Skepsis' Short Films Tournament

[Skepsis93]

I've been watching quite a few shorts lately and figured it might be fun, with the influx of tournaments around here lately, to start up my own with that theme. So, 32 films, start with 2 each and I'll let you know when you can renominate if things slow down. I don't want to drag this out, so I'll probably leave a day or two for voting for each round.

Remember the theme is Short films. I'll accept whatever IMDb classifies as a short film. As donnie has rightly pointed out there are a lot of these available on YouTube and they don't take much effort to watch, so I'm hoping we'll all be able to see a lot of new stuff and vote on a lot of the brackets!

Gogogo!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ixRMNOAoays/S34AvD7zTkI/AAAAAAAAI8M/0fA6RgJMn_Y/s400/La'Jetee+01.jpg

[Skepsis93]

La Jetée
Night and Fog

[jiraffejustin]

Everything Will Be Ok (2006)
King-Size Canary (1947)

[donniedarko]

Dimensions of Dialogue
Un Chien Andalou

[Daniel M]

Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (Nick Park, 1993)
Wallace and Gromit in A Close Shave (Nick Park, 1995)

[HitchFan97]

Meshes of the Afternoon
Charlotte and her Jules

[mark f]

Entre'acte (1924)
The Heart of the World (2000)

[TokeZa]

10/65: Selbstverstümmelung (1965)
Outer Space (2000)

[Tyler1]

Duck Amuck (1953)
The Music Box (1932)

[Godoggo]

Harvie Krumpet
Frankenweenie

[will.15]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiYjwRZK_NM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXCUBVS4kfQ

[Skepsis93]

Might as well renominate now guys, if you are so inclined. We need 12 more films, or 6 more people to nominate.

[Skepsis93]

A Trip to the Moon
Paperman

[Mr Minio]

The Dream of A Ridiculous Man
Tale of Tales

[donniedarko]

Envelope (2012)
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

[jiraffejustin]

The Terrys (2011)
Geri's Game

[mark f]

Presto (2008)
The Red Balloon (1956)

[Skepsis93]

Thanks everyone. Just need one more person to nominate and I can put the brackets together.

[TokeZa]

The House Is Black (1963)
Memento Mori (2012)

[Skepsis93]

Is that this (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2316871/?ref_=fn_al_tt_6) one, TokeZa? Do you have a link to somewhere we could watch it?

[TokeZa]

Nope its this one:

http://youtu.be/XUtm0TIYt3I

Memento Mori (2012) by Dan Browne

"A man sets out to draw the world. As the years go by, he peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, instruments, stars, horses, and individuals. A short time before he dies, he discovers that the patient labyrinth of lines traces the lineaments of his own face." - Jorge Luis Borges


"Canadian filmmaker, photographer and multimedia artist Dan Browne's visually stunning memento mori creates a vast sprawling memory well that uses thousands of images that celebrate and construct life itself. What begins as a rush of visual stimulation rapidly becomes something more complex, unique and personal as rhythms and themes emerge and vanish. These elements are dictated as much by the viewer's unconscious interpretation of the medium as the actual images presented and by their affect on the audience." - Art Cinema OFFoff

Can also be found on vimeo: http://vimeo.com/54265266

[Skepsis93]

Ah, excellent. Thanks.

Brackets up in a mo.

[Skepsis93]

Round 1:

1. Night and Fog vs. The Critic

2. Charlotte et son Jules vs. Memento mori

3. Harvie Krumpet vs. Presto

4. Entre'acte vs. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

5. A Trip to the Moon vs. Paperman

6. The Music Box vs. Tale of Tales

7. Duck Amuck vs. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

8. The House is Black vs. The Heart of the World

9. Bambi Meets Godzilla vs. Envelope

10. Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers vs. 10/65: Selbstverstümmelung

11. Everything Will Be Ok vs. Meshes of the Afternoon

12. Un Chien Andalou vs. Dimensions of Dialogue

13. La Jetee vs. King-Size Canary

14. Frankenweenie vs. The Terrys

15. The Red Balloon vs. Wallace & Gromit in A Close Shave

16. Outer Space vs. Geri's Game

Let's say a week for voting, I'll close this on the 12th. Should give everyone enough time to watch what they want to and vote.

[donniedarko]

12. Un Chien Andalou vs. Dimensions of Dialogue

13. La Jetee vs. King-Size Canary

Only two match ups I've seen so far, my goal is to be able to vote on all of the rest. All 4 of these are great films though. Jetée and DoD are my all time favorite short films.

