Has this been mentioned yet?
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― . (Michael B), Monday, 1 July 2019 14:13 (four years ago) link
No.
― clemenza, Monday, 1 July 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
Face in the crowd!
― Heez, Monday, 1 July 2019 14:46 (four years ago) link
Aka, From the Hills of Wasilla--definitely.
I added a few more films to the nominations list without posting here. (Yes, this is one of those pointless no-news-is-no-news bumps.) The list is just a guide anyway--write-ins, when voting starts, are fine.
http://docs.google.com/document/d/12Ts0EtUkx1eDgstQGLQePHbwFtBGL5rbyDtIyRtziek/edit
― clemenza, Wednesday, 3 July 2019 15:10 (four years ago) link
IceReportBreaking With Old IdeasDeserter23rd Psalm Branch Memories of UnderdevelopmentBPM (Beats per Minute)WestlerThe Normal heartThe Making of MonstersZero PatienceIt Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He LivesA Virus Knows no MoralsWe Want Roses TooNuméro deuxLe FHAR (Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire) ChorusMy Son JohnThe Country and the City: A Film With Raymond WilliamsLe temps des bouffonsWinter WindRed PsalmMoi, un noirPetit à petitSoleil OWest Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of LibertyToo Early, Too LateBlack GirlFrom the Cloud to the ResistanceFrom the Pole to the EquatorClass RelationsPays barbare Piece Mandala/End WarLouisiana AKA The Other SideFrom the Other SideRace d'Ep: un siècle d'images de l'homosexualité
― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 4 July 2019 18:33 (four years ago) link
State of Siege, Costa-GavrasOperación Ogro. Gillo PontecorvoThe Champions, Donald Brittain (originally a mini-series, it was given a cinematic release and so i think qualifies)
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 4 July 2019 18:51 (four years ago) link
and now i see the champions has been mentioned, i did a ctrl+f but must have made a typo
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 4 July 2019 18:52 (four years ago) link
I think so, yes. They're basically a Canadian version of Kennedy-Nixon; they come to prominence at almost the same time, start as friends, end up as (sometimes bitter) rivals, and they even match stylistically: Trudeau's the glamour guy, Levesque the rumpled plodder (except in Quebec, where he's god). The one major difference is that Levesque, whatever you thought of his goal of breaking apart the country, comes across as someone with boundless integrity.
You can watch the whole thing online if you're interested:
https://www.nfb.ca/film/champions_part_1/https://www.nfb.ca/film/champions_part_2/https://www.nfb.ca/film/champions_part_3/
― clemenza, Sunday, June 30, 2019 5:58 PM (four days ago)
levesque comes across fantastically well
He really does. I was a Trudeau guy back then, but he was pretty clearly railroaded in some of those constitutional negotiations. I found his ultimate demise--cast aside by the party he'd helped create--very moving.
I'll get all the nominations updated, thanks.
― clemenza, Thursday, 4 July 2019 20:05 (four years ago) link
There are 225+ films on the nomination list...I'm ready to proceed with the vote (one ballot in already); no real point in waiting a week. As I've said, write-ins are fine.
This is my idea for points--I'm the guy who gummed up Karl Malone's under-2:00 music poll with complicated alternative point-systems, and I've got another one:
# of Films Listed Total Points Allowed Maximum Points for One Film 10 100 30 20 200 40 30 300 50
10 100 30 20 200 40 30 300 50
The total-points stays proportional the more films you list; intuitively (maybe I'm wrong), it felt like the maximum points allowed for one film should increase more gradually.
If you hate math, or want to list more films, let me know and we'll work something out. I'll wait a day and start a voting thread.
Nominations:
― clemenza, Monday, 8 July 2019 16:25 (four years ago) link
I need 20 voters. Don't worry if you haven't seen every political film ever made. This isn't homework--vote for what you know and like now.
― clemenza, Monday, 8 July 2019 16:26 (four years ago) link
Late entrants - The Front Runner, The Bourne trilogy
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 8 July 2019 16:38 (four years ago) link
...which reminds me to add Chappaquiddick, too. Of the two, I liked The Front Runner better.
Other Nixon films: Our Nixon, Watergate.
― clemenza, Monday, 8 July 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link
Sneak in If...., too please.
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 8 July 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
Horror films: Night of the Living Dead (as definitive on 1968 as Weekend), the 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Get Out, Us. Lots more, I'm sure, but those are the first four that come to mind.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 12:45 (four years ago) link
there's only one good political film, and it's captain america: civil war
― coroner criticises butt (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 12:47 (four years ago) link
no wait fuck i meant winter soldier, mods pls delet thraed
― coroner criticises butt (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 12:48 (four years ago) link
I think you meant there’s only two good political films
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 12:50 (four years ago) link
Added Winter Soldier, which reminded me to add Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry. Captain America in limbo, pending confirmation...
― clemenza, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 12:52 (four years ago) link
Okay, I see what you mean now...I thought you meant the 1972 documentary.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 12:55 (four years ago) link
To KJB's list, I add Magic Mike XXL.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 13:05 (four years ago) link
lmao clemenza <3
― coroner criticises butt (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 13:06 (four years ago) link
Anything nominated (i.e., stated, not posed as a question), I'll add to the list. I'm an easy mark here for joke nominations, especially in the realm of superhero movies--whether it's sincere or a joke will go right over my head.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 13:11 (four years ago) link
I don't often make an effort to catch up with gaps in movie or music polls--pure laziness, plus I'd rather go with opinions that go back more than a week or two--but I'm going to force myself to sit at the computer for 3.5+ hours and watch Frederick Wiseman's State Legislature off Kanopy. It won't be in one sitting, that much I know.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 01:04 (four years ago) link