settima

comedy

The Kentucky Fried Movie (John Landis, 1977)

Apr

9

11:42 A.M.

The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

Scratched-up film stock showing an arid landscape with ISLE OF LUCY APRIL 9, 11:42 A.M. in bold red letters superimposed over it. DP: Stephen M. Katz.

“Moscow in flames, missiles headed toward New York. Film at eleven.”

– newscaster

Ко то тамо пева? [Ko to tamo peva / Who's Singin' Over There?] (Slobodan Šijan, 1980)

Apr

5

1941

Ко то тамо пева? (1980)

A singing man plays the accordion, accompanied by a child smoking a cigarette. DP: Božidar 'Bota' Nikolić.

1. April 2000 [April 1, 2000] (Wolfgang Liebeneiner, 1952)

Apr

1

2000

1. April 2000 (1952)

The President of the Global Union (Hilde Krahl) stepping out of her spaceship. DPs: Sepp Ketterer, Karl Löb & Fritz Arno Wagner.

The Gruesome Twosome (Herschell Gordon Lewis, 1967)

Mar

27

1967

The Gruesome Twosome (1967)

The March 27, 1967 newspaper headlining CAMPUS PUZZLED! and GIRLS VANISH and FATE STILL A MYSTERY. It's Monday. DP: Roy Collodi.

簪​ [Kanzashi / Ornamental Hairpin] (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941)

Mar

3

melon

Kanzashi (1941)

A traditional Japanese room with tatami mats. Boys at a table eat melon slices. A woman makes a phone call. The view through the window reveals a gnarly tree and a mountain in the background. DP: Suketarō Inokai.

 

Even: As You and I (Roger Barlow, Harry Hay + LeRoy Robbins, 1937)

Feb

27

Even: As You and I (1937)

A film editor struggling with a long strip of celluloid. DP: Hy Hirsh.

Murders in the Zoo (A. Edward Sutherland, 1933)

Feb

20

Murders in the Zoo (1933)

A couple walks into a room, only to discover a lifeless man and a headless snake. DP: Ernest Haller.

“You don't think I sat there all evening with an eight-foot mamba in my pocket?”

– Eric Gorman

The Book of Life (Hal Hartley, 1998)

Dec

31

1999

The Book of Life (1998)

The “New York News” of December 31, 1999. The headline reads LAST DAY OF CENTURY BELIEVERS PRAY FOR END. DP: Jim Denault.

“It was the morning of December 31, 1999 when I returned, at last, to judge the living and the dead. Though still, and perhaps always, I had my doubts.”

La noche de los Inocentes [Night of the Innocents] (Arturo Sotto Díaz, 2007)

Dec

28

La noche de los Inocentes (2007)

The cast in the hospital. Lighting and stances appear theatre-like. DP: Ernesto Granado.

The Automatic Motorist (Walter R. Booth, 1911)

Dec

17

Saturnalia

The Automatic Motorist (1911)

While on the ringed planet, they pick up a cop to save him from spear-wielding rascals, but he elopes with the planet's fairy. Look at those lovebirds on the rings of Saturn!

A planet with rings for Saturnalia

 

Two lovely newlyweds and their robot chauffeur take a trip to Saturn for their honeymoon, followed by a jolly ride under the sea. A remake of Booth's own The '?' Motorist from 1906.