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sdb_1970

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Re: George96's Criterion Marathon
« Reply #50 on: February 23, 2013, 03:45:05 PM »
I believe that, to a certain degree, the humor in most really great comedies tends to be on-the-nose with respect to a particular context, which often means being time-specific.  In the case of 'This Is Spinal Tap' (1984), if you were attending Black Sabbath and Judas Priest concerts in the early 1980s, the film is much funnier than if you were not.  (To an extent, in my own opinion, I think the same principle applies to 'Annie Hall' (1977), as I found 'High Fidelity' (2000) - a similarly structured/themed film directed toward my generation - to be much funnier.) 

Of the four related mocumentaries from roughly the same group of principles, there always seems to be at least one that falls flat - depending on the viewer.  For me, it was 'A Mighty Wind' (2003) - the mocumentary on the self-important folk music veterans; for my spouse, it was 'Waiting for Guffman' (1996) - the mockumentary on self-important small towns/community theatre groups.
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Re: George96's Criterion Marathon
« Reply #51 on: February 24, 2013, 12:05:37 PM »
I'm going to have a schedule starting in March (I think). I'll cycle through the alphabet. The first scheduled film's title will start with an A, the next with a B, and so on until Z, after which I'll start over. I'll post the first 26 soon.

Edit: Forgot about titles starting with numbers. 27.

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Re: George96's Criterion Marathon
« Reply #52 on: February 24, 2013, 01:23:05 PM »
Round 1
  • 8 1/2
  • Antonio Gaudi
  • Blithe Spirit
  • A Canterbury Take
  • The Devil and Daniel Webster
  • Eating Raoul
  • The Forgiveness of Blood
  • The Game
  • Hopscotch
  • In Which We Serve
  • Jules and Jim
  • Kes
  • The Lady Vanishes
  • Monsoon Wedding
  • Night Train to Munich
  • Overlord
  • Paris, Texas
  • Quadrophenia
  • Ride With the Devil
  • Secret Sunshine
  • Traffic
  • Under the Roofs of Paris
  • Vampyr
  • White Mane
  • Yi Yi
  • Zero de Conduite

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Re: George96's Criterion Marathon
« Reply #53 on: February 24, 2013, 03:23:55 PM »
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Re: George96's Criterion Marathon
« Reply #54 on: February 24, 2013, 03:48:50 PM »
Paris, Texas is my favorite of that lot. Look forward to seeing what you make of this lot of films.

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Re: George96's Criterion Marathon
« Reply #55 on: February 24, 2013, 04:23:56 PM »
So many great films coming up:

8 1/2
A Canterbury Tale
The Game
Monsoon Wedding
Yi Yi

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Re: George96's Criterion Marathon
« Reply #56 on: April 15, 2013, 08:44:12 PM »
It's been a busy month-and-a-half. I'll get to these eventually...