[jiraffejustin]

5. A Trip to the Moon vs. Paperman
13. La Jetee vs. King-Size Canary
15. The Red Balloon vs. Wallace & Gromit in A Close Shave

[Godoggo]

15. The Red Balloonvs. Wallace & Gromit in A Close Shave

All I can vote for now, but I do plan on watching a few.

[jiraffejustin]

I now know where TokeZa's avi comes from. Watching that one next.

[donniedarko]

Couple new votes

3. Harvie Krumpet vs. Presto
Well I guess I have seen Presto before, just forgt the title. And while it's a sweet little film I found Harvie Krumpet to be hilarious when I saw it, while this, just nice. Both are good films.

8. The House is Black vs. The Heart of the World
I watched The House is Black awhile back and don't plan on watching it again. It's powerful though, and lets sights speak for themselves. I just watched The Heart of the World, my reaction is a mix of :bored: & :confused:

Edit: One more
9. Bambi Meets Godzilla vs. Envelope
Even if Envelope wasn't my nomination, and BmG was amazingly animated, this vote would be easy. It's effort vs no effort. And I mean Atleast change the title, took away any potential laughs due to shock.

[jiraffejustin]

11. Everything Will Be Ok vs. Meshes of the Afternoon

By the way, here are my noms if anybody wants to watch them:

Geri's Game - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03T2pKO8ItE

Everything Will Be Ok - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IUX0Qy-IDM

King-Size Canary - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO8CYwnZBYg

The Terrys - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDTYA8RcO9I

[mark f]

1. Night and Fog vs. The Critic

3. Harvie Krumpet vs. Presto

4. Entre'acte vs. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

5. A Trip to the Moon vs. Paperman

6. The Music Box vs. Tale of Tales

7. Duck Amuck vs. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

8. The House is Black vs. The Heart of the World

9. Bambi Meets Godzilla vs. Envelope

12. Un Chien Andalou vs. Dimensions of Dialogue

14. Frankenweenie vs. The Terrys

[Tyler1]

4. Entre'acte vs. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

6. The Music Box vs. Tale of Tales

7. Duck Amuck vs. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

8. The House is Black vs. The Heart of the World

10. Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers vs. 10/65: Selbstverstümmelung

11. Everything Will Be Ok vs. Meshes of the Afternoon

12. Un Chien Andalou vs. Dimensions of Dialogue

I'll watch the other films but I doubt that any of them will amaze me as much as The House Is Black, the one that seem less like a short film than a transcendental prayer; a howl of despair to reconcile belief and suffering. And this is coming from someone who doesn't subscribe to any particular religion.

[mark f]

2. Charlotte et son Jules (not seen) vs. Memento mori

10. Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers vs. 10/65: Selbstverstümmelung

11. Everything Will Be OK vs. Meshes of the Afternoon (close)

13. La Jetee vs. King-Size Canary

15. The Red Balloon vs. Wallace & Gromit in A Close Shave - Too close to vote yet, but The Red Balloon is one of the first films I remember and probably the first one which made me cry.

16. Outer Space vs. Geri's Game

[Godoggo]

3. Harvie Krumpet vs. Presto

14. Frankenweenie vs. The Terrys

I'm going to try to get the other pairings where I've seen one of the movies tonight.

[donniedarko]

10. Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers vs. 10/65: Selbstverstümmelung
10/65 was a great nomination by TozeKa! Disturbing and eerie film about bodily mutilation. Wrong Trousers was good, but I prefer A Close Shave.

15. The Red Balloon vs. Wallace & Gromit in A Close Shave
I didn't get the hype of The Red Balloon. Just kind of felt self-entitled to me, as if the protagonist is the center of the universe. Call me heartless but I didn't find it touching at all.

[Daniel M]

Getting through these now, seen a few already. Anybody know anyway to watch Charlotte et son Jules, apparently it comes as part of the Criterion release of Breathless? But apart from that I can find nothing of it on the internet :(

[donniedarko]

5. A Trip to the Moon vs. Paperman
11. Everything Will Be Ok vs. Meshes of the Afternoon

[Mr Minio]

5. A Trip to the Moon vs. Paperman

7. Duck Amuck vs. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man - just watched the first one and liked the idea of trolling animator, but The Dream is undeniably better in every aspect.

