26th Hall of Fame
 

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In case you're new to Hall of Fames and don't know how they work, here are the rules:

1) Everyone who wants to join must state they're joining in this thread and then nominate a film by sending it to me via Private Message. Do not reveal your nomination in the thread! If you wish to join, let me know by September 13th. That will be the loose deadline for this thread, meaning that I'll post all the nominations and you can begin watching and reviewing the films, though you'll still have another week to join this thread before the deadline to join officially arrives (which will be on September 20th, btw).

2) Don't nominate a film which has won a prior Hall of Fame (go to "Movie HALL of FAME Archives & Info" for info on which films have won in the past). Also, your nomination has to be under four hours long.

3) Everyone who joins must watch and review all the films nominated for this thread. You don't have to post a full, elaborate review in this thread for each film, but you do need to say something about each film (write at least a decently sized paragraph for each film and you should be good).

4) The amount of time you have to watch and review all the films for this thread is approximately one week for each film. I'll add a couple extra weeks to account for anyone who may fall behind, but I recommend staying on schedule. Once I get a tally of everyone who's in this thread, I'll put up a deadline for when you have to finish everything by.

5) Once you finish watching and reviewing all of the nominations, PM me with a ranked list (where #1 is your favorite film) of all the films nominated for this thread. The films will be scored based on where they ranked on everyone's lists, with the final reveal happening after everyone has submitted a list.

For example, if your ballot looks like this:

1) Vertigo (1958)
2) Barry Lyndon (1975)
3) Schindler's List (1993)

Vertigo would get 3 points, Barry Lyndon would get 2 points, and Schindler's List would get 1 point. The film which gets the most points wins, the film which gets the second most points will be in 2nd place, and so on.

Nominations:

Deadline: December 15th

Reviews:

Allaby: (12/12) - List Sent
All the President's Men
And Then There Were None
Angel-A
The Celebration
Cinema Paradiso
Daisies
Last Year At Marienbad
Not Quite Hollywood
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Sweet Smell of Success
Tower
The Wizard of Oz

BooBooKittyFock: (5/12) - Didn't Finish
Daisies
Not Quite Hollywood
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Tower
The Wizard of Oz

Citizen Rules: (12/12) - List Sent
All the President's Men
Angel-A
And Then There Were None
The Celebration
Cinema Paradiso
Daisies
Last Year At Marienbad
Not Quite Hollywood
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Sweet Smell of Success
Tower
The Wizard of Oz

edarsenal: (12/12) - List Sent
All the President's Men
And Then There Were None
Angel-A
The Celebration
Cinema Paradiso
Daisies
Last Year At Marienbad
Not Quite Hollywood
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Sweet Smell of Success
Tower
The Wizard of Oz

jiraffejustin: (12/12) - List Sent
All the President's Men
And Then There Were None
Angel-A
The Celebration
Cinema Paradiso
Daisies
Last Year At Marienbad
Not Quite Hollywood
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Sweet Smell of Success
Tower
The Wizard of Oz

PHOENIX74: (12/12) - List Sent
All the President's Men
And Then There Were None
Angel-A
The Celebration
Cinema Paradiso
Daisies
Last Year At Marienbad
Not Quite Hollywood
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Sweet Smell of Success
Tower
The Wizard of Oz

rauldc14: (12/12) - List Sent
All the President's Men
And Then There Were None
Angel-A
The Celebration
Cinema Paradiso
Daisies
Last Year At Marienbad
Not Quite Hollywood
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Sweet Smell of Success
Tower
The Wizard of Oz

seanc: (12/12) - List Sent
All the President's Men
And Then There Were None
Angel-A
The Celebration
Cinema Paradiso
Daisies
Last Year At Marienbad
Not Quite Hollywood
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Sweet Smell of Success
Tower
The Wizard of Oz

Siddon: (12/12) - List Sent
All the President's Men
And Then There Were None
Angel-A
The Celebration
Cinema Paradiso
Daisies
Last Year At Marienbad
Not Quite Hollywood
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Sweet Smell of Success
Tower
The Wizard of Oz

SpelingError: (12/12) - List Sent
All the President's Men
And Then There Were None
Angel-A
The Celebration
Cinema Paradiso
Daisies
Last Year At Marienbad
Not Quite Hollywood
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Sweet Smell of Success
Tower
The Wizard of Oz

ueno_station54: (12/12) - List Sent
All the President's Men
And Then There Were None
Angel-A
The Celebration
Cinema Paradiso
Daisies
Last Year at Marienbad
Not Quite Hollywood
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Sweet Smell of Success
Tower
The Wizard of Oz

Wyldesyde19: (12/12) - List Sent
All the President's Men
Angel-A
The Celebration
Cinema Paradiso
Daisies
Last Year At Marienbad
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Not Quite Hollywood
Tower
Sweet Smell of Success
The Wizard of Oz

Re: 26th Hall of Fame
 

In!

