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Spinal · 04-05-2008, 12:29 AM

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 thread is locked, 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 · 04-05-2008, 12:30 AM

1. The Bicyle Thief
2. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
3. Hamlet

Russ · 04-05-2008, 12:35 AM

1. Rope
2. Red River
3. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
4. Sorry, Wrong Number
5. The Snake Pit

Boner M · 04-05-2008, 12:45 AM

1. The Red Shoes (Powell & Pressburger)
2. Moonrise (Borzage)
3. The Bicycle Thief (De Sica)
4. Unfaithfully Yours (Sturges)
5. They Live By Night (Ray)

6. Rope (Hitchcock)
7. Force of Evil (Polonsky)
8. Red River (Hawks)
9. Portrait of Jennie (Dieterle)
10. Letter From an Unknown Woman (Ophuls)

What a great year!

Weeping_Guitar · 04-05-2008, 12:46 AM

1. The Bicycle Thief
2. Unfaithfully Yours
3. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
4. The Red Shoes
5. Portrait of Jennie

Isaac · 04-05-2008, 12:51 AM

1. Germany Year Zero
2. Bicycle Thieves
3. The Naked City
4. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
5. The Search

6. The Quiet One
7. The Snake Pit
8. Drunken Angel
9. Force of Evil
10. Rope

monolith94 · 04-05-2008, 01:05 AM

1. The Bicycle Thief
2. The Red Shoes
3. Portrait of Jennie
4. Red River
5. The Quiet One
HMs: Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Macbeth

Melville · 04-05-2008, 01:11 AM

1. Rope
2. They Live by Night
3. The Red Shoes
4. Force of Evil

SirNewt · 04-05-2008, 01:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Russ

1. Rope
2. Red River
3. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
4. Sorry, Wrong Number
5. The Snake Pit

Nice, I've been told I should see this.

Anyway,

1. Bicycle Thieves
2. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
3. The Red Shoes
4. Hamlet
5. The Fallen Idol

I need to see La Terra Trema.

Kurosawa Fan · 04-05-2008, 01:39 AM

1. Call Northside 777
2. Rope
3. Red River
4. Key Largo
5. Sorry, Wrong Number

I have Hamlet and Johnny Belinda recorded on my DVR, so I'll try to get to at least one of them before this ends.

Boner M · 04-05-2008, 01:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kurosawa Fan

1. Call Northside 777

Wow, really? I thought it was the mehest of all mehs.

Yxklyx · 04-05-2008, 02:15 AM

1. The Red Shoes (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)
2. The Big Clock (John Farrow)
3. Rope (Alfred Hitchcock)
4. The Fallen Idol (Carol Reed)
5. Portrait of Jennie (William Dieterle)

6. They Live by Night (Nicholas Ray)
7. Drunken Angel (Akira Kurosawa)
8. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston)
9. Oliver Twist (David Lean)
10. Red River (Howard Hawks)

Yxklyx · 04-05-2008, 02:19 AM

People need to see:

The Big Clock

P.S. Is Bicycle Thieves the sequel to the The Bicycle Thief?

Spinal · 04-05-2008, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yxklyx

P.S. Is Bicycle Thieves the sequel to the The Bicycle Thief?

Bicycle 3 was all right, but Bicycle Resurrection was a complete joke.

Boner M · 04-05-2008, 02:31 AM

2 Bicycles 2 Thieves was my favorite installment.

baby doll · 04-05-2008, 02:39 AM

1. Letter From an Unknown Woman (Max Ophuls)
2. The Red Shoes (Michael Powell / Emeric Pressburger)
3. Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica)
4. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston)
5. The Pirate (Vincente Minnelli)

baby doll · 04-05-2008, 02:41 AM

Wait, so no one else is voting for Letter From an Unknown Woman (which would be in my all-time top ten)?

Yxklyx · 04-05-2008, 02:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baby doll

Wait, so no one else is voting for Letter From an Unknown Woman (which would be in my all-time top ten)?

Netflix doesn't carry it. Is the 2004 remake any good?

baby doll · 04-05-2008, 02:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yxklyx

Netflix doesn't carry it. Is the 2004 remake any good?

I bought the DVD in Chinatown a few years back but it didn't have subtitles, so until it comes out in Region 1 or I learn to speak Mandarin, I couldn't tell ya.

baby doll · 04-05-2008, 02:53 AM

Anyway, I searched for Letter From an Unknown Woman torrent on Google, and these are the results I got.

MadMan · 04-05-2008, 02:55 AM

I need to see more from this year.

1. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
2. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
3. Key Largo

Yxklyx · 04-05-2008, 02:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baby doll

Anyway, I searched for Letter From an Unknown Woman torrent on Google, and these are the results I got.

Actually, Amazon sells a region 1 dvd but I don't blind buy dvds any more.

Philosophe_rouge · 04-05-2008, 02:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baby doll

Wait, so no one else is voting for Letter From an Unknown Woman (which would be in my all-time top ten)?

