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Pick one or two years that you'd most like to focus on:

1974
18 (40.9%)
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0 (0%)
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1 (2.3%)
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3 (6.8%)
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1 (2.3%)
1999
15 (34.1%)
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5 (11.4%)
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0 (0%)
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0 (0%)
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1 (2.3%)

Total Members Voted: 31

Voting closed: July 20, 2012, 09:14:25 PM

Author Topic: Retro Filmspots II: Year Selection (FINAL POLL)  (Read 14214 times)

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Re: Retro Filmspots II: Year Selection (FINAL POLL)
« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2012, 11:50:47 AM »
eh, for me, 74 will be more fun - more to discover.

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Re: Retro Filmspots II: Year Selection (FINAL POLL)
« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2012, 11:52:16 AM »
I was happy enough with the participation last time, and I expect it to increase naturally, regardless, without our needing to placate to imagined preferences of earlier non-participants. Besides, going with 1999 could just as easily lead to a drop in participation from people who've had their fill of that year from the 1990s US and Far East brackets. For example.

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« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2012, 12:34:41 PM »
I voted 1974 and 2004. I'll be participating regardless of which is selected, but I prefer to do a non-bracket year.
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Re: Retro Filmspots II: Year Selection (FINAL POLL)
« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2012, 12:36:46 PM »
There are plenty of movies I didn't watch from the various brackets, and I assume it's the same for most others.
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Re: Retro Filmspots II: Year Selection (FINAL POLL)
« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2012, 12:37:18 PM »
I've cut the field of years in half. Please update your vote(s).

One of these films needs to get over 50% today.

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Re: Retro Filmspots II: Year Selection (FINAL POLL)
« Reply #15 on: July 19, 2012, 12:40:12 PM »
I still prefer '94 to '99.  New but not as new, you know?
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Re: Retro Filmspots II: Year Selection (FINAL POLL)
« Reply #16 on: July 19, 2012, 01:33:47 PM »
1974

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
The Godfather: Part II
Blazing Saddles
Chinatown

1974:
1. A Woman Under the Influence
2. We All Loved Each Other So Much
3. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
4. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
5. Lacombe Lucien

1974
01. Chinatown
02. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
03. Blazing Saddles
04. The Godfather Part II
05. F for Fake

1974
1. The Parallax View
2. Chinatown
3. Young Frankenstein
4. The Conversation
5. A Woman Under The Influence

1974:

1. F for Fake (Orson Welles)
2. Celine and Julie Go Boating (Jacques Rivette)
3. Chinatown (Roman Polanski)
4. The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola)
5. Lancelot du lac (Robert Bresson)

1974
1. A Woman Under the Influence
2. Godfather Part 2
3. The Conversation
4. Chinatown
5. Alice in the Cities

1974
Jeder Für Sich Und Gott Gegen Alle (The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser)
Lacombe Lucien
The Godfather: Part II
Chinatown
A Woman Under The Influence

1974
1. Chinatown
2. The Godfather: Part II
3. Alice in the Cities
4. California Split
5. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

1974

A MAN ASLEEP (Queysanne)
PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (De Palma)
A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (Cassavetes)
BLOOD FOR DRACULA (Morrissey)
THE MOUTH AGAPE (Pialat)

1974
1. Chinatown
2. The Godfather, Part II
3. Young Frankenstein
4. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
5. Lenny

1974

1. Mahler (Russell, 1974)
2. Le fantôme de la liberté [The Phantom of Liberty] (Buñuel, 1974)
3. The Godfather: Part II (Coppola, 1974)
4. Out 1: Spectre (Rivette, 1974)
5. Chinatown (Polanski, 1974)

The Godfather Part II not as dominant as I expected. Strong preliminary challenge from Chinatown and A Woman under the Influence. Didn't realize Out 1: Spectre was from 1974 as well as Celine and Julie Go Boating. Jacques was a busy little boy in 1974. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia is great discussion fodder. That'd be fun. Curious to read reviews of The Phantom of Liberty and Blood for Dracula, too.

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Re: Retro Filmspots II: Year Selection (FINAL POLL)
« Reply #17 on: July 19, 2012, 01:41:20 PM »
1982:
1. Fanny and Alexander
2. Blade Runner
3. Pink Floyd: The Wall
4. The Loveless
5. The Dark Crystal

1982
01. Fanny and Alexander
02. Blade Runner
03. Diner
04. E.T. The Extraterrestrial
05. Tootsie

1982
1. Blade Runner
2. The Verdict
3. Pink Floyd The Wall
4. Conan the Barbarian
5. The World According to Garp

1982

Gandhi
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Sophie's Choice
The Verdict


1982

1. Blade Runner (Scott, 1982)
2. Tootsie (Pollack, 1982)
3. The Snowman (Jackson/Murakami, 1982) *
4. Conan the Barbarian (Milius, 1982)
5. Vincent (Burton, 1982) *

1982
1. Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman)
2. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott)
3. Veronika Voss (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
4. Vincent (Tim Burton)
5. The Thing (John Carpenter)

1982

5. GANDHI
4. THE THING
3. BLADE RUNNER
2. BURDEN OF DREAMS
1. FITZCARRALDO

1982
1. Blade Runner
2. Fanny and Alexander
3. The King of Comedy
4. The Simple-Minded Murderer
5. Fitzcarraldo

1982
Blade Runner
Fitzcarraldo^
The Verdict
The Thing*^
The Draughtman’s Contract

1982
Fitzcarraldo
The Thing
Fanny Och Alexander (Fanny And Alexander)
Missing
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (Director’s Cut)

1982
1. Blade Runner
2. Fanny and Alexander
3. Koyanisqaatsi
4. Fitzcarraldo
5. Missing (new)

1982
1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
2. Blade Runner
3. The Verdict
4. Missing
5. Diner

1982
First Blood
Blade Runner
King of Comedy
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
The Thing

1982
1. Tootsie
2. Sophie's Choice
3. Gandhi
4. E.T.
5. Blade Runner

1982:

1. Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog)
2. The Atomic Cafe (Kevin Refferty & Jayne Loader)
3. White Dog (Samuel Fuller)
4. Passion (Jean-Luc Godard)
5. The Verdict (Sidney Lumet)

1982

THE THING (Carpenter)
THE PRODIGAL SON (Hung)
CARRY ON PICKPOCKET (Hung)
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (Spielberg)
THE DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT (Greenaway)

Very strong showings from Blade Runner, Fanny and Alexander, E.T., The Verdict, The Thing, and Fitzcarraldo. Not too many surprises, really.

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Re: Retro Filmspots II: Year Selection (FINAL POLL)
« Reply #18 on: July 19, 2012, 01:45:26 PM »
Masterpiece (100-91) | Classic (90-80) | Entertaining (79-69) | Mediocre (68-58) | Cinemuck (57-21) | Crap (20-0)

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Re: Retro Filmspots II: Year Selection (FINAL POLL)
« Reply #19 on: July 19, 2012, 01:46:24 PM »
F for Fake is '73 now, last I checked.  My current '74:

1. Celine and Julie Go Boating
2. Chinatown
3. The Godfather Part II
4. Gone in 60 Seconds
5. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
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