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Spinal · 07-20-2008, 09:46 PM

Submit your five favorite films from this year and in a week I will give you a top ten. IMDb dates will be used.

The point system is as follows

1st Place-5 points
2nd Place-4 points
3rd Place-3.5 points
4th Place-3 points
5th Place-2.5 points

There will be no restrictions on short films. A minimum of three films must be listed. You may edit your post freely up until the time that the voting is closed, which will be in about a week. I will give at least 24 hours warning before tallying votes.

You may begin now.

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Spinal · 07-20-2008, 09:46 PM

1. Lifeboat
2. Henry V
3. Ivan the Terrible, Part One
4. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
5. Arsenic and Old Lace

soitgoes... · 07-20-2008, 09:49 PM

1. To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks)
2. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder)
3. The Children Are Watching Us (Vittorio De Sica)
4. At Land (Maya Deren)
5. The Miracle of Morgan Creek (Preston Sturges)
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6. A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger)
7. None Shall Escape (André De Toth)

Isaac · 07-20-2008, 10:54 PM

1. Double Indemnity
2. Laura
3. Gaslight
4. Murder My Sweet
5. The Children Are Watching Us

ledfloyd · 07-20-2008, 11:56 PM

1. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
2. Arsenic and Old Lace
3. To Have and Have Not
4. Murder, My Sweet
5. Double Indeminity

i'm missing some pretty big ones from this year. Laura, Gaslight, Meet Me in St. Louis among others.

Yxklyx · 07-21-2008, 12:18 AM

1. A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)
2. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (Preston Sturges)
3. Murder, My Sweet (Edward Dmytryk)
4. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder)
5. Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock)

6. Arsenic and Old Lace (Frank Capra)
7. On Approval (Clive Brook)
8. Ivan the Terrible: Part I (Sergei M. Eisenstein)
9. The Private Life of a Cat (Alexander Hammid)
10. Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli)

Raiders · 07-21-2008, 12:26 AM

1. None Shall Escape (De Toth)
2. Lifeboat (Hitchcock)
3. At Land (Deren)
3. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (Sturges)
5. Laura (Preminger)

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6. Ministry of Fear (Lang)
7. Double Indemnity (Wilder)
8. To Have and Have Not (Hawks)
9. The Curse of the Cat People (Wise)
10. Meet Me in St. Louis (Minnelli)

I really wish more people had seen De Toth's film. Amazing film.

Weeping_Guitar · 07-21-2008, 12:28 AM

1. Double Indemnity
2. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
3. To Have and Have Not
4. Arsenic and Old Lace
5. Lifeboat

Russ · 07-21-2008, 01:10 AM

1. Lifeboat
2. Double Indemnity
3. At Land
4. Arsenic and Old Lace

Pop Trash · 07-21-2008, 01:38 AM

1. At Land
2. Meet Me in St. Louis
3. Gaslight
4. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

monolith94 · 07-21-2008, 02:03 AM

1. Lifeboat
2. A Canterbury Tale
3. At Land
4. Double Indemnity
5. Ivan the Terrible, Part One

Philosophe_rouge · 07-21-2008, 02:09 AM

1. Laura
2. Meet Me in St. Louis
3. A Canterbury Tale
4. To Have and Have Not
5. Gaslight

origami_mustache · 07-21-2008, 12:07 PM

1. The Miracle of Morgan Creek
2. The Children Are Watching Us
3. Hail The Conquering Hero
4. Double Indemnity
5. To Have and Have Not

Ezee E · 07-21-2008, 12:21 PM

Only seen two movies in this one.

Boner M · 07-21-2008, 02:28 PM

Hmm, guess I need to see Morgan's Creek again. I thought it was decent, but I prefer the other Sturges film from this year that's getting no love so far...

1. Double Indemnity (Wilder)
2. At Land (Deren)
3. Curse of the Cat People (Wise)
4. To Have and Have Not (Hawks)
5. Hail the Conquering Hero (Sturges)

Grouchy · 07-21-2008, 10:29 PM

1. Double Indemnity
2. Laura
3. Lifeboat

The other movie is To Have and Have Not, which kind of disappointed me. Definitively not bad, though, but since I can vote 3 movies...

