N.P. il segreto [N.P.] (Silvano Agosti, 1971)
Jan
3
1979
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The January 3–4 International Herald Tribune reports on The Gunboat Affair. DP: Dimitri Nicolau.
And April 27.
Report (Bruce Conner, 1967)
Nov
23
1963
Television footage of JFK's state funeral with the caption “November 23, 1963”, superimposed over it.
“I'm not just an entertainer. I'm an influence, a wielder of opinion, a force… a force!”
A Face in the Crowd (Elia Kazan, 1957)
Nov
21
1956
Variety blares L. R.'S BLOOPER TOPS UNK DON'S. It's Wednesday, November 21, 1956. DPs: Gayne Rescher & Harry Stradling Sr..
– Lonesome Rhodes
Roma dodici novembre 1994 [Rome, November 12, 1994] (Alfredo Angeli et al., 1995)
Nov
12
1994
“One… two… three… four… five… seven… six… six… eight… nine… nine…”
Peace, little girl [Daisy / Daisy Girl] (Sidney Myers, 1964)
Nov
3
1964
Monique Corzilius aka Monique Cozy as the Daisy Girl. DP: Drummond Drury.
– Daisy Girl
La sixième face du pentagone [The Sixth Face of the Pentagon] (Chris Marker + François Reichenbach, 1968)
Oct
21
1967
Armed police seen from the back. In front of him someone holds up a sign that reads WHY WAR. DPs: Tony Daval, Chris Marker & Christian Odasso.
Calle Santa Fe (Carmen Castillo, 2007)
Oct
5
Miguel Enriquez holding Carmen Castillo in a family snapshot. DPs: Ned Burgess, Sebastián Moreno, Raphaël O'Byrne & Arnaldo Rodríguez.
“Shucks, I could take chicken fertilizer and sell it to them as caviar. I could make them eat dog food and think it was steak. Sure, I got 'em like this…”
A Face in the Crowd (Elia Kazan, 1957)
Aug
22
milkshake
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A young woman with an impressive coif, a fur stole and a large milkshake peeks from around a corner with a surprised look on her face. DPs: Gayne Rescher & Harry Stradling Sr..
– Lonesome Rhodes
آداب بهاری [Adab-e Bahari / Rites of Spring] (Ali Asghar Agahbanaei, 1982)
Aug
11
spring
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.
* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for August is not date-related.
“This film tells a story of rebels (played by real rats) and cops (played by real cats). After a long domination by cats, the rats escape from prison (this is their rebellion) and find refuge in Canada. There, they feed on organic produce from a garden where the grass hasn’t been sprayed with DDT.”
Rat Life and Diet in North America (Joyce Wieland, 1968)
Jul
4
Independence Day
Rats – gerbils actually – nibbling on the Stars and Stripes (via). DP: Joyce Wieland.
A movie set in the USA for Independence Day (USA)
– Jonas Mekas, via
French-Canadian patriot Joyce Wieland tells a fable of freedom.
Coincidentally, the Canadian city of Trois-Rivières, scene of the final battle of the American Revolutionary War, also celebrates an Independence Day on the fourth of July.