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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 14, 2021 5:03:13 GMT
Did we forget to mention The Wicker Man 1973? Wasn't it about apple crops and harvest, and those photos in the pub, where the harvested apples got lesser and lesser Hi there teleadm ... Sergeant Howie is surprised that he cannot get an apple from Willow who offers peaches and cream instead... Later on when things start getting serious for Sergeant Howie, realizing the gravity of the situation, he tries to reason with the worshippers, pleading " Don't you see that killing me is not going to bring back your apples? "...
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 23, 2021 5:31:53 GMT
Hra o jablko , The Apple Game (1977) Czech Dir. Vera Chytilová. A recurring theme for Chytilová this feminist farce once again uses as symbolism the forbidden fruit, lost Eden. Apples on trees, baskets laden with apples , moldy, blackened and rotten apples, tempting apples, take your pick... Dagmar Bláhová as Anna
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Post by manfromplanetx on Apr 27, 2022 21:59:28 GMT
Za dvoma zaitsiamy , Chasing Two Hares aka A Kyiv Comedy, (1961) Ukraine/Soviet Union. Dir. Viktor Ivanov. The film is based on the comedy by Mykhailo Starytskyi "Za dvoma zaitsiamy" (Chasing Two Hares), 1883. The play was a vaudeville theater adaptation of the story "Na kozhum'yakakh" (In the District of Kozhum'yaky) written by Ukrainian author Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky The story is set in early 20th-century Kyiv, a young rascal named Svyryd (Oleg Borisov) owns a barbershop, he is on the verge of bankruptcy as he spends most of his time drinking, gambling, and chasing women. Smitten by Halya a beautiful but poor apple seller, he however for selfish practical reasons decides to marry the rich but pathetically ugly girl named Pronia. Ashamed of her unfashionable Ukrainian origins she is easily beguiled by Svyryd's seemingly "aristocratic manners". Svyryd pines for Halya and attempts to go for two girls at once, but when you run after two hares, you will not catch any... With much music, dance and comedy the highly entertaining film is wonderful example of the collaborative efforts of Soviet and Ukrainian cinema of the time. Filmed on location around Kyiv in particular on the Andriyivskyy Descent, so popular was the film Chasing Two Hares a monument was dedicated to the famous movie characters. It is located near the St. Andrew's Church where one of the most famous scenes of the film took place. Apple sellers mother and daughter Sekleta Pylypivna (Nonna Koperzhynska) ...- Halya Pylypivna (Nataliya Naum)
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Post by manfromplanetx on Aug 3, 2022 23:44:41 GMT
Zemlya, Earth (1930) Soviet/Ukraine, Dir. Alexander Dovzhenko. A magnificent poetic film one that overflows with sensual splendor. Plans have been set in motion for rural land collectivization, dividing peasant communities, they are rejected outright with hostility by kulak landowners. Dovzhenko drew inspiration from his own childhood memories and based the character of Semyon on his own grandfather. A visually impressive opening scene moves from the fields to under the shade of a fully laden apple tree, where an old man blissfully lies. Family and friends have gathered around old Semyon sharing with him his last bite and breath... The film closes with a cleansing rain shower drenching the earth, tree and apples...