Kurosawa Fan · 07-21-2008, 10:43 PM

1. Lifeboat
2. Double Indemnity
3. Laura
4. To Have and Have Not
5. Jane Eyre

koji · 07-24-2008, 12:24 AM

1. Double Indemnity (Wilder)
2. Laura (Preminger)
3. Ivan the Terrible. Pt I (Eisenstein)
4. The Woman in the Window (Lang)
5. The Children Are Watching Us (De Sica)
*********************************
6. Arsenic and Old Lace (Frank Capra)
7. Hail the Conquering Hero (Struges)
8. Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (Struges)
9. Gaslight (John M. Stahl)
10. To Have and Have Not (Hawks)

Clipper Ship Captain · 07-24-2008, 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koji

6. *********************************

Yeah, that one's kickass, you should see *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* I almost like it more.

koji · 07-24-2008, 12:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clipper Ship Captain

Yeah, that one's kickass, you should see *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.* I almost like it more.

I forgot to delete the 6, of course. That should be quite obvious.

Derek · 07-24-2008, 12:41 AM

What a ridiculously top heavy year. I'd give **** to the top 8 films, yet after the HM's, there's a bunch of mediocrity. Also, if Arsenic & Old Lace gets close to placing, I'd like to use one of my votes for negative points against it.

1. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder)
2. Ivan the Terrible, Part I (Sergei Eisenstein)
3. At Land (Maya Deren)
4. None Shall Escape (Andre DeToth)
5. Curse of the Cat People (Robert Wise)
*********************************
6. Miracle at Morgan's Creek (Preston Sturges)
7. Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock)
8. Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli)
9. Hail the Conquering Hero (Preston Sturges)
10. Laura (Otto Preminger)

HM: [SPOILER WARNING!]Murder, My Sweet (Edward Dmytryk), To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks)

Clipper Ship Captain · 07-24-2008, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koji

I forgot to delete the 6, of course. That should be quite obvious.

Lacking sense of humor alert!

koji · 07-24-2008, 12:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clipper Ship Captain

Lacking sense of humor alert!

Ok. Lacking a good joke-making-ability alert!

Yxklyx · 07-24-2008, 02:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koji

...
8. Hail the Conquering Here (Struges)...

Is this a sequel to Woe the Surrendering There?

Grouchy · 07-24-2008, 03:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koji

I forgot to delete the 6, of course. That should be quite obvious.

That's not obvious at all to me.

In fact, I have no idea what you're talking about.

Derek · 07-24-2008, 05:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yxklyx

Is this a sequel to Woe the Surrendering There?

Also directed by the great Perston Struges.

*awaits koji's exploding head*

dreamdead · 07-26-2008, 05:20 PM

1. Double Indemnity
2. Laura
3. Meet Me in St. Louis

Spinal · 07-28-2008, 05:26 PM

Last call.

Spinal · 07-29-2008, 05:33 PM

#8 (tie)

A Canterbury Tale

Director: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

Country: UK

A 'Land Girl', an American GI, and a British soldier find themselves together in a small Kent town on the road to Canterbury. The town is being plagued by a mysterious "glue-man", who pours glue on the hair of girls dating soldiers after dark. The three attempt to track him down.

Because Canterbury Cathedral's windows had been taken out because of the air raids, the interior of the cathedral was rebuilt in Denham Studio. By 2004, the shop window overlooking the street from which John Sweet watches the parade in the film's final scene belonged to a Starbuck's.

"Is this the strangest film produced by (and about) an Allied nation during WWII? ... It's as berserk a MacGuffin as any in cinema, but also accompanies an unpredictable frankness, what with the discussion of sexual misconduct, premarital sexuality ... and glib reference to pot. This ultra-lyrical film never seems at odds with itself, and the final 25 minutes, when the pilgrims' odysseys come to their conclusive salvations, feel like a benediction." - Michael Atkinson

Spinal · 07-29-2008, 05:46 PM

#8 (tie)

The Children are Watching Us

Director: Vittorio De Sica

Country: Italy

The film follows the anguish of the four-year-old, Prico, after his mother, Nina, leaves his father, Andrea, for her lover Roberto. Prico is sent to his aunt and then to his grandmother. Nina returns when Prico is sick and vows to give up Roberto, even though he persists in seeing her.

