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Twenty four previous, main HoFs have gone before. Each yielding one movie nominee that was voted as best by the committee members and inducted into MoFo's Movie Hall of Fame Archives The HoFs have been going strong for eight years...that's amazing! To date there has been 80 HoFs that have been ran & completed...and of course there are always more starting up. The Movie Hall of Fames have become a main stay at MoFo thanks to those who join them!

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Great work on the visuals CR!!!

I haven't watched anything in like a week because I've been so busy, but I also have a few movies I'd like to nominate it. Call me probable. Incredible picture in the first post up there.

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Glad you guys liked the image. That's the main hall of MoFo's Movie HoF Museum. It's a long, narrow gallery. On the right side of the room (if you were facing the marble plaque) the winners of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd Hofs are shown...the other HoF movies winners 4th to 12th HoFs are also on the right side. On the opposite side is HoF winners 13th to 25th. After that we need a new room built for future Hofs!

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I'm in!

What date do I have to send you my nomination by?

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I'm in. I'll send my nomination in a bit

Good questions...and I was trying to think of everything:p Nominations in by May 1st that's when the HoF will officially start. There's of course 1 week after that for people to join...so plenty of time:)

I'm probably going to join, since I already finished the Asian HoF.

Not sure what I want to nominate though, as I haven't seen anything on my own in awhile. As I said in the other thread, I had previously only watched 3 films this year haha. Might go with a sort of "boring" choice that I think most of you have already seen.

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I'm down. I'll probably figure out my nom sometime today.

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That is an absolute fantastic image, BTW

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Oh boyy....

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I think I've been banned from HoFs hahahaha.

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Ueno_station54 just joined, yahoo! That makes five members so far. Join it'll be fun:)

:pNo one is banned.

Anyone who dropped out of the 24th can join...they would need to watch all the movies, review them and send in a voting ballot at least two weeks before the deadline, then they can nominate a movie.

That way if they drop out again no harm as no one has to watch their nom until they've completed the HoF...that's fair:)

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I just sent my nomination!

Also, I love the picture in the first post of this thread. Nice work!

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Alright, you convinced me. ;) I'm in.

Thanks....one of our noms will be honored to hang in the spot reserved for the 25th HoF...I wonder which one it will be???

Good to have you join:)

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GREAT image, CR!!
Sending in my nom as we speak!

I’m in. I will send my nom tomorrow

I was going to send my nomination, but since we're not starting until the 1st, maybe I'll try to think of something different.

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What's the deadline to decide to join in?

It’s usually a week after the nominations are first announced.

Good to have you all join! I think you all be impressed with the diversity of films we have so far. A nice range🙂

May 8th is the cut off point to join. May 1st is when the HoF will be officially open and the noms revealed.

I don't think this one will be as big as the last one, so it should be easier to do.

I love a nice range of films. Hopefully stays that way.

Actually...I think I am just going to go with my first idea. Most of you have probably already seen it, but it's worth a rewatch given how it's still painfully relevant.

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I am in as well. Is there a theme and/or recommended era, subject, etc. my nomination should fall into for this one?

Nope! You're free to nominate anything, as long as it is within the runtime limit, and hasn't won a previous HoF. It can be any genre and in any language.

Cool. I'll pick one by the end of this week.

What Cosmic just said.

So we have the main (numbered HoFs) which are always a general HoF so open to all movies that haven't previously won. Then we have the specialty (genre or themed) HoFs like the Asian movie or the Russian language movie.

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That is a cracking image CR. Looks superb. I'm hoping to be involved in the Russian HoF so I'll be on the sidelines for this.

Thanks...I just sent my nom into the Russian HoF, I'm looking forward to that one and this one.

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I said I'd be taking a break, but last week has been better on my mind, and I restarted watching films again, so I'm pretty confident I can tackle this and do it more comfortably than the last one. I'm in, nom on the way!

