FG is a remake of his own Desperate Outpost (1959) , which I prefer (in fact it is my favorite Okamoto). It is not a remake. It is an entirely separate story, but in a similar style/setting. Where Desperate Outpost is a gung-ho action comedy with the "likely leads", Fort Graveyard is abou...

Now, I have to see it! Should actually have it already, just need to double-check. Prepared a few viewings for this poll yesterday. (Essentially what I had laying around, but somehow Forest of the Hanged was not on the list - it will be my next priority) I may share the list later The first one out ...

Seen 14:

Ragtime
Black Peter
One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest
Amadeus
Taking Off

Great, let's do Forman.

Apparently, we have still not done Milos Forman (nor Francis Ford Coppola ...), so that should be a fair bet if all else fails.

A couple of his 60s films are actually great, namely Wasteland and Three Rooms in Manhattan, but I would not count them among his best work. His work past this point feels tired, and The Marvelous Visit is just embarrassing. I have not seen L'Air du Paris, definitely going to push it higher up my wa...

Yes, I'll try to think of a bigger name! (And hey, we can always try Okamoto too). Will go over the list of directors soon and get back to you.

I'm not sure if nominator counts, but:

Okamoto: 24
Fabri: 14
Kachyna: 13
Vlacil: 12
Szabo: 10

flip wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:20 pm

St. Gloede wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2019 9:35 pm D

st gloede, you can pick our next director if you like!

Let's try to shine some light at two of the very best Hungarian directors: Zoltan Fabri or István Szabó

(I'll try Okamoto again next round).

If neither of the above make the cut what about Kachyna or Vlacil?

Disappointed we couldn't do Duras or L'Herbier, anyhow, seen 11:

A Slight Case of Murder
42nd Street
Marked Woman
Footlight Parade
Action in the North Atlantic

Seen 11 features from Maddin, 11 from Bacon, 3 from Cooper.

I caught 49 films in July. Far less hectic than the last few months, but still a large number. It was also a month filled with great discoveries amidst lukewarm disappointments, and even caught two new (lesser) favourites. There were 3 key trends this month: - 40s (sadly poorly represented among my ...

The month isn't over, aren't any of you planning to maybe see something and get blown away today?

Hope I can help getting L'Herbier, seen 9. (12 by Duras, 3 by Rollin) Anyhow, I'm really happy Marcel Carné is finally up. I would argue he is the greatest director of classic French cinema (with competition from Renoir and Duvivier of course). Seen 17. 1. Children of Paradise 2. Drole de Drame 3. P...

Seen 6:

Underground
The Importance of Being Earnest
Pygmalion

Also seen: The Browning Version, Shooting Stars and A Cottage on Dartmoor, ranked in that order, though the latter is certainly the strongest visually (arguably beaten by Underground).

An incredible year: 1. Le bonheur (1965, Agnès Varda) Pierrot le fou (1965, Jean-Luc Godard) Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (1965, Jean-Luc Godard) Campanadas a medianoche / Chimes at Midnight (1965, Orson Welles) Mizu de kakareta monogatari / A Story Written with Water (1965, Yos...

Thank you so much for the hard work, flip! Personally i am extremely happy, but also almost bewildered about how Die Parallelstrasse made the list (and at #28). The selection is very exciting, and I like how the algorythm places a high preference on key favorites that may only have been seen/loved b...

greennui wrote: ↑Fri Jul 19, 2019 9:16 am

St. Gloede wrote: ↑Thu Jul 18, 2019 11:30 pm Thank you for hosting, flip.

I created an iCM list if it is of any help:

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/scfz ... t.+gloede/

#25 and #66 should be K. Kurosawa's Pulse and de Oliveira's Doomed love.

Fixed, thank you.

flip wrote: ↑Thu Jul 18, 2019 11:55 pm oh cool, i've maxed out my icm list capabilities. the piavoli film (#92) is on icheckmovies btw, just with its original title:

https://www.icheckmovies.com/movies/voci+nel+tempo/

Complete now.

Thank you for hosting, flip.

I created an iCM list if it is of any help:

https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/scfz ... t.+gloede/

Seen 23:

Our Hospitality
The Scarecrow
The General
The Electric House
Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Only seen 6, and none of them stood out, The Tingler may be his best.

Director note: Took a long time digging his way out of passable dramas, but when he did he became one of the best directors in Japan. He's a difficult director for me to get into since he seems so damned sincere in his moralism, little hint of much in the way of irony or ambiguity in values, though...

Seen 17: Kwaidan The Human Condition I: No Greater Love The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer The Inheritance Samurai Rebellion THCII would be next, followed by Inn of Evil and Black River. I should rewatch Harakiri! Most looking forward to: The Fossil. Director note: Took a long time digging ...

Le mura di Malapaga / The Walls of Malapaga (1949, René Clément) Best Foreign Picture Winner, by René Clément and starring Jean Gabin? I honestly have no idea why it took me this long to get around to this film - though, if I recall correctly it was impossible to find in good condition for the long...

It's a shame he died in his early 40's, but at least he didn't have a chance to go the way of Lang. You mean directing better films as he grew older? Lang's 20s work is basically as shitty as Murnau's, so who knows, maybe Murnau would have started making great films in the sound era. :? Do you like...

Along with Lang, likely the best director of the 20s (though judging by his two oldest surviving films it may be good for his memory that the rest didn't).

Seen 12/12 (surviving)

Faust
Sunrise
Tabu
The Last Laugh
The Burning Soil

Surprisingly poor showing for Rebels of the Neon God ... Happy with the winner however.

Did not get around to watching Visage, but this makes me prioritize it!

I am surprised no one else nominated The Fountainhead ... It is such a delicously ludicrous film, brilliantly directed, forceful and sexy performance and just all-around an experience to be remembered.

Seen 23:

The Crowd
Street Scene
The Fountainhead
The Champ
Show People

5 to Boost: Die Parallelstrasse (1962, Ferdinand Khittl) The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman (1963, Kichachi Okamoto) Heroic Purgatory (1970, Yoshishige Yoshisda) Film Portrait (1972, Jerome Hill) Hélas pour moi (1993, Jean-Luc Godard) 1-10. Stalker (1979, Andrey Tarkovsky) Children of Paradise (1945,...