satire &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:satire @settima@zirk.us Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:44:56 +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 Ciao Manhattan (John Palmer + David Weisman, 1972) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-mdc0 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Ciao Manhattan (John Palmer + David Weisman, 1972)/div div class="month" Nov/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 21/div div class="occasion" 1971/div div class="img"detailssummary spoiler warning: click to toggle image/summary Ciao Manhattan (1972)/div div class="caption" detailssummary spoiler warning: click to read/summary A newspaper, partially obscured blares "[…], Andy's Star of '65, Is Dead at 28". The article mentions she (Edie/Susan) died "a week ago today", making the newspaper's date November 21. DPs: John Palmer & Kjell Rostad./div div class="txt" "It's sort of like a mockery, in a way, of reality, because they think everything is smiles and sweetness and flowers, when there is something bitter to taste. And to pretend there isn't is foolish." ### – Susan\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #November #JohnPalmer #DavidWeisman #EdieSedgwick #Viva #RogerVadim #PaulAmerica #BrigidBerlin #AllenGinsberg #GinoPiserchio #JohnPalmer #KjellRostad #satire #drugs #addiction #drama #biography #Superstars #NewYork #USA #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Ciao Manhattan (John Palmer + David Weisman, 1972)

Nov

21

1971

spoiler warning: click to toggle image Ciao Manhattan (1972)
spoiler warning: click to read

A newspaper, partially obscured blares “[…], Andy's Star of '65, Is Dead at 28”. The article mentions she (Edie/Susan) died “a week ago today”, making the newspaper's date November 21. DPs: John Palmer & Kjell Rostad.

“It's sort of like a mockery, in a way, of reality, because they think everything is smiles and sweetness and flowers, when there is something bitter to taste. And to pretend there isn't is foolish.”

– Susan

#FilmDuJour #November #JohnPalmer #DavidWeisman #EdieSedgwick #Viva #RogerVadim #PaulAmerica #BrigidBerlin #AllenGinsberg #GinoPiserchio #JohnPalmer #KjellRostad #satire #drugs #addiction #drama #biography #Superstars #NewYork #USA #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-mdc0 Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Zahrada [The Garden] (Jan Švankmajer, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/zahrada-1968 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Zahrada [The Garden] (Jan Švankmajer, 1968)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 25/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Zahrada (1968)/div div class="caption" Jiří Hálek and Luděk Kopřiva as Josef and Frank. DP: Svatopluk Malý./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #October #JanŠvankmajer #JiříHálek #LuděkKopřiva #ZdeněkLiška #SvatoplukMalý #ShortFilm #surrealism #rabbits #animals #satire #Czechoslovakia #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Zahrada [The Garden] (Jan Švankmajer, 1968)

Oct

25

Zahrada (1968)

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

#FilmDuJour #October #JanŠvankmajer #JiříHálek #LuděkKopřiva #ZdeněkLiška #SvatoplukMalý #ShortFilm #surrealism #rabbits #animals #satire #Czechoslovakia #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/zahrada-1968 Sat, 25 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0200 Könnyű testi sértés [Tight Quarters] (György Szomjas, 1983) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-cyq0 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Könnyű testi sértés [Tight Quarters] (György Szomjas, 1983)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 16/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Könnyű testi sértés (1983)/div div class="caption" 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./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #October #GyörgySzomjas #MariannErdős #KárolyEperjes #PéterAndorai #TamásSomló #FerencGrunwalsky #drama #satire #Budapest #Hungary #1980s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

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.

#FilmDuJour #October #GyörgySzomjas #MariannErdős #KárolyEperjes #PéterAndorai #TamásSomló #FerencGrunwalsky #drama #satire #Budapest #Hungary #1980s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-cyq0 Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0200