Marcello Mastroianni was an extra in this film. Young Luciano De Ambrosis continued on as an actor when he grew up, appearing in Sergio Martino's 1973 horror film, Torso.

"Culture vultures dismissed the film at the time of its release because of its protoneorealist sentimentality, but this is precisely what makes De Sica's work so special ... Osssessione may be recognized as the first neorealist film, but this is the first neorealist gesture, a sign that the Italian film was about to grow up." - Ed Gonzalez

07-20-2008, 09:46 PM	#1
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	MC Yearly Consensus - 1944 Submit your five favorite films from this year and in a week I will give you a top ten. IMDb dates will be used. The point system is as follows 1st Place-5 points 2nd Place-4 points 3rd Place-3.5 points 4th Place-3 points 5th Place-2.5 points There will be no restrictions on short films. A minimum of three films must be listed. You may edit your post freely up until the time that the voting is closed, which will be in about a week. I will give at least 24 hours warning before tallying votes. You may begin now. IMDB Power Search __________________ A Town Called Panic (Aubier/Patar, 2009) *1/2 You, the Living (Andersson, 2007) 1/2 Godzilla* (Honda, 1954) * Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Dante, 2003) 1/2 Inception (Nolan, 2010) ** Blue Beard (Breillat, 2009) * Despicable Me (Coffin/Renaud, 2010) The White Ribbon (Haneke, 2009) * The Stone Raft (Sluizer, 2002) How to Train Your Dragon (DeBlois/Sanders, 2010) 1/2 The Fly* (Neumann, 1958) ***1/2

07-20-2008, 09:46 PM	#2
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	1. Lifeboat 2. Henry V 3. Ivan the Terrible, Part One 4. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 5. Arsenic and Old Lace __________________ A Town Called Panic (Aubier/Patar, 2009) *1/2 You, the Living (Andersson, 2007) 1/2 Godzilla* (Honda, 1954) * Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Dante, 2003) 1/2 Inception (Nolan, 2010) ** Blue Beard (Breillat, 2009) * Despicable Me (Coffin/Renaud, 2010) The White Ribbon (Haneke, 2009) * The Stone Raft (Sluizer, 2002) How to Train Your Dragon (DeBlois/Sanders, 2010) 1/2 The Fly* (Neumann, 1958) ***1/2

07-20-2008, 09:49 PM	#3
soitgoes... King of the Impossible Rep Power: 6 Rep Points: 633	1. To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks) 2. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder) 3. The Children Are Watching Us (Vittorio De Sica) 4. At Land (Maya Deren) 5. The Miracle of Morgan Creek (Preston Sturges) --------------------------------------------------------- 6. A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger) 7. None Shall Escape (André De Toth) __________________ Anzukko (Naruse 58) **½ Los Angeles Plays Itself* (Andersen 03) **** Fires Were Started (Jennings 43) *½ On the Town* (Donen/Kelly 49) *** The Ghost Writer (Polanski 10) *** Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (Ophüls 88) *** Johnny Guitar (Ray 54) **½ The Asphalt Jungle* (Huston 50) **½ Pandora and the Flying Dutchman* (Lewin 51) *½ Babes in Arms* (Berkeley 39) *½ Viewing log and all films seen

07-20-2008, 10:54 PM	#4
Isaac Social Retard Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 677	1. Double Indemnity 2. Laura 3. Gaslight 4. Murder My Sweet 5. The Children Are Watching Us __________________ Orlando (1992) *½ Demonlover (2002) ½ Inception (2010) ½ Everything Is Illuminated (2002, Jonathan Safran Foer) * July's People (1981, Nadine Gordimer) ***½

07-20-2008, 11:56 PM	#5
ledfloyd Producer Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 475	1. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 2. Arsenic and Old Lace 3. To Have and Have Not 4. Murder, My Sweet 5. Double Indeminity i'm missing some pretty big ones from this year. Laura, Gaslight, Meet Me in St. Louis among others. __________________ blog Last edited by ledfloyd : 07-21-2008 at 02:26 AM.

