Seksmisja [Sexmission] (Juliusz Machulski, 1984)

Aug

9

Two poor captured extinct men enjoying breakfast and cigarettes. DP: Jerzy Łukaszewicz.

– Men are extinct.

– They were not mammoths!

#FilmDuJour #August #JuliuszMachulski #HenrykKuźniak #JerzyŁukaszewicz #SciFi #satire #Poland #1980s ★★★½

Domenica d'agosto [Sunday in August] (Luciano Emmer, 1950)

Aug

7

1949

A little boy runs down a Roman street. Superimposed it reads 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.

#FilmDuJour #August #LucianoEmmer #AnnaBaldini #VeraCarmi #MarcelloMastroianni #RomanVlad #LeonidaBarboni #UbaldoMarelli #DomenicoScala #romance #comedy #drama #Neorealismo #Ostia #Rome #Italy #1950s ★★★☆☆

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

Aug

6

Wed

The bank where Jean Fournier (Claude Mann) works. A wall calendar, slightly tilted, reads Août 6 Mercredi. DP: Jean Rabier.

“Life has its tricks. Its oddities.”

– Jackie Demaistre

#FilmDuJour #August #JacquesDemy #JeanneMoreau #ClaudeMann #MichelLegrand #JeanRabier #drama #romance #gambling #addiction #Monaco #France #1960s ★★★★☆

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.

#FilmDuJour #August #KinjiFukasaku #RampoEdogawa #YukioMishima #AkihiroMiwa #IsaoTomita #HiroshiDōwaki #drama #romance #action #crime #comedy #drag #LGBT #BookAdaptation #Japan #1960s ★★★½

She-Man: A Story of Fixation (Bob Clark, 1967)

Aug

4

Lt. Albert Rose, now Rose Albert (Leslie Marlowe), strikes a dramatic pose. DP: Gerhard Maser.

#FilmDuJour #August #BobClark #LeslieMarlowe #WendyRoberts #DorianWayne #GeorgeBackahle #GerhardMaser #transvestism #crossdressing #drag #FemaleImpersonation #LGBT #USA #1960s ★★★★☆

Night Has a Thousand Eyes (John Farrow, 1948)

Aug

3

Mentalist John Triton (Edward G. Robinson, middle) and two of his conspirators. DP: John F. Seitz.

A continuity error later on in the movie makes it August 4.

“I'd become a sort of a reverse zombie. I was living in a world already dead, and I alone knowing it.”

– John Triton

#FilmDuJour #August #JohnFarrow #CornellWoolrich #EdwardGRobinson #VictorYoung #JohnFSeitz #BookAdaptation #FilmNoir #USA #1940s ★★★☆☆

White Woman (Stuart Walker, 1933)

Aug

1

Horace H. Prin (Laughton) and Judith Denning (Lombard) in a promotional photo. DP: Harry Fischbeck.

“You'll go under like all the others.”

– Judith Denning

#FilmDuJour #August #StuartWalker #NormanReillyRaine #FrankButler #KarlHajos #JohnLeipold #HarryFischbeck #CaroleLombard #CharlesLaughton #theatre #PreCode #USA #1930s ★★★★☆

Les trois couronnes du matelot [Three Crowns of the Sailor] (Raúl Ruiz, 1983)

Jul

25

1958

Prostitute María (Nadège Clair) sitting on her bed. The bed is covered in dolls. DP: Sacha Vierny.

“On the night of July 25, 1958 I killed Ladislaw Zukarevitch, antique dealer, my mentor, my master in the art of polishing diamonds, my tutor at Warsaw Theological School.”

– the student

#FilmDuJour #July #RaúlRuiz #JeanBernardGuillard #PhilippeDeplanche #NadègeClair #LisaLyon #JorgeArriagada #SachaVierny #mystery #crime #drama #France #1980s ★★★½

Dillinger è morto [Dillinger Is Dead] (Marco Ferreri, 1969)

Jul

25

1934

Glauco (Michel Piccoli) reading the July 25, 1934 Chicago Daily Tribune that he found in the pantry. The headline states CLEAR UP DILLINGER MYSTERY. DP: Mario Vulpiani.

#FilmDuJour #July #MarcoFerreri #MichelPiccoli #AnitaPallenberg #AnnieGirardot #TeoUsuelli #MarioVulpiani #drama #crime #satire #food #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆

Sinong lumikha ng yoyo? Sinong lumikha ng moon buggy? [Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?] (Kidlat Tahimik, 1979)

Jul

20

1969

Sinong lumikha ng yoyo? Sinong lumikha ng moon buggy? (1979)

A Bavarian onion dome with the date July 20, 1969 superimposed over it. DP: Kidlat Tahimik.

