The 7th MoFo Hall of Fame

It is with extreme honor to be your host for the 7th Hall of Fame. I hope to get a nice sized group here willing to discuss and dissect the nominees that will be chosen for this version of the MOFO Hall of Fame. Anyone who is interested will have until June 1st to PM me their nominee for the Seventh Hall of Fame. Let's find the cream of the crop. If you are worried that everyone has seen your nomination don't be! Unless you would rather go that route, in which case I won't stop you :p

The rules remain intact, any film under 220 minutes can be nominated. Please do not join unless you have the full intention of watching each and every movie from the nominees. There will be plenty of time given to watch them all. Nominees who don't finish will have their films pulled at the committees discretion.

If you have interest in joining let us know here but please keep your nomination a secret until the unveil. Happy watching!

Freaks (1932)- Nominated by Mistique

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You Can't Take It With You (Frank Capra,1938)- Nominated by GBGoodies

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I saw it recently for the first time, and I loved it. Hopefully most people will love it too.

Letter From an Unknown Woman (1948) - Max Ophuls- Nominated by Sane

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Ophuls is a director that I've only started to get into lately but he has quickly become a favourite. His ability to put together films that are both amazing visually and very compelling from a story perspective is perhaps unmatched. This is my favourite of his films and the fact that it stars the wonderful Joan Fontaine is a big part of that.

Bob Le Flambeur- Nominated by Daniel M

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Melville's work seems to get a lot of respect around here, especially three of his colour works: Le Samourai, Le Cercle Rouge and Army of Shadows. Bob Le Flambour is an earlier work, shot in black and white, and more similar to the old American noirs that inspired the director.

Great characters with a top performance for the title character, good humour and fantastically suspenseful heist scenes that would go on to be further developed in Melville's later work, as well as copied in general across the world of cinema. Melville isn't usually considered one of the key players of the French New Wave, and wasn't associated with them politically, but his work was around in a similar era and definitely has similar elements too, the American inspired style and the on-location shooting that also evokes how Godard filmed the streets of Paris.

The Hustler (1961)-Robert Rossen- Nominated by Friendly Mushroom

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Instead of nominating a film I saw a while back like All Quiet for the 6th HoF, I'll be nominating a new favorite that I just saw about a month ago.

The Hustler is a tale on how being over your head to become someone bigger than what you already are isn't that ideal.

Eddie got himself into a mess that damaged him in order to become what he always wanted to be, the best pool player by beating Fats.

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WARNING: "Hustler" spoilers below

In the end, he did beat him, but with the lost of his girlfriend and George C Scott on his ass, things didn't look well for Eddie.

I also liked that Eddie was an ass over the course of the movie and Fats actually seemed to be an okay guy, making the film unique as in most sports movies (like the first Rocky,) the main character is nice and the opponent is a jerk.

PS- I haven't seen Color of Money yet.
PSS- This movie is on Netflix streaming.

Harakiri (Masaki Kobayashi, 1962)- Nominated by Neiba
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The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980)- Nominated by Gatsby

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I nominated this film because I think its really cool, laid-back and universally enjoyable yet a lot of MoFos haven't seen it, despite knowing the existence and cult of it.

Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994)- Nominated by Rauldc14

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Time to go big or go home with my favorite movie of all time. It seems like a well loved film and it rightly is. The acting and the script are outstanding. The deep meanings beneath this film may not connect to everyone, but it is a deeply moving film. While practically everyone has already seen this (much like my Oz nomination), everyone should look at this from a technical eye to see its magnificence. I hope a nomination like this helps to ensure that people can indeed nominate the cream of the crop.

Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995)- Nominated by Frightened Inmate

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Festen (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998)- Nominated by MovieMeditation

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After debating endlessly about what to nominate, I realized the obvious choice was right in front of me this whole time… What is more right than nominating something from my home country, which also just happens to be well respected around cinema heads and celebrated critics as well. But even more notably, it is the first feature to be part of the “dogme movement”, which was a filmmaking technique created by the Danes. Basically, it is a movement which contains certain rules to follow, which forces the director to restrain himself and create some very grounded and creative films, and in some ways taking cinema back to its roots.

I also think it represents Danish cinema in a great way, and together with the minimal style of filmmaking helps to elevate the acting, writing and directing to such an en extent, that you will be able to experience the rawest kind of filmmaking in the best possible way. I hope you will all enjoy this film for its dark and disturbing themes, which are blended with signature Danish humor that you will either understand or get confused by – either way, this is one hell of a birthday party to attend.

Being John Malkovich (Spike Jonze, 1999)- Nominated by Miss Vicky

Directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman, Being John Malkovich is a unique, absurd, dark, affecting, hilarious, and brilliant film watching experience.

I know many of the participants have seen it already, but this is a film that is truly deserving of recognition and I believe it to be a worthy Hall of Fame contender. I can only hope those who are familiar with it agree and that those who haven't seen it can discover something wonderful.
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Platform- Jia Zhang-ke (2000)- Nominated by Bluedeed

Jia's epic of small and large chronicles the sweeping changes in China's economic and social transitions after the end of the Cultural Revolution. The theater troupe that serves as our lens begins performing state-centric propaganda plays and ends as a rock band, jumping and flailing and expressing. Jia's intricate framing and staging lenses our view of the smallest figures, not even pawns in a chess game, traveling and being affected by a world that's too big and fast for them to possibly comprehend. Platform is the greatest mainland Chinese film I've ever seen, and this kind of historical dialogue is unparalleled in American cinema.

The Poker House (Lorie Petty, 2008)- Nominated by Zotis

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Inglorious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)- Nominated by Sean

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About time the HOF had a Tarantino nomination. This is my second favorite of his. Like all Tarantino it is dialogue heavy, character driven, and with plenty of comedic elements. Great film that I hope does well.

Take Shelter (Jeff Nichols, 2011) - Nominated by Swan

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Killer Joe (William Friedkin, 2011)- Nominated by Cricket

After much debate, I decided to continue my Hall of Fame trend by nominating another dark movie with depraved characters.

All different people have different reasons for why they think a movie may be great. For me, one of the biggest reasons is the holy crap factor. I look for movies that I'll want to talk and think about long after it's over. For better or for worse, I want a movie that I'm going to remember. Killer Joe is that kind of movie.

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[/i]Wolf Children[/i] (Mamoru Hosada, 2012)- Nominated by Pussy Galore

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The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Isao Takahata, 2013)- Nominated by Guaporense

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