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Spiklenci slasti (Conspirators of Pleasure), Jan Švankmajer (1996) An ironic, grotesque surrealist comedy that spies on the lives of six Prague residents. Outwardly ordinary, each one secretly builds bizarre contraptions and devises elaborate rituals to feed their own eccentric fetishes.
Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero: stamattina alle 10, in via dei Fiori, nella nota casa di tolleranza...(Love and Anarchy), Lina Wertmüller (1973)
The rain dance. Bill Evans performing "Emily" with Eddie Gomez on bass and Marty Morell on drums, Finland, 1970.
The Canterbury Tales, Pier Paolo Pasolini (1972) In the last frame, Pier Paolo Pasolini as Geoffrey Chaucer.
Bayan and her friend sing in the Refaat Alareer Camp (Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip), during their Hasan School summer camp. Hasan School is provided by The Sameer Project. Donate here to support the school: chuffed.org/project/1133...
Monday mood Talking Heads playing Burning Down the House. From the documentary Stop Making Sense, directed by Jonathan Demme. Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Dicember 1983.
«I'm their prisoner. I don't know anyone here […] That's why I'm their slave.» La Noire de... (1966), directed by Ousmane Sembène, tells the story of a Senegalese woman who is taken to France to work and gradually loses her freedom within a system shaped by racism and domestic servitude.
La virgen de agosto (The August Virgin), Jonás Trueba (2019)
Dov'è andata a finire la mia libertà di pensiero? Potrò mai esprimermi liberamente? Vale la pena continuare a vivere? Cosa fanno ai prigionieri politici?
Le 15/8, Chantal Akerman (1973) Una giovane finlandese trapiantata a Parigi, si muove in un appartamento inondato di luce estiva, mentre la sua voce fuori campo racconta insicurezze, desideri sospesi, la sensazione di essere sola e vulnerabile in un paese che non è il suo.
Mary Ellen Mark, The Damm Family in Their Car, Los Angeles, California, 1987.
«Today, after four months of famine, I received a full bag of flour. This is the first time. It was not from the false aid that is thrown in the air or even American aid, but I obtained it by purchasing it thanks to the donations of my friends.» Shahed family, Gaza City, August 14, 2025.
Lou Reed photographed by Francesco Scavullo, New York, 1974. The photo session was held between the release of Rock 'n' Roll Animal (February 1974) and Sally Can't Dance (September 1974).
I tatuaggi di Robert De Niro, annotati dettagliatamente da Martin Scorsese con alcuni scatti realizzati sul set durante la lavorazione di Cape Fear (1991). De Niro si mise a spulciare diverse bibbie, sottolineando e scegliendo i passi riguardanti tradimento e vendetta.
Valerie a týden divů (Valerie and Her Week of Wonders), Jaromil Jireš (1970)
Raccontare Kurosawa Storyboard dipinti di Akira Kurosawa per illustrare le scene di Ran (1985). Kurosawa impiegò un decennio a realizzare oltre ottocento tavole prima ancora che la produzione avesse inizio.
Philippe Weisbecker, Catalogue, 1997. La celebrazione dell'oggetto comune, dell'utensile anonimo e della produzione industriale di massa.
Amator (Camera Buff), Krzysztof Kieślowski (1979) On the power held by whoever takes up a camera. One of the most honest reflections on cinema as responsibility, even before it is a craft.
