1899 Poll 2.0

[Evelyn Library P.I.]

Choose your favourite films from 1899—yes, 1899 (according to IMDB).

Each person can vote for up to 20 films. Do not feel compelled to fill the maximum allowable number.

Twenty-film ballots can be formatted as follows:
- Five tiers of four films each, 4/4/4/4/4; scored 5-4-3-2-1 pts/film/tier
- Four tiers of five films each, 5/5/5/5; scored 4.5-3.5-2.5-1.5 pts/film/tier
- Two tiers of ten films each, 10/10; scored 4-2 pts/film/tier
- No tiers, unranked; scored 3 pts/film
- A 20-film three-tier ballot is not possible

A tiered ballot can include less than 20 films, but in that case the total number of films must still be able to be factored by the number of tiers, so:
- A five tier ballot can include only 20, 15, 10, or 5 films
- A four tier ballot can include only 20, 16, 12, 8, or 4 films
- A three tier ballot (scored 5-3-1) can include only 18, 15, 12, 9, 6, or 3 films
- A two tier ballot can include only 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, or 2 films
- Ballots that are 19, 17, 13, 11, 7 or 1 films must be no tiers

Users are urged to post their provisional lists as soon as possible, so that others can use them for recommendations. You may revise your lists at any point prior to the deadline.

Deadline for 1899 ballots will be Wednesday, January 31st, at roughly midnight EST.

[greennui]

Chrysis Waking 1899 ‘Le rêveil de Chrysis’
Mauvais temps au port 1899
Launch of the ‘Oceanic’ 1899 Directed by William K.L. Dickson
Lancement du ‘Varèse’ à Livourne 1899 Directed by Francesco Felicetti
Churned Waters 1899
From Monte Carlo to Monaco 1899 Directed by William K.L. Dickson
The Little Girl and Her Cat 1899 ‘La petite fille et son chat’ Directed by Louis Lumière
Opium Den 1899 ‘Fumerie d'opium’ Directed by Gabriel Veyre
Fun on a Sand Hill 1899 Directed by William K.L. Dickson
Her First Cigarette 1899 Directed by Frederick S. Armitage
Vue de l’avant d’un transatlantique par un gros temps 1899

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what source are we using for dates? Launch of the 'Oceanic' would be my easy #1, but it's 1898 on imdb, 1899 on letterboxd, so not sure if to include it, and i might also include Le Reveil de Chrysis which is 1897 on imdb, 1899 on letterboxd and Opium Den, 1901 on imdb, 1899 on letterboxd

i feel like i've seen a fair amount of 1890s film, but not much from 1899 for whatever reason, i'll watch more but for now these are the only things i've seen that i'd consider voting for:

Upside Down; or, The Human Flies (Walter Booth)
Lancement du ‘Varèse’ à Livourne (Francesco Felicetti)

The Conjuror (Georges Melies)
Cinderella (Georges Melies) [original title: Cendrillon]

The Devil in a Convent (Georges Melies)
The Kiss in the Tunnel (George Albert Smith)

Ladies on Bicycles (Cecil Hepworth)
Ladies' Skirts Nailed to a Fence (James Williamson)

[rischka]

chamonix: descent - lumieres
single file on the mountain - lumieres
away aloft - william k.l. dickson
london fire brigade alarm - william k.l. dickson
a little girl and her cat - lumieres
the kiss in the tunnel - george albert smith
wonderful absinthe - alice guy-blache
opium den - gabriel veyre

i've seen a bunch but i don't remember them well chose these by subject matter (yes i know i could watch all these in less than 10 mins)

[Evelyn Library P.I.]

La danse du feu (Georges Méliès, Star Film)
Cendrillon (Georges Méliès, Star Film)

Upside Down; or, The Human Flies (Walter R. Booth, Robert W. Paul)
King John (Unknown director, British Mutoscope & Biograph)

In the Grip of the Blizzard (Unknown director, American Mutoscope & Biograph)
Le portrait mystérieux (Georges Méliès, Star Film)

Luttes extravagantes (Georges Méliès, Star Film)
A Game of Snowballing (Charles Goodwin Norton, C. Goodwin Norton)

Lady Cyclists (James Williamson, Williamson Kinematograph)
Chamonix: la mer de glace. Descente. (Unknown director, Lumière)