settima

ghosts

दुविधा [Duvidha / The Dilemma] (Mani Kaul, 1973)

May

3

National Paranormal Day

दुविधा (1973)

Lachhi, the bride (Raisa Padamsee). DP: Navroze Contractor.

A supernatural theme for National Paranormal Day (USA). May 3 (coincidentally?) is also the day Charles Fort passed on to a different realm.

 

A ghost falls in love with a bride whose husband, a merchant, is away from home. He takes on the man's form, and lives with her.

The Animal (Walter Ungerer, 1976)

Sep

22

The Animal (1976)

A man (Paul Ickovic) by himself at a table. The table setting suggests another person present. DP: Walter Ungerer.

The Animal (Walter Ungerer, 1976)

Sep

30

National Ghost Hunting Day

The Animal (1976)

Jo (Jo Moore) in the couple's cabin. She's seen reflected in a mirror, together with what appears to be an older woman in an old photograph. DP: Walter Ungerer.

鉄輪 [Kanawa / The Iron Crown] (Kaneto Shindō, 1972)

Sep

20

fried eggs

鉄輪 (1972)

Meg Flower as the young woman eats a fried egg straight from a spatula. She's naked. DP: Kiyomi Kuroda.