"I cannot start my day with a confrontation" The 2017 ILX Film Poll Voting Thread - Ballots Due Sunday, March 4th at 7pm EST.

2017 was an all time great year for Danish cinema, but a bad year for festival films which is what normally fills my ballot. Looking at the Cannes list, for example, there's really only a couple film I liked.

Sent

we just saw 'the party'! it was...unsubtle. but fun.

tt: "like you"

Ballot sent. Went for the full 25 after all. Sneaked A Fantastic Woman in.

Someone else is voting for Detroit and England Is Mine, right?

them 2 along with Baby Driver were like a spiritual experience to me. i.e like going to church and listening to a paed delivering a sermon on morality.
Just joking, haven't seen any of them tbh.

How long precisely until ballots have to be submitted?

Just watched On Body and Soul. It was completely different to anything I had imagined it would be...sort of a muted, magic realist melodrama. What a bizarre career the director seems to have had. Does anyone know her other work and if it's at all similar in feel to this? The whole experience was quite overwhelming! That definitely shakes up my top 10.

Ballot sent. Went for the full 25 after all. Sneaked A Fantastic Woman in.

oh wow! I found it maudlin and commonplace.

Just saw it today and loved it. As well as the amazing lead performance, it has an subtle hallucinatory feel to it from the soundtrack and photography.

Gloria really stayed with me, if it's as good as that one was it'll be on my ballot next year

it looks like his next movie is a Hollywood remake of Gloria with Julianne Moore.

I sincerely apologize that this is happening again, but a combination of Donald Trump, Bibi Netanyahu, and now a tragedy in my life means I can't do this tomorrow night. I'm extending the deadline a week (again). So if you want to catch up with Princess Cyd on Netflix, go for it. Deadline is now next Sunday night.

Be well and best wishes, Gubke.

and thanks for the heads up about Princess Cyd being on Netflix - I missed that one at festivals last year & in its brief theatrical run last summer.

sorry, Gukbe

take all the time you need :)

Yeah, take all the time you need, Gukbe. Best wishes :)

Just watched On Body and Soul. It was completely different to anything I had imagined it would be...sort of a muted, magic realist melodrama. What a bizarre career the director seems to have had. Does anyone know her other work and if it's at all similar in feel to this? The whole experience was quite overwhelming! That definitely shakes up my top 10.

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There's a magical realist feel to all of it, but the muted feeling is new. My 20th Century is a forgotten gem, the rest is not really that good.

Thanks! I’ll definitely watch it based on that. Mutedness isn’t something I usually appreciate (although definitely in this context), so I’ll be interested to see what peaks she can reach!

Best wishes to you, Gukbe.

On Body and Soul was not released in the US til 2018, i believe

but by all means let the goddamn Oscar nominations lead you

It's weird imo that you'd assume people are led by oscar noms as opposed to, say, release dates in the countries we live in

I know you're very strict about films not being considered to exist until they have been shown in the theatre nearest your apartment tho

Feels bad, having movies come out first in other countries, doesn't it?

that's a good criterion, wins

On Body and Soul's reputation seems much grown since it was released in UK cinemas. I found it more of a curio than a film of the year.

I liked it fine, but it's not making my list.

A friend messaged to tell me that she had also watched On Body and Soul last night. I think this means that I am a deer.

Best wishes to you, Gukbe. Is it ok if I send a revised ballot? I've been able to see a couple more 2017 releases since I sent my first one in.

Yeah, if anyone wants to revise their ballot, go ahead.

All the best, Gukbe.

Bump. Final 3 days.

Voted!

Still hoping to squeeze in Coco before I resubmit. Is it Sunday 7pm EST again?

11pm est

So glad I saw Coco in time.

Sorry for sending four versions of my ballot, Gukbe. That really is it now.

sent!

Voted!

Putting together my ballot I found it was a better year than I thought, for me: few obvious standouts but a bunch of films I liked quite well. I had to cut a few for space that I liked about as much as anything in the lower part of my ballot

just sent mine in

revised ballot sent

holy shit, Double King is ten minutes of your time on Youtube incredibly well spent

Voted :)

me too!

lmao I just realised I completely forgot about new haneke

I remembered that I'd forgotten about it.

it was only released here last week, for a one-week twice-a-day run in one theater with broken seats

I know that sounds like a metaphor but it's not.

i remembered to skip it

I'd missed the post about the life stuff. Sorry, Gukbe! Hope you're OK.

Apologies for the delay. It's all tallied. I need to find time this week for the rollout. Got work and doctor's appointments and prep for an impromptu trip plus moving, so I can't guarantee a good UK/US friendly time. Will aim for Tuesday and Thursday.

just post whenever you can, tension is fun

Tension? What tension? We all know that Florida Project and Dunkirk will win.

Best of wishes, Gukbe, don't worry about Danish time :)