“Fantastic! You are a first class dilettante!”

– Kidlat's proud parents

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Seksmisja [Sexmission] (Juliusz Machulski, 1984)

Aug

9

Two poor captured extinct men enjoying breakfast and cigarettes. DP: Jerzy Łukaszewicz.

#FilmDuJour #August #JuliuszMachulski #HenrykKuźniak #JerzyŁukaszewicz #SciFi #satire #Poland #1980s ★★★½

Domenica d'agosto [Sunday in August] (Luciano Emmer, 1950)

Aug

7

1949

A little boy runs down a Roman street. Superimposed it reads 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.

#FilmDuJour #August #LucianoEmmer #AnnaBaldini #VeraCarmi #MarcelloMastroianni #RomanVlad #LeonidaBarboni #UbaldoMarelli #DomenicoScala #romance #comedy #drama #Neorealismo #Ostia #Rome #Italy #1950s ★★★☆☆

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

Aug

6

Wed

The bank where Jean Fournier (Claude Mann) works. A wall calendar, slightly tilted, reads Août 6 Mercredi. DP: Jean Rabier.

– Jackie Demaistre

#FilmDuJour #August #JacquesDemy #JeanneMoreau #ClaudeMann #MichelLegrand #JeanRabier #drama #romance #gambling #addiction #Monaco #France #1960s ★★★★☆

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.

#FilmDuJour #August #KinjiFukasaku #RampoEdogawa #YukioMishima #AkihiroMiwa #IsaoTomita #HiroshiDōwaki #drama #romance #action #crime #comedy #drag #LGBT #BookAdaptation #Japan #1960s ★★★½

She-Man: A Story of Fixation (Bob Clark, 1967)

Aug

4

Lt. Albert Rose, now Rose Albert (Leslie Marlowe), strikes a dramatic pose. DP: Gerhard Maser.

#FilmDuJour #August #BobClark #LeslieMarlowe #WendyRoberts #DorianWayne #GeorgeBackahle #GerhardMaser #transvestism #crossdressing #drag #FemaleImpersonation #LGBT #USA #1960s ★★★★☆

Night Has a Thousand Eyes (John Farrow, 1948)

Aug

3

Mentalist John Triton (Edward G. Robinson, middle) and two of his conspirators. DP: John F. Seitz.

A continuity error later on in the movie makes it August 4.

– John Triton

#FilmDuJour #August #JohnFarrow #CornellWoolrich #EdwardGRobinson #VictorYoung #JohnFSeitz #BookAdaptation #FilmNoir #USA #1940s ★★★☆☆

White Woman (Stuart Walker, 1933)

Aug

1

Horace H. Prin (Laughton) and Judith Denning (Lombard) in a promotional photo. DP: Harry Fischbeck.

– Judith Denning

#FilmDuJour #August #StuartWalker #NormanReillyRaine #FrankButler #KarlHajos #JohnLeipold #HarryFischbeck #CaroleLombard #CharlesLaughton #theatre #PreCode #USA #1930s ★★★★☆

Les trois couronnes du matelot [Three Crowns of the Sailor] (Raúl Ruiz, 1983)

Jul

25

1958

Prostitute María (Nadège Clair) sitting on her bed. The bed is covered in dolls. DP: Sacha Vierny.

– the student

#FilmDuJour #July #RaúlRuiz #JeanBernardGuillard #PhilippeDeplanche #NadègeClair #LisaLyon #JorgeArriagada #SachaVierny #mystery #crime #drama #France #1980s ★★★½

Dillinger è morto [Dillinger Is Dead] (Marco Ferreri, 1969)

Jul

25

1934

Glauco (Michel Piccoli) reading the July 25, 1934 Chicago Daily Tribune that he found in the pantry. The headline states CLEAR UP DILLINGER MYSTERY. DP: Mario Vulpiani.

#FilmDuJour #July #MarcoFerreri #MichelPiccoli #AnitaPallenberg #AnnieGirardot #TeoUsuelli #MarioVulpiani #drama #crime #satire #food #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆

Sinong lumikha ng yoyo? Sinong lumikha ng moon buggy? [Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?] (Kidlat Tahimik, 1979)

Jul

20

1969

A Bavarian onion dome with the date July 20, 1969 superimposed over it. DP: Kidlat Tahimik.

– Kidlat's proud parents

#FilmDuJour #July #KidlatTahimik #KidlatGottliebKalayaan #documentary #animation #fantasy #SciFi #comedy #Philippines #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★½