settima

mirrors

The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947)

Aug

9

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth) and husband Arthur Bannister (Everett Sloane) in the dizzying modernist finale. DP: Charles Lawton Jr..

“You need more than luck in Shanghai.”

– Elsa Bannister

Angst vor der Angst [Fear of Fear] (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975)

Nov

29

freebie: Housewife Day

Angst vor der Angst (1975)

Margot (Margit Carstensen) seeing herself reflected twice in a triple mirror. We see her from the back, which blocks out the third reflection. DP: Jürgen Jürges.

November 3 redux

“I'm calm. I'm completely calm. You can leave me alone now”

– Margot

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #HousewifeDay #RainerWernerFassbinder #MargitCarstensen #KurtRaab #IngridCaven #PeerRaben #JürgenJürges #mirrors #TVMovie #drama #WestGermany #1970s

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.

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalGhostHuntingDay #WalterUngerer #PaulIckovic #JoMoore #SlowCinema #drama #romance #mystery #ghosts #mirrors #USA #1970s ★★★★☆