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As part of my Bales catch up I'm enjoying a little trip to Space Coast (1979). And it's… something…
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#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!
December 31 - New Year's Eve Celebrated in Movie
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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:
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#Bales2023FilmChallenge Dec 30: discussing an elaborate plan on #NationalResolutionPlanningDay
Destitute phaeton driver Cabbar (#YılmazGüney) his friend Hasan (#TuncelKurtiz) and imam Hodja's (#OsmanAlyanak) have a wondrous plan to go out into the Kurdish wastelands to dig up an illusive treasure that may be his only escape. Yılmaz Güney and #ŞerifGören's Umut [Hope] (1970) is #Turkey's early venture into #Neorealismo ☞ https://write.underworld.fr/settima/umut-1970
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
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#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
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
December 28 - Downloading Seen or Mentioned in Movie
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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
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#Bales2023FilmChallenge December 27: a zoo on #VisitTheZooDay
#DavidAttenborough's narrated and #PeterGreenaway's directed fable of life and decay, A Zed & Two Noughts [aka Z+00 or ZOO] (1985).
December 27 - Zoo in Movie
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Bird on a Wire(1990)
german title: Ein Vogel auf dem Drahtseil
IMDB: 6,0/10
/tt0099141/
Action Comedy with Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn
The grand finale of the movie is set in a zoo:
https://youtu.be/idfa7VqkSOw?si=a_aaxoFfnaLtjOJd
Part 2 of the finale in the zoo:
https://youtu.be/V3RHvyrqTak?si=rR_bVxP70wKCQ8hY
December 26 - Thank You Note Written in Movie
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Her (2013)
IMDB: 8,0/10
/tt1798709/
Theodore's Job is a letter writer for a company called "handwrittenletters.com". He dictates the letters and they are printed out in a handlettering font and sent to the clients.
In the scene around 2.05 min a coworker can be heard dictating a "thank you" letter.
https://youtu.be/p_h0VjK3Stc?si=QKZkehCmp6JABiay
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#Bales2023FilmChallenge December 25: a Santa for #Christmas
#Animation means “a bestowing of life“. Like his ancestor in the arts Bernard Palissy and the ancient winter solstice celebration of the return of light that long ago spawned Christmas, #WladyslawStarewicz's The Insects' Christmas (1912) breathes life into real but inanimate beetles, dragonflies, and frogs. From me to you, here's a little Christmas treat https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:The_Insects%27_Christmas_(1913)_.webm
December 25 - Santa seen in Movie
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Scrooged (1988)
german title: Die Geister, die ich rief...
IMDB: 6,9/10
/tt0096061/
In the opening scene Santa can be seen: 
https://youtu.be/rKJB0G4Tv1E?si=1i40Fe6cnkSDSO9M
Dec 25: Santa seen
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#Fatman (2020)
A rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus is fighting to save his declining business. Meanwhile, Billy, a neglected and precocious 12 year old, hires a hit man to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.
#MelGibson #WaltonGoggins #MarianneJeanBaptiste #ChanceHurstfield
December 24 - Night Before Christmas in Movie
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The Apartment (1960)
IMDB: 8,3/10
/tt0053604/
There she says it
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#Bales2023FilmChallenge Dec 24: the night before Christmas on #ChristmasEve
Told in #fotonovela format, we follow the pitiful account of Monique, who as a young girl learns that her mother is not who she thinks she is. Even in the short comically melodramatic breathe that is #RaúlRuiz's Colloque de chiens (1977), the map has been laid out for Ruiz's later, much more complex narrative ☞ https://write.underworld.fr/settima/colloque-de-chiens-1977
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Dec 24: Night before Christmas 
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#DieHard (1988)
A NYC police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas Eve party at the Nakatomi Plaza in LA.
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#Bales2023FilmChallenge December 23: farmers for #NationalFarmersDay in India
El-Fallâh el-fasîh / The Eloquent Peasant] (#ChadiAbdelSalam, 1970) takes place 4000 years ago, in #Egypt's Middle Kingdom. A peasant (#AhmedMarei), leading his mules past a stream of water, is tricked. With his animals gone, he pleads to the Pharaoh to restore Maʽat, harmony 𓀀 https://write.underworld.fr/settima/el-fallah-el-fasih-1970