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Mr Sausage
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Vote time swings round again.

#1251 Post by Mr Sausage » Fri Jul 19, 2019 9:04 am

Yes, another random selection of films from for you to vote from. Have at it!

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Re: Vote time swings round again.

#1252 Post by Mr Sausage » Sun Jul 21, 2019 7:29 am

I love Hitchcock as much as you guys, but is there really that much to say about this pretty minor film of his?

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Re: Vote time swings round again.

#1253 Post by domino harvey » Sun Jul 21, 2019 7:34 am

We're going to talk solely about liverwurst

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Re: Vote time swings round again.

#1254 Post by Big Ben » Sun Jul 21, 2019 7:42 am

Don't blame me I voted for Breaking the Waves!

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Re: Vote time swings round again.

#1255 Post by dustybooks » Sun Jul 21, 2019 10:24 am

I just really like spelling bees

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Re: Vote time swings round again.

#1256 Post by therewillbeblus » Sun Jul 21, 2019 4:14 pm

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.

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Quoth the Raven: It's Voting Time!

#1257 Post by swo17 » Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:15 pm

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'

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Mr Sausage
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Another day, another vote.

#1258 Post by Mr Sausage » Fri Aug 30, 2019 8:02 am

Here're 5 random films from the collection for you to vote for. Have at it!

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Re: Another day, another vote.

#1259 Post by ando » Mon Sep 02, 2019 2:23 am

😁 That byline is telling.

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Mr Sausage
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Second Chances!

#1260 Post by Mr Sausage » Fri Sep 13, 2019 6:34 am

It's a Runners-Up vote. All the films that almost made the cut get a second chance.

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Re: Second Chances!

#1261 Post by swo17 » Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:02 am

Actually, technically, we randomly chose these five from six months' worth of votes

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Something Different

#1262 Post by Mr Sausage » Fri Sep 27, 2019 7:12 am

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).

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Re: Something Different

#1263 Post by Big Ben » Fri Sep 27, 2019 8:35 am

I voted for Armageddon with malicious intent.

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Re: Something Different

#1264 Post by Mr Sausage » Fri Sep 27, 2019 9:38 am

Big Ben wrote:
Fri Sep 27, 2019 8:35 am
I voted for Armageddon with malicious intent.
I assume that goes doubly for your vote for the Aerosmith video?

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Re: Something Different

#1265 Post by swo17 » Fri Sep 27, 2019 11:01 am

Big Ben wrote:
Fri Sep 27, 2019 8:35 am
I voted for Armageddon with malicious intent.
If you actually want to discuss it then great, but if you just did it to tank film club, we're doing a fine enough job of that on our own, thanks

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Re: Something Different

#1266 Post by Big Ben » Fri Sep 27, 2019 1:38 pm

swo17 wrote:
Fri Sep 27, 2019 11:01 am
Big Ben wrote:
Fri Sep 27, 2019 8:35 am
I voted for Armageddon with malicious intent.
If you actually want to discuss it then great, but if you just did it to tank film club, we're doing a fine enough job of that on our own, thanks
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.
Mr Sausage wrote:
Fri Sep 27, 2019 9:38 am
[I assume that goes doubly for your vote for the Aerosmith video?
The Aerosmith video/song goes alongside that because it happens to be one of the most aggravating in their entire catalogue in my opinion.

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Re: Something Different

#1267 Post by Mr Sausage » Fri Sep 27, 2019 1:54 pm

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.

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Mfunk presents: a Halloween Vote

#1268 Post by Mr Sausage » Fri Oct 11, 2019 6:37 am

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.

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Re: Mfunk presents: a Halloween Vote

#1269 Post by mfunk9786 » Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:17 pm

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.

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Re: Mfunk presents: a Halloween Vote

#1270 Post by domino harvey » Fri Oct 11, 2019 1:03 pm

Sorry, I'll be too busy lighting candles and praying for all your souls to watch such devilry

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Re: Mfunk presents: a Halloween Vote

#1271 Post by Mr Sausage » Fri Oct 11, 2019 1:39 pm

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.
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.

Anyway, I voted for Antichrist because I’ve always been meaning to watch it.

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Re: Mfunk presents: a Halloween Vote

#1272 Post by DarkImbecile » Fri Oct 11, 2019 1:46 pm

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.

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Re: Mfunk presents: a Halloween Vote

#1273 Post by domino harvey » Fri Oct 11, 2019 1:48 pm

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

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Re: Mfunk presents: a Halloween Vote

#1274 Post by mfunk9786 » Fri Oct 11, 2019 1:49 pm

Mr Sausage wrote:
Fri Oct 11, 2019 1:39 pm
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.
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.

Anyway, I voted for Antichrist because I’ve always been meaning to watch it.
That was enough to make me outright change my vote.

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Re: Mfunk presents: a Halloween Vote

#1275 Post by swo17 » Sat Oct 12, 2019 12:09 am

If it makes a difference, we already did Carnival of Souls for Halloween two years ago

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