Not a fan, although it is beautiful to look at. Joan Fontaine rubs me the wrong way unfortunately.

Really good year, tough to narrow it down.

1. The Red Shoes
2. Portrait of Jennies
3. Unfaithfully Yours
4. Red River
5. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Boner M · 04-05-2008, 03:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baby doll

Wait, so no one else is voting for Letter From an Unknown Woman (which would be in my all-time top ten)?

I liked it (my #10), but I didn't feel challenged by it.

Lazlo · 04-05-2008, 03:16 AM

1. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
2. Red River
3. Key Largo
4. Bicycle Thieves

Kurosawa Fan · 04-05-2008, 03:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boner M

Wow, really? I thought it was the mehest of all mehs.

Well, sometimes in these ballots I like to give an underseen/underappreciated film a bit of a boost by placing it higher than I normally would. This would be one of those cases. Still, I liked it very much, though I'm a sucker for nearly all things noir and Jimmy Stewart.

SirNewt · 04-05-2008, 04:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boner M

Wow, really? I thought it was the mehest of all mehs.

The mehest of all mehs. . . That's an absolute mediocrity. My mind is reeling from double meanings and paradoxes.

dreamdead · 04-05-2008, 04:02 AM

I should get to Nicholas Ray's They Live By Night, so I'm holding off until then. And now that I know that Ophuls' film is available I will have to seriously consider a blind buy at some point, though it won't help for this consensus...

ledfloyd · 04-05-2008, 05:41 AM

1. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
2. Treasure of the Sierra Madre
3. Key Largo
4. Bicycle Thieves

I need to see Macbeth. I need to see the rest of The Red Shoes. I can't remember a thing about They Live by Night.

Eleven · 04-05-2008, 06:06 AM

1. Force of Evil
2. Rope
3. Portrait of Jennie
4. Bicycle Thieves / Thief
5. Germany Year Zero

HMs: Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Drunken Angel, Stage Fright, Unfaithfully Yours.

04-05-2008, 12:30 AM	#2
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	1. The Bicyle Thief 2. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 3. Hamlet __________________ 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

04-05-2008, 12:45 AM	#4
Boner M blood Rep Power: 8 Rep Points: 1498	1. The Red Shoes (Powell & Pressburger) 2. Moonrise (Borzage) 3. The Bicycle Thief (De Sica) 4. Unfaithfully Yours (Sturges) 5. They Live By Night (Ray) 6. Rope (Hitchcock) 7. Force of Evil (Polonsky) 8. Red River (Hawks) 9. Portrait of Jennie (Dieterle) 10. Letter From an Unknown Woman (Ophuls) What a great year! __________________ 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

04-05-2008, 12:46 AM	#5
Weeping_Guitar Body Double Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 10	1. The Bicycle Thief 2. Unfaithfully Yours 3. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 4. The Red Shoes 5. Portrait of Jennie __________________ Recomended Recent Viewings: The Circus (Chaplin, 1928) Inception (Nolan, 2010) Toy Story 3 (Unkrich, 2010) After Hours (Scorsese, 1985) Still Walking (Koreeda, 2008)

04-05-2008, 12:51 AM	#6
Isaac Social Retard Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 677	1. Germany Year Zero 2. Bicycle Thieves 3. The Naked City 4. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 5. The Search 6. The Quiet One 7. The Snake Pit 8. Drunken Angel 9. Force of Evil 10. Rope __________________ Orlando (1992) *½ Demonlover (2002) ½ Inception (2010) ½ Everything Is Illuminated (2002, Jonathan Safran Foer) * July's People (1981, Nadine Gordimer) ***½

04-05-2008, 01:05 AM	#7
monolith94 nightmare investigator Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 293	1. The Bicycle Thief 2. The Red Shoes 3. Portrait of Jennie 4. Red River 5. The Quiet One HMs: Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Macbeth __________________ "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

04-05-2008, 12:29 AM	#1
Spinal Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2959	MC Yearly Consensus - 1948 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 thread is locked, 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

04-05-2008, 12:35 AM	#3
Russ I believe in your victory Rep Power: 6 Rep Points: 863	1. Rope 2. Red River 3. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 4. Sorry, Wrong Number 5. The Snake Pit

04-05-2008, 01:11 AM	#8
Melville My depressed stance... Rep Power: 8 Rep Points: 1332	1. Rope 2. They Live by Night 3. The Red Shoes 4. Force of Evil __________________ I am impatient of all misery in others that is not mad. Thou should'st go mad, blacksmith; say, why dost thou not go mad? How can'st thou endure without being mad? Do the heavens yet hate thee, that thou can'st not go mad? lists and reviews

04-05-2008, 01:39 AM	#10
Kurosawa Fan Moderator Rep Power: 16 Rep Points: 2892	1. Call Northside 777 2. Rope 3. Red River 4. Key Largo 5. Sorry, Wrong Number I have Hamlet and Johnny Belinda recorded on my DVR, so I'll try to get to at least one of them before this ends. __________________ 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

