settima

satire

Zahrada [The Garden] (Jan Švankmajer, 1968)

Oct

25

Zahrada (1968)

Jiří Hálek and Luděk Kopřiva as Josef and Frank. DP: Svatopluk Malý.

Könnyű testi sértés [Tight Quarters] (György Szomjas, 1983)

Oct

16

Könnyű testi sértés (1983)

Csaba (Károly Eperjes) and Miklós (Péter Andorai) in their reluctantly shared apartment. Every frame is claustrophobically filled with people, including the television. DP: Ferenc Grunwalsky.

血は渇いてる [Chi wa kawaiteru / Blood Is Dry] (Yoshishige Yoshida, 1960)

Sep

11

Chi wa kawaiteru (1960)

The September 11 copy of a scandal magazine. It costs 30 yen. DP: Tōichirō Narushima.

 

Czułe miejsca [Tender Spots] (Piotr Andrejew, 1981)

Aug

28

1998

Czułe miejsca (1981)

Janek (Michał Juszczakiewicz) and Ewa (Hanna Dunowska) in embrace on a bed. DPs: Jerzy Zieliński & Ryszard Lenczewski.

Äppelkriget [The Apple War] (Tage Danielsson, 1971)

Aug

27

1971

Äppelkriget (1971)

Blond people read two bright-yellow posters from two well-known, real-world Swedish newspapers. There's news about Deutschneyland. DP: Lars Swanberg.

“Look! Those tourists have already arrived. And they pitch their tents IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET! It's bloody awful.”

– bicycle repairman

Seksmisja [Sexmission] (Juliusz Machulski, 1984)

Aug

9

Seksmisja (1984)

Two poor captured extinct men enjoying breakfast and cigarettes. DP: Jerzy Łukaszewicz.

– Men are extinct.

– They were not mammoths!

Dillinger è morto [Dillinger Is Dead] (Marco Ferreri, 1969)

Jul

25

1934

Dillinger è morto (1969)

Glauco (Michel Piccoli) reading the July 25, 1934 Chicago Daily Tribune that he found in the pantry. The headline states CLEAR UP DILLINGER MYSTERY. DP: Mario Vulpiani.

Ucho [The Ear] (Karel Kachyňa, 1970)

Jul

17

Ucho (1970)

Party member, and rather drunk, Anna (Jiřina Bohdalová) and her newspaper hat at the officials' party. DP: Josef Illík.

“The 17th of July. Comrade Anna is not lying!”

Divorzio all'italiana [Divorce Italian Style] (Pietro Germi, 1961)

Jul

3

Divorzio all'italiana (1961)

A closeup of a man's hand holding up a diary. It's the third of July. DPs: Leonida Barboni & Carlo Di Palma.

Additionally, IMDb writes that “director Pietro Germi filmed a close-up of the front page of a newspaper announcing Yuri Gagarin's flight around the earth on April 12th 1961.”

Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951)

Jun

17

Ace in the Hole (1951)

A man holds up the first newspaper reporting on Leo Minosa's faith, dated June 17. The headline blares ANCIENT CURSE ENTOMBS MAN. DP: Charles Lang.

“It's a good story today. Tomorrow, they'll wrap a fish in it.”

– Charles Tatum