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Post by Martin Stett on Nov 27, 2021 1:21:08 GMT
No Branded to Kill?  It got on one other ballot, at #25. Sorry, man. |
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Post by Martin Stett on Nov 27, 2021 1:22:52 GMT
#6"Fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face." Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 - Stanley Kubrick242 points on 16 ballots
Highest Placement: #1 on 1 ballotReview by StephenNowadays, the name Stanley Kubrick evokes cold austerity and clinical symmetry, where everything is so calculated and precise. Which makes it so bizarre that arguably his greatest work is so frenetic and unpredictable. Yet upon closer inspection, Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is Kubrick through and through. It’s controlled chaos; even as the actors blunder about, many of them cranked up to eleven (and in George C. Scott’s case, snapping the dial off entirely), the way Kubrick frames the absurdity is beyond impressive. In a way, Kubrick’s direction feels like a reverse bomb shelter; instead of keeping the deadly nuclear fallout from entering, it’s keeping the even more potent ridiculousness of the human condition from escaping, to the point that the final apocalyptic chorus (set to Vera Lynn’s “We’ll Meet Again”) feels like a relief more than a tragedy. To Kubrick, humanity is a joke and nuclear doomsday is the punchline.
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Post by Martin Stett on Nov 27, 2021 1:24:56 GMT
#5"We all go a little mad sometimes." Psycho
1960 - Alfred Hitchcock248 points on 16 ballots
Highest Placement: #1 on 2 ballotsReview by therealcomicman117Psycho is one of Alfred Hitchcock’s best films. A classic mystery film that starts out a certain kind of film and evolves into something else. It’s one of those movies that even if you haven’t seen it, you’re aware of the general beats, and plot progression. Hitchcock uses all his classic tricks, and applies them to a wholly entertaining story, which involves the madness of classic loon Norman Bates. Anthony Perkins’ towering performance manages to create sympathy for the audience, out of a broken character, but also reminds them that this is still a deeply messed-up individual, who you wouldn’t want to encounter in a dark area. Hitchcock’s use of black and white and his crew from Alfred Hitchcock Presents gives the movie a distinct feeling and mood, which adds to the overall vibe. The movie also has some real twists and turns throughout, that have managed to not lose their effectiveness over the years. It’s one of those movies that I’ve seen several times now, and it never gets old for me. Even describing it wouldn’t be enough, it’s one of those essential movies that everybody needs to see.
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Post by Martin Stett on Nov 27, 2021 1:25:40 GMT
This one wasn't even in the top ten until the last few ballots. It got a MAJOR surge to get to #5.
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Post by Martin Stett on Nov 27, 2021 1:27:39 GMT
#4"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me!" The Graduate
1967 - Mike Nichols294 points on 16 ballots
Highest Placement: #1 on 1 ballotReview by VicedThe Graduate is a surprisingly versatile film. For a story about one very specific chapter in a person's life, it has held up remarkably well through many different chapters of my own life. As merely a middle school graduate, it worked mainly as a comedy and a slightly enticing future sexual possibility. As a high school graduate, the ennui comes through much stronger, but the impact of the comedy and that certain excitement did not diminish a bit. But of course... after graduating from clown college, Benjamin's DGAF attitude takes on a whole new meaning. What really is the point of doing anything with your life? I still don't know. Flings are nice until they aren't, breaking up a wedding and running away with the bride is kind of awesome... but will either of you even be happy in the end? It's anyone's guess... but won't know unless you fucking try.
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Post by Martin Stett on Nov 27, 2021 1:30:20 GMT
#3"Aren't you his mother?" Rosemary's Baby
1968 - Roman Polanski299 points on 15 ballots
Highest Placement: #2 on 1 ballotReview by PacinoyesIf you had to find a perfect project for Roman Polanski - you couldn't find a better one than this story. Polanski adapted the so-so novel almost verbatim - dialog is directly from the text to a very large degree - but he wildly improved it in ways far outside of that text or dialog. This is one of the clearest examples of what a director does to perfectly adapt a novel - he cast the movie perfectly, he used the score in a new way - insinuating, as an almost mocking lullabye (1970s giallo filmmakers obviously took note) and he placed the apartment building itself (the real life Dakota building) at the center - so that it became an extension of the cast - it's a character itself. Polanski did a marvelous dual thematic layer too - the "rational" fears of motherhood co-exist with the "irrational" fears of conspiracy. The rational fears are unnecessary here - direct, controllable, harmless - the irrational ones are sinister, beyond control, logic or comprehension....... and very real. It's that push and pull that gives the movie its wallop - it is pop-culture zeitgeist as Art and Art as Horror - that has tried to be captured ever since and no one has bettered it in the way Polanski did the novel.
