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

Jan

20

Inauguration Day

Austria's new Prime Minister (Josef Meinrad). DPs: Sepp Ketterer, Karl Löb & Fritz Arno Wagner.

Inaugurations for Inauguration Day (USA).

In the future year 2000, on April 1, the newly-elected Prime Minister of Austria is inaugurated. Much to the shock of the Global Union, he declares Austria's independence!

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #InaugurationDay #WolfgangLiebeneiner #HildeKrahl #JosefMeinrad #JosefFiedler #AloisMelichar #RobertStolz #SeppKetterer #KarlLöb #FritzArnoWagner #SciFi #comedy #satire #politics #Austria #1950s

À propos de Nice – point de vue documenté [À propos de Nice] (Boris Kaufman + Jean Vigo, 1930)

Jan

1

New Year's Day

À propos de Nice - point de vue documenté (1930)

Exuberant prostitutes, Jean Vigo (5^th from the left), and people who appear to be men in drag, dance on a landing with confetti all around them. In the moving footage they can be seen high-kicking with increased vulgarity, the camera posed below them. DP: Boris Kaufman.

Confetti for New Year's Day.

“In this film, by showing certain basic aspects of a city, a way of life is put on trial… the last gasps of a society so lost in its escapism that it sickens you and makes you sympathetic to a revolutionary solution.”

– Jean Vigo in his manifesto Vers un cinéma social

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #NewYear #confetti #BorisKaufman #JeanVigo #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #AvantGarde #documentary #satire #carnival #prostitution #Nice #France #1930s ★★★★☆

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

Jan

1

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

Touche pas à la femme blanche [Don't Touch the White Woman!] (Marco Ferreri, 1974)

Nov

23

potato chips

Two white Frenchmen – in a University of Columbia and a CIA sweatshirt respectively – comment on the “period piece” they're in. CIA man (Paolo Villaggio) stuffs his face with potato chips. DP: Étienne Becker.

“Whoever dies for the country hasn't lived in vain. I, on the contrary, will live for the country because I'm not that stupid.”

– George A. Custer

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

Nov

9

Ferdinando Cefalù (Mastroianni), all handsome and bored, at a table set with food and wine for one. DPs: Leonida Barboni & Carlo Di Palma.

#FilmDinner #PietroGermi #MarcelloMastroianni #DanielaRocca #StefaniaSandrelli #LeopoldoTrieste #CarloRustichelli #LeonidaBarboni #CarloDiPalma #Movember #comedy #satire #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆

Zahrada [The Garden] (Jan Švankmajer, 1968)

Oct

25

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

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

Oct

16

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

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

Aug

28

1998

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

#FilmDuJour #August #PiotrAndrejew #MichałJuszczakiewicz #HannaDunowska #KrzysztofWodziński #JerzyZieliński #RyszardLenczewski #drama #satire #SciFi #dystopia #Poland #1980s ★★★★☆

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

Aug

19

nokedli

Éva (Mariann Erdős) samples nokedli. DP: Ferenc Grunwalsky.

#FilmDinner #nokedli #GyörgySzomjas #MariannErdős #KárolyEperjes #PéterAndorai #TamásSomló #FerencGrunwalsky #drama #satire #Budapest #Hungary #1980s ★★★★½

Seksmisja [Sexmission] (Juliusz Machulski, 1984)

Aug

9

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

– Men are extinct.

– They were not mammoths!

#FilmDuJour #August #JuliuszMachulski #HenrykKuźniak #JerzyŁukaszewicz #SciFi #satire #Poland #1980s ★★★½

satire

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

Jan

20

Inauguration Day

Austria's new Prime Minister (Josef Meinrad). DPs: Sepp Ketterer, Karl Löb & Fritz Arno Wagner.

Inaugurations for Inauguration Day (USA).

In the future year 2000, on April 1, the newly-elected Prime Minister of Austria is inaugurated. Much to the shock of the Global Union, he declares Austria's independence!

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #InaugurationDay #WolfgangLiebeneiner #HildeKrahl #JosefMeinrad #JosefFiedler #AloisMelichar #RobertStolz #SeppKetterer #KarlLöb #FritzArnoWagner #SciFi #comedy #satire #politics #Austria #1950s

À propos de Nice – point de vue documenté [À propos de Nice] (Boris Kaufman + Jean Vigo, 1930)

Jan

1

New Year's Day

Exuberant prostitutes, Jean Vigo (5th from the left), and people who appear to be men in drag, dance on a landing with confetti all around them. In the moving footage they can be seen high-kicking with increased vulgarity, the camera posed below them. DP: Boris Kaufman.

Confetti for New Year's Day.

– Jean Vigo in his manifesto Vers un cinéma social

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #NewYear #confetti #BorisKaufman #JeanVigo #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #AvantGarde #documentary #satire #carnival #prostitution #Nice #France #1930s ★★★★☆

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

Jan

1

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

Touche pas à la femme blanche [Don't Touch the White Woman!] (Marco Ferreri, 1974)

Nov

23

potato chips

Two white Frenchmen – in a University of Columbia and a CIA sweatshirt respectively – comment on the “period piece” they're in. CIA man (Paolo Villaggio) stuffs his face with potato chips. DP: Étienne Becker.

– George A. Custer

#FilmDinner #PotatoChips #MarcoFerreri #CatherineDeneuve #MarcelloMastroianni #MichelPiccoli #PhilippeNoiret #UgoTognazzi #AlainCuny #SergeReggiani #PaoloVillaggio #PhilippeSarde #ÉtienneBecker #Movember #satire #history #drama #war #western #Paris #France #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆

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

Nov

9

Ferdinando Cefalù (Mastroianni), all handsome and bored, at a table set with food and wine for one. DPs: Leonida Barboni & Carlo Di Palma.

#FilmDinner #PietroGermi #MarcelloMastroianni #DanielaRocca #StefaniaSandrelli #LeopoldoTrieste #CarloRustichelli #LeonidaBarboni #CarloDiPalma #Movember #comedy #satire #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆

Zahrada [The Garden] (Jan Švankmajer, 1968)

Oct

25

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

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

Oct

16

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

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

Aug

28

1998

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

#FilmDuJour #August #PiotrAndrejew #MichałJuszczakiewicz #HannaDunowska #KrzysztofWodziński #JerzyZieliński #RyszardLenczewski #drama #satire #SciFi #dystopia #Poland #1980s ★★★★☆

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

Aug

19

nokedli

Éva (Mariann Erdős) samples nokedli. DP: Ferenc Grunwalsky.

#FilmDinner #nokedli #GyörgySzomjas #MariannErdős #KárolyEperjes #PéterAndorai #TamásSomló #FerencGrunwalsky #drama #satire #Budapest #Hungary #1980s ★★★★½

Seksmisja [Sexmission] (Juliusz Machulski, 1984)

Aug

9

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

#FilmDuJour #August #JuliuszMachulski #HenrykKuźniak #JerzyŁukaszewicz #SciFi #satire #Poland #1980s ★★★½

Exuberant prostitutes, Jean Vigo (5^th from the left), and people who appear to be men in drag, dance on a landing with confetti all around them. In the moving footage they can be seen high-kicking with increased vulgarity, the camera posed below them. DP: Boris Kaufman.