11. Everything Will Be Ok vs. Meshes of the Afternoon - I love both of them, but Deren's film had a bigger impact on me.

12. Un Chien Andalou vs. Dimensions of Dialogue

13. La Jetee vs. King-Size Canary - another enjoyable little animation, but in competition with La Jetee it has to lose.

[Skepsis93]

Getting through these now, seen a few already. Anybody know anyway to watch Charlotte et son Jules, apparently it comes as part of the Criterion release of Breathless? But apart from that I can find nothing of it on the internet :(

I can't seem to find it either. If anyone knows some way we can watch it let us know, otherwise I'll have to ask HitchFan to nominate something else. Should have checked earlier, sorry guys.

[Daniel M]

I can't seem to find it either. If anyone knows some way we can watch it let us know, otherwise I'll have to ask HitchFan to nominate something else. Shuold have checked earlier, sorry guys.

Whilst searching on youtube I came across Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak / Présentation ou Charlotte et son steak.

Directed by Erich Rohmer and starring Jean-Luc Godard, 12 minutes, no idea what it's like yet, up to HF - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2SaL40rrWo

[Tyler1]

1. Night and Fog vs. The Critic

3. Harvie Krumpet vs. Presto

5. A Trip to the Moon vs. Paperman

9. Bambi Meets Godzilla vs. Envelope

13.La Jetee vs. King-Size Canary

14. Frankenweenie vs. The Terrys

15. The Red Balloon vs. Wallace & Gromit in A Close Shave

16. Outer Space vs. Geri's Game

I can't find Charlotte et son Jules ...

[Skepsis93]

I can't find Charlotte et son Jules ...

Seems it's pretty darn hard to find, unfortunately. HF doesn't know of anywhere widely available so he's nominated Pixar's Day & Night to take its place. I'll amend the brackets accordingly.

[Daniel M]

I HAVE FOUND A COPY OF CHARLOTTE ET SON JULES - Don't ask how, involved a lot of searching, some strange French sites etc. etc. it's a 80mb AVI file, not sure about how 'legal' this is but what do you recommend I do guys? Do you want a PM of it or something, should I upload it?

Edit: Will anyone object to me sending you the download link (where I found it) via PM? it is a rar file (you can download WinRar for free to extract it, then it's a singular AVI file) but my virus scanner said it was completely fine, and the video works fine.

I will link it in here if you want, it's on the legal file sharing site: http://depositfiles.com not a specifically made illegal film site, what you guys reckon?

[HitchFan97]

If you guys are having too much trouble with Charlotte et son Jules, it's totally ok. I feel bad that I didn't check for its availability first, tbh I was trying to think of another nomination after Meshes of the Afternoon and it was the first one that came to mind. Pixar's Day & Night is fine too, unless you guys want to use Daniel's link.

[Daniel M]

Skepsis93
jiraffejustin
donniedarko
mark f
Tyler1
Godoggo
Mr. Minio

Those are who've voted and are active so far past nominations, I'll send you all a PM of a link to Charlotte et son Jules, if you don't want to download/watch it I don't mind, anyone else wants just ask :) I think I have seen the Disney one too, but some JLG makes this more interesting I reckon :D

[Tyler1]

Thank you, Daniel. That should work just fine.

In case anybody has trouble finding my picks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh-tLlrFq2Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV7bVdR9eAc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL6LAl1JfJI

[Mr Minio]

Just watched Charlotte et son Jules. It's about a man talking for 10 minutes and a woman not giving a flying damn. The ending is made me bump my rating to 3

[Skepsis93]

That's some damn fine detective work there, Daniel. :p We'll go with Godard's film then, as originally planned. Happy voting!

[Daniel M]

Just watched Charlotte et son Jules. It's about a man talking for 10 minutes and a woman not giving a flying damn. The ending is made me bump my rating to 3

I agree with everything you've said here, poor guy got massively trolled at the end :D

And I like your description of Duck Amuck, the trolling animator :D

I've only got a few more shorts to get through now Entre'acte, The Music Box and The Red Balloon, so I will probably post my choices tonight, this has been good fun, good idea to start a tournament where we can easily and relatively quickly watch what we've got to vote for :)

That's some damn fine detective work there, Daniel. :p We'll go with Godard's film then, as originally planned. Happy voting!