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Yahoo! two more just joined Cricket and Neiba...both sent in two very interesting noms. I tell ya folks we got a great bunch of unique and diversified noms:)

CR, are we tasked with sending in one single movie?

I'm def in, just have to look through and see what's made it thus far

wondering this too - also, are we supposed to avoid anything previously nominated?

You can pick anything that was already nominated, as long as it didn't win!

Just one. It would be great to have you. The full rules/guidelines are on the 2nd post.

Yup, what Neiba said. The full list of all the past HoFs with their winners and nominations are hereon the 2nd and 3rd post:
https://www.movieforums.com/communit...ad.php?t=52323

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We should get some sneak peek preview clues before Saturday :)

This.

That could be arranged. Stay tuned:p

A sneak peek, see if you can guess what our nom are? So far...

• 13 movies
• 6 foreign
• all are 1st time to HoFs, except...
• ...1 was nominated before but removed (the member dropped out)
• 5 movies are from directors who's films have been nom'ed before
• 1 movie was nominated Oscar Best Picture
• I've only seen 1 of the noms, my own!

Decades:
1930s - 1 movie
1940s - 1 movie
1950s - 1 movie
1960s - 4 movies
1970s - 2 movies
1990s - 1 movie
2000s - 1 movie
2010s - 2 movies

I'm going to prioritize watching foreign that I haven't seen in time for the countdown.

You missed the most important category. How many are about murdering pedophile nazi doctors?

I'm going to guess. . . two. Maybe three.

Looks like a good decade distribution to me. The '60s is still my least-explored decade, so I'm looking forward to it.


Just curious, but are the '80s usually stiffed in these? I think there was only one '80s movie in the last one.

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Glad to see a nice fairly well rounded distribution

I'd say films from the 80s are usually pretty well represented in these.

That is a really nice distribution of nominations! I didn't think it was possible, but I'm even more excited for this HoF to start now haha. I guess I could always pre-write something for my own film so I can jump right into another viewing this weekend.

Is this perhaps one of the foreign films?

Nope, it's not a foreign film.

This might be the first HoF where I haven't seen any of the noms, except my own. I seen my nom recently so I won't be rewatching it.

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Could do with a few more foreign films but 4 from the 60's? I'm here for it.

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13 is a pretty good number, but maybe we can get a couple more yet!

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Is @Takoma11 joining us?

...We're off and running! The noms are up on the second post!

The 25th HoF is now officially open.

Deadline will be August 1st.

@SpelingError @rauldc14 @Siddon @ueno_station54 @Allaby @edarsenal @seanc @CosmicRunaway @Torgo @cricket @neiba @rbrayer

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WOO HOO
That IS quite diverse!
I have seen six, including mine. Since I'm on my phone I'll be back later to post my initial thoughts about them all.
This is gonna be GOOD

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That's a good set of nominations! Looking forward to this.

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Looks like a great group of films!

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Very interesting set of nominations, many classics I haven't seen yet and many that are unknown to me.

I might consider joining because of the Open Door policy, but I don't know yet.

Did I say I would? I legit don't remember.

I know I'm doing the Russian HoF.

Anyway, looks like a fun mix of nominees!

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Oh, wow! I have watched a few of these, some of them quite recently:

Themroc: never heard of it.
Bicycle Thieves: watched it a few months ago for the Pers Rec Hof! Great film!
Sundays and Cybele: never heard of it.
Vertigo: one of the few movies I consider to be worthy of best of all time. It's an absolute landmark and absolutely essential to every cinephile. I watched it so many times. Part of my Top 100 and quite high on there, for that matter.
American Movie: oh... I hate this film! I'll rewatch it because it's been years since the last watch, but I don't expect that to change because I remember it quite well and the reasons that made me dislike it didn't change.
Les Miserables: Hoping this is better than the most recent one. Being a cricket nom, I'm optimistic.
Chimes at Midnight: Looking forward to this one!
The Long Goodbye: another very recent watch for the Pers Rec HoF! Cool film!
Whiplash: one of the best films coming out in recent years. Part of my Top 100.
About Elly: never heard of it.
Blackkklansman: watched it last year, didn't care that much for it. I'll give it another try.
The Truth: never heard of it.
The Green Years: by far, my most risky nom to date. I've been thinking about picking a Portuguese film for one of these, but I'm not into Portuguese cinema that much, apart from the documentary scene which is frankly quite good. However, most of our docs are context dependant and people here wouldn't get it because they don't know Portuguese culture. This one is generally considered to be the most important Portuguese film ever made because it started the country's New Wave, and it is also one I enjoy very much, so it had to be this. Maybe it has a shot at the Foreign Countdown, that would be nice.

I've only seen two of these movies...So I have a lot of movie watching to do this time:) We don't have any really long movies, most are at 2 hours, some only 90 minutes, so easy watching!

Perhaps some of these foreign language films will end up on the upcoming Foreign Language Top 100 Countdown I hope everyone of us is sending in a voting ballot for that.

My brief thoughts:

Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica 1948) 1h 29min...My nom, I seen this in the Personal Recommendation III and was blown away by it.

The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman 1973) 1h 52min...Have always wanted to see this and have seen other movies based on the literary character Phillip Marlowe.

American Movie (Chris Smith 1999) 1h 47min....Our only documentary. This was once nominated for the Documentary HoF but the person dropped out and so the movie was removed.

Whiplash (Damien Chazelle 2014) 1h 46min...This movie gets high praise, so I'll be curious to see what it's all about.

About Elly (Asghar Farhadi 2009) 1h 59min...A film from Iran, which makes it pretty interesting to me.

Themroc (Claude Faraldo 1973) 1h 40min..."Made without proper language, just gibberish and grunts" Very intriguing sounding.

BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee 2018) 2h 15min...I recently seen Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing and was amazed at his directorial skill...so I'll be watching to see if he's sharpened his talents since then.

Les Misérables (Richard Boleslawski 1935) (1h 48min) are only 'old' film, old being relative of course as some would consider anything 20th century old. I'm looking forward to this classic.

Chimes at Midnight (Orson Welles 1965) 1h 55min...ahh good ole Orson! I just seen him the other night on an old What's My Line from 1956. Orson was one of the guest panelist and was hilarious! Here's a link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bZL2cNR9ovM (if you're in a hurry skip to the end with the celebrity mystery guest, Greer Garson, and the panelist are all blindfolded.)

Sundays and Cybèle (Serge Bourguignon 1962) 1h 51min...The synopsis sounds promising, sounds like another good one.

The Truth (Henri-Georges Clouzot 1960) (2h 7min)....Brigitte Bardot need I say more!

The Green Years (Paulo Rocha 1963) 1h 31min...I've not heard of it but like the other films it looks promising too.

Vertigo (Hitchcock 1958) 2h 8min...bound to be a favorite here among the members. I've seen it only once and thought it was good but didn't love it like so many others seem to. Maybe a second watch will help?

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Themroc (1973) Dir: Claude Faraldo (ueno_station54) Have not heard of this but with the descriptive "an absurdist comedy" I am happily equal parts hesitant and intrigued.

Bicycle Thieves (1948) Ladri di biciclette (original title) Dir: Vittorio De Sica (Citizen Rules) Well, looks like I'll be finding out what's all the hubbub about this. NICE.

Sundays and Cybèle (1962) Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray (original title) Dir: Serge Bourguignon (Allaby) Sounds like quite the enchanting film.

Vertigo (1958) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock (rbrayer) One of the iconic Hitchcock films I HAVEN'T seen. SWEET.

American Movie (1999) Dir: Chris Smith (SpelingError) Seen this when it came out. Got a few chuckles out of this and looking forward to a revisit.

