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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.
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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..
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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.
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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.
– 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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L'œil du malin [The Eye of Evil / The Third Lover] (Claude Chabrol, 1962)
Aug
8
A table covered with a neatly ironed table cloth and on it, several stacks of flat and soup plates, plus silverware and nesting aluminium pans. DP: Jean Rabier.
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Drak sa vracia [Dragon's Return] (Eduard Grečner, 1968)
Aug
6
Eva (Emília Vášáryová) stares into the fire on which a small anthropomorphic cooking vessel is mounted. DP: Vincent Rosinec.
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A Queda [The Fall] (Ruy Guerra + Nelson Xavier, 1978)
Aug
3
Salatiel (Lima Duarte), a middle-aged balding man, in his undershirt at a dinner table. Working class poverty all around. DP: Edgar Moura.
“We were soldiers together. A long time ago. We were young, you know? Free from everything. We've been through a lot together, we were… friends.”
