Cagliostro – Liebe und Leben eines großen Abenteurers [Cagliostro] (Richard Oswald, 1929)
Aug
15
1785
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A title card: LE 15 AOÛT 1785. DPs: Maurice Desfassiaux & Jules Kruger.
Fuoco! [Fire!] (Gian Vittorio Baldi, 1968)
Aug
15
Ferragosto
The statue of the Virgin with a bullet hole right through her eye. DP: Ugo Piccone.
Someone opens fire on August 15, the day of Ferragosto and the Virgin's Assumption
“The city… as if it were unborn. Rising into the sky with fingers of metal, limbs without flesh, girders without stone. Signs hanging without support. Wires dipping and swaying without poles. A city unborn. Flesh dissolved in an acid of light. A city of the dead.”
X [The Man with the X-Ray Eyes] (Roger Corman, 1963)
Aug
14
Dr. James Xavier (Ray Milland) performing his mind-reading trick. DP: Floyd Crosby.
– Dr. James Xavier
…und deine Liebe auch [And Your Love Too] (Frank Vogel, 1962)
Aug
13
1961
Eva (Kati Székely). Someone offscreen lits her cigarette. DP: Günter Ost.
Three people must decide what to do on August 13, 1961, the day the Berlin Wall goes up.
簪 [Kanzashi / Ornamental Hairpin] (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941)
Aug
10
1941
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A formal paper with the date stamp for August 10, Showa 16 (1941). DP: Suketarō Inokai.
“You need more than luck in Shanghai.”
The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947)
Aug
9
Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth) and husband Arthur Bannister (Everett Sloane) in the dizzying modernist finale. DP: Charles Lawton Jr..
– Elsa Bannister
Domenica d'agosto [Sunday in August] (Luciano Emmer, 1950)
Aug
7
1949
A little boy runs down a Roman street. Superimposed a calendar page: SUNDAY AUGUST 7 S. GAETANO THE SUN RISES AT 5:15 SUNSET AT 19:42 – CRESCENT MOON. “S. Gaetano” refers to Saint Cajetan, who's feast day is on August 7. DPs: Leonida Barboni, Ubaldo Marelli & Domenico Scala.
“Life has its tricks. Its oddities.”
La baie des anges [Bay of Angels] (Jacques Demy, 1963)
Aug
6
mercredi
The bank where Jean Fournier (Claude Mann) works. A wall calendar, slightly tilted, reads Août 6 Mercredi. DP: Jean Rabier.
– Jackie Demaistre
黒蜥蜴 [Kurotokage / Kuro tokage / Black Lizard] (Kinji Fukasaku, 1968)
Aug
4
The Black Lizard (Akihiro Miwa) in embrace with Detective Akechi (Isao Kimura). DP: Hiroshi Dōwaki.
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