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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Feb 13, 2023 23:32:37 GMT
Basically non-English films that weren't made in USA/UK, correct? That's broadly the case, yes. But as I said, a film like Possession is in English but it goes well for this poll. I think I'll let each voter decide, I won't make any rules. yeah English doesn't really matter. A lot of Studio Ghibli films and Italian horror movies (just as two examples) a lot of people will have only seen with English dubs. Spirited Away is a Japanese film no matter what language you saw it in and the same goes for Argetno for Italy. |
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Post by pacinoyes on Feb 16, 2023 21:26:13 GMT
How are we feeling about the dreaded "TV films" - eligible at all? - Dekalog - all 10 hours as 1 entry (?), Doomed Love, The Kingdom, Fassbinder's I Only Want You To Love Me or Berlin Alexanderplatz? etc. Jean De Florette / Manon of The Spring as a single entry or separate   |
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Post by Martin Stett on Feb 21, 2023 23:41:30 GMT
How are we feeling about the dreaded "TV films" - eligible at all? - Dekalog - all 10 hours as 1 entry (?), Doomed Love, The Kingdom, Fassbinder's I Only Want You To Love Me or Berlin Alexanderplatz? etc. Jean De Florette / Manon of The Spring as a single entry or separate Any answers? I'm including La Flor which is, uh... 800 minutes long, so I know what I'm going with.  And I'm gonna say Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring as one entry, but I'm open to opposing viewpoints. |
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Post by wilcinema on Feb 28, 2023 13:09:04 GMT
How are we feeling about the dreaded "TV films" - eligible at all? - Dekalog - all 10 hours as 1 entry (?), Doomed Love, The Kingdom, Fassbinder's I Only Want You To Love Me or Berlin Alexanderplatz? etc. Jean De Florette / Manon of The Spring as a single entry or separate Sorry for the late reply, I'm not going through my best moment.
I accept diptychs like Jean/Manon, I'm less open about the rest.
Re: Dekalog, I'd be okay with single entries from the series. Berlin Alexanderplatz, I don't really think so.
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Post by Martin Stett on Feb 28, 2023 17:10:38 GMT
How are we feeling about the dreaded "TV films" - eligible at all? - Dekalog - all 10 hours as 1 entry (?), Doomed Love, The Kingdom, Fassbinder's I Only Want You To Love Me or Berlin Alexanderplatz? etc. Jean De Florette / Manon of The Spring as a single entry or separate Sorry for the late reply, I'm not going through my best moment.
I accept diptychs like Jean/Manon, I'm less open about the rest.
Re: Dekalog, I'd be okay with single entries from the series. Berlin Alexanderplatz, I don't really think so.
Well, I may as well bring it up again for absolute clarity: La Flor. 800 minutes, intended to be split into three sittings. It's an anthology film to boot - the segments are only loosely connected by virtue of starring the same four actresses (and even then, one of them cheats that rule  ). It was intended to be seen in theaters and you would have to buy a single ticket for three nights, as I understand it. I consider it one very long movie with built-in intermissions, but Berlin Alexanderplatz (which is unseen by me) runs for a similar length, and Dekalog is a (shorter  ) anthology series. So, uh... where do we stand on that? |
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Post by wilcinema on Mar 1, 2023 11:48:35 GMT
Sorry for the late reply, I'm not going through my best moment.
I accept diptychs like Jean/Manon, I'm less open about the rest.
Re: Dekalog, I'd be okay with single entries from the series. Berlin Alexanderplatz, I don't really think so.
Well, I may as well bring it up again for absolute clarity: La Flor. 800 minutes, intended to be split into three sittings. It's an anthology film to boot - the segments are only loosely connected by virtue of starring the same four actresses (and even then, one of them cheats that rule ). It was intended to be seen in theaters and you would have to buy a single ticket for three nights, as I understand it. I consider it one very long movie with built-in intermissions, but Berlin Alexanderplatz (which is unseen by me) runs for a similar length, and Dekalog is a (shorter ) anthology series. So, uh... where do we stand on that? My main issue with Dekalog is that it was meant to be a television show and it aired on tv first. The lines blur sometimes, we've seen that with Twin Peaks: The Return topping the Cahiers list, or Small Axe winning LAFCA, but to me Dekalog as a whole belongs to a different medium, as does Berlin Alexanderplatz. I haven't seen La Flor but in that case it's very much eligible for this poll.
Then again, as I said in the first few posts, I'm pretty open to different scenarios. If enough voters put Dekalog in their ballots to give it a spot on the list, so be it.
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Post by gradytripp on Mar 26, 2023 8:43:44 GMT
I've had this idea for a while and I want to try it.
Let's make a list of the 100 movies from world cinema that we think are deserving of a spot. Send me a list of 30 ranked movies that you think qualify, with the #1 getting 25 points and your #25 getting just one. I would argue short films are eligible too.
Tentative deadline: September 30th. I want to give us all a long time to cover blindspots and to rewatch a few movies.
ELIGIBILITY ISSUES: There will surely be questions about eligibility. Do films in English from non-English directors qualify, for example? Let's discuss that together. My idea is that movies like Leone's, or even something like Zulawski's Possession, qualify, but I would be stricter on some other options. But again, this is up for debate. I might even tell you to vote for whatever you think fits and then the list will come together by itself.
Great idea! But if I send you a list with 30 ranked movies, and #25 gets 1 point, then the last 5 movies I mention don't get a single point? |
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Post by Martin Stett on May 18, 2023 10:41:52 GMT
I've had this idea for a while and I want to try it.
