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The Kirlian Witness (Jonathan Sarno, 1978)

Apr

13

International Plant Appreciation Day

The Kirlian Witness (1978)

Rilla (Nancy Snyder) in a neglected room, the floor's littered with empty food packaging. On a small table in front of her, a ficus hooked up to a polygraph. DP: João Fernandes.

Kirlian photography claims that plants can communicate telepathically. Rilla (Nancy Snyder) delves deep into the science so to interrogate the only witness to her plant-loving sister Laurie's murder, a ficus.

 

Not to be confused with the inferior alternative cut The Plants are Watching.

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #InternationalPlantAppreciationDay #JonathanSarno #NancySnyder #NancyBoykin #JoelColodner #HarryManfredini #JoãoFernandes #occultism #pseudoscience #paranormal #telekinesis #KirlianPhotography #plants #thriller #crime #USA #1970s ★★★★☆

The Anniversary (Roy Ward Baker + Alvin Rakoff, 1968)

Jan

10

National Houseplant Appreciation Day

The Anniversary (1968)

Dear Mrs. Taggart (Bette Davis) takes a moment during the anniversary to water her many many houseplants in her winter garden. DP: Harry Waxman.

Someone is watering houseplants for National Houseplant Appreciation Day (USA)

“Shirley my dear, would you mind sitting somewhere else? Body odor offends me.”

– Mrs. Taggart

#Bales2023FilmChallenge#NationalHouseplantAppreciationDay #RoyWardBaker #AlvinRakoff #BillMacIlwraith #BetteDavis #SheilaHancock #JackHedley #JamesCossins #ChristianRoberts #ElaineTaylor #PhilipMartell #HarryWaxman #plants #houseplants #drama #comedy #theatre #UK #1960s ★★★½