Fury (Fritz Lang, 1936)
Oct
26
1936
A distraught Joe Wilson (Spencer Tracy ) in the sheriff's office. DP: Joseph Ruttenberg.
“It's crazy how you can get yourself in a mess sometimes and not even be able to think about it with any sense, and yet, not be able to think about anything else. You get so you're no good for anything or anybody. Maybe it begins by taking life too serious. Anyway, I think that's the way it began for me, just before my fight with Rodriguez three days ago…”
Killer's Kiss (Stanley Kubrick, 1955)
Oct
25
Fri
An already worn-out poster for “another great bout” between Davey Gordon and Kid Rodriguez. DP: Stanley Kubrick.
– Davy Gordon
Nattmara [Nightmare] (Arne Mattsson, 1965)
Oct
19
Tue
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Hands hold up a small diary. The camera is focussed on Tuesday the 19th of October, 1965. Handwriting, a chicken scrawl, reads CITROEN A66692 MAJ BERG ✝. Besides that the week is uneventful. DP: Max Wilén.
“Arrested for selling pornography October 17, 1970.”
Un posto ideale per uccidere [An Ideal Place to Kill / Oasis of Fear] (Umberto Lenzi, 1971)
Oct
17
1970
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A cop berates a sheepish hippie couple. Captions read “Arrested for selling pornography October 17, 1970”. DP: Alfio Contini.
– Policeman
1943-1997 ['43 – '97] (Ettore Scola, 1997)
Oct
16
1943
The boy (Francesco Cencioni) on the run in a locked down town. DP: Carlo Tafani.
Könnyű testi sértés [Tight Quarters] (György Szomjas, 1983)
Oct
16
Csaba (Károly Eperjes) and Miklós (Péter Andorai) in their reluctantly shared apartment. Every frame is claustrophobically filled with people, including the television. DP: Ferenc Grunwalsky.
– The Paris Court of Appeals, meeting on October 15, 1959, pursuant to the charges against Dominique Marceau. – With a girl like that, truth may be the best defense for once.
La vérité [The Truth] (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1960)
Oct
15
1959
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Dominique (Brigitte Bardot) on trial. DP: Armand Thirard.
The day of the court case. Numerous other dates are mentioned, all in flashbacks.
“One can meet only god at such hour.”
駅 [Eki / Station] (Yasuo Furuhata, 1981)
Oct
12
Eiji Mikami (Ken Takakura) and Kiriko (Chieko Baishō) watching TV in her quiet bar. She sings along with her favourite song. DP: Daisaku Kimura.
Set 278 days before the start of the Tokyo Olympics.
– You expect me to eat that? – Americans live on ketchup and milk. I'm a whiz at geography.
Le passager de la pluie [Rider on the Rain] (René Clément, 1970)
Oct
10
Mélancolie 'Mellie' Mau (Marlène Jobert) and Col. Harry Dobbs (Charles Bronson), dancing. DP: Andréas Winding.
– Here he is! – There he goes! – That's the president of the whole country. – Ohh!
Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978)
Oct
7
1916
The Amarillo Dispatch reports on President Wilson's October 7 visit to the town of Panhandle. DP: Néstor Almendros.