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The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946)

Jul

20

1940

spoiler warning: click to toggle image The Killers (1946)

The July 21 headline. DP: Elwood Bredell.

“Don't ask a dying man to lie his soul into Hell.”

– Lt. Sam Lubinsky

D.O.A. [Dead on Arrival] (Rudolph Maté, 1949)

Jul

18

D.O.A. (1949)

A man's hand signs a car rental contract dated July 18. DP: Ernest Laszlo.

“You knew who I was when I came here today. But you were surprised to see me alive, weren't you? But I'm not alive, Mrs. Philips. Sure, I can stand here and talk to you. I can breathe and I can move. But I'm not alive. Because I did take that poison, and nothing can save me.”

– Frank Bigelow

The Life Magazine displayed at the San Francisco newspaper stand where Frank Bigelow stops is the issue of September 12, 1949, with Yugoslavia's leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito on the cover.

點指兵兵 [Dian zhi bing bing / Cops and Robbers] (Kwok-Ming Cheung, 1979)

Jul

15

點指兵兵 (1979)

妻は告白する [Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru / A Wife Confesses] (Yasuzō Masumura, 1961)

Jul

15

1961

妻は告白する (1961)

An expert called into the court case studies an enlarged photograph of the supposed crime scene. DP: Setsuo Kobayashi.

La mort d'un bûcheron [The Death of a Lumberjack] (Gilles Carle, 1973)

Jul

12

1920

La mort d'un bûcheron (1973)

Blanche Bellefeuille (Denise Filiatrault) in front of a wall covered in catholic knickknacks. Through a door, nightclub entrepreneur Armand St. Amour (Willie Lamothe) can be seen asleep, his beloved cowboy boots carefully placed next to his improvised bed. DP: René Verzier.

La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil [The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun] (Anatole Litvak, 1970)

Jul

10

Vendredi

La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil (1970)

A man with a lot of swagger and rolled up blueprints is about to enter a room with a prominent Coca-Cola machine and a jazzy leather swivel chair on display. An electronic flip clock tells the time and date. It's 17:52. DP: Claude Renoir.

Un posto ideale per uccidere [An Ideal Place to Kill / Oasis of Fear] (Umberto Lenzi, 1971)

Jun

19

champagne

Un posto ideale per uccidere (1971)

A white hand places a champagne filled coupe on a tiled floor, right in front of a tabby cat. Said Highness is also enjoying a full plate of carefully prepared seafood. DP: Alfio Contini.

 

La maudite galette [Dirty Money] (Denys Arcand, 1972)

Jun

16

La maudite galette (1972)

Berthe (Luce Guilbeault) points a rifle offscreen. Next to her a perpetual wall calendar from Desjardins with the date. It's June 16. DP: Alain Dostie.

Picture Snatcher (Lloyd Bacon, 1933)

Jun

16

Picture Snatcher (1933)

Patricia Nolan (Patricia Ellis) and Danny Kean (James Cagney). DP: Sol Polito.

“That gets it. That little touch of lavender. Am I gonna stink pretty.”

– Danny Kean

La diosa arrodillada [The Kneeling Goddess] (Roberto Gavaldón, 1947)

Jun

13

cake

La diosa arrodillada (1947)

A woman's manicured hand holds up a glass of champagne next to what appears to be an opulent wedding cake. DP: Alex Phillips.