Because I discovered so many new-to-me gems in 2023, I'm considering getting back on board for the (if any?) #Bales2025FilmChallenge. Is this a thing? Will this be a thing? And where did @thisiseuge go?
Because I discovered so many new-to-me gems in 2023, I'm considering getting back on board for the (if any?) #Bales2025FilmChallenge. Is this a thing? Will this be a thing? And where did @thisiseuge go?
I wrote about Bob Clark's She-Man: A Story of Fixation (1967) last year, for #Bales2023FilmChallenge. You'll find a link to Avery Willard's wonderful Female Impersonation from 1971 in it.
https://write.underworld.fr/settima/she-man-a-story-of-fixation-1967-w1l0
Aaand, the blog's back up! Still got things to do but hey, it's a start https://write.underworld.fr/settima/
As part of my Bales catch up I'm enjoying a little trip to Space Coast (1979). And it's… something…
#Bales2023FilmChallenge Dec 31: #NewYearsEve!
A mousy bank clerk finds himself hiding in a shady cabaret on New Year's Eve instead of spending a quiet evening alone. During his stay he comes to identify more and more with his newfound persona and assumes the role of the notorious “Drago”.
An initial box office dud, #NikosKoundouros O Drakos (1956) is now considered 1 of the top 10 all-time best Greek films.
#HappyNewYear and to many more discoveries in 2024!
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December 31 - New Year's Eve celebrated in a movie
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
Dec 31: New Years Eve celebrated
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#PhantomThread (2017)
Alma becomes tired of sitting around the house with Reynolds and decides to go dancing on New Year's Eve, much to Reynold's chagrin.
#DanielDayLewis #VickyKrieps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWa4gflt-_s
December 31 - New Year's Eve Celebrated in Movie
#Bales2023FilmChallenge
All My Friends Are Dead ( 2020)
german title: Meine Freunde sind alle tot
Original title: Wszyscy moi przyjaciele nie zyja
IMDB: 5,8/10
/tt13723064/
Horror Comedy about an escalating New Year's Eve Party.
To avoid scenes containing violence and nudity my clip is very short and like most of the times in german:
#Bales2023FilmChallenge December 30: discussing an elaborate plan on #NationalResolutionPlanningDay
Destitute phaeton driver Cabbar (#YılmazGüney) his friend Hasan (#TuncelKurtiz) and imam Hodja (#OsmanAlyanak) have a wondrous plan to go out into the Kurdish wastelands to dig up an illusive treasure that may be Cabbar's only escape. Yılmaz Güney and #ŞerifGören's Umut [Hope] (1970) is #Turkey's early venture into #Neorealismo ☞ https://write.underworld.fr/settima/umut-1970
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December 30 - Someone discussing an elaborate plan
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
December 30 - Someone Discussing an Elaborate Plan
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I was going for Final Destination and then realised that @thisiseuge already made the same suggestion even with the same clip, so I changed my pick of today:
Melancholia (2011)
IMDB: 7,1/10
/tt1527186/
I only have it in german, here Justine and Claire discuss how to spend the end of the world:
Dec 30: Discussing an elabrate plan
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#EscapeToVictory aka #Victory (1981)
Hatch gives the plan on how the allied P.O.W football team would win against the German National team, Luis Fernandez has other ideas.
#MichaelCaine #Pele
#Bales2023FilmChallenge December 29: a clock face on #TickTockDay
Both #YukioMishima's story and #KenjiMisumi's 1964 adaptation Ken [Sword] (1964) follow arrogant #kendo student Jiro, #RaizōIchikawa who also appears in an earlier Mishima adaptation, Enjô (1958). The clock not only helps us understand the cruel punishment, but also embodies the characters' #ComingOfAge. ☞ https://write.underworld.fr/settima/jian-1964
#film #cinema #CineMastodon @film #BookAdaptation #LGBT #sports #MartialArts #Japan #1960s ★★★★½
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December 29 - Clock face seen in a movie
Titanic (1997)
December 29 - Clock Face Seen in Movie
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
IMDB: 7,0/10
/tt5715874/
Steven Murphy (Colin Farrell) gives Martin (Barry Keoghan) a watch
Dec 29: Clock Face
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#VForVendetta (2005)
Evey sets off the tube train full of explosives to blow up the Houses of Parliment and Big Ben and overthrow the tyrannical British government.
#NataliePortman
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December 28 - Downloading seen or mentioned in a movie
Elysium (2013)
Dec 28: Downloading
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#Downloaded (2013)
A documentary that explores the downloading revolution; the kids that created it, the bands and the businesses that were affected by it, and its impact on the world at large. #Napster
December 28 - Downloading Seen or Mentioned in Movie
#Bales2023FilmChallenge
Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
IMDB: 5,6/10
/tt0113481/
Johnny downloads the data directly into his brain
And then they fax the access code...
https://youtu.be/0iIrTVOpguk?si=8Cyb4-NLPWLGwDN8