Don't know how I managed to find it in the end, pages of google brought me to some French site which led me to another, and another, and then finally a link I think :p

[mark f]

2. Charlotte et son Jules vs. Memento mori

The latter seemed like a cross between the acid trip in Easy Rider and "Revolution 9" by the Beatles. Not as good though. :)

[Tyler1]

2. Charlotte et son Jules vs. Memento mori

[donniedarko]

2. Charlotte et son Jules vs. Memento mori
Charlotte, as some have mentioned relies heavily on its ending, but I think it's fun enough to make it a 3 film. I'd give Memento Mori the same rating because it looks cool.

7. Duck Amuck vs. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Hard decision since they're both great films but the latter of the two was nothing short of magical. Great nomination, Minio.

[donniedarko]

1. Night and Fog vs. The Critic
Since The Critic could make me laugh, immediately after I watched Night and Fog, it wins for me. Mel Brooks never lets me down. Atleast Will had a good nomination after Bambi Meets Godzilla :)

[Daniel M]

1. Night and Fog vs. The Critic

2. Charlotte et son Jules vs. Memento mori

3. Harvie Krumpet vs. Presto

4. Entre'acte vs. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

5. A Trip to the Moon vs. Paperman

6. The Music Box vs. Tale of Tales

7. Duck Amuck vs. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

8. The House is Black vs. The Heart of the World

9. Bambi Meets Godzilla vs. Envelope

10. Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers vs. 10/65: Selbstverstümmelung

11. Everything Will Be Ok vs. Meshes of the Afternoon

12. Un Chien Andalou vs. Dimensions of Dialogue

13. La Jetee vs. King-Size Canary

14. Frankenweenie vs. The Terrys

15. The Red Balloon vs. Wallace & Gromit in A Close Shave

16. Outer Space vs. Geri's Game

[Godoggo]

2. Charlotte et son Jules vs. Memento mori

5. A Trip to the Moon vs. Paperman

[Guaporense]

5. A Trip to the Moon vs. Paperman

11. Everything Will Be Ok vs. Meshes of the Afternoon

[Skepsis93]

Sorry I'm a little late. Here's my votes, then I'll put the round 2 brackets up.

1. Night and Fog vs. The Critic

2. Charlotte et son Jules vs. Memento mori

3. Harvie Krumpet vs. Presto

4. Entre'acte vs. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

5. A Trip to the Moon vs. Paperman

6. The Music Box vs. Tale of Tales

7. Duck Amuck vs. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

8. The House is Black vs. The Heart of the World

9. Bambi Meets Godzilla vs. Envelope

10. Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers vs. 10/65: Selbstverstümmelung

11. Everything Will Be Ok vs. Meshes of the Afternoon

12. Un Chien Andalou vs. Dimensions of Dialogue

13. La Jetee vs. King-Size Canary

14. Frankenweenie vs. The Terrys

15. The Red Balloon vs. Wallace & Gromit in A Close Shave

16. Outer Space vs. Geri's Game

[mark f]

15. The Red Balloon vs. Wallace & Gromit in A Close Shave

[Skepsis93]

Round 1 voting closed!

There's a few surprises, including one landslide involving a classic.

We do need a few tiebreakers though, so if one or several of you that haven't voted on these yet could, it would be a great help. They're not long. Just need one vote on each, so get in fast.

2. Charlotte et son Jules vs. Memento mori

4. Entr'acte vs. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life

6. The Music Box vs. Tale of Tales

7. Duck Amuck vs. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

16. Outer Space vs. Geri's Game

[donniedarko]

4. Entr'acte vs. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
6. The Music Box vs. Tale of Tales
16. Outer Space vs. Geri's Game

Ok those are the 3 I didn't vote on. The fate of the other two lies in someone else's hands.

[Skepsis93]

Thanks donnie. Just need one vote on each of these two:

2. Charlotte et son Jules vs. Memento mori

7. Duck Amuck vs. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

[Godoggo]

7. Duck Amuck vs. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

Can't help you out on the other one. I already voted in that pairing.

[Tyler1]

Damn you Mr. Minio and your Russian animation!

*Go Duck Amuck! :D

[jiraffejustin]

2. Charlotte et son Jules vs. Memento mori

Charlotte et son Jules isn't great by any means, but it still has the Godard style of the 60s that made him so refreshing. It is a one joke film, and I saw it coming, but it's still a fun little flick.

Memento mori is cool to look at, but it becomes tiring. I am very happy I am not epileptic.

[Skepsis93]

Thanks guys.