07-21-2008, 12:18 AM	#6
Yxklyx Editor Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 177	1. A Canterbury Tale (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger) 2. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (Preston Sturges) 3. Murder, My Sweet (Edward Dmytryk) 4. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder) 5. Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock) 6. Arsenic and Old Lace (Frank Capra) 7. On Approval (Clive Brook) 8. Ivan the Terrible: Part I (Sergei M. Eisenstein) 9. The Private Life of a Cat (Alexander Hammid) 10. Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli) __________________ Last Excellent Film Seen For The Very First Time: Captains Courageous (1937, Victor Fleming) My Movie Page

07-21-2008, 12:26 AM	#7
Raiders Administrator Rep Power: 10 Rep Points: 1924	1. None Shall Escape (De Toth) 2. Lifeboat (Hitchcock) 3. At Land (Deren) 3. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (Sturges) 5. Laura (Preminger) ------------------------------------ 6. Ministry of Fear (Lang) 7. Double Indemnity (Wilder) 8. To Have and Have Not (Hawks) 9. The Curse of the Cat People (Wise) 10. Meet Me in St. Louis (Minnelli) I really wish more people had seen De Toth's film. Amazing film. __________________ Rice is great when you're hungry and you want 2,000 of something. Recently Viewed: The Kids Are All Right (2010) *****½ Inception (2010) (500) Days of Summer (2009) ½ Toy Story 3 (2010) ***½ Day & Night (s) (2010) ****** Films By Year The Fifth Dimension: A Chronological Twilight Zone (UPDATED 7/1/10)

07-21-2008, 12:28 AM	#8
Weeping_Guitar Body Double Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 10	1. Double Indemnity 2. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 3. To Have and Have Not 4. Arsenic and Old Lace 5. Lifeboat __________________ Recomended Recent Viewings: The Circus (Chaplin, 1928) Inception (Nolan, 2010) Toy Story 3 (Unkrich, 2010) After Hours (Scorsese, 1985) Still Walking (Koreeda, 2008)

07-21-2008, 01:10 AM	#9
Russ I believe in your victory Rep Power: 6 Rep Points: 863	1. Lifeboat 2. Double Indemnity 3. At Land 4. Arsenic and Old Lace

07-21-2008, 01:38 AM	#10
Pop Trash Cinematographer Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 182	1. At Land 2. Meet Me in St. Louis 3. Gaslight 4. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

07-21-2008, 02:03 AM	#11
monolith94 nightmare investigator Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 293	1. Lifeboat 2. A Canterbury Tale 3. At Land 4. Double Indemnity 5. Ivan the Terrible, Part One __________________ "Modern weapons can defend freedom, civilization, and life only by annihilating them. Security in military language means the ability to do away with the Earth." -Ivan Illich, Deschooling Society

07-21-2008, 02:09 AM	#12
Philosophe_rouge Editor Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 743	1. Laura 2. Meet Me in St. Louis 3. A Canterbury Tale 4. To Have and Have Not 5. Gaslight __________________ House of Mirth and Movies: Top 10s (in progress)

07-21-2008, 12:07 PM	#13
origami_mustache blurred and indistinct Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 420	1. The Miracle of Morgan Creek 2. The Children Are Watching Us 3. Hail The Conquering Hero 4. Double Indemnity 5. To Have and Have Not __________________ The Auteurs branduponthebrain Last edited by origami_mustache : 07-28-2008 at 05:24 PM.