Les Misérables (1935) Dir: Richard Boleslawski (Cricket) HUGE fan of this version and glad to see cricket thought highly enough of it to nominate it.

Chimes at Midnight (1965) Dir: Orson Welles (Torgo) I actually started watching this some months ago but didn't have time to finish - and now I can!!

The Long Goodbye (1973) Dir: Robert Altman (Siddon) Seen this quite a few times throughout the years including at the drive-in when I was in third grade with three other brothers - to the initial nervousness of my eldest brother who took us to it and was unaware of Marlowe's neighbors and the other situations he didn't think kids should be watching but got too caught up in it to do drive off. I rewatched this last month so I'll be posting a review about it soon.

Whiplash (2014) Dir: Damien Chazelle (Seanc) Been wanting to revisit this since I first saw this a year or so after its release.

About Elly (2009) Darbareye Elly (original title Dir: Asghar Farhadi (Rauldc14) Quite unknown to me but could very well be quite a compelling watch.

BlacKkKlansman (2018) Dir: Spike Lee (CosmicRunaway) Another one I've wanted to revisit and now I get to.

The Truth (1960) La Vérité (original title) Dir: Henri-Georges Clouzot (Edarsenal) I almost went with Rome, Open City but opted for something that may be under a lot of folks' radar.

The Green Years (1963) Os Verdes Anos (original title) Dir: Paulo Rocha (Neiba) Unknown to me but looking forward to rectifying that.

With my recent change in jobs, I was hesitant about my lowered amount of time for viewing films to be able to join in, but I am SO FRICKIN GLAD I did!!
Great List of Noms, EVERYONE!! LOVE the diversity!!

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Os Verdes Anos a.k.a. The Green Years (1963)

I've watched this film in a theatre session some time ago and liked it very much.

For anyone who's into the French new wave and the Italian neo-realism, especially Truffaut, you'll find this is not that different, and that's because during this time, Portugal had a lot of immigrants in France escaping from the dictatorship that ruled over the country and the colonial war we were in against Angola and Mozambique. For that reason, there were obviously some underground influences arriving from France which had a huge influence on what would be called: Novo Cinema Português (New Portuguese Cinema). The Green Years was the film that started that movement.

For starters, the name. "Verdes Anos" is perhaps the most well-known of all Portuguese songs. It was composed and first performed by one of our most brilliant musicians, the great Carlos Paredes, who played an instrument called Portuguese Guitar. Here's Paredes himself playing it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2TLCGcj6y8

The rest of the soundtrack is also played and composed by Paredes, with an interesting variation to the Verdes Anos song: lyrics were written to the purpose of this film, creating a Fado song, which is the national musical style.
(a little curiosity about the instrument: Jimmy Page once said about it: "I have one, but I will never be able to play it. It only obeys the Portuguese soul).

Now, the film. It's mostly shot in Lisbon in beautiful black and white cinematography, and it captures exactly what the city was in the 60s. It deals mostly with the shock young people suffered when moving from the innocent life of the countryside to the big and corrupt city. And that is the main drive to the actions that lead to the dramatic close of this film. There are a few images from Porto, the city where I'm from, which is always nice to see.

It's not a fast film, quite on the contrary, but it's short and quite well directed so the pacing is well held, in my opinion. It's great to see how the characters evolve and how architecture and night/day play a part in it. The acting is not brilliant but quite good for Portuguese standards of this time.

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Hmmm, I've seen three of these...

Bicycle Thieves for the current PR HOF3 and I loved it.

Vertigo is my #1 Hitchcock film and I've seen it a bunch of times.

BlacKkKlansman back when it came out. Thought it was pretty good for the most part, but as unsubtle as it is (subtle is not a word that suits Spike Lee), I thought the ending was a powerful way to cap the message. Wouldn't mind a rewatch...

...If I decide to jump in. Considering I've seen these, I might squeak by. I'll see how the others match up with my personal challenge for May and decide if I'll join.

