– What do you want? – We just want that horse of yours. – You want my horse, there's an awful lot of ya. What are you gonna do with just one horse, anyhow? – Eat it. We're gonna feed off that beast for at least a week.Il grande silenzio [The Great Silence] (Sergio Corbucci, 1968)
Aug
26
horse

A man in a heavy fur coat (Bruno Corazzari) is eating at a small table when Silenzio (Jean-Louis Trintignant) enters the small establishment. Outside the landscape is covered in snow. DP: Silvano Ippoliti.
– You know what's really awful? – No, tell me. – Getting hooked. It's the end. But, if you only take one shot every once in awhile. Its no different than an occasional drink or cigarette.More (Barbet Schroeder, 1969)
Aug
22
Munchies

Druggies Estelle (Mimsy Farmer) and Stefan (Klaus Grünberg) eating straight from a jar of honey and picking crumbs out of a loaf of bread. There's Coca-Cola product placement and half-eaten foods everywhere. DP: Néstor Almendros.
Hell Bound (William J. Hole Jr., 1957)
Aug
20
milk

Stanley Thomas (George E. Mather) and Daddy (Dehl Berti) in a sleazy nightclub. Daddy raises his glass of milk to someone offscreen. DP: Carl E. Guthrie.
Matinée (Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, 1977)
Aug
19
free candy

Best friends Aarón (Rodolfo Chávez Martínez) and Jorge (Armando Martín) helping out in Aarón's parents' convenience store while helping themselves to a snack or two. DP: Jorge Stahl Jr..
Maléfices [Where the Truth Lies] (Henri Decoin, 1962)
Aug
16
milk

Ronga (Maîthé Mansoura accompanied by cheetah Nyète), sits on a straw-covered floor while holding a bowl with milk. There are potted plants and gardening equipment is placed against the wall. DP: Marcel Grignon.
– Does he crawl on four legs? What does he eat and drink? – I've given him water to drink on occasion. He would never eat me.La Belle et la Bête [Beauty and the Beast] (Jean Cocteau + René Clément, 1946)
Aug
15
a cornucopia of wonder

La Belle (Josette Day) at a fancy table stacked with good foods and nice wines. She's cleaning her fingernails with the silverware while a chagrined Bête (Jean Marais) looks on. As magical as the story are the production and set design by Christian Bérard, Lucien Carré, and René Moulaert. They breathed a soul into almost everything, including the candelabras. DP: Henri Alekan.
Les créatures [The Creatures] (Agnès Varda, 1966)
Aug
14

Edgar (Michel Piccoli) and Mylène (Catherine Deneuve) all dressed up for a home-cooked meal. On the wall behind them a huge framed mounted crab. DPs: Willy Kurant, William Lubtchansky & Jean Orjollet.
Salón México (Emilio Fernández, 1949)
Aug
13
$120 cerveza

Mercedes (Marga López) sitting at a small round table at the salón. A waiter just came over to take her order. In the other room, meticulously dressed couples dance to live music. DP: Gabriel Figueroa.
Sedmi kontinent [Sedmý kontinent / The Seventh Continent] (Dušan Vukotić, 1966)
Aug
12
teevee dinner

A little blond boy on a red tricycle driving past his TV-ish dinner in an empty house. DP: Karol Krška.