Suggestions and General Discussion
- Mr Sausage
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Vote time swings round again.
Yes, another random selection of films from for you to vote from. Have at it!
- Mr Sausage
- Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:02 pm
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Re: Vote time swings round again.
I love Hitchcock as much as you guys, but is there really that much to say about this pretty minor film of his?
- domino harvey
- Dot Com Dom
- Joined: Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:42 pm
Re: Vote time swings round again.
We're going to talk solely about liverwurst
- Big Ben
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- Location: Great Falls, Montana
Re: Vote time swings round again.
Don't blame me I voted for Breaking the Waves!
- dustybooks
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- Location: Wilmington, NC
Re: Vote time swings round again.
I just really like spelling bees
- therewillbeblus
- Joined: Tue Dec 22, 2015 3:40 pm
Re: Vote time swings round again.
I initially voted for Spellbound since I was already revisiting it for the 40s project, but after watching it again last night I changed my vote. It’s not just awful, but any discussion I can think of isn’t going to be of much more value than the film itself.
- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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Quoth the Raven: It's Voting Time!
In conjunction with the current Shakespeare list, here are five random Criterion titles based on his plays. So vote, and vote often! Or you're nothin'
- Mr Sausage
- Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:02 pm
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Another day, another vote.
Here're 5 random films from the collection for you to vote for. Have at it!
- ando
- Bringing Out El Duende
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- Location: New York City
Re: Another day, another vote.
That byline is telling.
- Mr Sausage
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Second Chances!
It's a Runners-Up vote. All the films that almost made the cut get a second chance.
- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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Re: Second Chances!
Actually, technically, we randomly chose these five from six months' worth of votes
- Mr Sausage
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Something Different
This vote's different. Inspired by the Music Video mini list project, this vote has a dual focus: here are five Criterion titles whose disc(s) contain music videos. With the exception of the first one, the vote is for both the film and the music video(s).
- Big Ben
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Re: Something Different
I voted for Armageddon with malicious intent.
- Mr Sausage
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- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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- Big Ben
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Re: Something Different
Absolutely, and apologies for not making this clearer. Regardless of my feelings about Bay ( I really, really don't like his films) I don't feel people actually discuss the fact that he has all the hallmarks of a mass produced auteur. The incoherent plots, the occasional jingoism, the quote "pornographic sensibility" as Mark Kermode puts it. If people like Fulci and Jesus Franco can be labeled as shlock auteurs why can't Bay? How does this relate to modern blockbusters today? I feel it's inclusion in Criterion's library is worth discussing even if the film is...not good.
The Aerosmith video/song goes alongside that because it happens to be one of the most aggravating in their entire catalogue in my opinion.Mr Sausage wrote: ↑Fri Sep 27, 2019 9:38 am[I assume that goes doubly for your vote for the Aerosmith video?
- Mr Sausage
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Re: Something Different
Swo17 and I were being tongue-in-cheek.
But there is lots to discuss in Bay, including what I’ve now realized is the fact he borrowed much of his visual lexicon from late-eighties MTV David Fincher.
But there is lots to discuss in Bay, including what I’ve now realized is the fact he borrowed much of his visual lexicon from late-eighties MTV David Fincher.
- Mr Sausage
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Mfunk presents: a Halloween Vote
Mfunk has been kind enough to curate the following Halloween round:
mfunk9786 wrote:So my only synopsis or statement about why I chose these five films is that, in the wake of the death of FilmStruck and the advent of the Criterion Channel, there is no better time than now to be supporting the latter so it sticks around for good. There are a ton of good films on it this month and every month, but horror films make for a better at home experience than most, and all of the following films are available on the Criterion Channel just a button press away.
- mfunk9786
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Re: Mfunk presents: a Halloween Vote
I'm going to actually participate this time, which I'm incredibly ashamed I don't do enough of with the Film Club, which Sausage tirelessly puts effort into curating week in and week out. I would encourage anyone in my boat, who doesn't dedicate nearly enough time to it as it deserves, to join me.
- domino harvey
- Dot Com Dom
- Joined: Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:42 pm
Re: Mfunk presents: a Halloween Vote
Sorry, I'll be too busy lighting candles and praying for all your souls to watch such devilry
- Mr Sausage
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Re: Mfunk presents: a Halloween Vote
Thanks for the kind words, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out swo17’s huge contribution behind the scenes. He basically co-runs it with me uncredited.mfunk9786 wrote:I'm going to actually participate this time, which I'm incredibly ashamed I don't do enough of with the Film Club, which Sausage tirelessly puts effort into curating week in and week out. I would encourage anyone in my boat, who doesn't dedicate nearly enough time to it as it deserves, to join me.
Anyway, I voted for Antichrist because I’ve always been meaning to watch it.
- DarkImbecile
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Re: Mfunk presents: a Halloween Vote
You haven’t seen Antichrist? I had already voted for it, but now I need to evangelize to the masses that it be the selection this week.
- domino harvey
- Dot Com Dom
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Re: Mfunk presents: a Halloween Vote
Still wish I’d bought one of the “I Survived the AntiChrist Screening” t-shirts the IFC was selling in the lobby on the original theatrical run
- mfunk9786
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Re: Mfunk presents: a Halloween Vote
That was enough to make me outright change my vote.Mr Sausage wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 1:39 pmThanks for the kind words, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out swo17’s huge contribution behind the scenes. He basically co-runs it with me uncredited.mfunk9786 wrote:I'm going to actually participate this time, which I'm incredibly ashamed I don't do enough of with the Film Club, which Sausage tirelessly puts effort into curating week in and week out. I would encourage anyone in my boat, who doesn't dedicate nearly enough time to it as it deserves, to join me.
Anyway, I voted for Antichrist because I’ve always been meaning to watch it.
- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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Re: Mfunk presents: a Halloween Vote
If it makes a difference, we already did Carnival of Souls for Halloween two years ago