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Re: The 2nd Annual Filmspotters Top 100 - comments thread
« Reply #50 on: July 06, 2009, 10:35:11 AM »
Mine is so gonna suck.

I have faith in your refined tastes.

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Re: The 2nd Annual Filmspotters Top 100 - comments thread
« Reply #51 on: July 06, 2009, 10:40:25 AM »
Mine is so gonna suck.

Haven't been watching as much foreign/art house/completely unkwown films in the last year?
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Re: The 2nd Annual Filmspotters Top 100 - comments thread
« Reply #52 on: July 06, 2009, 10:40:49 AM »
Mine is so gonna suck.

I have faith in your refined tastes.

He'll choke, just like last year.
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Re: The 2nd Annual Filmspotters Top 100 - comments thread
« Reply #53 on: July 06, 2009, 01:19:53 PM »
You're just jealous! Nobody loves you because you're tiny and made of meat!

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Re: The 2nd Annual Filmspotters Top 100 - comments thread
« Reply #54 on: July 06, 2009, 01:25:27 PM »
forgive my ignorance, but where are you guys making those lists of 100 thumbnail pictures?

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Re: The 2nd Annual Filmspotters Top 100 - comments thread
« Reply #55 on: July 06, 2009, 01:25:54 PM »
My list will be disgusting. I just wanted to warn you.

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Re: The 2nd Annual Filmspotters Top 100 - comments thread
« Reply #56 on: July 06, 2009, 01:28:09 PM »
forgive my ignorance, but where are you guys making those lists of 100 thumbnail pictures?

I did with a little fiddling in photoshop.

file>scripts>image processor to get the posters down to size, and then just made a contact sheet (file>automate)

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Re: The 2nd Annual Filmspotters Top 100 - comments thread
« Reply #57 on: July 06, 2009, 01:28:58 PM »
forgive my ignorance, but where are you guys making those lists of 100 thumbnail pictures?

Time + GIS + Photoshop here.

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Re: The 2nd Annual Filmspotters Top 100 - comments thread
« Reply #58 on: July 06, 2009, 01:30:37 PM »
Time, yeah. Figuring out how to do it took 100x longer than actually doing it :) <3 photoshop

that and gathering the posters.

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Re: The 2nd Annual Filmspotters Top 100 - comments thread
« Reply #59 on: July 06, 2009, 11:20:45 PM »
Damn young people with your hipping and your hopping, and your fancy shmancy collages.  I am going old school and just posting a list.  I expanded my top 20 into a top 50, will take awhile to get the rest.  This is just brainstorming, not my final list. 

50.  Once Upon a Time in the West
49.  Dr. Strangelove
48.  The Red Circle  -Coolest movie ever.
47.  12 Angry Men
46.  Apocalypse Now
45.  Battle of Algiers
44.  2001: A Space Odyssey
43.  Chungking Express
42.  Ikiru 
41.  Fargo
40.  Paths of Glory
39.  No Country for Old Men  -Still new, but I think its safe to put it here.
38.  To Kill a Dragon
37.  Waltz with Bashir   
36.  The Gold Rush
35.  Heart of a Dog  -A complete masterpiece, despite being a made for TV film
34.  Eraserhead
33.  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
32.  Sunset Boulevard  -Best movie about the movies
31.  The Godfather
30.  Rashomon
29.  Princess Mononoke
28.  Hate
27.  Grave of the Fireflies
26.  Mr. Death  -Best documentary ever made.
25.  Ran
24.  Dawn of the Dead  - Best horror movie ever made
23.  The Seventh Seal
22.  Brazil
21.  Ed Wood - An even better movie about the movies
20.  Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind  -Glad to see it on other lists!  Best animated film ever.
19.  The Good the Bad and the Ugly  -endlessly rewatchable
18.  My Own Private Idaho
17.  Taxi Driver
16.  The Supplication  -Best combination of poetry and film
15.  Grizzly Man   -An even better documentary film
14.  Pixote
13.  Army of Shadow
12.  Ballad of Narayama  -Says so much about life.  You could start a religion
11.  Seven Samurai
10.  Stalker
 9.  Peppermint Candy  -20th century South Korean history encapsulated in  one mans life.
 8.  Scarecrow
 7.  Andrei Rublev 
 6.  Naked 
 5.  The Big Lebowski  -The most rewatchable movie ever
 4.  Autumn Marathon  -I swear to God its a movie about me
 3.  The Isle 
 2.  Together
 1.  Woman in the Dunes  -Easily the best movie ever made
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