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Post by flasuss on Nov 27, 2021 1:31:46 GMT
I love RB, but #3 is WAAAAAAAAY too high
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Post by Martin Stett on Nov 27, 2021 1:32:45 GMT
#2"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that." 2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 - Stanley Kubrick320 points on 18 ballots
Highest Placement: #1 on 3 ballotsReview by wilcinemaVery few films have been as studied, analyzed, dissected as Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odissey. Initially set to be a film rendition of Arthur Clarke's short story The Sentinel, 2001 was entirely a product of Kubrick's vision, one that would take him years in pre- and post-production, one that would leave an indelible mark on film history. What is it that is so special about 2001 that keeps viewers so fascinated, so gripped even over 50 years since its release? The sensational craft, with its visual effects still regarded as among the best of all time? The iconic use of music, ranging from Strauss to Ligeti o Khachaturian? Or the many mysteries that surround the film, whether it is HAL 9000's breakdown or the meaning of the notorious monolith? My answer is that 2001: A Space Odissey is so influential and so beloved because it is a powerful symphony on the history of mankind, from its beginnings to its end and rebirth, an incredibly powerful cinematic experience that marked a watershed in modern cinema, and that will stick to viewers' minds for many more decades to come.
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Post by Martin Stett on Nov 27, 2021 1:35:50 GMT
#1"When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk." The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966 - Sergio Leone326 points on 20 ballots
Highest Placement: #1 on 3 ballotsReview by StephenThe term “epic” has been thrown about so cavalierly of late that it has really lost its meaning. There are few works that earn the title. Homer’s Odyssey. Milton’s Paradise Lost. And, yes, Leone’s The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Because folks, this movie is grand in a scale that dwarfs reality. Leone’s West is not a real place; it’s a fantasy-land, a heightened landscape as outsized and surreal as anything drawn from the mind of Tolkien. It takes well-worn tropes of Americana, then remolds them to fit the galaxy-sized vistas of hardpan and desert scrub. The Old West was a bastion of tall tales, and Leone makes them gargantuan in scope. His weather-beaten gunslingers have grooves in their faces the size of the Grand Canyon. A Niagara Falls’ worth of sweat pours from Eli Wallach’s Jupiter-sized dome as he staggers through the desert. Lee van Cleef’s narrow sneer is the size of the Brooklyn Bridge. And then you’ve got the twin earths of Clint Eastwood’s dusty blue eyes. Even Ennio Morricone’s wailing, all-consuming soundtrack rivals The Big Bang at times. Norma Desmond once said the pictures got small, but if she’d waited another sixteen years, she’d have seen a movie so staggeringly titanic that it arguably could contain the multitude of cinema that came before and still have room for a few more decades besides. This movie is BIG.
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Post by Viced on Nov 27, 2021 1:38:01 GMT
Stunned at #1 tbh (not that it doesn't deserve it). This has gotta be the best top 10 in any MAr poll... and a mostly great list overall. great work, Marty!  |
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Post by mhynson27 on Nov 27, 2021 1:40:08 GMT
Couldn't vote because I've only seen like 20 films from this decade, but very happy to see my Top 3 show up in our collective Top 6. Great presentation Martin  |
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Post by urbanpatrician on Nov 27, 2021 1:40:11 GMT
After the dust has settled, might as well:
1. L'Avventura (1960)
2. La Jetée (1962)
3. Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
4. From Russia With Love (1963)
5. The Silence (1963)
6. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
7. The Loves of a Blonde (1965)
8. A Patch of Blue (1965)
9. Russ Meyer's Lorna (1964)
10. Note to Pati (1969)
11. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
12. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
13. You're a Big Boy Now (1966)
14. The Misfits (1961)
15. Les Carabiniers (1963)
16. Two Women (1960)
17. The Milky Way (1969)
18. Simon of the Desert (1965)
19. Goke: Body Snatcher From Hell (1968)
20. Le Joli Mai (1963)
21. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
22. Dr. No (1962)
23. Batman (1966)
24. La Dolce vita (1960)
25. Dr. Strangelove (1964)
26. The Carpetbaggers (1964)
27. La Chinoise (1967)
28. The Masque of the Red Death
29. Walden: Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
30. The Birds
31. The Red and the White
