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黒の試走車 [Kuro no tesuto kā / Black Test Car] (Yasuzō Masumura, 1962)

Jan

18

黒の試走車 (1962)

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

Que la bête meure (1969)

A hand writes 3 janvier in red ink on quad paper. DP: Jean Rabier.

 

Canon City (Crane Wilbur, 1948)

Dec

30

1947

Canon City (1948)

A calendar page. It's December 30, 1947. DP: John Alton.

“We're not here to play dominoes.”

Le pacha [Pasha / Showdown] (Georges Lautner, 1968)

Dec

19

Le pacha (1968)

Jean Gabin and Dany Carrel in a still on the cover of Serge Gainsbourg's Requiem pour un con 7” (via). DP: Maurice Fellous.

“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”

– Serge Gainsbourg, Requiem pour un con (1968)

Panic in the Streets (Elia Kazan, 1950)

Dec

13

Panic in the Streets (1950)

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.

 

Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)

Dec

11

Psycho (1960)

Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) in front of the family motel. DP: John L. Russell.

“The mattress is soft and there're hangers in the closet and stationary with “Bates' Motel” printed on it in case you want to make your friends back home envious.”

– Norman Bates

Un comisar acuză [A Police Inspector Calls] (Sergiu Nicolaescu, 1974)

Nov

26

1940

Un comisar acuză (1974)

DP: Alexandru David.

Takes place on the night of November 26-27, 1940.

“Mister Moldovan, this is not for the first time that a criminal case is entrusted to you. It is precisely your political objectivity that made us choose you.”

– Alexandru Dincă

Le pacha [Pasha / Showdown] (Georges Lautner, 1968)

Nov

14

Le pacha (1968)

Dany Carrel and Jean Gabin gloomily share a small dinner table. DP: Maurice Fellous.

“The day they put jerks into orbit, you won't stop rotating soon!”

– Comissaire Joss, le Pacha

E tanta paura [Plot of Fear] (Paolo Cavara, 1976)

Nov

14

1975

spoiler warning: click to toggle image E tanta paura (1976)

Two newspaper clippings in a scrapbook, one of them with the date November 14. DP: Franco Di Giacomo.

 

Emperor of the North Pole (Robert Aldrich, 1973)

Oct

25

Emperor of the North Pole (1973)

Lobbycard. The blurb reads: “The battle for the title of “Emperor of the North Pole” begins between Shack (ERNEST BORGNINE) and A-No. 1 (LEE MARVIN)“. DP: Joseph F. Biroc.

“Stay off the tracks. Forget it. Its a bum's world for a bum.”

– Shack