MC Yearly Consensus - 1978 - Page 2 - match-cut.org Forums

baby doll · 03-26-2008, 01:39 AM

1. In a Year of 13 Moons (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
2. Perceval le Gallois (Eric Rohmer)
3. Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick)
4. Soundings (Gary Hill) [video]
5. Interiors (Woody Allen)

Isaac · 03-26-2008, 03:23 AM

1. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
2. Dawn of the Dead
3. Midnight Express
4. Interiors
5. A Wedding

MadMan · 03-26-2008, 03:34 AM

Can I give Grease -5 points to counter act people who put it on their lists?

I haven't seen much from this year:

1. Dawn of the Dead
2. Halloween
3. Animal House
4. Jaws 2
5. Piranha

For the time being I'm absolutely serious about the last two. #4 is good campy fun, and there is a decent film hidden in there. Had a better director made it, the film would have been great. Funny enough #5 is an entertaining gory parody of Jaws.

Qrazy · 03-26-2008, 03:49 AM

Days of Heaven
In a Year of 13 Moons
Halloween
Watership Down
Deer Hunter

Once I see it, I'm almost certain Tree of Wooden Clogs will make the cut.

origami_mustache · 03-26-2008, 04:10 AM

1. Days of Heaven
2. Dawn of the Dead
3. Halloween
4. Animal House
5. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

Grouchy · 03-26-2008, 07:53 AM

1. Dawn of the Dead
2. The Deer Hunter
3. Halloween
4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers
5. Game of Death

Yxklyx · 03-26-2008, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by MadMan

Can I give Grease -5 points to counter act people who put it on their lists?

Yes you may.

Oh noes, Dawn of the Dead at #1? Nothing like Annie Hall or Apocalypse Now this year?

Qrazy · 03-26-2008, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Yxklyx

Yes you may.

Oh noes, Dawn of the Dead at #1? Nothing like Annie Hall or Apocalypse Now this year?

Days of Heaven.

Eleven · 03-26-2008, 05:12 PM

1. The Tree of Wooden Clogs
2. The Last Waltz
3. Halloween
4. National Lampoon's Animal House
5. Dawn of the Dead

HMs: Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Fury, The Buddy Holly Story, Who'll Stop the Rain, Autumn Sonata (lol Qrazy).

Gotta rewatch Days of Heaven.

Philosophe_rouge · 03-26-2008, 05:18 PM

1. Dawn of the Dead
2. Watership Down
3. The Last Waltz

baby doll · 03-26-2008, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by MadMan

Can I give Grease -5 points to counter act people who put it on their lists?

Word. If you haven't seen five movies you really like, don't pad your list.

MadMan · 03-26-2008, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by baby doll

Word. If you haven't seen five movies you really like, don't pad your list.

Yeah I agree, although I was really just hatin' on Grease.

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Originally Posted by Yxklyx

Yes you may.

Oh noes, Dawn of the Dead at #1? Nothing like Annie Hall or Apocalypse Now this year?

Another Grease hater? Cool.

Grouchy · 03-26-2008, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by baby doll

Word. If you haven't seen five movies you really like, don't pad your list.

I really like Grease.

dreamdead · 03-26-2008, 08:47 PM

1. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
2. Halloween
3. Deer Hunter
4. Midnight Express (soundtrack awesomeness here, people)

Raiders · 03-26-2008, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by dreamdead

4. Midnight Express (soundtrack awesomeness here, people)

Yes, but the film is rather lame.

Speaking of lameness, so is your rating for Polanski's film.

Spinal · 03-26-2008, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Raiders

Speaking of lameness, so is your rating for Polanski's film.

It's the spelling that I find objectionable.

Russ · 03-26-2008, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by dreamdead

4. Midnight Express (soundtrack awesomeness here, people)

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Originally Posted by Raiders

Yes, but the film is rather lame.

Is it because of the liberties taken with Hayes' book? I thought the film was pretty great, tho admittedly given a bit of a "for commercial consumption" gloss. I think it's definitely Parker's best, with Birdy a close second.

Raiders · 03-26-2008, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Russ

Is it because of the liberties taken with Hayes' book? I thought the film was pretty great, tho admittedly given a bit of a "for commercial consumption" gloss. I think it's definitely Parker's best, with Birdy a close second.

It very much plays into a lot of stereotypes regarding the Turkish soldiers that irritated me to no end, and I'm never one for Courtroom dramatics, and Billy's speech had me rolling my eyes as much as it affected me. I have heard people call the film racist, something I'm not sure is true, but I think a viewing of the film under an untrained, unknowing mind could very well perpetrate racial bias.

It has been a few years so there may be more nuance to the film than I am giving it credit for. I do like Parker in general (Shoot the Moon is tops for me), though he is also the man responsible for the truly awful The Life of David Gale.

