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David Holzman's Diary (Jim McBride, 1967)

Jul

14

David Holzman's Diary (1967)

L.M. Kit Carson as David Holzman. DP: Michael Wadleigh.

“Truffaut said that in 'Singing in the Rain', Debbie Reynolds jumps over a couch and holds in her skirt as she does it, and this movement gives her away. Now the movement that Sandra just made and I just caught, she gives herself away. Now in each movement, she gives herself a little more away, to me.”

– David Holzman

#FilmDuJour #July #JimMcBride #LMKitCarson #EileenDietz #MichaelWadleigh #voyeurism #USA #1960s ★★★½

Ansiktet [The Face / The Magician] (Ingmar Bergman, 1958)

Jul

14

Ansiktet (1958)

Granny Vogler (Naima Wifstrand) telling a sobbing Sara (Bibi Andersson) that yes, she may indeed be a witch. DP: Gunnar Fischer.

“I see what I see, and I know what I know. But nobody believes me.”

– Granny Vogler

#FilmDuJour #July #IngmarBergman #MaxVonSydow #IngridThulin #BibiAndersson #NaimaWifstrand #BirgittaPettersson #ErikNordgren #GunnarFischer #witches #witchcraft #comedy #horror #drama #mystery #Sweden #1950s ★★★★½

L'eclisse [The Eclipse] (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962)

Jul

10

Mon

L'eclisse (1962)

Vittoria (Monica Vitti, bottom left) at the Borsa – the Rome Stock Exchange. A clock top-right indicates it's Monday, July 10, 12:31 pm.. DP: Gianni Di Venanzo.

“Everything's crashing here.”

– Vittoria's mother

#FilmDuJour #July #MichelangeloAntonioni #MonicaVitti #AlainDelon #GiovanniFusco #GianniDiVenanzo #eclipse #romance #drama #mystery #EUR #Rome #Italy #France #1960s ★★★★★

Burnt Offerings (Dan Curtis, 1976)

Jul

1

Burnt Offerings (1976)

The chauffeur (Anthony James). DP: Jacques R. Marquette.

“The house takes care of itself.”

– Roz Allardyce

#FilmDuJour #July #DanCurtis #RobertMarasco #KarenBlack #OliverReed #BurgessMeredith #BetteDavis #AnthonyJames #BobCobert #JacquesRMarquette #BookAdaptation #horror #USA #Italy #1970s ★★½

Dwaj panowie 'N' [Two Gentlemen 'N'] (Tadeusz Chmielewski, 1962)

Feb

29

Dwaj panowie 'N' (1962)

Elzbieta Brylska (Joanna Jedryka) and Sgt. Jan Dziewanowicz (Stanislaw Mikulski). DP: Jerzy Stawicki.

#FilmDuJour #February #TadeuszChmielewski #JoannaJedryka #BoleslawPlotnicki #StanislawMikulski #AdamWalaciński #JerzyStawicki #birthday #LeapDay #LeapYear #Poland #1960s

Private Property (Leslie Stevens, 1959/1960)

Jul

21

Private Property (1959 – 1960)

Duke (Corey Allen) and Boots (Warren Oates) “watching TV”. Ann Carlyle (Kate Manx) stripping for her husband is on. DP: Ted D. McCord.

Date watched, not the date in the movie. The quote was too good to leave it off this blog.

– He's got a calendar in there. – What day is it? – It's a broad in a cowboy hat. – Scooby doo bi doo ba ba.

#FilmDuJour #July #LeslieStevens #KateManx #CoreyAllen #WarrenOates #RobertWark #PeteRugolo #TedDMcCord #HomeInvasion #thriller #crime #USA #1950s #1960s ★★★★½

Who, why, and what

This film blog, which is part of the fediverse, compliments my Mastodon musings and to a degree my Letterboxd logs. It consists of three parts:

The oldest is the Bales 2023 Film Challenge. This was a 2023 fediverse (and Twitter/X) challenge where the participants had to post about a film based on the daily theme. 2023 wasn't the kindest year, and at one point I had to skip a title. And then more. And more. And in 2024 I'm still catching up. Read about it on Letterboxd. Note that blog posts are timestamped on their corresponding daily challenge; you may have to scroll all the way back a year, or follow the #Bales2023FilmChallenge, #Bales2024FilmChallenge (December only) and #Bales2025FilmChallenge tags.

Then there is the Film du jour. This too once was a Letterboxd list until a blogger, backed by LB, blatantly copied my list and ran off with my gold medal. That list is now private and the titles – auto-posted on Mastodon on the day they take place – can be found here under the tag #FilmDuJour. The titles repeat yearly, with more and more ingredients added. It's like the soup of the day, but in celluloid form. Delicious!

Talking about food. Over time I announced my film-watching-during-dinner on Mastodon with the hashtag #FilmDinner. Initially just with a nice/interesting still, but then I decided to post a screenshot of a food-related moment in said movie.

The most recent addition is #Arcs, journaling those odd moments where I watch two or more films in a row with very similar scenes or setups. That happens, more often than anticipated.