07-21-2008, 12:21 PM	#14
Ezee E Live like it's shark week Rep Power: 14 Rep Points: 1804	Only seen two movies in this one. __________________ LATEST SEEN: The Runaways - ** 1/2 Chloe - * 1/2 A Single Man - ***

07-21-2008, 02:28 PM	#15
Boner M blood Rep Power: 8 Rep Points: 1498	Hmm, guess I need to see Morgan's Creek again. I thought it was decent, but I prefer the other Sturges film from this year that's getting no love so far... 1. Double Indemnity (Wilder) 2. At Land (Deren) 3. Curse of the Cat People (Wise) 4. To Have and Have Not (Hawks) 5. Hail the Conquering Hero (Sturges) __________________ blog (latest: notes on a few recent films) / twitter / lastfm Sweetgrass (Barbash & Castaing-Taylor, 2009) *½ Primate (Wiseman, 1974) * The Unloved (Morton, 2009) Boy (Waititi, 2010) ½ Beeswax (Bujalski, 2009) *½ Hahaha (Hong, 2010) * Blank City (Danhier, 2009) * Cell 211 (Monzón, 2009) ½ The Messenger (Moverman, 2009) **½

07-21-2008, 10:29 PM	#16
Grouchy A Platypus Rep Power: 7 Rep Points: 884	1. Double Indemnity 2. Laura 3. Lifeboat The other movie is To Have and Have Not, which kind of disappointed me. Definitively not bad, though, but since I can vote 3 movies... __________________ There is no cause so right that one cannot find a fool following it. -- Niven Law #16 TOY STORY 3 - Solid entertainment of the Pixar brand, but an unnecessary sequel that adds nothing to the story. TETRO - I applaud Coppola for making a genuinely strange movie. When it works, it works. CHÉRI - Average period piece, but worth seeing for Michelle Pfeiffer's incredibly acting - and body.

07-21-2008, 10:43 PM	#17
Kurosawa Fan Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2892	1. Lifeboat 2. Double Indemnity 3. Laura 4. To Have and Have Not 5. Jane Eyre __________________ Films I've Seen: Inception (2010) - Despicable Me (2010)- 1/2 Zombieland (2009) - * The Crazies (2010) - * Land of the Lost (2009) - 1/2 MacGruber* (2010) - * Book I'm Reading:** A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin

07-24-2008, 12:24 AM	#18
koji Body Double Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 21	1. Double Indemnity (Wilder) 2. Laura (Preminger) 3. Ivan the Terrible. Pt I (Eisenstein) 4. The Woman in the Window (Lang) 5. The Children Are Watching Us (De Sica) ********************************* 6. Arsenic and Old Lace (Frank Capra) 7. Hail the Conquering Hero (Struges) 8. Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (Struges) 9. Gaslight (John M. Stahl) 10. To Have and Have Not (Hawks) Last edited by koji : 07-24-2008 at 10:20 PM. Reason: typos

07-24-2008, 12:41 AM	#21
Derek Moisten your fence Rep Power: 12 Rep Points: 2656	What a ridiculously top heavy year. I'd give **** to the top 8 films, yet after the HM's, there's a bunch of mediocrity. Also, if Arsenic & Old Lace gets close to placing, I'd like to use one of my votes for negative points against it. 1. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder) 2. Ivan the Terrible, Part I (Sergei Eisenstein) 3. At Land (Maya Deren) 4. None Shall Escape (Andre DeToth) 5. Curse of the Cat People (Robert Wise) ******************************* 6. Miracle at Morgan's Creek (Preston Sturges) 7. Lifeboat (Alfred Hitchcock) 8. Meet Me in St. Louis (Vincente Minnelli) 9. Hail the Conquering Hero (Preston Sturges) 10. Laura (Otto Preminger) HM: [SPOILER WARNING!]Murder, My Sweet (Edward Dmytryk), To Have and Have Not (Howard Hawks) __________________ The Flowers of St. Francis (Rossellini, 1950) * Get Him to the Greek (Stoller, 2010) The Kids Are All Right (Cholodenko, 2010) ½ Inception (Nolan, 2010) *½ Predators (Antal, 2010) Predator (McTiernan, 1987) *½ MacGruber (Taccone, 2010) Robin Hood (Scott, 2010) * Valhalla Rising (Refn, 2010) *½ Cyrus (Duplass Bros., 2010) ½ My site Music "It's not a blockbuster because I don't want to see it." - Dukefrukem