04-05-2008, 02:15 AM	#12
Yxklyx Editor Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 177	1. The Red Shoes (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger) 2. The Big Clock (John Farrow) 3. Rope (Alfred Hitchcock) 4. The Fallen Idol (Carol Reed) 5. Portrait of Jennie (William Dieterle) 6. They Live by Night (Nicholas Ray) 7. Drunken Angel (Akira Kurosawa) 8. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston) 9. Oliver Twist (David Lean) 10. Red River (Howard Hawks) __________________ Last Excellent Film Seen For The Very First Time: Captains Courageous (1937, Victor Fleming) My Movie Page

04-05-2008, 02:19 AM	#13
Yxklyx Editor Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 177	People need to see: The Big Clock P.S. Is Bicycle Thieves the sequel to the The Bicycle Thief? __________________ Last Excellent Film Seen For The Very First Time: Captains Courageous (1937, Victor Fleming) My Movie Page

04-05-2008, 02:31 AM	#15
Boner M blood Rep Power: 8 Rep Points: 1498	2 Bicycles 2 Thieves was my favorite installment. __________________ 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

04-05-2008, 02:39 AM	#16
baby doll Screenwriter Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 426	1. Letter From an Unknown Woman (Max Ophuls) 2. The Red Shoes (Michael Powell / Emeric Pressburger) 3. Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica) 4. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston) 5. The Pirate (Vincente Minnelli) __________________ Because I don't have time to blog... Europa (Lars von Trier, 1991) / * Titicut Follies (Frederick Wiseman, 1967) / * Make Way for Tomorrow (Leo McCarey, 1937) / *1/2 The last book I read was... The Way Hollywood Tells It: Story and Style in Modern Movies** by David Bordwell The World (July: Ossos, In Vanda's Room, Colossal Youth, Cyrus, Inception)

04-05-2008, 02:41 AM	#17
baby doll Screenwriter Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 426	Wait, so no one else is voting for Letter From an Unknown Woman (which would be in my all-time top ten)? __________________ Because I don't have time to blog... Europa (Lars von Trier, 1991) / * Titicut Follies (Frederick Wiseman, 1967) / * Make Way for Tomorrow (Leo McCarey, 1937) / *1/2 The last book I read was... The Way Hollywood Tells It: Story and Style in Modern Movies** by David Bordwell The World (July: Ossos, In Vanda's Room, Colossal Youth, Cyrus, Inception)

04-05-2008, 02:53 AM	#20
baby doll Screenwriter Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 426	Anyway, I searched for Letter From an Unknown Woman torrent on Google, and these are the results I got. __________________ Because I don't have time to blog... Europa (Lars von Trier, 1991) / * Titicut Follies (Frederick Wiseman, 1967) / * Make Way for Tomorrow (Leo McCarey, 1937) / *1/2 The last book I read was... The Way Hollywood Tells It: Story and Style in Modern Movies** by David Bordwell The World (July: Ossos, In Vanda's Room, Colossal Youth, Cyrus, Inception)

04-05-2008, 02:55 AM	#21
MadMan #1 Procrastinator Rep Power: 8 Rep Points: 567	I need to see more from this year. 1. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 2. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein 3. Key Largo __________________ Good Lord, son, no, I do not. I was, in days gone by, a believer. But alas, I came to this beleaguered land, and the God in me just . . . evaporated. Let us change our toast, sir. To the God who has forgotten us. Down the Rabbit Hole

04-05-2008, 03:16 AM	#25
Lazlo Best Boy Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 29	1. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 2. Red River 3. Key Largo 4. Bicycle Thieves __________________ last four: inception - 9.5 knight and day - 5 predators - 6.5 the messenger - 9.5

04-05-2008, 04:02 AM	#28
dreamdead Screenwriter Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 774	I should get to Nicholas Ray's They Live By Night, so I'm holding off until then. And now that I know that Ophuls' film is available I will have to seriously consider a blind buy at some point, though it won't help for this consensus... __________________ The Long Goodbye - 8.5 Dirty Pretty Things - 7.5 Beloved - 6.5 Inception - 7

04-05-2008, 05:41 AM	#29
ledfloyd Producer Rep Power: 5 Rep Points: 475	1. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 2. Treasure of the Sierra Madre 3. Key Largo 4. Bicycle Thieves I need to see Macbeth. I need to see the rest of The Red Shoes. I can't remember a thing about They Live by Night. __________________ blog

04-05-2008, 06:06 AM	#30
Eleven The Artist as Monster Rep Power: 3 Rep Points: 161	1. Force of Evil 2. Rope 3. Portrait of Jennie 4. Bicycle Thieves / Thief 5. Germany Year Zero HMs: Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Drunken Angel, Stage Fright, Unfaithfully Yours. __________________ Playtime Magazine articles Film at 11 Top 11s

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