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

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

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

Jul

7

ice cream

Ewa (Hanna Dunowska) licks melting ice cream with Janek (Michał Juszczakiewicz) looking on. DPs: Jerzy Zieliński & Ryszard Lenczewski.

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

Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951)

Jul

1

steak

A man dissects his steak with knife and fork at a round table with an oilcloth cover. Prominently in the centre of the table is an square cardboard box with air-holes punched in the lid. It's open and houses a small, live rattlesnake. DP: Charles Lang.

“I can handle big news and little news. And if there's no news, I'll go out and bite a dog.”

– Charles Tatum

#FilmDinner #BillyWilder #KirkDouglas #JanSterling #RobertArthur #PorterHall #FrankCady #RichardBenedict #HugoFriedhofer #CharlesLang #steak #animals #snakes #drama #satire #USA #1950s ★★★★☆

I fidanzati [The Fiancés] (Ermanno Olmi, 1963)

Feb

29

leftovers

Giovanni (Carlo Cabrini) in a restaurant. It's near closing time. Cooks scape the pans. DP: Lamberto Caimi.

“If an old man can't even have a glass of wine, what's left to live for?”

#FilmDinner #ErmannoOlmi #AnnaCanzi #CarloCabrini #GianniFerrio #LambertoCaimi #romance #drama #satire #carnival #Sicily #Italy #1960s ★★★★½

Falfúró [Wall Driller] (György Szomjas, 1986)

Feb

17

Peeping through a window we see a woman at a gas stove, stirring something in a low enamel pan. She appears to speak to a large man with a big moustache who's standing close to her. DP: Ferenc Grunwalsky.

#FilmDinner #GyörgySzomjas #JánosBán #RenátaSzatler #JánosKarácsony #FerencGrunwalsky #drama #satire #Hungary #1980s ★★★★½

The Kentucky Fried Movie (John Landis, 1977)

Feb

9

popcorn

A white guy munches popcorn in a seemingly empty movie theatre while an usher, standing right behind him, lights a cigarette. DP: Stephen M. Katz.

“The popcorn you are eating has been pissed in. Film at eleven.”

– newscaster

satire

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

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

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

Jul

7

ice cream

Ewa (Hanna Dunowska) licks melting ice cream with Janek (Michał Juszczakiewicz) looking on. DPs: Jerzy Zieliński & Ryszard Lenczewski.

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

Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951)

Jul

1

steak

A man dissects his steak with knife and fork at a round table with an oilcloth cover. Prominently in the centre of the table is an square cardboard box with air-holes punched in the lid. It's open and houses a small, live rattlesnake. DP: Charles Lang.

– Charles Tatum

#FilmDinner #BillyWilder #KirkDouglas #JanSterling #RobertArthur #PorterHall #FrankCady #RichardBenedict #HugoFriedhofer #CharlesLang #steak #animals #snakes #drama #satire #USA #1950s ★★★★☆

I fidanzati [The Fiancés] (Ermanno Olmi, 1963)

Feb

29

leftovers

Giovanni (Carlo Cabrini) in a restaurant. It's near closing time. Cooks scape the pans. DP: Lamberto Caimi.

#FilmDinner #ErmannoOlmi #AnnaCanzi #CarloCabrini #GianniFerrio #LambertoCaimi #romance #drama #satire #carnival #Sicily #Italy #1960s ★★★★½

Falfúró [Wall Driller] (György Szomjas, 1986)

Feb

17

Peeping through a window we see a woman at a gas stove, stirring something in a low enamel pan. She appears to speak to a large man with a big moustache who's standing close to her. DP: Ferenc Grunwalsky.

#FilmDinner #GyörgySzomjas #JánosBán #RenátaSzatler #JánosKarácsony #FerencGrunwalsky #drama #satire #Hungary #1980s ★★★★½

The Kentucky Fried Movie (John Landis, 1977)

Feb

9

popcorn

A white guy munches popcorn in a seemingly empty movie theatre while an usher, standing right behind him, lights a cigarette. DP: Stephen M. Katz.

– newscaster

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