Suggestions and General Discussion
- DarkImbecile
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Re: Vote for Imamura
Looks like all of these except Narayama are on the Criterion Channel at the moment
- therewillbeblus
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Re: Vote for Imamura
That's enough to get me to change my vote. I coincidentally collected all of Imamura's films earlier this year with the intent to go through my blind spots in the near future, so this is as good a reason as any to get started.Mr Sausage wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 3:13 pmI put it up because I’m curious what others have to say about this strange and marvellous film.
- Michael Kerpan
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Re: Vote for Imamura
I've been campaigning for more love for Eejanaika for years. It's been hard to make progress due to its lack of availability (there was only that fairly poor quality subbed HK DVD long ago). I think I may have watched this on Filmstruck quite some time ago -- and it was nice seeing it look reasonably good. I don't know if it is the "best" of the films on your present list -- but (for reasons I am not entirely sure about) it is the one I am fondest of. Perhaps because of its exuberance? (And it is his most colorful film after Profound Desires).
- Mr Sausage
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A 2010s vote for you.
In conjunction with the 2010s List project, here are five films released in the 2010s.
- Mr Sausage
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Re: A 2010s vote for you.
The 2010s are really unpopular, I guess.
- therewillbeblus
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Re: A 2010s vote for you.
Honestly I think it's one of the most exciting decades ever, but I don't like any of those films very much so I'm having trouble formulating a semipassionate reason to vote
- Mr Sausage
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Re: A 2010s vote for you.
You mean you don't like Tiny Furniture?therewillbeblus wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:11 pmHonestly I think it's one of the most exciting decades ever, but I don't like any of those films very much so I'm having trouble formulating a semipassionate reason to vote
- therewillbeblus
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Re: A 2010s vote for you.
It's the Roma of my social context
- DarkImbecile
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Re: A 2010s vote for you.
I own both Forgiveness of Blood and Cameraperson and I have seen neither, so flipped a coin that landed on Forgiveness
- therewillbeblus
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Re: A 2010s vote for you.
You may never forgive yourself
- Mr Sausage
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Re: A 2010s vote for you.
Hah. This is the weirdest poll result I've ever seen on here.
- Mr Sausage
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- therewillbeblus
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Re: Vote. Vote. Vote. Votre. Vous êtes. Vo...wait, what am I doing again?
To get in the spirit of the upcoming 60s list, I’m going to cast my vote towards Cul-de-sac or The Insect Woman (the former for now only because it’s the one I like the least and am curious if it can improve through my own revisit and ingesting others’ readings)
- Mr Sausage
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Re: Vote. Vote. Vote. Votre. Vous êtes. Vo...wait, what am I doing again?
I went for The Insect Woman myself. It’s a rich film and I love Imamura.
- therewillbeblus
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Re: Vote. Vote. Vote. Votre. Vous êtes. Vo...wait, what am I doing again?
I'll likely change my vote to it since it is much richer for discussion, at least as far as I remember both films from a single viewing each 5+ years ago
- Michael Kerpan
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Re: Vote. Vote. Vote. Votre. Vous êtes. Vo...wait, what am I doing again?
Pretty hard for me to choose between Docks of New York and Insect Woman...
- swo17
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Re: V O T E
These are all '60s films by the way, to coordinate with that list that's about to start up
- therewillbeblus
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Re: V O T E
I appreciate the reminder that The Passion of Anna is a 60s film, as it wasn't on my long shortlist, and will almost certainly bump some other gem off it now
- Mr Sausage
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Vote for some First Timers
Here are five first films from the collection to coincide with the First Features Genre List project.
- swo17
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Re: Vote time, everyone!
In case it wasn't obvious, these are all 2021 releases currently half off at B&N
- Mr Sausage
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Vote for Deneuve.
The Catherine Deneuve list being ongoing, here are five random Deneuve films from the collection.
- therewillbeblus
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Re: Vote for Deneuve.
I found Les Créatures to be a fascinating, if deeply flawed film ripe for discussion- but Belle de jour seems to be the clear winner in terms of taking the use of Deneuve's star power into its analysis. When we do the Piccoli project, it may be worth revisiting the Varda though!
- Walter Kurtz
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Re: Vote for Deneuve.
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Some people think the ending of Cherbourg is corny. I am not one of them.
Some people think the ending of Cherbourg is corny. I am not one of them.