There will be no 1901 poll, there is only death.

[Lencho of the Apes]

Do not choose your favorite films from 1901 (according to IMDb).

– Each person will not vote for up to 20 movies. Do not feel compelled to fill the maximum allowable number, if you're enthusiastic about fewer than twenty.
– Do not rank the films except the number 1, it gets two points..

Users are urged to post no provisional lists as soon as possible so that others may use them for recommendations. You may, of course, revise your nonexistent lists at any point prior to the deadline.

Ballots posted or not posted by new members who have not participated in other parts of the forum will not be counted.

Deadline for 1901 lists will be Thursday, April 1st at approximately 5 PM Pacific Time.

[Lencho of the Apes]

Preliminary list:

Fire! - Williamson

The artist's dilemma
The Big Swallow - Williamson
Bluebeard - Melies
The brahmin And The Butterfly
Demolishing andd Building Up The Star theatre
Dream and Reality
History Of A Crime - Zecca
The Magic sword
Man With The Rubber Head -Melies
The Prince Of Magicians
scrooge or Marley's Ghost
The seven Castles Of The Devil - Zecca
Stop Thief! - Williamson
Trapeze Disrobing Act
What happened On 23rd street
What Is seen Through A Keyhole

[sally]

what?
for the THIRD time? we must love 1901 LOL

https://letterboxd.com/rischka/list/1901-poll/

exactly one year ago

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_aut ... rie#p71814

[Lencho of the Apes]

I was trying to set up an April Fool's joke, durn you.

[greennui]

How about doing 1895 instead thus ending the cycle with the first and final year?

[sally]

I was trying to set up an April Fool's joke, durn you.

oh no! it could have worked too, those 1901 people loved their trick films...

[Lencho of the Apes]

How about doing 1895 instead thus ending the cycle with the first and final year?

We *could* I suppose do 1895, 1896 and 1897 in addition to 2015, but to me that feels clumsy. Anyone in favor?

[sally]

not really...not all smushed together...then i'd just feel like i'd failed to watch enough for three years rather than the usual one...

[greennui]

1896 and 1897

You already did those at the old place...
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_aut ... -t788.html
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_aut ... t1279.html

1895 hasn't been done though. There's only like 50 entries on letterboxd but it shoud be enough for a small ceremonial poll.

Maybe a 1895 and earlier poll? It'd be a shame not to be able to vote for Roundhay Garden Scene...or perhaps save that for a future 19th century poll.

[Lencho of the Apes]

I'm trying to disentangle here, can't we let Thoxans deal with these issues?

That said, my memory was at fault; I thought we had only done 1898-99-1900. If we already did '96, '97, it makes GOOD sense to do '95 now and I'll get on it tomorrow, unless future comments serve to dissuade me.

[sally]

+ 1 for letting thoxans deal with it, just agog with waiting for the new regime really

but also +1 for 1895