satire &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:satire @settima@mograph.social Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:48:22 +0200 Ucho [The Ear] (Karel Kachyňa, 1970) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-lw4h <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Ucho [The Ear] (Karel Kachyňa, 1970)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 17/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Ucho (1970)/div div class="caption" Party member, and rather drunk, Anna (Jiřina Bohdalová) and her newspaper hat at the officials' party. DP: Josef Illík./div div class="txt" "The 17th of July. Comrade Anna is not lying!" ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #KarelKachyňa #RadoslavBrzobohatý #JiřinaBohdalová #SvatoplukHavelka #JosefIllík #ČeskoslovenskáNováVlna #drama #satire #paranoia #politics #Czechoslovakia #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

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!”

#FilmDuJour #July #KarelKachyňa #RadoslavBrzobohatý #JiřinaBohdalová #SvatoplukHavelka #JosefIllík #ČeskoslovenskáNováVlna #drama #satire #paranoia #politics #Czechoslovakia #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-lw4h Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Divorzio all'italiana [Divorce Italian Style] (Pietro Germi, 1961) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-t45m <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Divorzio all'italiana [Divorce Italian Style] (Pietro Germi, 1961)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 3/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Divorzio all'italiana (1961)/div div class="caption" A closeup of a man's hand holding up a diary. It's the third of July. DPs: Leonida Barboni & Carlo Di Palma./div div class="txt" 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." /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #April #PietroGermi #MarcelloMastroianni #DanielaRocca #StefaniaSandrelli #LeopoldoTrieste #CarloRustichelli #LeonidaBarboni #CarloDiPalma #comedy #satire #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

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.”

#FilmDuJour #July #April #PietroGermi #MarcelloMastroianni #DanielaRocca #StefaniaSandrelli #LeopoldoTrieste #CarloRustichelli #LeonidaBarboni #CarloDiPalma #comedy #satire #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-t45m Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200 Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-kkgp <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 17/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Ace in the Hole (1951)/div div class="caption" 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./div div class="txt" "It's a good story today. Tomorrow, they'll wrap a fish in it." ### – Charles Tatum /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #BillyWilder #KirkDouglas #JanSterling #RobertArthur #PorterHall #FrankCady #RichardBenedict #HugoFriedhofer #CharlesLang #drama #satire #USA #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

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

#FilmDuJour #June #BillyWilder #KirkDouglas #JanSterling #RobertArthur #PorterHall #FrankCady #RichardBenedict #HugoFriedhofer #CharlesLang #drama #satire #USA #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-kkgp Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5fvp <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte [Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet] (Alexander Kluge, 1969)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 27/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte (1969)/div div class="caption" One of many many handmade, overly complicated title cards. The date is May/June 42. DPs: Dietrich Lohmann, Thomas Mauch & Alfred Tichawsky./div div class="txt" And November 9, January 14, and January 21. /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #AlexanderKluge #AlfredEdel #DietrichLohmann #ThomasMauch #AlfredTichawsky #SciFi #war #satire #TVMovie #WestGermany #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte [Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet] (Alexander Kluge, 1969)

Apr

27

Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte (1969)

One of many many handmade, overly complicated title cards. The date is May/June 42. DPs: Dietrich Lohmann, Thomas Mauch & Alfred Tichawsky.

And November 9, January 14, and January 21.

#FilmDuJour #April #AlexanderKluge #AlfredEdel #DietrichLohmann #ThomasMauch #AlfredTichawsky #SciFi #war #satire #TVMovie #WestGermany #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5fvp Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0200 The Kentucky Fried Movie (John Landis, 1977) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-02kk <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Kentucky Fried Movie (John Landis, 1977)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 9/div div class="occasion" 11:42 A.M./div div class="img" The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)/div div class="caption" Scratched-up film stock showing an arid landscape with ISLE OF LUCY APRIL 9, 11:42 A.M. in bold red letters superimposed over it. DP: Stephen M. Katz./div div class="txt" "Moscow in flames, missiles headed toward New York. Film at eleven." ### – newscaster /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #JohnLandis #DavidZucker #JimAbrahams #JerryZucker #MarilynJoi #EvanCKim #GeorgeLazenby #DonaldSutherland #RickBaker #ForrestJAckerman #StephenMKatz #TinaLouise #comedy #MartialArts #Bruceploitation #Blaxploitation #AnthologyMovie #satire #USA #1970s ★★★★★/div /section ]]>

The Kentucky Fried Movie (John Landis, 1977)

Apr

9

11:42 A.M.

The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

Scratched-up film stock showing an arid landscape with ISLE OF LUCY APRIL 9, 11:42 A.M. in bold red letters superimposed over it. DP: Stephen M. Katz.

“Moscow in flames, missiles headed toward New York. Film at eleven.”

