plants &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:plants @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:27:00 +0200 آداب بهاری [Adab-e Bahari / Rites of Spring] (Ali Asghar Agahbanaei, 1982) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-n5h7 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" آداب بهاری [Adab-e Bahari / Rites of Spring] (Ali Asghar Agahbanaei, 1982)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 11/div div class="occasion" spring/div div class="img" Adab-e Bahari (1982)/div div class="caption" In a dewdrop hanging from a rose, the face of a smiling woman appears./div div class="txt" Dita e Verës, a pagan spring celebration from Albania, celebrated in March: a spring scene &nbsp; The restless anticipation of spring. Iran as it was before and after the 1979 toppling of the Shah. While the snow melts away, the Revolution takes place, and fresh buds appear on the rose bushes. A poem. &nbsp; the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for August is not date-related./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #spring #AliAsgharAgahbanaei #flowers #plants #seasons #politics #documentary #ExperimentalFilm #ShortFilm #Iran #1980s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

آداب بهاری [Adab-e Bahari / Rites of Spring] (Ali Asghar Agahbanaei, 1982)

Aug

11

spring

Adab-e Bahari (1982)

In a dewdrop hanging from a rose, the face of a smiling woman appears.

Dita e Verës, a pagan spring celebration from Albania, celebrated in March: a spring scene*

 

The restless anticipation of spring. Iran as it was before and after the 1979 toppling of the Shah. While the snow melts away, the Revolution takes place, and fresh buds appear on the rose bushes. A poem.

 

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #spring #AliAsgharAgahbanaei #flowers #plants #seasons #politics #documentary #ExperimentalFilm #ShortFilm #Iran #1980s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-n5h7 Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0200 The Kirlian Witness (Jonathan Sarno, 1978) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-kirlian-witness-1978-04ml <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Kirlian Witness (Jonathan Sarno, 1978)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 13/div div class="occasion" International Plant Appreciation Day/div div class="img" The Kirlian Witness (1978)/div div class="caption" 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./div div class="txt" 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.\ &nbsp; Not to be confused with the inferior alternative cut The Plants are Watching./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #InternationalPlantAppreciationDay #JonathanSarno #NancySnyder #NancyBoykin #JoelColodner #HarryManfredini #JoãoFernandes #occultism #pseudoscience #paranormal #telekinesis #KirlianPhotography #plants #thriller #crime #USA #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

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 ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-kirlian-witness-1978-04ml Thu, 13 Apr 2023 16:53:52 +0200 The Anniversary (Roy Ward Baker + Alvin Rakoff, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-8mln <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Anniversary (Roy Ward Baker + Alvin Rakoff, 1968)/div div class="month" Jan/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 10/div div class="occasion" National Houseplant Appreciation Day/div div class="img" The Anniversary (1968)/div div class="caption" Dear Mrs. Taggart (Bette Davis) takes a moment during the anniversary to water her many many houseplants in her winter garden. DP: Harry Waxman./div div class="txt" 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 /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge#NationalHouseplantAppreciationDay #RoyWardBaker #AlvinRakoff #BillMacIlwraith #BetteDavis #SheilaHancock #JackHedley #JamesCossins #ChristianRoberts #ElaineTaylor #PhilipMartell #HarryWaxman #plants #houseplants #drama #comedy #theatre #UK #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

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

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