settima

potatoes

Die Sage vom alten Hirten Xeudi und seinem Freund Reiman [The Legend of the Old Shepherd Xeudi and His Friend Reimann] (Hans-Jakob Siber, 1973)

Sep

3

potatoes

Die Sage vom alten Hirten Xeudi und seinem Freund Reiman (1973)

Gloomy potatoes and a small metal peeler on a wooden surface. DP: Hans-Jakob Siber.

Available to watch via the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste's media archive.

#FilmDinner #potatoes #HansJakobSiber #AlexanderVonBergen #HansReimann #GabriellaKaech #SonjaMeyer #TheMandrakeMemorial #drama #horror #ExperimentalFilm #folklore #music #psychedelic #Switzerland #1970s ★★★★☆

Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

Aug

19

National Potato Day

Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

Jeanne Dielman (Delphine Seyrig) eternally peeling potatoes for dinner in this gif from Fondation Chantal Akerman. DP: Babette Mangolte.

Jeanne Dielman routinely prepares meals, cleans the house, mothers her teenage son, and entertains men. Then something breaks and her carefully nurtured practices slowly unravel.

“I could have made mashed potatoes, but we're having that tomorrow.”

– Jeanne Dielman

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalPotatoDay #ChantalAkerman #DelphineSeyrig #JanDecorte #HenriStorck #JacquesDoniolValcroze #YvesBical #BabetteMangolte #potatoes #food #SlowCinema #drama #Belgium #France #1970s