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What time should we have the presentation of the Filmspotting Top 30?

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Re: Filmspotter Top 100 2014-- Discussion
« Reply #90 on: August 07, 2014, 11:08:13 PM »
So I'm working on a new list... I have 461 movies up for contention. Might take a while...
Down to 358. Slowly but surely.
Short films should be fine, as long as you recognize that they are highly unlikely to make the final list.

Yea I don't really care about the filmspotting list. I really just want to update my top 100 so that it represents my taste. The last one I did was 3 years ago! Pre film school. My film knowledge has changed a lot!

Attempting to compile my 100, and I'm not finding it an easy task. Expect it to be top-heavy with populist nostalgia picks though.

I'm interested to know how much people take into account the amount of times they've seen a particular film, and whether they feel they need a couple of viewings at least before something is cemented into hallowed list.

Similarly I wondered about so-called 'one-timers', films that had a massive impact on you when you watched them but that you had no real desire to revisit.

A lot of my favs are 1 time watches, but usually they are films that I would like to watch again. Except maybe Salo...  ;D

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Re: Filmspotter Top 100 2014-- Discussion
« Reply #91 on: August 07, 2014, 11:54:49 PM »
I'm seriously considering making my top 100 be films that I have seen at least twice.  Unfortunately, that would kick out some of my favs, but it could make me disciplined enough to watch more of my top films (for next time).
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Re: Filmspotter Top 100 2014-- Discussion
« Reply #92 on: August 08, 2014, 12:21:28 AM »
I'm presently making a mad dash to rewatch those in my top-100 that I've only seen once. Won't get them all but a sure way to watch a lot of things you like.

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Re: Filmspotter Top 100 2014-- Discussion
« Reply #93 on: August 08, 2014, 12:58:24 AM »
Martin, I wonder if you considered The Act of Seeing With One's Own Eyes and Dying at Grace? They are both extraordinary films, but difficult to compare other films to because of their subject matter.

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Re: Filmspotter Top 100 2014-- Discussion
« Reply #94 on: August 08, 2014, 01:27:52 AM »
Martin, I failed to say how inspiring and challenging your top 100 has been to me.  You introduced me to Tsai, and you keep pushing me to catch up with Ray... which I will, I promise.   Thanks.
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Re: Filmspotter Top 100 2014-- Discussion
« Reply #95 on: August 08, 2014, 02:40:28 AM »
Top three are solid and in the right order. After that, order is much sketchier - on a different day and in a different mood, I'd arrange them differently. Newest additions are starred.



1.   It’s a Wonderful Life


2.   Singin’ in the Rain


3.   Night at the Opera


4.   Brazil


5.   L’intrus *


6.   Alien


7.   Arsenic and Old Lace


8.   Waiting for Guffman


9.   The Wind*


10.   An Angel at My Table


11.   County Hospital*


12.   Tokyo Story


13.   Pather Panchali *


14.   Bringing Up Baby


15.   Beau Travail *


16.   Morvern Callar


17.   Margaret


18.   Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans


19.   Modern Times


20.   The Son


21.   My Neighbor Totoro


22.   Ratcatcher


23.   Meek’s Cutoff


24.   Il Posto


25.   In a Lonely Place


26.   Groundhog Day


27.   The Music Box*


28.   Ikiru


29.   Back to the Future


30.   Jaws


31.   The Deep Blue Sea*


32.   A Girl’s Own Story*

 
33.   The Spirit of the Beehive


34.   The House of Mirth*


35.   Still Walking


36.   Sweetie


37.   Fanny and Alexander


38.   Tree of Life


39.   The Scarlet Letter *


40.   Kes


41.   Days of Heaven


42.   The Quiet Man*


43.   M. Hulot’s Holiday


44.   Au Hasard Balthazar*


45.    The Dead*


46.   We Need to Talk About Kevin


47.   Rebecca


48.   Badlands


49.   The Wind Will Carry Us


50.   Grizzly Man


51.   Cleo from 5 to 7


52.   Rashomon


53.   A Canterbury Tale


54.   The 400 Blows


55.   The Loved One*


56.   35 Shots of Rum


57.   Rear Window


58.   The Band Wagon*


59.   In the Cut


60.   Secrets and Lies


61.   The Last Picture Show*


62.   The Yards*


63.   Poetry*


64.   A Zed and Two Noughts


65.   Secret Sunshine


66.   Topsy-Turvy


67.   Written on the Wind


68.   Peeping Tom


69.   The Double Life of Veronique


70.   The Kid


71.   The School of Rock


72.   Little Dieter Needs to Fly


73.   Flight of the Red Balloon


74.   Volver


75.   Shaun of the Dead


76.   Birth *


77.   Le Samourai


78.   Tampopo
 

79.   Harvey


80.   Harlan County, U.S.A.


81.   Picnic at Hanging Rock


82.   Frankenstein


83.   Mary Poppins


84.   The General


85.   Winter Light


86.   Wizard of Oz


87.   The Princess Bride


88.   Empire Strikes Back


89.   In the Mood for Love


90.   Crimes and Misdemeanors


91.   A Mighty Wind


92.   The Wicker Man *


93.   I Was Born But . . . *


94.   Moonrise Kingdom


95.   The Last Days of Disco *


96.   Like Someone in Love*


97.   The Loneliness of the Long-distance Runner


98.   Airplane!


99.   Solyaris


100.   The Jerk



Funny how choosing a top 100 can go. I surprised myself by some of my choices - I had Under the Skin on the list, but found I wanted to switch it out for Birth at the last moment. Same for Certified Copy- it was on the list and then I switched it out for Like Someone in Love. Those switch outs felt right - but I'm not really sure why. It's all very subjective, isn't it? :)

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Re: Filmspotter Top 100 2014-- Discussion
« Reply #96 on: August 08, 2014, 02:55:58 AM »
You had me at #1.



I love this cap.



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Re: Filmspotter Top 100 2014-- Discussion
« Reply #97 on: August 08, 2014, 03:07:26 AM »
5.   L’intrus *

Yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!  *Gives you a hug*  And Davies  8)


5   Linda Linda Linda (2005, Nobuhiro Yamashita)

Looks like your list is the one that has the most titles in common with mine  8)


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Re: Filmspotter Top 100 2014-- Discussion
« Reply #98 on: August 08, 2014, 03:45:04 AM »
You had me at #1.
Yay! :)

I love this cap.
Keaton has one of the greatest faces ever, doesn't he?


5.   L’intrus *
Yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!  *Gives you a hug*  And Davies  8)
L'intrus - best discovery in the last couple of years! So good! 

Re: Davies - And I still haven't seen The Long Day Closes or Distant Voices, Still Lives!

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Re: Filmspotter Top 100 2014-- Discussion
« Reply #99 on: August 08, 2014, 07:13:19 AM »
@oneaprilday: Only 4x Campion? You showed restraint.  ;) Also love the 3x Ramsay and Denis, even if I don't yet share the enthusiasm for L'intrus. Will take a closer look at the list when I have more time.
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