“I no longer even recognize myself. What made me like the others has been destroyed. I was like everyone else, with many faults, perhaps, mine and those of the world around me. You made me different by taking me out of the natural order of things.”Teorema [Theorem] (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968)
Dec
29
Independence Day of Mongolia

The visitor (Terence Stamp) in intimate closeup. DP: Giuseppe Ruzzolini.
Someone finds their independence: Independence Day of Mongolia (Үндэсний эрх чөлөө, тусгаар тогтнолоо сэргээсний баярын өдөр).
– Pietro, the son
行者 [Jingang Jing / Walker] (Tsai Ming-liang, 2012)
Dec
8
बोधि

The monk (Kang-sheng Lee) walking Hong Kong. DP: Tsai Ming-liang.
Kontrakt [The Contract] (Krzysztof Zanussi, 1980)
Jun
4
Coca-Cola

Two middle-aged men in discussion with a woman, semi off-screen, holding a drink. There's food covered with a napkin and a wineglass in front of the men. Behind the men, the maid – a tense woman cradling many small Coca-Cola bottles – looks on. DP: Slawomir Idziak.
“We seem to hear the winds of reform whistling down the chimney. Whereas the low hussy frolics off to buy her supper. Where do you keep your canned tamales, partner?”Rain (Lewis Milestone, 1932)
May
13
canned tamales

Sadie Thompson (Joan Crawford) looking for canned tamales in the pantry of the island's only convenience store. DP: Oliver T. Marsh.
– Sadie Thompson
“The madwoman has received your grace.”L'amore (Roberto Rossellini, 1948)
Apr
22
alms

Nannina (Anna Magnani) in “Il miracolo”, ascending a staircase while eating her alms. DP of this segment: Aldo Tonti; DPs “Una voce umana”: Robert Juillard & Otello Martelli.
– Nannina
Salesman (Albert + David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin, 1969)
Mar
29
breakfast

Bible salesmen enjoying breakfast at a soulless motel. DP: Albert Maysles.
Watched on Good Friday.
“Let's be different. Let's not hate anyone.”The World's Greatest Sinner (Timothy Carey, 1962)
Mar
1
eggs

Clarence “God” Hilliard (Timothy Carey) sitting at a round dinner table talking to his wife who's leaning against a counter holding a carton of eggs and crockery. DPs: Frank Grande, Robert Shelfow, Ray Dennis Steckler & Edgar G. Ulmer.
– Clarence “God” Hilliard
Иконостасът [Ikonostasat / The Icon Stand] (Christo Christov + Todor Dinov, 1969)
Feb
5
apples

A closeup of woman's hand moving an apple. The black-and-white photography is deliberately out of focus. DP: Atanas Tasev.
L'udienza [The Audience] (Marco Ferreri, 1972)
Nov
14

Amedeo (Enzo Jannacci), a young man with heavy rimmed glasses wrapped in heavy, flowery drapes as if it's a toga, eating late at night. There's an opened can on one of his plates. A sad looking stuffed toy dog hangs out. DP: Mario Vulpiani.