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Sign me up!

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There's already three of us in here. Yay!

We've been waiting:D

Gotta admire the enthusiasm then :)

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In!

In!

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Yay, we're up to 5 people now!

I’ll figure out my nomination late tonight today.

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Btw, jiraffejustin is in as well.

Spoiler alert. I was planning a pro wrestling thing where the match starts and then all of a sudden the lights go out and my music hits and the crowd goes wild. Then I come in and my nom places like 5th.

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I'm in!

I won't be able to do this one. Hopefully, I can do the next one or the one after that. Have fun, everybody.

Good, I don't even want you around here anyways!

Jk, you're awesome. Hope to see in the next one :up:

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Quick question: Somebody nominated a mini series which meets the 4-hour limit, but I'm not sure if that would be allowed here. Would that one work?

As far as I know, mini series weren’t allowed previously.

https://www.movieforums.com/communit...=52323&page=47




It's your call, precedent was set with World on a Wire which has been nominated in Person Rec threads.


https://www.movieforums.com/communit...73#post2192573

Oops, I stand corrected. Thanks Siddon! 👍

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Hm, I suppose we could allow it, as long as everyone else is fine with it. After all, it does meet the 4 hour requirement.

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I decided to allow Siddon's rec.

Up to you of course. I don't mind watching as long as it's available for free somewhere on the internet. Is it?

Yep, it is. Let me know if you need a link.

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There's only one thing you could call a miniseries that I've ever liked so I hope its that one lol.

I would be very surprised if anyone dislikes my nomination, I always try and take a different approach but I always nominate something that I consider a masterpiece.

I'm looking forward to your nomination. I think it will bring some nice variation to this HoF.

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I'm in.

Might take me until tomorrow to decide my nom.

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I might change my nom to an episode of Friends, is that allowed:D

Know what? I think I’m going to with my third choice.

Only if you say that Harold and Maude is great :)

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Also, I've seen 6 of the 9 nominations so far.

:eek: Gosh I hate that movie. But I should rewatch it, just to found out for sure.

Impressive. And that means most all films I haven't seen.

I mean if I really wanted to push it I would try and make you guys watch this...though it's sadly to esoteric for most of you



https://cdn7.cachefly.net/images/lar...c-ID7325BR.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG0BhElVt8U

Hopefully not mine

I’m in

Nope, it's not. I haven't even heard of your nom before. It looks interesting though.

Cool. It was nominated in a previous Hall but I think a lot of this group wasn't in it. I wasn't the one who nominated it either.

I'll counterprogram that with an episode of It's Always Sunny.

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Packers vs. Patriots Super Bowl 31 is my pick

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I went with the Undertaker/Mankind Hell in a Cell match.

As God as my witness, he is broken in half!

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In reality though hopefully it's a nice decade spread again.

So far, it's pretty diverse. Here's the current decade split:

1920s: 1
1930s: 1
1950s: 1
1960s: 2
1970s: 1
1990s: 1
2000s: 1
2010s: 2

Will miss being in but I've only had time to watch 2 movies in the last month and a half. Have fun guys!

Bummer you can't join. Only 2 movies in a month and half, damn you must be working two jobs?

That's fair. I hope to see you in the next one though!

I'm liking it!

Is there any chance that you could do the reveal tomorrow (Wednesday)? Seeing how there's still a week to join after the official reveal, no one would be left out. I don't know about anybody else but I'm rearing to go!

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Love the spread of decades -- very nice!

Sure, I'll do that.

Selling my house

Well the market is red hot, so hope you get a bundle!

Do you know about what time? I'll have some free time during the day so hopefully can be online.

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Hopefully we can get a couple more yet. Just an FYI I'll be gone Sunday- the following Monday so I won't get started right away unless I somehow sneak one Saturday.

Probably when I wake up, so around 11 AM EDT (hopefully, that's the right time zone for Michigan).

Perfect!

Also, even if I reveal them tomorrow, I take it that the deadline to join of September 20th won't change.

We should tag some people.

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Hopefully Cosmic or Takoma join yet

Sounds good to me🙂

@Takoma11

Would you be interested in joining?

@CosmicRunaway

Also, would you like to join us as well?

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Very down for the early reveal. Pretty much have to watch everything this month.

Tak is probably waiting to see what’s revealed before she decides.

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Shoot, you could reveal them right now and I'd be fine and dandy with it.

