holds up a glass of champagne next to what appears to be an opulent wedding cake. DP: Alex Phillips.
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir, 1975)
Feb
14
Valentine's Day
A delicate, pink frosted Valentine's cake topped with a yellow marzipan rose. The cake, which bears the words St. Valentine in crude writing, has a deep straight cut right through the middle and a scorched dark spot on its side. On the right a rusty knife. DP: Russell Boyd.
“On Saturday 14th February 1900, a party of schoolgirls from Appleyard College picnicked at Hanging Rock near Mt. Macedon in the state of Victoria. During the afternoon, several members of the party disappeared without trace.”
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Ucho [The Ear] (Karel Kachyňa, 1970)
Jan
8
cake
A gold-rimmed plate with a messy piece of cake on its side. Near it two glasses and a bottle of alcohol. DP: Josef Illík.
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir, 1975)
Nov
26
Valentine's cake – alfresco
A piece of cake. With teeny tiny ants crawling all over it. Awww! DP: Russell Boyd.
“This we do for pleasure, so that we may shortly be at the mercy of venomous snakes and poisonous ants. How foolish can human creatures be.”
– Miss McCraw
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