It appears as though we have an interesting selection of nominations! I've only seen a couple of them, and there's a handful that I've never even heard of. Looking forward to getting started!

Les Misérables (1935) - Though I'm vaguely familiar with the story through pop culture references, I have not watched any of the adaptations (musical or otherwise).

Bicycle Thieves (1948) - I know for a fact that I have seen this, but I don't remember very much about it, so it is long overdue for a rewatch.

Vertigo (1958) - It's also been awhile since I've seen this one. I think the last time was on cable tv with far too many commercial breaks. Looking forward to watching it in full again!

The Truth (1960) - I may or may not have seen this. There was a French film I saw for a class a decade or so ago that I have not been able to remember the name of. This looks like it could be that film. Place your bets now folks!

Sundays and Cybèle (1962) - I don't think I've heard of this film before.

The Green Years (1963) - I've never heard of this one either.

Chimes at Midnight (1965) - Though I was aware of this film's existence, I haven't actually seen it. Looks very intriguing though.

Themroc (1973) - Another one I've never heard of. Based on it's "gimmick", this could be very interesting, or painful to sit through haha.

The Long Goodbye (1973) - Here's another "I may or may not have seen this" film. There are so many noir films I saw clustered together that I can't keep them all straight.

American Movie (1999) - I am not into documentaries, but his one is apparently about trying to make a horror film, so it might actually be up my ally.

About Elly (2009) - It's nice to see an Iranian film nominated!

Whiplash (2014) - I've honestly been meaning to watch this since it came out. Looks like I can finally cross it off my backlog haha.

BlacKkKlansman (2018) - This is my nomination. I rewatched it last weekend and wrote something about it yesterday, so I'll just post that once I get my coffee and reread it.

I have 5 of these on blu ray: Bicycle Thieves, Sundays and Cybèle, Chimes at Midnight, Vertigo, and Whiplash. I have Blackklansman on digital. I've seen The Long Goodbye and used to have it on blu ray, but I think I sold it, because I can't find it anymore. I've seen Les Misérables recently. I have not seen the other films nominated, but they all sound good.

I agree with this. It made quite an impact on my room mate (a man in his 30s), who wept in the theatre when those clips were shown.

I've never heard of The Green Years or Themroc.

I was planning on watching The Truth and About Elly for the countdown already so glad they're here.

I've seen the rest and will comment when I watch again.

Looking forward to it! It's a nice blend of haven't heard of, want to watch and seen it already, but would watch again.

Same. Also, it looks like they're not on DVD or VOD in the U.S. If anyone has an English-subtitled means of viewing either of them (well, looks like Themroc has its own language), please share!

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Streaming guide for anyone interested...

Themroc (1973) - None
Bicycle Thieves (1948) - HBO Max, Criterion Channel, Kanopy
Sundays and Cybèle (1962)
Vertigo (1958) - Watch TCM
American Movie (1999) - Amazon and VUDU (rent)
Les Misérables (1935) - IndieFlix, Flix Fling
Chimes at Midnight (1965) - HBO Max, Criterion Channel
The Long Goodbye (1973) - Tubi, Pluto TV
Whiplash (2014) - Starz, DirecTV
About Elly (2009) - Kanopy, Topic
BlacKkKlansman (2018) - Spectrum on Demand
The Truth (1960) - None
The Green Years (1963) - None

Those are the free options, except for the American Movie one. Many others also have options to rent, though.

I watched American Movie (1999) for the first time today. Directed by Chris Smith, this documentary tells the story of Mark Borchardt, an aspiring independent filmmaker working on a low budget horror film. The film focuses on the challenges he faces and his determination, along with his family and friends. For better or worse, the director allows his subjects to be themselves and this leads to some humorous moments. Mark is an enthusiastic and passionate individual and some of his friends and family are colourful characters too. I didn't feel that the documentary was exploiting or mocking Mark or his family. I was rooting for them and could feel empathy towards Mark on his journey. The film rambles and meanders a little though and goes on too long. Not everything we see was necessary to include and they could have cut out a little here and there. I think American Movie is an interesting and engaging documentary and I'm glad I watched it. My rating is a .

