“Dry your eyes, baby; it's out of character.”
Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946)
Apr
24
Devlin (Cary Grant) and Alicia Huberman (Ingrid Bergman). DP: Ted Tetzlaff.
And January 9.
– Devlin
“With bar hostesses, there's a type who are likely to be murdered.”
みな殺しの霊歌 [Minagoroshi no reika / I, the Executioner] (Tai Katō, 1968)
Apr
3
1968
A newspaper headline for April 3, 1968: “COMPANY DIRECTOR'S WIFE NEWEST VICTIM”. DP: Keiji Maruyama.
“Stand by, there's trouble coming soon.”
The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock, 1934)
Mar
21
Abbott (Peter Lorre). DP: Curt Courant.
– Bob Lawrence
“You represent everything I detest in a man.”
Paranoia [A Quiet Place to Kill] (Umberto Lenzi, 1970)
Feb
13
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Carroll Baker as Helen pours herself a stiff drink while a guy in lettuce-coloured pants struts in. She's deserves it. Damn it, we ALL deserve it! DP: Guglielmo Mancori.
– Lily Harmer
Night Must Fall (Karel Reisz, 1964)
Feb
2
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A man mostly off screen carves meat of some sort. Surely it's symbolic. DP: Freddie Francis.
黒の試走車 [Kuro no tesuto kā / Black Test Car] (Yasuzō Masumura, 1962)
Jan
18
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We watch over a man's shoulder. He's behind a table, wearing a pinstripe suit. In front of him drinks and chopsticks on a chopstick rest. He's signing the top leaf of a chequebook. DP: Yoshihisa Nakagawa.
Que la bête meure [The Beast Must Die] (Claude Chabrol, 1969)
Jan
3
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A hand writes 3 janvier in red ink on quad paper. DP: Jean Rabier.
“We're not here to play dominoes.”
Canon City (Crane Wilbur, 1948)
Dec
30
1947
A calendar page. It's December 30, 1947. DP: John Alton.
“Écoute les orgues
Elles jouent pour toi
Il est terrible, cet air-là
J'espère que tu aimes
C'est assez beau, non ?
C'est le requiem pour un con”
Le pacha [Pasha / Showdown] (Georges Lautner, 1968)
Dec
19
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Jean Gabin and Dany Carrel in a still on the cover of Serge Gainsbourg's Requiem pour un con 7” (via). DP: Maurice Fellous.
– Serge Gainsbourg, Requiem pour un con (1968)
Panic in the Streets (Elia Kazan, 1950)
Dec
13
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A bunch of tough-looking guys at a table with what may be a sandwich. Even the sandwich is up to no good.. DP: Joseph MacDonald.