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하녀 [Hanyeo / The Housemaid] (Kim Ki-young , 1960)
Oct
12
rice
A distraught looking woman appears to be force fed rice by a person just off-screen. DP: Kim Deok-jin.
“I won't cook for a concubine, even if today is the last day of my life.”
– Mrs Kim
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Vargtimmen [Hour of the Wolf] (Ingmar Bergman, 1968)
Oct
4
aquavit
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Digestifs served with glass peepers Skål! DP: Sven Nykvist.
“This is my supper, you see. Lindhorst, who knows the world, says that old harlots have a morbid desire to satisfy their mouths and stomachs.”
– Gamla Fru von Merkens
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拳精 [Quan jing / Spiritual Kung Fu] (Wei Lo, 1978)
Oct
3
Jackie Chan balances three bowls and a small bench Jackie Chan style. DP: Jung-Shu Chen.
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Requiem for a Village (David Gladwell, 1975)
Sep
29
bread
Farmers resting, eating bread, after the harvest. DP: Bruce Parsons.
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La strega in amore [The Witch] (Damiano Damiani, 1966)
Sep
27
We, the viewer, sit at the head of a long table. Two women at the tall ends of the table stop eating to look at us. It's ominous. DP: Leonida Barboni.
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마의 계단 [Maui gyuedan / The Evil Stairs] (Lee Man-hee, 1964)
Sep
25
rice
Watched from above, the nurses gather to gossip over lunch. DP: Jeong-min Seo.
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ტარიელ მკლავაძის მკვლელობის საქმე [Tariel Mklavadzis mkvlelobis saqme / The Hero of Our Time] (Ivane Perestiani, 1925)
Sep
21
wine
A dark eyed woman lurks from behind a white horse, while holding a glass of wine. DP: Aleksandr Digmelov.
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Mon oncle (Jacques Tati, 1958)
Aug
29
Mr Hulot and three women enjoy an outdoor lunch in Villa Arpel's concrete backyard. A woman in furs laughs heartily, head thrown back, with Hulot looking into her open mouth, halting a woman reaching for a carafe mid-movement. The third woman, in an avant-garde Eastmancolor-red poncho, calmly smokes through her cigarette holder. DP: Jean Bourgoin.
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A Face in the Crowd (Elia Kazan, 1957)
Aug
22
milkshake
A young woman with an impressive coif, a fur stole and a large milkshake peeks from around a corner with a surprised look on her face. DPs: Gayne Rescher & Harry Stradling Sr..
“Shucks, I could take chicken fertilizer and sell it to them as caviar. I could make them eat dog food and think it was steak. Sure, I got 'em like this…”
– Lonesome Rhodes
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La carrière de Suzanne [Suzanne's Career] (Éric Rohmer, 1963)
Aug
13
thé
A woman reaches for a silver teapot. We only see her hand. DP: Daniel Lacambre.
“I know. I know you. I know you very well.”
– Suzanne
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