– newscaster

#FilmDuJour #April #JohnLandis #DavidZucker #JimAbrahams #JerryZucker #MarilynJoi #EvanCKim #GeorgeLazenby #DonaldSutherland #RickBaker #ForrestJAckerman #StephenMKatz #TinaLouise #comedy #MartialArts #Bruceploitation #Blaxploitation #AnthologyMovie #satire #USA #1970s ★★★★★

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-02kk Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 April 2000 [April 1, 2000] (Wolfgang Liebeneiner, 1952) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-w3gj <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 1. April 2000 [April 1, 2000] (Wolfgang Liebeneiner, 1952)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 1/div div class="occasion" 2000/div div class="img" 1. April 2000 (1952)/div div class="caption" The President of the Global Union (Hilde Krahl) stepping out of her spaceship. DPs: Sepp Ketterer, Karl Löb & Fritz Arno Wagner./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #WolfgangLiebeneiner #HildeKrahl #JosefMeinrad #JosefFiedler #AloisMelichar #RobertStolz #SeppKetterer #KarlLöb #FritzArnoWagner #SciFi #comedy #satire #politics #Austria #1950s /div /section ]]>

1. April 2000 [April 1, 2000] (Wolfgang Liebeneiner, 1952)

Apr

1

2000

1. April 2000 (1952)

The President of the Global Union (Hilde Krahl) stepping out of her spaceship. DPs: Sepp Ketterer, Karl Löb & Fritz Arno Wagner.

#FilmDuJour #April #WolfgangLiebeneiner #HildeKrahl #JosefMeinrad #JosefFiedler #AloisMelichar #RobertStolz #SeppKetterer #KarlLöb #FritzArnoWagner #SciFi #comedy #satire #politics #Austria #1950s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-w3gj Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Even: As You and I (Roger Barlow, Harry Hay + LeRoy Robbins, 1937) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/even-as-you-and-i-1937 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Even: As You and I (Roger Barlow, Harry Hay + LeRoy Robbins, 1937)/div div class="month" Feb /div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 27/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Even: As You and I (1937)/div div class="caption" A film editor struggling with a long strip of celluloid. DP: Hy Hirsh./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #February #RogerBarlow #HarryHay #HyHirsh #LeRoyRobbins #SilentFilm #ShortFilm #surrealism #satire #comedy #USA #1930s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

Even: As You and I (Roger Barlow, Harry Hay + LeRoy Robbins, 1937)

Feb

27

Even: As You and I (1937)

A film editor struggling with a long strip of celluloid. DP: Hy Hirsh.

#FilmDuJour #February #RogerBarlow #HarryHay #HyHirsh #LeRoyRobbins #SilentFilm #ShortFilm #surrealism #satire #comedy #USA #1930s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/even-as-you-and-i-1937 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (Todd Haynes, 1987) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/superstar-the-karen-carpenter-story-1987 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (Todd Haynes, 1987)/div div class="month" Feb/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 4/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987)/div div class="caption" A brunette Barbie doll representing Karen Carpenter makes a statement in front of the White House. DP: Barry Ellsworth./div div class="txt" "Mother, didn't you know there are children starving in Africa?" ### – "Karen Carpenter" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #February #ToddHaynes #KarenCarpenter #BarryEllsworth #EatingDisorders #Barbie #toys #satire #food #biography #drama #music #USA #1980s/div /section ]]>

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (Todd Haynes, 1987)

Feb

4

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987)

A brunette Barbie doll representing Karen Carpenter makes a statement in front of the White House. DP: Barry Ellsworth.

“Mother, didn't you know there are children starving in Africa?”

– “Karen Carpenter”

#FilmDuJour #February #ToddHaynes #KarenCarpenter #BarryEllsworth #EatingDisorders #Barbie #toys #satire #food #biography #drama #music #USA #1980s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/superstar-the-karen-carpenter-story-1987 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (Stuart Cooper, 1974) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-y5p9 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (Stuart Cooper, 1974)/div div class="month" Scrawdyke/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 2/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (1974)/div div class="caption" Malcolm Scrawdyke (John Hurt), disgruntled art student. DP: John Alcott./div div class="txt" "So, this month becomes the month of Scrawdyke." ### – Malcolm Scrawdyke /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #February #StuartCooper #DavidHalliwell #JohnHurt #JohnMcEnery #DavidWarner #RosalindAyres #RaymondPlatt #StanleyMyers #JohnAlcott #drama #Movember #theatre #satire #UK #1970s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (Stuart Cooper, 1974)

Scrawdyke

2

Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (1974)

Malcolm Scrawdyke (John Hurt), disgruntled art student. DP: John Alcott.

“So, this month becomes the month of Scrawdyke.”

– Malcolm Scrawdyke

#FilmDuJour #February #StuartCooper #DavidHalliwell #JohnHurt #JohnMcEnery #DavidWarner #RosalindAyres #RaymondPlatt #StanleyMyers #JohnAlcott #drama #Movember #theatre #satire #UK #1970s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-y5p9 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0100 儀式 [Gishiki / The Ceremony] (Nagisa Ōshima, 1971) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/yi-shi-1971 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 儀式 [Gishiki / The Ceremony] (Nagisa Ōshima, 1971)/div div class="month" Jan/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 1/div div class="X" /div div class="img" 儀式 (1971)/div div class="caption" A boy in school uniform has his ear pressed against the ground. DP: Tōichirō Narushima./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #January #NagisaŌshima #TōruTakemitsu #NūberuBāgu #ATG #TōichirōNarushima #Shintō #drama #satire #history #Japan #1970s /div /section ]]>

儀式 [Gishiki / The Ceremony] (Nagisa Ōshima, 1971)

Jan

1

儀式 (1971)

A boy in school uniform has his ear pressed against the ground. DP: Tōichirō Narushima.

#FilmDuJour #January #NagisaŌshima #TōruTakemitsu #NūberuBāgu #ATG #TōichirōNarushima #Shintō #drama #satire #history #Japan #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/yi-shi-1971 Thu, 01 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0100