Night Must Fall (Karel Reisz, 1964)
Feb
2
roast
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A man mostly off screen carves meat of some sort. Surely it's symbolic. DP: Freddie Francis.
“I accuse you of having trampled on the cross, of having ridden to the Sabbath, of throwing the Holy Cross of our Saviour into manure so that the skies grew dark, and the rain fell upon the earth!”
Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält [Mark of the Devil] (Michael Armstrong + Adrian Hoven, 1970)
Nov
28
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A very young, very pretty Udo Kier seated at a dinner table. There are various fruits on a platter and Udo's eating cheese. His outfit suggests the 18th century. DP: Ernst W. Kalinke.
– Albino
Wieczne pretensje [Permanent Objections] (Grzegorz Królikiewicz, 1975)
Jul
29
kotlet mielony
Two men in suits in what appears to be a factory canteen. One offers the other a large piece of kotlet mielony or kotlet schabowy, a type of #schnitzel. DP: Bogdan Dziworski.
“We're in America now.”
Stroszek (Werner Herzog, 1977)
Sep
9
turkey
Bruno (Bruno S.) shopping in a small American convenience store. He's holding a wad of dollar bills and a huge bird that he just took out of a very opulently stocked cooler. DP: Thomas Mauch.
– Bruno S.
– You want a leg or a breast? – You make the choice.
To Catch a Thief (Alfred Hitchcock, 1955)
Sep
8
leg or breast
Francie (Grace Kelly) and John Robie (Cary Grant) taking a (lunch) break on the Grand Corniche coast road. DP: Robert Burks.
Le trou [The Hole / The Night Watch] (Jacques Becker, 1960)
Jun
25
care package
Butchering a care package – butter, sausage and other joys of life – for contraband. DP: Ghislain Cloquet.
“Wouldn't you rather I did it out of love, than have one of those wood things do it out of their own animal hungers?”
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (Richard Blackburn, 1973)
Jun
4
meat
A fancy looking silver plate with what appears to be raw meat. DP: Robert Caramico.
– Lemora
Malpertuis (Harry Kümel, 1971)
May
12
meat
Cassavius (Orson Welles), looking monstrous on his sickbed, surrounded by peopel who appear to be in mourning. On his bed's foot-end a large silver platter with cooked meat, and a rat on its hind legs. DP: Gerry Fisher.