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Götter der Pest [Gods of the Plague] (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1970)

Nov

12

1943

Götter der Pest (1970)

Pornography peddler Carla Aulaulu's (Carla Egerer) criminal record. She's born on November 12, 1943 in Kronstadt. DP: Dietrich Lohmann.

During one scene a perpetual calendar is visible. It's a 26th.

– Why do they call you The Gorilla? – Because I'm big and strong… and everyone has to have a name.

Das Gold der Liebe [The Gold of Love] (Eckhart Schmidt, 1983)

Nov

9

Das Gold der Liebe (1983)

DAF-fan Patricia (Alexandra Curtis). DP: Bernd Heinl.

“Oh keiner macht's wie du, Wie du so traut sich's keiner, So wie du”

– DAF – El Que (Gold und Liebe (1981)

Medium (Jacek Koprowicz, 1985)

Oct

2

Medium (1985)

A man in an impeccable, light-colored suit. His nose is bleeding. DPs: Jerzy Zieliński & Wit Dąbal.

La horse [Horse] (Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1970)

Aug

23

baguette

La horse (1970)

Auguste Maroilleur (Jean Gabin) at the head of a long table, covered in Good Things (wine, butter, coffee, and fresh milk). He cuts a baguette with his pocketknife. DP: Walter Wottitz.

Die Konsequenz [The Consequence] (Wolfgang Petersen, 1977)

Jun

17

prison grub

Die Konsequenz (1977)

Thomas (Ernst Hannawald), the warden's son, and convicted homosexual Martin (Jürgen Prochnow) sharing a mug, a meal, a cell. DP: Jörg-Michael Baldenius.

“I think it's really rotten of them to lock you up like this for making love to a boy.”

– Thomas Manzoni

Io la conoscevo bene [I Knew Her Well] (Antonio Pietrangeli, 1965)

Apr

2

cocktails

Io la conoscevo bene (1965)

A lone Roberto (Enrico Maria Salerno) at a lively cocktail party in Rome's hypermodern EUR district. DP: Armando Nannuzzi.

“Trouble is, she likes everything. She's always happy. She desires nothing, envies no one, is curious about nothing. You can't surprise her. She doesn't notice the humiliations, though they happen to her every day. It all rolls off her back like some waterproof material. Zero ambition. No moral code. Not even a whore's love of money.”

– the writer

Herz aus Glas [Heart of Glass] (Werner Herzog, 1976)

Mar

13

tea

Herz aus Glas (1976)

“I look into the distance to the end of the world. Before the day is over, the end will come. First, time will tumble, and then the earth. The clouds will begin to race… the earth boils over; this is the sign. This is the beginning of the end. The world's edge begins to crumble… everything starts to collapse… tumbles, fall, crumbles and collapses. I look into the cataract. I feel an undertow, it draws me, it sucks me down. I began to fal, a vertigo seizes upon me.”

– Hias

Mord und Totschlag [Degree of Murder] (Volker Schlöndorff, 1967)

Mar

4

juice

Mord und Totschlag (1967)

A pensive Marie (Anita Pallenberg) drinking something red from a bottle with a green straw. DP: Franz Rath..

Nasser Asphalt [Wet Asphalt] (Frank Wisbar, 1958)

Dec

20

National Greg Day

Nasser Asphalt (1958)

Greg Bachmann (Horst Buchholz) walking the rainy streets of Berlin. The scene is a direct reference to Dennis Stock's 1955 portrait of James Dean. DP: Helmuth Ashley.

Someone named Greg for National Greg Day (USA)

“Sie können sich einen anderen Beruf aussuchen. Sie sind ein toter Mann.”

Angst vor der Angst [Fear of Fear] (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975)

Nov

29

freebie: Housewife Day

Angst vor der Angst (1975)

Margot (Margit Carstensen) seeing herself reflected twice in a triple mirror. We see her from the back, which blocks out the third reflection. DP: Jürgen Jürges.

November 3 redux

“I'm calm. I'm completely calm. You can leave me alone now”

– Margot