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Post by london777 on Jan 31, 2023 16:21:05 GMT
LADY FOR A DAY (and POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES) -- Dave the Dude won't proceed with his nefarious business dealings each day without receiving a lucky one from street peddler 'Apple Annie.' An apple a day keeps the Feds away
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Post by manfromplanetx on Feb 27, 2023 9:06:58 GMT
Intimní osvetlení, Intimate Lighting (1965) Czech. Dir. Ivan Passer. Set over a summer weekend, Petr a professional cello player now living in Prague, returns to the village where he grew up to visit his old friend. Bambas is now the headmaster at the local school and a musician also. Petr has brought along his attractive vivacious girlfriend, Steppa. Music is ever-present throughout the film, a source of comfort and connection between the male characters, who are all real-life musicians. Having been ignored by the family, city girl Steppa is left to her own devices, her carefree spirit roams the orchard and gardens where she playfully toys with a smitten intellectually challenged local while munching a freshly picked apple. Intimate Lighting is a deceptively simple little story, however all of those small seemingly insignificant details throughout the film have a cumulative effect. Passer artistically creates out of the mundane and ordinariness a wonderfully humanistic portrait, timeless and universal in appeal… An independent production cast with non-actors, beautifully filmed it is one the gentlest examples of Czech new wave cinema and stands as one of the best… Master Polish director Krzyzstof Kieslowski acknowledged that Intimate Lighting was one of the ten films that had affected him the most … Vera Kresadlová as Steppa and the apple scene…
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Post by spiderwort on Mar 1, 2023 0:46:03 GMT
Intimní osvetlení, Intimate Lighting (1965) Czech. Dir. Ivan Passer. Set over a summer weekend, Petr a professional cello player now living in Prague, returns to the village where he grew up to visit his old friend. Bambas is now the headmaster at the local school and a musician also. Petr has brought along his attractive vivacious girlfriend, Steppa. Music is ever-present throughout the film, a source of comfort and connection between the male characters, who are all real-life musicians. Having been ignored by the family, city girl Steppa is left to her own devices, her carefree spirit roams the orchard and gardens where she playfully toys with a smitten intellectually challenged local while munching a freshly picked apple. Intimate Lighting is a deceptively simple little story, however all of those small seemingly insignificant details throughout the film have a cumulative effect. Passer artistically creates out of the mundane and ordinariness a wonderfully humanistic portrait, timeless and universal in appeal… An independent production cast with non-actors, beautifully filmed it is one the gentlest examples of Czech new wave cinema and stands as one of the best… Master Polish director Krzyzstof Kieslowski acknowledged that Intimate Lighting was one of the ten films that had affected him the most … Vera Kresadlová as Steppa and the apple scene… Haven't seen this one, planet, but it sounds very interesting (as your films always do), so I will look for it. And your earlier mention -- Zemlya, Earth (1930) -- is one of my all-time favorites. A gorgeous film, that one.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 1, 2023 1:59:40 GMT
Another bite at the classic film apple... From an entertaining British espionage escapade starring Margret Lockwood Highly Dangerous (1950). As Lockwood narrates the latest radio installment of an enthralling boys' own spy themed adventure, to her nephew Alan, he munches away on an apple...
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 2, 2023 22:34:31 GMT
Grace (Nicole Kidman) attempts to flee Dogville (2003) by hiding in the back of a freight truck carrying apples... Written and directed by Lars von Trier and featuring an ensemble cast, the film is original and unusual. A compelling avant-garde parable that uses an extremely minimal, theatrical stage-like set to tell the story of Grace Mulligan, a woman hiding-out from mobsters, who arrives in the small mountain town of Dogville, Colorado, and is provided refuge in return for...
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jul 12, 2023 22:54:17 GMT
Panique (1946) Dir. Julien Duvivier, adapted from the novel Les Fiançailles de M. Hire by Georges Simenon. Mentioned over at the 'classic film carnivals & fairground' thread by london777 with an excellent appealing appraisal, a recent rewatch here reminded me of this brief but important little apple scene. Panique is regarded as Duvivier's most personal, his darkest, and the most nihilistic of his cinematic works. The melodramatic tale is a harsh portrait of postwar French society still grappling with mistrust and suspicion arising from the collaborative behavior of French citizens under German occupation. As the lynch mob scapegoats the protagonist, this noir drama film explores the lowest of human instincts, Duvivier commented with respect to the film that... "we are far from people who love each other" Michel Simon is Monsieur Hire, reclusive and misanthropic, he has a soft and kind nature, suspicion falls on Monsieur Hire's motives.....
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