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Jesus, you MoFo's just don't stop!



(when's the deadline to join in?)

September 20th.

I'll probably just stick with tomorrow morning, but I appreciate the enthusiasm :up:

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Just rewatched my pick to get a head start. It's all downhill from here baby!

Actually, without spoiling anything, at least one of the nominated films won't be downhill for you ;)

With the 2000s Countdown coming up, I'm surprised that there weren't more movies from the 2000s nominated.

GBG, you joining? 🙂

No, I'll be focusing on 2000s movies for the next few months. But I'll be following the thread, and I might watch some of the movies if they sound interesting.

Join bro!

I hope to see you in some future HoFs :)

My taste in movies seems to be different from other MoFos, so I'm careful about which HoFs I join, but I usually follow the HoF threads.

Just to give you an idea, this is my list of potential movies for the 2000s Countdown so far, (in no specific order yet). If you look closely, you'll notice that there are no horror or foreign language movies on it.

Aye, I see. I think our taste in film (or, at least, 2000's era films) is really different, but it's still cool that you'll be following this thread from the sidelines.

Possibly. Despite graduating years ago, I'm going back to University to do another program, and today's the first day of classes. I'm waiting to get my course outlines so I can gauge how busy I'm going to be for the next couple months.

I'm only going to be working 4 days a week going forward though thanks to an awkwardly timed lab slot, so I should be fine to participate.

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Also, are all the pictures visible?

Looks good

My thoughts on the nominations:

All the President's Men: Overall, I'm a pretty big fan. The acting and the story progression are all top notch. Looking forward to a rewatch.

And Then There Were None: Haven't seen it.

Angel-A: Haven't seen it.

The Celebration: My nomination. I watched it during the foreign language film countdown we had here and was really blown away by it. I might even rate it a 10/10 this time around. Hopefully, the rest of you will respond well to it :)

Daisies: I saw it once a while ago. I enjoyed it as a curiosity, but felt it flew over my head. Hopefully, I get more out of it this time around.

Last Year At Marienbad: This is another film I saw a while ago, but felt it flew over my head. Given what I've read about it over the years though, I think I'm better equipped for it, so I'm looking forward to it.

The Passion of Joan of Arc: It's a brilliant film for a handful of reasons and I'm excited to revisit it for this thread.

Sweet Smell of Success: I saw this once a while ago, but I barely remember it.

Tower: Haven't seen it.

The Wizard of Oz: I saw this a few times as a kid, and loved it back then. I've been meaning to revisit it for a while, so I guess now's the time to do it. Hopefully, I respond well to it.

https://www.movieforums.com/communit...chmentid=81080 https://www.movieforums.com/communit...chmentid=81081
Had a feeling this is what it was.

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Strong and interesting line-up thus far. :up:

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Also, while you can start watching the films now, remember that you have till September 20th to join.

Well look at that I got two noms...very happy to see Tower in a proper Hall. It's heartwarming when people nominate films that I had nominated for them.

And Then There Were None (2015) is my pick and let me explain why I choose this one. The story has been adapted many times yet the film versions have never really worked mostly because of age and time constraints. This is more of a cinematic version told in chapters with a top of the line cast that doesn't feature stars.

All The Presidents Men (1976) saw it years ago not really that impressed by it but I always meant to rewatch it as an older man.

Wizard of Oz (1939) I think some people hate this movie but it's likely the front runner. I wonder if I can find a 4k version but something I look forward to revisit.

Last Year At Marienbad (1960) great French New Wave nomination, definitely worth the rewatch I might actually start with this one.

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1927) Dreyer shows up again...y'know wasn't a fan of this one when I first saw it but I'll give it fair chance.

The Daisies (1966) I remember it being very short and fun.

Sweet Smell of Success (1955) good film...don't know if this is a top film but the rewatch will decide if I love this film or not.

Angel-A (2005) I think this visually stunning but I never watched it

Celebration (1998) VInterberg is a favorite of mine and after The Hunt won I'm happy to see another one of his films make the rounds.

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I'll probably add a couple of these films to the list of films I'd be okay with winning this whole thing, but from the jump I'd prefer my film or The Wizard of Oz winning. The Passion of Joan of Arc is one of the greatest films of all-time directed by one of the greatest directors of all-time. It is iconic, a large part of that due to one of the greatest acting performances of all-time, made even more legendary by the fact that Falconetti was not a prolific actress. She shows up here to drop a nuke on us and then she peaced out.

The Wizard of Oz is classic and belongs in the hall eventually. I don't think I've seen any of the others. I'm most looking forward to Marienbad and Daisies.