Russ · 03-26-2008, 09:10 PM

I was just going to qualify my remarks with "I have yet to see Shoot the Moon" and then I saw your post...

I never picked up on any hint of racism, tho I probably need a rewatch too. It's been many years since my last viewing.

SirNewt · 03-26-2008, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by MadMan

Yeah I agree, although I was really just hatin' on Grease.

*In this scene Kurosawa Fan is tallying the votes for match-cut's favorite films of 1978*

Kurosawa Fan: Hey, there's a vote for Jaws 2 here. OK, who was just padding out their list again?

MadMan · 03-27-2008, 04:36 AM

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Originally Posted by SirNewt

*In this scene Kurosawa Fan is tallying the votes for match-cut's favorite films of 1978*

Kurosawa Fan: Hey, there's a vote for Jaws 2 here. OK, who was just padding out their list again?

Here's the problem buddy: I actually like Jaws 2. Maybe someone should have actually taken the time to read my first post in this thread containing my Top 5 list. I mean come on I know I don't really contribute anything of actual value to this site, but have the human decency man!

SirNewt · 03-27-2008, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by MadMan

Here's the problem buddy: I actually like Jaws 2. Maybe someone should have actually taken the time to read my first post in this thread containing my Top 5 list. I mean come on I know I don't really contribute anything of actual value to this site, but have the human decency man!

No, I know. I was just giving you a hard time. I don't like Grease either if that makes you feel any better.

MadMan · 03-27-2008, 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by SirNewt

No, I know. I was just giving you a hard time. I don't like Grease either if that makes you feel any better.

Heh, I know (hence the jokey, snarky post). And anyone who doesn't like Grease is okay with me. I do plan on using this thread to get more recommendations from 1978 though as I haven't seen much from that year.

Qrazy · 03-27-2008, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by MadMan

Heh, I know (hence the jokey, snarky post). And anyone who doesn't like Grease is okay with me. I do plan on using this thread to get more recommendations from 1978 though as I haven't seen much from that year.

It was a pretty weak year all told.

Sycophant · 03-27-2008, 05:40 AM

1. A Wedding
2. Days of Heaven
3. Interiors

Spinal · 03-27-2008, 04:27 PM

1978:

Median Household Income: $15,064.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.13 ($0.15 as of 5/29/78)
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.63
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.82
Cost of a gallon of Milk: $1.71

source: 1970sflashback.com

SirNewt · 03-27-2008, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadMan

Heh, I know (hence the jokey, snarky post). And anyone who doesn't like Grease is okay with me. I do plan on using this thread to get more recommendations from 1978 though as I haven't seen much from that year.

Oh, I thought I might've actually pissed you off. I hate being new to forums it always makes me nervous about other peoples toes.

baby doll · 03-27-2008, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Qrazy

It was a pretty weak year all told.

I don't know about that. In addition to my five favorites, I didn't have room for Rober Breer's LMNO and Peter Greenaway's Vertical Features Remake (it's been too long since I've seen Autumn Sonata), and I still have to see Youssef Chahine's Alexandria... Why?, Paul Schrader's Blue Collar, Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Despair (not to mention his segment from Germany in Autumn), James Toback's Fingers, Chantal Akerman's Les Rendezvous d'Anna, Ermano Olmi's The Tree of Wooden Clogs and Paul Mazursky's An Unmarried Woman.

MacGuffin · 03-27-2008, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by baby doll

I don't know about that. In addition to my five favorites, I didn't have room for Rober Breer's LMNO and Peter Greenaway's Vertical Features Remake (it's been too long since I've seen Autumn Sonata), and I still have to see Youssef Chahine's Alexandria... Why?, Paul Schrader's Blue Collar, Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Despair (not to mention his segment from Germany in Autumn), James Toback's Fingers, Chantal Akerman's Les Rendezvous d'Anna, Ermano Olmi's The Tree of Wooden Clogs and Paul Mazursky's An Unmarried Woman.

...And if all those movies suck?

baby doll · 03-27-2008, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Clipper Ship Captain

...And if all those movies suck?

I'll have to see that for myself. Also, I forgot to mention Francois Truffaut's La Chambre vert, Manoel de Oliveira's Doomed Love and Orson Welles' Filming 'Othello'.

