MC Yearly Consensus - 1950

[Spinal]

Orpheus really deserves to be on that list. It's very good.

[Derek]

Originally Posted by Spinal

Orpheus really deserves to be on that list. It's very good.

Fuckin' IMDb. That's two films they (and subsequently I) had listed as 1949 that they changed to 1950. How exactly does this happen when they go by the earliest screening? Did the '49 screenings they previously thought happened in fact never exist?

[Spinal]

Maybe Cocteau will fare better in 1930.

[Raiders]

Originally Posted by Spinal

Orpheus really deserves to be on that list. It's very good.

I really wanted to support it, but it fell just outside my top five, and I couldn't find one of those included I felt comfortable leaving out.

[Spinal]

Originally Posted by Raiders

I really wanted to support it, but it fell just outside my top five, and I couldn't find one of those included I felt comfortable leaving out.

Fair enough.

By the way, as we cycle through, the 1920's will alternate with the 2000's. So after 1930, we will have the latest part of the 20's and then go directly to 1999. We will also be doing the 2000's from earliest to latest, so the next time through the cycle (after 1939), we will do 2001.

Also, check the 1960 thread if you want to weigh in on how the 1920's should be organized. Currently, the Antoine/monolith method holds a slight lead over the Raiders method and a disturbing amount of people are lining up to punch me.

[Yxklyx]

Originally Posted by Derek

Fuckin' IMDb. That's two films they (and subsequently I) had listed as 1949 that they changed to 1950. How exactly does this happen when they go by the earliest screening? Did the '49 screenings they previously thought happened in fact never exist?

The information is supplied by users isn't it? Like wikipedia - but they moderate. So, if someone had better information and they supplied it that gets put in. What is probably happening is that when an early movie is put on the page they have no idea what the release date is so they use the copyright year which is usually the year before - then later someone gets the information and they update it.

[Yxklyx]

Only 2 movies in my top ten are in this top ten.

[Spinal]

Originally Posted by Eleven

Gun Crazy

Director Lewis said in an interview, “I told John, ‘Your cock's never been so hard,’ and I told Peggy, ‘You're a female dog in heat, and you want him. But don't let him have it in a hurry. Keep him waiting.’ That's exactly how I talked to them and I turned them loose. I didn't have to give them more directions.”

It must be difficult to play 'in heat' and 'hard-to-get' simultaneously.

[Grouchy]

Originally Posted by Spinal

It must be difficult to play 'in heat' and 'hard-to-get' simultaneously.

Heh. Not if you're a woman it ain't.

[MadMan]

Originally Posted by Raiders

I'm assuming Wilder and Kurosawa own the top two spots. Good list, though the absence of Mann's great western and inclusion of Disney's lame Cinderella is rather disheartening.

Had I seen more films from 1950 Winchester '73 would have received a vote from me (not that it would have mattered but still). And I'm glad to see someone else thinks that Cinderella isn't a good film.