07-26-2008, 05:20 PM	#27
dreamdead Screenwriter Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 774	1. Double Indemnity 2. Laura 3. Meet Me in St. Louis __________________ The Long Goodbye - 8.5 Dirty Pretty Things - 7.5 Beloved - 6.5 Inception - 7

07-28-2008, 05:26 PM	#28
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	Last call. __________________ A Town Called Panic (Aubier/Patar, 2009) *1/2 You, the Living (Andersson, 2007) 1/2 Godzilla* (Honda, 1954) * Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Dante, 2003) 1/2 Inception (Nolan, 2010) ** Blue Beard (Breillat, 2009) * Despicable Me (Coffin/Renaud, 2010) The White Ribbon (Haneke, 2009) * The Stone Raft (Sluizer, 2002) How to Train Your Dragon (DeBlois/Sanders, 2010) 1/2 The Fly* (Neumann, 1958) ***1/2

07-29-2008, 05:33 PM	#29
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	#8 (tie) A Canterbury Tale Director: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Country: UK A 'Land Girl', an American GI, and a British soldier find themselves together in a small Kent town on the road to Canterbury. The town is being plagued by a mysterious "glue-man", who pours glue on the hair of girls dating soldiers after dark. The three attempt to track him down. Because Canterbury Cathedral's windows had been taken out because of the air raids, the interior of the cathedral was rebuilt in Denham Studio. By 2004, the shop window overlooking the street from which John Sweet watches the parade in the film's final scene belonged to a Starbuck's. "Is this the strangest film produced by (and about) an Allied nation during WWII? ... It's as berserk a MacGuffin as any in cinema, but also accompanies an unpredictable frankness, what with the discussion of sexual misconduct, premarital sexuality ... and glib reference to pot. This ultra-lyrical film never seems at odds with itself, and the final 25 minutes, when the pilgrims' odysseys come to their conclusive salvations, feel like a benediction." - Michael Atkinson __________________ A Town Called Panic (Aubier/Patar, 2009) *1/2 You, the Living (Andersson, 2007) 1/2 Godzilla* (Honda, 1954) * Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Dante, 2003) 1/2 Inception (Nolan, 2010) ** Blue Beard (Breillat, 2009) * Despicable Me (Coffin/Renaud, 2010) The White Ribbon (Haneke, 2009) * The Stone Raft (Sluizer, 2002) How to Train Your Dragon (DeBlois/Sanders, 2010) 1/2 The Fly* (Neumann, 1958) ***1/2

07-29-2008, 05:46 PM	#30
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	#8 (tie) The Children are Watching Us Director: Vittorio De Sica Country: Italy The film follows the anguish of the four-year-old, Prico, after his mother, Nina, leaves his father, Andrea, for her lover Roberto. Prico is sent to his aunt and then to his grandmother. Nina returns when Prico is sick and vows to give up Roberto, even though he persists in seeing her. Marcello Mastroianni was an extra in this film. Young Luciano De Ambrosis continued on as an actor when he grew up, appearing in Sergio Martino's 1973 horror film, Torso. "Culture vultures dismissed the film at the time of its release because of its protoneorealist sentimentality, but this is precisely what makes De Sica's work so special ... Osssessione may be recognized as the first neorealist film, but this is the first neorealist gesture, a sign that the Italian film was about to grow up." - Ed Gonzalez __________________ A Town Called Panic (Aubier/Patar, 2009) *1/2 You, the Living (Andersson, 2007) 1/2 Godzilla* (Honda, 1954) * Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Dante, 2003) 1/2 Inception (Nolan, 2010) ** Blue Beard (Breillat, 2009) * Despicable Me (Coffin/Renaud, 2010) The White Ribbon (Haneke, 2009) * The Stone Raft (Sluizer, 2002) How to Train Your Dragon (DeBlois/Sanders, 2010) 1/2 The Fly* (Neumann, 1958) ***1/2

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