32. Planet of the Apes
33. Genocide
34. Days of Wine and Roses
35. Love With a Proper Stranger
36. Kwaidan
37. The Living Skeleton
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Post by DeepArcher on Nov 27, 2021 1:40:46 GMT
Thanks so much for doing this, Martin Stett !! Brings a tear to my eye every time the torch is passed on... Well done! |
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Nov 27, 2021 1:43:47 GMT
This was a fun poll to participate in, and I enjoyed the results quite a bit. Great job presenting Martin Stett. |
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Post by Martin Stett on Nov 27, 2021 1:47:29 GMT
The leader breakdown was as follows:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (ballots 1-2)
Lawrence of Arabia (ballots 3-4)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (ballot 5)
The Good the Bad and the Ugly/Lawrence of Arabia (tie on ballot 6)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (ballot 7)
2001: A Space Odyssey (ballots 8-16)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (ballots 17-28)
2001: A Space Odyssey (ballots 29-30)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (ballots 31-35)
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Post by Martin Stett on Nov 27, 2021 1:50:43 GMT
YEARLY BREAKDOWN:
1960: 8 films
1961: 12 films
1962: 14 films
1963: 10 films
1964: 6 films
1965: 10 films
1966: 10 films
1967: 12 films
1968: 9 films
1969: 9 films
TOP DIRECTORS OF THE DECADE:
Bergman: 6
Godard: 5
Antonioni: 4
Bunuel: 4
Leone: 3
BLACK AND WHITE OR COLOR?
We had 53 films in black and white, as opposed to 46 in color. There is also Tokyo Drifter, which mixes between the two.
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Post by TheAlwaysClassy on Nov 27, 2021 1:59:35 GMT
Never quite got the love for GBU or Rosemary's Baby, but that's a pretty good list overall.
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Post by Martin Stett on Nov 27, 2021 2:03:34 GMT
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Post by Martin Stett on Nov 27, 2021 2:05:22 GMT
My ballot:
1. Harakiri
2. Once Upon a Time in the West
3. The Apartment
4. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
5. Kuroneko (placed at #111, just outside the honorable mentions)
6. Marat/Sade
7. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
8. Rosemary's Baby
9. Z
10. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
11. Samurai Rebellion
12. The Italian Job
13. Ivan's Childhood
14. Marketa Lazarova
15. Tokyo Drifter
16. Kapo
17. In the Heat of the Night
18. Charade
19. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
20. They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
21. The Innocents
22. The Misfits
23. Funeral in Berlin
24. The Dirty Dozen
25. The Producers
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Post by Martin Stett on Nov 27, 2021 2:05:58 GMT
Oh, and if you have any questions about the placement of any movies that didn't make the list, feel free to ask!
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Post by urbanpatrician on Nov 27, 2021 2:06:45 GMT
My ballot: 1. Harakiri
2. Once Upon a Time in the West
3. The Apartment
4. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly5. Kuroneko (placed at #111, just outside the honorable mentions) 6. Marat/Sade 7. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
8. Rosemary's Baby
9. Z
10. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?11. Samurai Rebellion 12. The Italian Job 13. Ivan's Childhood
14. Marketa Lazarova
15. Tokyo Drifter16. Kapo 17. In the Heat of the Night
18. Charade
19. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
20. They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
21. The Innocents22. The Misfits 23. Funeral in Berlin 24. The Dirty Dozen 25. The ProducersAh damn. I left the Misfits off. Would it have made the Top 100 if I put it in the Top 10? |
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Nov 27, 2021 2:07:13 GMT
the trick, MAR, is not minding that those top two are underwhelming  thanks Martin Stett for reminding us all why the 60s were the best decade! Beautiful presentation, beautiful films. God, cinema is great |
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Post by TheAlwaysClassy on Nov 27, 2021 2:09:31 GMT
Where did Death by Hanging end up?
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Nov 27, 2021 2:10:37 GMT
I'm willing to do 50s! Probably set for next spring/summer after all the Oscar buzz has died down (and AMARAs too if we end up doing that).
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Post by Martin Stett on Nov 27, 2021 2:17:01 GMT
Ah damn. I left the Misfits off. Would it have made the Top 100 if I put it in the Top 10? It had ten points total, and would have needed a rank of #3 or higher to get in |
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