Round 1 results:

1. Night and Fog (4) vs. The Critic (1)
2. Charlotte et son Jules (4) vs. Memento mori (3)
3. Harvie Krumpet (2) vs. Presto (3)
4. Entr'acte (2) vs. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (3)
5. A Trip to the Moon (4) vs. Paperman (5)
6. The Music Box (2) vs. Tale of Tales (3)
7. Duck Amuck (4) vs. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (3)
8. The House is Black (2) vs. The Heart of the World (3)
9. Bambi Meets Godzilla (3) vs. Envelope (2)
10. Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (4) vs. 10/65: Selbstverstümmelung (1)
11. Everything Will Be Ok (3) vs. Meshes of the Afternoon (5)
12. Un Chien Andalou (0) vs. Dimensions of Dialogue (6)
13. La Jetee (5) vs. King-Size Canary (2)
14. Frankenweenie (5) vs. The Terrys (0)
15. The Red Balloon (4) vs. Wallace & Gromit in A Close Shave (3)
16. Outer Space (2) vs. Geri's Game (3)

[Skepsis93]

Round 2:

1. Bambi Meets Godzilla vs. The Red Balloon
2. Dimensions of Dialogue vs. Charlotte et son Jules
3. Meshes of the Afternoon vs. The Heart of the World
4. Wallace and Gromit in the Wrong Trousers vs. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
5. Duck Amuck vs. Night and Fog
6. Presto vs. Paperman
7. Frankenweenie vs. Geri's Game
8. La Jetee vs. Tale of Tales

Obviously this time most of you who are going to vote have seen all the nominations at this point, so I'll move things along pretty quickly from here on in. I'll leave a few days for voting in case there's one or two you still need to catch up on.

[Mr Minio]

2. Dimensions of Dialogue vs. Charlotte et son Jules
5. Duck Amuck vs. Night and Fog
8. La Jetee vs. Tale of Tales

[donniedarko]

I'm dissapointed In the majority of the results :(

1. Bambi Meets Godzilla vs. The Red Balloon
Didn't care for either, but The Red Balloon has effort, so it wins.

2. Dimensions of Dialoguevs. Charlotte et son Jules
My favorite short vs a decent one.

3. Meshes of the Afternoon vs. The Heart of the World
Both are really awful but when it comes to The Heart of The World I actually pondered what was going on, Meshes, I didn't care.

4. Wallace and Gromit in the Wrong Trousers vs. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
The Wrong Trousers was ok, not as good as The Close Shave though. It's a Wonderful Life was a funny and sweet short. Not to mention my nomination.

5. Duck Amuck vs. Night and Fog
Night and Fog is a sad documentary but I didn't cry or even feel much sorrow, just irritated and mad. Can't say it opened my eyes up to the holocaust, Duck Amuck I laughed the whole 5 minutes, and like the concept.

6. Presto vs. Paperman
Two Disney shorts and I'd give both the same rating. Presto is more imaginative.

7. Frankenweenie vs. Geri's Game
Still have to see Frankenweenie

8. La Jetee vs. Tale of Tales
I liked Tale of Tales, but La Jeete is the second best film on here.

[Daniel M]

1. Bambi Meets Godzilla vs. The Red Balloon
2. Dimensions of Dialogue vs. Charlotte et son Jules
3. Meshes of the Afternoon vs. The Heart of the World
4. Wallace and Gromit in the Wrong Trousers vs. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
5. Duck Amuck vs. Night and Fog
6. Presto vs. Paperman
7. Frankenweenie vs. Geri's Game
8. La Jetee vs. Tale of Tales

[Skepsis93]

1. Bambi Meets Godzilla vs. The Red Balloon
2. Dimensions of Dialogue vs. Charlotte et son Jules
3. Meshes of the Afternoon vs. The Heart of the World
4. Wallace and Gromit in the Wrong Trousers vs. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
5. Duck Amuck vs. Night and Fog
6. Presto vs. Paperman
7. Frankenweenie vs. Geri's Game
8. La Jetee vs. Tale of Tales

[Skepsis93]

8. La Jetee vs. Tale of Tales

Wow. Seeing how much you loved Tale of Tales you must have really loved La Jetee.

[Daniel M]

Wow. Seeing how much as you loved Tale of Tales you must have really loved La Jetee.

