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La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil [The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun] (Anatole Litvak, 1970)
Jul
10
Vendredi
A man with a lot of swagger and rolled up blueprints is about to enter a room with a prominent Coca-Cola machine and a jazzy leather swivel chair on display. An electronic flip clock tells the time and date. It's 17:52. DP: Claude Renoir.
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Le démon dans l'île [Demon Is on the Island / Demon of the Island] (Francis Leroi, 1983)
Jun
28
1947
Dr. Gabrielle Martin (Anny Duperey) reads her digital patient file. It mentions her day of birth, June 28, 1947. DP: Jacques Assuérus.
“Don't think too much, it could affect your health, Gabrielle.”
– Dr. Marshall
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The Lottery (Larry Yust, 1969)
Jun
27
Drawing lots from a box. DP: Isidore Mankofsky.
This, or any other adaptation of Shirley Jackson's story.
“Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones.”
– Shirley Jackson, The Lottery (1948)
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L'immortelle (Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1963)
Jun
23
Sat
A man's hand holds a crumbled up diary page for Saturday June 23. There are no calendar entries. DP: Maurice Barry.
“You're a foreigner and you're lost.”
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Un posto ideale per uccidere [An Ideal Place to Kill / Oasis of Fear] (Umberto Lenzi, 1971)
Jun
19
champagne
A white hand places a champagne filled coupe on a tiled floor, right in front of a tabby cat. Said Highness is also enjoying a full plate of carefully prepared seafood. DP: Alfio Contini.
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Strategia del ragno [The Spider's Stratagem] (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)
Jun
15
Sat
A clock face. It's 9:54 on Saturday June 15. DPs: Franco Di Giacomo & Vittorio Storaro.
The two-page story this film is based on – Jorge Luis Borges' Tema del traidor y del héroe [Theme of the Traitor and Hero] (1944) – takes place on January 3 and August 2.
“Instead of leaving this morning, I'm still here. Among friends.”
– Athos Magnani
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Black Widow (Nunnally Johnson, 1954)
Jun
6
Carlotta 'Lottie' Mari (Ginger Rogers) reaching out to Nancy 'Nanny' Ordway's (Peggy Ann Garner). DP: Charles G. Clarke.
– Were you drunk when you did these?
– A little.
– They're very good.
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Les yeux cernés [Marked Eyes] (Robert Hossein, 1964)
May
22
dishes
Dirty plates on what looks like a professional kitchen's counter. A bobbed woman in black moves cutlery out of the frame. DP: Jean Boffety.
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Le 15 mai (Claire Denis, 1971)
May
15
Thu
“Of course, it's the 15th of May.”
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Una libélula para cada muerto [A Dragonfly for Each Corpse] (León Klimovsky, 1975)
May
14
Martedi
Grimy looking Inspector Paolo Scaporella (Paul Naschy) in intense phone conversation. The wall calendar reads Maggio 29 Martedi. DP: Miguel Fernández Mila.
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