EDIT: I've seen Sweet Smell of Success and it's pretty damn good too. I'd rather the other two I mentioned before win, but I wouldn't be angry at this one taking it.

:blart:

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All the President's Men - Never heard of this. Doesn't look like my kind of thing but it being from the 70s gives me hope.

And Then There Were None - This looks like some Netflix trash ngl.

Angel-A - I don't actually know anything about this but its one of those movies I *almost* rented from Blockbuster countless times when I was in high school. Jazzed to see what I've been missing out on.

The Celebration - A film I maybe would have gotten to in my own time eventually. Never seen anything from Vinterberg but this is definitely the first of his I'd watch.

Daisies - My pick! A top 10 all time for me and I can't imagine someone stuffy enough to actually dislike it. Its just fun.

Last Year at Marienbad - Now this should be right up my alley but I've bounced off it once before so who knows??

The Passion of Joan of Arc - Can't see this not winning by a colossal landslide. And it should.

The Sweet Smell of Success - No idea. Expectations low.

Tower - No idea but that poster is horrendous.

The Wizard of Oz - Never seen this as an adult. I know the technical aspects will be fun at least.

I jumped the gun and watched my pick last night so I guess I'll write a few sentences about why it rules.

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Daisies (Věra Chytilová, 1966)

No art has meaning. The idea of a work of art having a meaning has always been a grift to attempt adding value to a piece. The "meaning" in every film ever made boils down to "Hey, what if I took [insert societal concern or philosophical musing] and presented it like this, that would be cool" and what rocks about Daisies is that it never feels like its pretending to be more than that. This film has some unambiguous themes of rebellion, gender roles and the bourgeoisie lifestyle but Chytilová doesn't try to present these as anything more than they are: building blocks. She extrapolates those themes into fun ideas for scenes, like everyone else does but just does it in such an honest, unpretentious way with the goal of simply being entertaining.

Above all else, Daisies is cool and fun. Every frame of it. And if you're making a film and its not cool or fun as often as humanly possible, you flat-out did it wrong. The presentation is so bold that there's nothing to really unpack. It's just doing cool stuff all the time. Just look at it, it rules. The two leads are super iconic and they're a joy to watch. Everything about the film is a joy to watch. An all-timer without doubt.

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@SpelingError I'll need that link to Siddon's nom that you mentioned and I'll take any other links you or anyone else has...Save me some time looking:D

Sent!

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Oh, for anyone who hasn't seen The Passion of Joan of Arc, its very very worth tracking down the 20fps version.

Could you send me a link to that version? I'm curious.

I'd have to dig around, I just have it on disc but the most recent Criterion release has that version if that makes it easier to track down. Basically just makes the film look normal lmao. Silent era films forced into 24fps always look like they're moving too fast.

EDIT: Found it lol.

Do you know if the version on the Criterion Channel is 24 or 20?

No idea, check the runtime. If it's like 1h36m its the 20fps. The 24fps is a little over 1h20 I think. Would be surprised if they didn't have both since the bluray does.

I don't really have any preconceived thoughts on the noms that I haven't seen, which is most of them.

But I have seen these:
All the President's Men (1976, Pakula)....I've been wanting to rewatch this one as it's been decades since I last saw it.

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928, Dreyer)....seen this recently and very impressed. Always glad to see silent films get nominated.

The Wizard of Oz (1939, Fleming)....Believe it or not, I did not grow up watching this. In fact I've only seen it once as an adult. I liked it.

Sweet Smell of Success (1957, Mackendrick)....One of my favorite movies, I love the characters and the dialogue.

Not seen these and in most case not heard of them:

And Then There Were None (2015, Viveiros)
Angel-A (2005, Besson)
The Celebration (1998, Vinterberg)
Daisies (1966, Chytilová}
Last Year At Marienbad (1960, Resnais)
Tower (2016, Maitland)

I might try and watch the 20fps version of The Passion of Joan of Arc towards the end of the HoF. But I'll post my review from the last time I watched it now.

https://www.movieforums.com/communit...chmentid=56709
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

No denying that this film is powerful! I mean just look at that close-up that is packed with emotion. Scene after scene the forlorn, doomed Joan of Arc's face fills the screen with her misery...we can't escape it. It's uncomfortable watching her in such close detail as she's tormented by her over zealot Catholic persecutors. The dementedly gleeful faces of the Catholic inquisitors are just as potent. They reek of hypocrisy as they set in self serving judgement of Joan who's being persecuted for heresy. We know what horror awaits Joan at the end of the film and that makes her suffering all the worse.

As uncomfortable as we might be watching Joan's plight, that's mere piddleness compared to Joan's torment which ends with this young girl being burnt alive by pious men.