Yeh, I give them both the 5 stars, and it was tough to vote in, but I have seen La Jetee a few times now and it's been as magical/powerful each time for me, the best short I have ever seen I think, although Tale of Tales is fantastic too. Why did you have to pair them up you horrible person :(

[jiraffejustin]

1. Bambi Meets Godzilla vs. The Red Balloon
5. Duck Amuck vs. Night and Fog
6. Presto vs. Paperman

[Skepsis93]

Yeh, I give them both the 5 stars, and it was tough to vote in, but I have seen La Jetee a few times now and it's been as magical/powerful each time for me, the best short I have ever seen I think, although Tale of Tales is fantastic too. Why did you have to pair them up you horrible person :(

Haha, don't blame me, it was random. :p

[mark f]

1. Bambi Meets Godzilla vs. The Red Balloon (Saw the first at a premiere in 1969 and the latter at elementary school. Love both.)
2. Dimensions of Dialogue vs. Charlotte et son Jules (Although I've voted for this twice now, I don't really like it.)
3. Meshes of the Afternoon vs. The Heart of the World
4. Wallace and Gromit in the Wrong Trousers vs. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
5. Duck Amuck vs. Night and Fog (Duck Amuck is the Sherlock, Jr. of cartoons, but Night and Fog is profound cinema. UNFAIR!)
6. Presto vs. Paperman
7. Frankenweenie vs. Geri's Game
8. La Jetee vs. Tale of Tales

[Tyler1]

1. Bambi Meets Godzilla vs. The Red Balloon
2. Dimensions of Dialogue vs. Charlotte et son Jules
3. Meshes of the Afternoon vs. The Heart of the World
4. Wallace and Gromit in the Wrong Trousers vs. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
5. Duck Amuck vs. Night and Fog
6. Presto vs. Paperman
7. Frankenweenie vs. Geri's Game
8. La Jetee vs. Tale of Tales

[Skepsis93]

I'll close R2 tomorrow, so get your votes in before then if you intend to.

[Godoggo]

1. Bambi Meets Godzilla vs. The Red Balloon
2. Dimensions of Dialogue vs. Charlotte et son Jules
3. Meshes of the Afternoon vs. The Heart of the World
4. Wallace and Gromit in the Wrong Trousers vs. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
5. Duck Amuck vs. Night and Fog
6. Presto vs. Paperman
7. Frankenweenie vs. Geri's Game
8. La Jetee vs. Tale of Tales

I'm really sad about Harvie. :(

[Skepsis93]

No ties this time 'round so straight into R3.

R2 Results:
1. Bambi Meets Godzilla (1) vs. The Red Balloon (6)
2. Dimensions of Dialogue (6) vs. Charlotte et son Jules (1)
3. Meshes of the Afternoon (1) vs. The Heart of the World (4)
4. Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (5) vs. Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1)
5. Duck Amuck (2) vs. Night and Fog (6)
6. Presto (6) vs. Paperman (0)
7. Frankenweenie (4) vs. Geri's Game (1)
8. La Jetee (5) vs. Tale of Tales (2)

[Skepsis93]

Round 3:

1. Frankenweenie vs. The Red Balloon
2. Dimensions of Dialogue vs. Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers
3. Presto vs. The Heart of the World
4. La Jetee vs. Night and Fog

I can't believe #4 came out that way. I've got a tough choice on my hands.

Voting closes June 19th.

[mark f]

1. Frankenweenie vs. The Red Balloon = Can I vote for both? :)
2. Dimensions of Dialogue vs. Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers
3. Presto vs. The Heart of the World
4. La Jetee vs. Night and Fog

[donniedarko]

1. Frankenweenie (haven't seen) vs. The Red Balloon
2. Dimensions of Dialogue vs. Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers
3. Presto vs. The Heart of the World
4. La Jetee vs. Night and Fog

[jiraffejustin]

4. La Jetee vs. Night and Fog

[Daniel M]

1. Frankenweenie vs. The Red Balloon
2. Dimensions of Dialogue vs. Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers
3. Presto vs. The Heart of the World
4. La Jetee vs. Night and Fog

[jiraffejustin]

3. Presto vs. The Heart of the World

Probably should have just flipped a coin. This is tough.

[Mr Minio]

4. La Jetee vs. Night and Fog

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ixRMNOAoays/S34AvD7zTkI/AAAAAAAAI8M/0fA6RgJMn_Y/s400/La%27Jetee+01.jpg
Deal with it.

