milesdavis &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:milesdavis @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:43:12 +0200 Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-80rd <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 18/div div class="occasion" International Panic Day/div div class="img" Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)/div div class="caption" M Tavernier (Maurice Ronet) seated in an elevator, calmly smoking. Around him several items speak of less calm moments. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" A character in panic mode on International Panic Day "Have you seen Mr Tavernier tonight?" ### Julien Tavernier has a plan about how to run off with his boss' wife. There's just this one snag. No time to panic, c'est cool c'est cool./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #LouisMalle #NoëlCalef #JeanneMoreau #MauriceRonet #MilesDavis #HenriDecaë #BookAdaptation #drama #crime #romance #jazz #FilmNoir #Paris #France #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958)

Jun

18

International Panic Day

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)

M Tavernier (Maurice Ronet) seated in an elevator, calmly smoking. Around him several items speak of less calm moments. DP: Henri Decaë.

A character in panic mode on International Panic Day

“Have you seen Mr Tavernier tonight?”

Julien Tavernier has a plan about how to run off with his boss' wife. There's just this one snag. No time to panic, c'est cool c'est cool.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #LouisMalle #NoëlCalef #JeanneMoreau #MauriceRonet #MilesDavis #HenriDecaë #BookAdaptation #drama #crime #romance #jazz #FilmNoir #Paris #France #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-80rd Wed, 18 Jun 2025 18:10:00 +0200 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (William Greaves, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-wz6x <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (William Greaves, 1968)/div div class="month" Feb/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 1/div div class="occasion" Filmmaking/div div class="img" Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)/div div class="caption" Don Fellows – testing as "Freddy" – and Patricia Ree Gilbert – testing as "Alice" –, the director (William Greaves), and a camera assistant holding up a light meter. Everyone is eyeing everyone and it's not clear who is playing what part. DPs: Stevan Larner & Terence Macartney-Filgate./div div class="txt" A film about filmmaking, or Hollywood, to celebrate the opening of Edison's Black Maria in 1893. "You and I are going to be filming the actors. The two of us, see, are going to be filming the actors - continuously - and you will be filming me and the actors. I'm going to be filming the actors and Terry is going to be in charge of filming the whole thing. You see?" ### – William Greaves - Director During a screentest for a documentary in a documentary in a film, director William Greaves attempts to cast the leads for his upcoming piece Over the Cliff, while a documentary crew records their progress./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #Filmmaking #WilliamGreaves #PatriciaReeGilbert #DonFellows #JonathanGordon #BobRosen #SusanAnspach #MilesDavis #StevanLarner #TerenceMacartneyFilgate #philosophy #documentary #drama #docudrama #ExperimentalFilm #DirectCinema #USA #1960s/div /section ]]>

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (William Greaves, 1968)

Feb

1

Filmmaking

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)

Don Fellows – testing as “Freddy” – and Patricia Ree Gilbert – testing as “Alice” –, the director (William Greaves), and a camera assistant holding up a light meter. Everyone is eyeing everyone and it's not clear who is playing what part. DPs: Stevan Larner & Terence Macartney-Filgate.

A film about filmmaking, or Hollywood, to celebrate the opening of Edison's Black Maria in 1893.

“You and I are going to be filming the actors. The two of us, see, are going to be filming the actors – continuously – and you will be filming me and the actors. I'm going to be filming the actors and Terry is going to be in charge of filming the whole thing. You see?”

– William Greaves – Director

During a screentest for a documentary in a documentary in a film, director William Greaves attempts to cast the leads for his upcoming piece Over the Cliff, while a documentary crew records their progress.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #Filmmaking #WilliamGreaves #PatriciaReeGilbert #DonFellows #JonathanGordon #BobRosen #SusanAnspach #MilesDavis #StevanLarner #TerenceMacartneyFilgate #philosophy #documentary #drama #docudrama #ExperimentalFilm #DirectCinema #USA #1960s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-wz6x Sat, 01 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0100 Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/ascenseur-pour-lechafaud-1958 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 13/div div class="occasion" croissants/div div class="img" Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)/div div class="caption" Mr Tavernier (Maurice Ronet) taking a bite out of a croissant while dialling a number in a lively French café. A blonde behind him shows an interest. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" "Have you seen Mr Tavernier tonight?" ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #LouisMalle #NoëlCalef #JeanneMoreau #MauriceRonet #MilesDavis #HenriDecaë #BookAdaptation #bread #breakfast #croissants #drama #crime #romance #jazz #FilmNoir #Paris #France #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958)

Dec

13

croissants

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)

Mr Tavernier (Maurice Ronet) taking a bite out of a croissant while dialling a number in a lively French café. A blonde behind him shows an interest. DP: Henri Decaë.

“Have you seen Mr Tavernier tonight?”

#FilmDinner #LouisMalle #NoëlCalef #JeanneMoreau #MauriceRonet #MilesDavis #HenriDecaë #BookAdaptation #bread #breakfast #croissants #drama #crime #romance #jazz #FilmNoir #Paris #France #1950s ★★★★☆

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