SCFZ

I can’t commit to participating much, so I’ll sit this one out.

It’s only January 7th, but I’ve already seen my first masterpiece of 2021: Jacques feyder’s la Kermesse heroique, an absolute delight, and every bit as good as anything Renoir was doing around the same time.

I’ve seen 18 apparently.

Face/off
Raising Arizona
Con air
Leaving Las Vegas
Bringing out the dead
Wild at heart
Snake eyes
The rock
Mandy

First movie of 2021 was a rewatch!

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Joris Ivens' Une histoire de vent is at the place for those who have not seen it.

Also at the place, Talking To Strangers (Rob Tregenza), a great, inventive and not-much-seen independent American film, a favorite of our friend Jonathan Rosenbaum.

OK friends, the stats kitchen is closed.

I generated a bunch of lists on letterboxd based on the results. I'll be mining them for viewing possibilities throughout the year.

We'll do this again at the end of 2021, hopefully, maybe, who knows.

Distant Voices, Still Lives (Terence Davies, 1988) Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (Marcel Ophüls, 1988) Georg K. Glaser – Writer and Smith (Harun Farocki, 1988) Talking to Strangers (Rob Tregenza, 1988) A Tale of the Wind (Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan-Ivens, 1988) Crossing Dela...

Evelyn Library P.I. wrote: ↑Fri Jan 01, 2021 7:01 pm The worst I've seen is Die Hard, on account of being probably evil and accordingly no fun.

But it is possible for a thing to be possibly problematic/evil and still be fun, no?

OK probably last one: The top SCFZ movies depend on the minimum number of ratings. Here's the top 40 for minimum values of 10, 5, 4 and 3 ratings.

Thanks for this kanafani, I always love these sorta things What was necessary for 1904 to have a fav film? The Impossible Voyage has 10+ SCFZ views. Is it the lack of another film from which it's distinguished? I limited it to movies with at least 5 ratings. So Impossible Voyage has many views, but...

The Bowery (Raoul Walsh, 1933) ♥ Center Stage (Stanley Kwan, 1991) ♥ - rewatch Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (Turner Ross, Bill Ross IV, 2020) ♥ Easy Living (Mitchell Leisen, 1937) ♥ The Woman Who Ran (Hong Sang-soo, 2020) ♥ Colorado Territory (Raoul Walsh, 1949) ♥ The Patsy (King Vidor, 1928) ♥ Georg ...

kanafani wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 9:58 pm

MrCarmady wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 9:27 pm Love that last one, would suggest an extra column with the number of ratings maybe?

Sure! Will update tomorrow.

Updated

The House Is Black (Forugh Farrokhzad, 1963) Muriel, or the Time of Return (Alain Resnais, 1963) Donovan's Reef (John Ford, 1963) Valparaiso (Joris Ivens, 1963) An Actor's Revenge (Kon Ichikawa, 1963) Bandini (Bimal Roy, 1963) The Green Years (Paulo Rocha, 1963) Shock Corridor (Samuel Fuller, 1963) ...

MrCarmady wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 9:27 pm Love that last one, would suggest an extra column with the number of ratings maybe?

Sure! Will update tomorrow.

Pick the highest rated movie for each year., starting at the year 1895. List where that movie falls in the all-time rankings.

The only year for which I don't have enough ratings is 1904.

This year I read about 30% of Ulysses before I gave up. Not bad! My biggest disappointment was Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus. Just found it so tedious. Granted, I know nothing about the inner workings of music, so that does not help. But the thing felt so... lifeless. Disappointing because The Magic ...

Favorites novels this year: Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald) The Adventures of Maqroll (Álvaro Mutis) Senselessness (Horacio Castellanos Moya) Troubles (J.G. Farrell) Passing (Nella Larsen) Beloved (Toni Morrison) Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis) Best non-fiction: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory...

brian d wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 3:44 pm

kanafani wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 3:33 pm I was curious to see how much each champ's ratings influences the top 100. If I exclude a champ's ratings, how many movies exit the top 100?

haha, i don't know what to do with this information, but i like it.

Brian d, top SCFZ influencer.

December 2020: Passing (Nella Larsen) 4.5/5 Human Matter: A Fiction (Rodrigo Rey Rosa) 2.5/5 - I don't think the diary structure works well here. Quite dull, especially those dreams. Severina was much much better. Red Cavalry ( Isaac Babel) 3/5 Elmer Gantry (Sinclair Lewis) 4/5 Behemoth: A History o...

How about the top 1000? If I exclude a champ's ratings, how many movies exit the top 1000?

I was curious to see how much each champ's ratings influences the top 100. If I exclude a champ's ratings, how many movies exit the top 100?

Here they are are. How often does a particular "champ" give 5.0 and 0.5 to different films by the same director? MrCarmady: Joe Wright bure: Chantal Akerman bure: Jean-Luc Godard bure: Kurt Kren flabrezu: Bong Joon-ho flabrezu: James McTeigue flabrezu: Jeon Soo-il flabrezu: Kim Jee-woon fl...

Let’s use this thread to talk about the books we read in 2020.

Favorites? Disappointments? Surprises! Let’s go!

One stat I've always been interested in is the widest spread anyone gives to a single director. How often does a particular "champ" give 5.0 and 0.5 to different films by the same director? I suppose people could answer that for themselves without Kanafani running a complicated query. For...

nrh wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 2:09 am should we do a big "what we read this year" thread at the end of the month?

We should!

I think I'm done, unless someone comes up with a request/idea, in which case let me know, I am open for business for two more days.

Hidden gems. All movies rated 5 stars by one champ, and never logged by any other champ: brian: A Almadraba Atuneira (António Campos, 1961) brian: Far From the Trees (Jacinto Esteva, 1970) brian: Just Pedro (Alfredo Tropa, 1972) brian: Mother Earth (Fernando Larruquert, Nestor Basterretxea, 1968) br...

Divisive SCFZ movies. Every single movie with at least one 5 star rating AND 0.5 star rating:

Alright, enough for now. More later.

Evelyn Library P.I. wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 3:55 pm

kanafani wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 3:49 pm Re-rank the IMDB 250 list:

Spoiler!

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Pretty cool that the IMDB #1 is (rightly) the SCFZ's lowest ranker.

Oh no, I missed some rows at the bottom. It's towards the bottom, but there are a few that rank worse. Let me fix this...

FIXED