[Godoggo]

1. Frankenweenie vs. The Red Balloon
2. Dimensions of Dialogue vs. Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers
3. Prestovs. The Heart of the World
4. La Jetee vs. Night and Fog

[Tyler1]

1. Frankenweenie vs. The Red Balloon
2. Dimensions of Dialogue vs. Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers
3. Presto vs. The Heart of the World
4. La Jetee vs. Night and Fog

[Skepsis93]

My votes:
1. Frankenweenie vs. The Red Balloon
2. Dimensions of Dialogue vs. Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers
3. Presto vs. The Heart of the World
4. La Jetee vs. Night and Fog (Abstaining. Can't decide)

Which makes the round 3 results look like this:
1. Frankenweenie (3) vs. The Red Balloon (1)
2. Dimensions of Dialogue (2) vs. Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (4)
3. Presto (4) vs. The Heart of the World (2)
4. La Jetee (3) vs. Night and Fog (4)

[Skepsis93]

Semi-Finals!

1. Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers vs. Frankenweenie
2. Presto vs. Night and Fog

Voting closes June 22nd.

[Daniel M]

1. Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers vs. Frankenweenie
2. Presto vs. Night and Fog

I really liked both the films I am voting against though, good semi-finals.

[donniedarko]

1. Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers vs. Frankenweenie
Well I finally watched Frankenweenie for this tournmanet, and this is a pretty tough choice. I'd give both the same ratings, and they're about equally entertaining. I thing the concept behind the second is smarter so that what I'm voting for.

2. Presto vs. Night and Fog
I enjoyed Presto more, but Night and Fog is the better film. It's the best one left imo.

[Godoggo]

1. Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers vs.Frankenweenie
2. Presto vs.Night and Fog

This is the farthest one of my nominations has made it in any tournament ever. Yea! Go Frankenweenie.

[jiraffejustin]

2. Presto vs. Night and Fog

[Camo]

1. Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers vs. Frankenweenie

[Skepsis93]

Any more votes? Closing this tomorrow.

[mark f]

1. Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers vs. Frankenweenie
2. Presto vs. Night and Fog (Love Presto but what can I do?)

[Tyler1]

1. Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers vs. Frankenweenie
2. Presto vs. Night and Fog

[Skepsis93]

(Love Presto but what can I do?)

These matchups haven't been too kind to you, eh mark? Duck Amuck/Night and Fog, Frankenweenie/Red Balloon, now this one. :p

My votes:
1. Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers vs. Frankenweenie
2. Presto vs. Night and Fog

Semi-Final results:
1. Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (4) vs. Frankenweenie (3)
2. Presto (1) vs. Night and Fog (6)

[Skepsis93]

Which means our final will be contested by two films that I don't think could be more disparate:

Nuit et brouillard (Night and Fog)
Alain Resnais, 1955

http://www.thefilmpilgrim.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Night-and-Fog-Alain-Resnais-DVD-Review.jpg

vs.

Wallace and Gromit in
"The Wrong Trousers"
Nick Park, 1993

http://community.qlikview.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-2728-20695/Wallace+and+the+wrong+trousers.jpg

Vote away until June 24th!

[Daniel M]

Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers

Gonna have to go with my nomination, Night and Fog is a fantastic and devastating piece of work, but Wallace and Gromit is pure fun that I have enjoyed since I was a child.

[mark f]

Night and Fog

[jiraffejustin]

Wallace and Gromit in "The Wrong Trousers"

Voting happiness over depression

[Tyler1]

". . . We pretend to take up hope again as the image recedes into the past,
As if we were cured once and for all of the scourge of the camps.
We pretend it all happened only once at a given time and place,
We turn a blind eye to what surrounds us
And a deaf ear to humanity's never-ending cry."

Night and Fog

[Godoggo]

Night and Fog

[donniedarko]

Night and Fog

[Skepsis93]

My vote goes to Night and Fog.

[Skepsis93]

And we're done here! It's beat out some very stiff competition, prevailing by 5 votes to 2. I think we'd all agree that Alain Resnais' stunningly visceral, poetic, devastating look at the holocaust is a very worthy victor indeed.

The winner is...

Nuit et brouillard (Night and Fog)

"Not a documentary, or an indictment, or a poem, but a meditation
on the most important phenomenon of the twentieth century." - Francois Truffaut

http://kinoimages.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/night-and-fog.jpg?w=640

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdcompare/nightandfog/title3.jpg

[Mr Minio]

It's an important film and it's good it won.

[Daniel M]

Yeh, a worthy winner, a truly magnificent and haunting piece of work.