Let's make a list of the 100 movies from world cinema that we think are deserving of a spot. Send me a list of 30 ranked movies that you think qualify, with the #1 getting 25 points and your #25 getting just one. I would argue short films are eligible too.
Tentative deadline: September 30th. I want to give us all a long time to cover blindspots and to rewatch a few movies.
ELIGIBILITY ISSUES: There will surely be questions about eligibility. Do films in English from non-English directors qualify, for example? Let's discuss that together. My idea is that movies like Leone's, or even something like Zulawski's Possession, qualify, but I would be stricter on some other options. But again, this is up for debate. I might even tell you to vote for whatever you think fits and then the list will come together by itself.
Great idea! But if I send you a list with 30 ranked movies, and #25 gets 1 point, then the last 5 movies I mention don't get a single point? I'm guessing 25-30 get 1 point each
Another recommendation of a movie I watched last night:
Actually, can we just make this entire list Sion Sono?
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Post by JangoB on May 18, 2023 11:07:18 GMT
lol, why the hell did one of my FYC posters change into Infinity War? Wish I could say it was some sort of a joke on my part but it wasn't! And now I can't even remember which movie was there initially. |
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Post by countjohn on Jun 8, 2023 22:43:47 GMT
Sent in a top 30 but the OP does not appear to have logged in in three months so we'll see if it's still happening |
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Post by Martin Stett on Jul 15, 2023 0:47:00 GMT
I'll FYC just one movie - again - among the great works I've ever seen and I only saw it last year iirc - This Transient Life (1970) - which is a major, complicated, extremely challenging masterpiece that has never been mentioned by anyone on here at all......seriously, wtf MAR .....Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life........  I would never have heard of this movie if not for you. Major, complicated, extremely challenging masterpiece indeed. I'm gonna need, like, ten years to ruminate on this before coming to a judgment - the film will likely not make my ballot (if this poll is happening at all) because of that - but, uh... y'all need to wake up and try this movie out. |
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 15, 2023 1:02:24 GMT
I'll FYC just one movie - again - among the great works I've ever seen and I only saw it last year iirc - This Transient Life (1970) - which is a major, complicated, extremely challenging masterpiece that has never been mentioned by anyone on here at all......seriously, wtf MAR .....Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life........ I would never have heard of this movie if not for you. Major, complicated, extremely challenging masterpiece indeed. I'm gonna need, like, ten years to ruminate on this before coming to a judgment - the film will likely not make my ballot (if this poll is happening at all) because of that - but, uh... y'all need to wake up and try this movie out.Glad you liked it - it always blows my mind that this is a feature debut too - hope some more people will be encouraged to check it out........especially fans of Japanese cinema or culture (looking at you TylerDeneuve !)  |
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Post by Martin Stett on Jul 21, 2023 0:15:48 GMT
Voted. Some FYCs:  I just watched this one (and its companion piece). Hell. To. The. Yes. Hollywood needs to sit down and study Rajamouli, understand what he does and why. The PRODUCTION DESIGN on this movie is out of this world! The visual effects are used with the purpose of making things look EPIC, not realistic. The plotline is classic good vs. evil. |
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Post by wilcinema on Sept 14, 2023 14:58:56 GMT
Oh god, I completely forgot about this poll. I had the deadline set at September 30th. Does it still work for you? I can extend it, of course. Actually, I think it would be a good idea to extend it.
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Post by Martin Stett on Sept 14, 2023 15:18:33 GMT
I've been working on FYCs in this list. I'm planning on watching another tonight. So I'm good with whatever.
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Post by Martin Stett on Sept 15, 2023 0:28:28 GMT
Here are some more:   Much like This Transient Life, this is a movie that is morally and philosophically complex. Both movies are openly about those complexities, and they would make great companion viewings. (Although not back-to-back, please - these are HEAVY movies.) Like TTL, I doubt this will make my list - I like levity, dammit! - but there's no denying that it is a special movie. |
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Post by wilcinema on Sept 16, 2023 8:02:44 GMT
Only 7 ballots so far, though the ranking is shaping up quite interestingly. I'll probably have to extend the deadline.
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Post by wilcinema on Sept 23, 2023 9:54:24 GMT
Only 9 ballots so far, I'll extend the deadline to October 15.
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Post by Martin Stett on Sept 23, 2023 13:58:53 GMT
Only 9 ballots so far, I'll extend the deadline to October 15. Whoops forgot to send one. Well, I'll extend my personal deadline for another movie or two, in that case. |
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Post by wilcinema on Oct 6, 2023 13:55:56 GMT
12 ballots so far. Ten more days!
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Post by Martin Stett on Oct 11, 2023 4:19:11 GMT
Another recommendation of a movie I just watched. My initial impression is not to add it to my own ballot, but it is still a *great* film:  Four hours of shaggy dog stories from Mariano Llinas. It is every bit as fun as that sounds. Three tales of men who become entangled in mysteries - a man witnesses a murder and becomes obsessed with solving it, a bureaucrat discovers that the man who previously held his boring job had a fascinating secret life, and a poor schmuck is hired to take pictures of monuments along a river without being told why - and then, in one way or another, begin to lose their way in them. |
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Post by stephen on Oct 13, 2023 9:58:16 GMT
Does Amadeus count?
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Post by wilcinema on Oct 13, 2023 16:14:03 GMT
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Post by wilcinema on Oct 15, 2023 9:36:05 GMT
Last day!
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Post by wilcinema on Oct 16, 2023 20:34:18 GMT
Planning on doing the presentation on Wednesday afternoon, European time, so I’d say at around 11 CET.
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). It was intended to be seen in theaters and you would have to buy a single ticket for three nights, as I understand it.
) anthology series. So, uh... where do we stand on that?
