settima

filmdinner

Mit dem Motorrad über die Wolken [A Motorcycle Trip Among the Clouds] (Lothar Rübelt, 1926)

Jan

9

roadside picnic

Mit dem Motorrad über die Wolken (1926)

A man and woman (Signorina Hansi) in 1920s motorcycle outfits enjoy a cheese-and-wine picnic at the Waldsee. DP: Franz Sochor.

Ucho [The Ear] (Karel Kachyňa, 1970)

Jan

8

cake

Ucho (1970)

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.

A cavallo della tigre [On the Tiger's Back / Jail Break] (Luigi Comencini, 1961)

Jan

6

A cavallo della tigre (1961)

Two men in a doorway with a stunned look on their faces and their mouths stuffed with food. DP: Aldo Scavarda.

Ο Δράκος [O Drakos / The Ogre of Athens / The Ogre / The Vampire] (Nikos Koundouros, 1956)

Jan

2

Martini

Ο Δράκος (1956)

The boss, Hondros (Giannis Argyris), pours out a stiff drink on the floor of his cabaret with Mr Tomas (Dinos Iliopoulos) in the background. DP: Kostas Theodoridis.

The first film dinner of 2024.

Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut [A Man Escaped] (Robert Bresson, 1956)

Dec

29

slop

Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (1956)

A man's hand holding a spoon at a perpendicular angle. DP: Léonce-Henri Burel.

“Time to empty our slop pails and run a little water over our faces, then back to our cells for the entire day.”

– Fontaine

Invasión [Invasion] (Hugo Santiago, 1969)

Dec

27

maté

Invasión (1969)

Don Porfirio (Juan Carlos Paz) pours water from a small kettle into a maté. DP: Ricardo Aronovich.

飼育 [Shiiku / The Catch] (Nagisa Ōshima, 1961)

Dec

26

offerings

飼育 (1961)

An altar with two rotund, smiling stone statues – possibly Jizō, a bowl of rice with chopsticks stuck into it, and a Japanese soldier's photograph. The position of the chopsticks tells us that the soldier has died. DP: Yoshitsugu Tonegawa.

Празник [Praznik / The Feast] (Đorđe Kadijević, 1967)

Dec

25

Christmas dinner

Празник (1967)

Soldiers eating bread at a set table. DP: Aleksandar Petković.

La baie des anges [Bay of Angels] (Jacques Demy, 1963)

Dec

23

pears

La baie des anges (1963)

A blonde Moreau at a restaurant table with a man seen from the back. There are several semi-empty wine glasses and pears sliced lengthwise on a plate, covered with a napkin. Jeanne's character Jackie Demaistre is holding a small sheet of paper with a schematic drawing of a roulette wheel while throwing the man a sceptical glance. DP: Jean Rabier.

“We'll go back to Nice tomorrow. The Bay of Angels brings us luck.”

– Jean Fournier

Angel, Angel, Down We Go [Cult of the Damned (Robert Thom, 1969)

Dec

22

Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969)

A chubby, piggy pink-dressed debutante (Joan Calhoun) flanked by her uppity-class parents (Charles Aidman and Jennifer Jones) in a fancy restaurant. The kid gives her mother the side eye. Other eaters look on in shock. DP: John F. Warren.

“We say hip, hooray, Hip, hip hooray, For fat!”

– Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, The Fat Song