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Post by Martin Stett on Aug 16, 2022 13:33:13 GMT
Let's settle this once and for all. IMDb and Letterboxd usually list a film's release under the very first year it was shown, but traditionally we've only allowed films from the first non-festival release date. Some people have done Oscar qualifications as the proper release year, but I find that too many films never got an Oscar qualifying run for that to be viable.
So the question is: should we go with the very first showing of the movie, or the first non-festival showing? I personally like going with the first ever showing because (a.) it's a lot less work to figure out, and (b.) edge cases like The Amusement Park (first festival showing in 1975, first non-festival showing in 2021) aren't left in limbo.
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Post by SZilla on Aug 16, 2022 14:14:05 GMT
Personally I've always been more partial to the film's first year of showing.
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Aug 16, 2022 20:41:37 GMT
Once it’s finally released to a paying audience
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Post by Martin Stett on Aug 18, 2022 14:18:35 GMT
I'll leave this open for a while longer, but it looks like we have a pretty decisive winner
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Post by Martin Stett on Aug 25, 2022 19:52:51 GMT
Okay, I think we've had enough votes. The first non-festival, public showing of the movie is what we're going with. By this metric, Perfect Blue is eligible for 1998 (which probably makes it my #1 by default). I'm not sure what else is eligible/ineligible at the moment.
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Post by Steve17 on Sept 6, 2022 2:15:54 GMT
I missed the poll, but I go by Oscar eligibility, or the first non-festival release.
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