03-26-2008, 01:39 AM	#31
baby doll Screenwriter Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 465	1. In a Year of 13 Moons (Rainer Werner Fassbinder) 2. Perceval le Gallois (Eric Rohmer) 3. Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick) 4. Soundings (Gary Hill) [video] 5. Interiors (Woody Allen) __________________ Because I don't have time to blog... Machete (Ethan Maniquis and Robert Rodriguez, 2010) / * Love Exposure (Shion Sono, 2008) / * À l'origine (Xavier Giannoli, 2009) / *1/2 The last book I read was... V. by Thomas Pynchon The World (September: The American*)

03-26-2008, 03:23 AM	#32
Isaac Social Retard Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 735	1. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 2. Dawn of the Dead 3. Midnight Express 4. Interiors 5. A Wedding __________________ Animal Kingdom (2010) *½ Traces of Stones (1966) The Docks of New York (1928) ½ Requiem for a Dream (1978, Hubert Selby, Jr.) ½ A Farewell to Arms (1929, Ernest Hemingway) *

03-26-2008, 03:34 AM	#33
MadMan Non-Sparkling Vampires! Rep Power: 8 Rep Points: 639	Can I give Grease -5 points to counter act people who put it on their lists? I haven't seen much from this year: 1. Dawn of the Dead 2. Halloween 3. Animal House 4. Jaws 2 5. Piranha For the time being I'm absolutely serious about the last two. #4 is good campy fun, and there is a decent film hidden in there. Had a better director made it, the film would have been great. Funny enough #5 is an entertaining gory parody of Jaws. __________________ It seemed like us and it seemed like, well, our home. If not Arizona, then a land not too far away. Where all parents are strong and wise and capable and all children are happy and beloved. I don't know. Maybe it was Utah. Down the Rabbit Hole

03-26-2008, 03:49 AM	#34
Qrazy The Pan Rep Power: 13 Rep Points: 1842	Days of Heaven In a Year of 13 Moons Halloween Watership Down Deer Hunter Once I see it, I'm almost certain Tree of Wooden Clogs will make the cut. __________________ Inception - A- Deewaar - D+ Meet me in St. Louis - C+ Dinner for Schmucks - C+ Gimme Shelter - B

03-26-2008, 04:10 AM	#35
origami_mustache blurred and indistinct Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 426	1. Days of Heaven 2. Dawn of the Dead 3. Halloween 4. Animal House 5. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes __________________ The Auteurs branduponthebrain

03-26-2008, 07:53 AM	#36
Grouchy A Platypus Rep Power: 7 Rep Points: 891	1. Dawn of the Dead 2. The Deer Hunter 3. Halloween 4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers 5. Game of Death __________________ There is no cause so right that one cannot find a fool following it. -- Niven Law #16 YOU DON'T KNOW JACK - Acceptable good, but I would've preferred a documentary. CHLOE - A little disappointing for my first Egoyan, but a quality sex thriller all the same. PREDATORS - A by the numbers sequel that's lost in homages to the original. And terrible CGI.

03-26-2008, 05:12 PM	#39
Eleven The Artist as Monster Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 161	1. The Tree of Wooden Clogs 2. The Last Waltz 3. Halloween 4. National Lampoon's Animal House 5. Dawn of the Dead HMs: Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Fury, The Buddy Holly Story, Who'll Stop the Rain, Autumn Sonata (lol Qrazy). Gotta rewatch Days of Heaven. __________________ Twitter Film at 11 Top 11s

03-26-2008, 05:18 PM	#40
Philosophe_rouge Screenwriter Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 791	1. Dawn of the Dead 2. Watership Down 3. The Last Waltz __________________ Sound on Sight Mark Wahlberg Podcast

03-26-2008, 08:47 PM	#44
dreamdead Producer Rep Power: 6 Rep Points: 813	1. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin 2. Halloween 3. Deer Hunter 4. Midnight Express (soundtrack awesomeness here, people) __________________ Midnight Cowboy - 7.5 Song of the South - 6 Night of the Demon - 6 Ferris Bueller's Day Off - 5.5

03-26-2008, 09:10 PM	#49
Russ I believe in your victory Rep Power: 6 Rep Points: 939	I was just going to qualify my remarks with "I have yet to see Shoot the Moon" and then I saw your post... I never picked up on any hint of racism, tho I probably need a rewatch too. It's been many years since my last viewing.

03-27-2008, 05:40 AM	#55
Sycophant Wisdom & lulz --> Rep Power: 14 Rep Points: 2587	1. A Wedding 2. Days of Heaven 3. Interiors __________________ Do you care about life? Do you care about the future? Just saw: THE OTHER GUYS THREE STARS Scott Pilgrim vs. the World THREE AND HALF STARS Inception THREE STARS High & Low OH SHIT FOUR STARS Onibaba FOUR STARS

03-27-2008, 04:27 PM	#56
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 17 Rep Points: 3280	1978: Median Household Income: $15,064.00 Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.13 ($0.15 as of 5/29/78) Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.63 Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.82 Cost of a gallon of Milk: $1.71 source: 1970sflashback.com __________________ Machete (Rodriguez/Maniquis, 2010) 1/2 Exit Through the Gift Shop (Banksy, 2010) Peter & the Wolf (Templeton, 2006) * My Winnipeg (Maddin, 2007) * Them! (Douglas, 1954) La vie en rose (Dahan, 2007) 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) **

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