― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 August 2005 13:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 22 August 2005 13:15 (eighteen years ago) link
I somehow think there's a '70s film poll somewhere on Earth that included Seven Beauties, Harlan County USA, or any by Ousmane Sembene, Elaine May, or Margarethe von Trotta in the top 100 of the decade.
Since the '70s are considered an off-decade for Kurosawa, I can't see any Asian directors, or black Americans besides Van Peebles or maybe Gordon Parks, being mentioned either.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 August 2005 13:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 22 August 2005 13:31 (eighteen years ago) link
Then it doesn't make sense to vote. I'm not a huge fiction reader so I'd never partcipate in a "best novels of all time" poll.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 August 2005 13:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 22 August 2005 13:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Monday, 22 August 2005 13:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― fe7 (FE7), Monday, 22 August 2005 13:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ally C (Ally C), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:04 (eighteen years ago) link
Ally C/RJG, just one foreign-language film would be a jump in ambition. (no Towering Inferno?)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marxism Goes Better With Coke (Charles McCain), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:29 (eighteen years ago) link
why such a fanny?
― RJG (RJG), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― fe7 (FE7), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― emil.y (emil.y), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:45 (eighteen years ago) link
1. A Clockwork Orange2. The Rocky Horror Picture Show3. Aguirre the Wrath of God4. El Topo5. Phantom of the Paradise6. Shampoo7. Weekend8. Performance9. Up in Smoke10. Harold & Maude11. Satan's Brew12. Solaris13. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory14. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls15. The Brood16. The Long Goodbye17. Susperia18. Killing of a Chinese Bookie19. The Muppet Movie20. Dawn of the Dead
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 22 August 2005 14:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 22 August 2005 15:03 (eighteen years ago) link
wk, which "Weekend"? cuz the Godard film is '67.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 August 2005 15:13 (eighteen years ago) link
Point being, you're making an awful lot of assumptions about people's range of curiosity and exposure based on what they put on a message-board film-poll ballot. While refusing, of course, to submit your own list for similar assessment (admiration or derision). I'd personally like to see your list, because there are probably things on it I'd like to see. Your mention of Sembene has already prompted me to add Xala to my Netflix queue. If you're actually enthusiastic about the art form rather than scoring some kind of imagined intellectual superiority points, you've got an audience here of people interested in movies who'd probably like to hear your recommendations. But that doesn't seem to be your aim. Being condescending about other people's taste and/or level of expertise is cheap and easy.
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 22 August 2005 15:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 22 August 2005 15:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Monday, 22 August 2005 15:50 (eighteen years ago) link
ONCE AGAIN THIS IS NOT THE FUCKING "SIGHT AND SOUND" POLL. WE'RE JUST PEOPLE ON A MESSAGE BOARD WHO LIKE MOVIES AND WANT TO SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE'S FAVORITE MOVIES ARE, TOO.
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 22 August 2005 15:52 (eighteen years ago) link
And just for damage control, I voted.(on any given day I could replace 8 or 10 of these 20)
(1) Chinatown (Polanski)(2) The Mirror (Tarkovsky)(3) Barry Lyndon (Kubrick)(4) Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Herzog)(5) Fox and His Friends (Fassbinder)(6) The Magic Flute (Bergman)(7) Nashville (Altman)(8) Xala (Sembene)(9) Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Fassbinder)(10) The Long Goodbye (Altman)(11) Amarcord (Fellini)(12) Tristana (Bunuel)(13) The Godfather Part II (Coppola)(14) Annie Hall (Allen)(15) Female Trouble (Waters)(16) Cabaret (Fosse)(17) In a Year of 13 Moons (Fassbinder)(18) Five Easy Pieces (Rafelson)(19) Ulzana's Raid (Aldrich)(20) Two-Lane Blacktop (Hellman)
And Paunchy, you need to be sitting on those hands. After you wash them.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 August 2005 16:07 (eighteen years ago) link
1. f for fake (welles)2. the long goodbye (altman)3. gates of heaven (morris)4. news from home (akerman)5. female trouble (waters)6. aguirre: the wrath of god (herzog)7. in a year of 13 moons (fassbinder)8. texas chainsaw massacre (hooper)9. that obscure object of desire (bunuel)10. claire's knee (rohmer)11. the last detail (ashby)12. up! (meyer)13. the devil, probably (bresson)14. nashville (altman)15. the conformist (bertolucci)16. in the realm of the senses (oshima)17. pink flamingos (waters)18. dawn of the dead (romero)19. shampoo (ashby)20. animal house (landis)
― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 22 August 2005 16:48 (eighteen years ago) link
1. Last Tango In Paris2. A Woman Under the Influence3. Aguirre: The Wrath of God4. Network5. Manhattan6. McCabe and Mrs. Miller7. Cries and Whispers8. Badlands9. Day for Night10. Jaws11. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie12. Five Easy Pieces13. The Last Detail14. Alien15. Patton16. Annie Hall17. The Godfather, part II18. Taxi Driver19. Mean Streets20. Chinatown
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 22 August 2005 16:53 (eighteen years ago) link
Aw shit. Like I said, I took that big huge list posted upthread as the nominee list. Oops.
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Original Jimmy Mod: Kind Warrior (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:06 (eighteen years ago) link
Come to think of it, why isn't Little Big Man on more of these lists? What's the matter with you people?!?
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:13 (eighteen years ago) link
I like the movie fine -- it probly works on me better than any other of AP's, including Bonnie & Clyde -- but there are sequences where the picaresque shtick works less well than others (the gay stay-at-home brave, Richard Mulligan as Custer). It's just not in serious contention for best 20 of the decade. Chief Dan George (in this and Josey W) is certainly one of the supporting actors of the '70s.
btw I spent maybe 15 minutes on my ballot. And am already rueing the absence of Maurice Pialat, "The Day of the Locust," etc.
haha, Bedknobs and Broomsticks is probably the first film I saw of all mentioned.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 August 2005 17:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Monday, 22 August 2005 22:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 22 August 2005 22:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 00:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 02:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 02:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tom May (Tom May), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 11:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 11:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 13:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Friday, 26 August 2005 02:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Saturday, 27 August 2005 16:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 27 August 2005 16:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Saturday, 27 August 2005 17:02 (eighteen years ago) link