THANKS Thief!!
I actually have a link for my film and will do a group message for everyone for it.
If the message doesn't show up in anyone's inbox, let me know and I'll resend it

Excited about this list! Besides my
own, I have already seen 4 of these (Chimes, Bicycle Thieves, Black KKKlansman, and The Long Goodbye), but only one recently (KKK). It looks like a varied, intriguing mix of movies! Awesome!

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I think I'll skip this one. Just don't feel like another HoF right now. Fortunately, @Allaby nominated a film that gets my approval so you'll hardly even notice my absence.

This will be fun. I already know I won’t be voting my pick #1, because whoever picked The Long Goodbye kicks a$$.

Really looking forward to About Elly, love Farhadi. Second watch of Bicycle Thieves is kind overdue.

Correction: I have also seen American Movie! I’d forgotten! So it will be practically new for me.

Really looking forward to second watches of Bicycle Thieves, Chimes, and The Long Goodbye. I’ve been wanting to see Whiplash forever - I adore JK, so very glad to have the excuse!

Re Vertigo, I have a 25-year relationship with this film, the first Hitch film I ever saw, which spoiled me for the rest, which are almost uniformly great, but not in this class. I was
surprised it only got to #20 in the countdown here as its the Sight and Sound #1 as well as far and away the best film ever made in my humble opinion. I have probably seen it 10-15
times and it honestly gets better each time.

Here's what I wrote on American Movie last year:

American Movie (1999) -

This is one of the few non-well known films I saw before I got into film. Since I wasn't used to slow pacing at all, I struggled quite a bit and, before rewatching it for this thread, I hadn't thought much about it. Now that I've finally sat down to give it another chance though, I've come to the conclusion that it's pretty excellent and criminally underseen.

When I rate and review films I dislike, I rarely think about how dedicated the director could've potentially been to their work while in production or how many hurdles they could've run into in the process of directing that film. More importantly though, I encounter films which fail to give me any insight into the mind of the director who made that film. However, learning about the personal struggles of a director or getting a sense of who the director is can be a really beautiful experience. Since I haven't watched Coven, I can't speak to whether it's a good film or not. However, this documentary reminded me that even if a movie can feel student film-y or misstep a number of times, a lot of work can still be put into that film and the director can also show a strong, overwhelming passion when making it, regardless of how much it shows in the film. Knowing this about the director can cause you to feel more sympathetic towards their work. I find that getting a sense of this is really fascinating and this film evokes this sense in spades. Not only did we get to see how determined Borchardt was in the production of this film, but we also saw him run into a number of obstacles while creating it in addition to several conflicts with other people in his life. Given this knowledge of Borchardt, this induced a truly affecting and strangely personal layer of empathy for him. Also, I say the word "personal", because watching this documentary reminded me a lot of all the times I've watched/read/played something by a close friend of mine. Though I may have my issues with what they make, I often find myself hesitant to point these issues out since I'm really close to that person and am aware of what creating that form of media means to them. Since this documentary did such a thorough job at fleshing Borchardt out and exploring his motivations and aspirations, he felt like a proxy for all the times I've encountered this.

While Mark Borchardt was at the heart of the story, the film also fleshed out a handful of other characters around Borchardt who influenced and shaped him as he went about the production of Coven. The first of which was his mother, who fervently supported him and occasionally went out of her way to help him out with his goal despite having her doubts that he'd ever succeed as a movie director. Knowledge on how she used to fight with Borchardt's father also interested me since it gave a sense of Borchardt's background. Borchardt's best friend Mike was also compelling. Little about his ambitions were known. Like, we knew he was a musician, but we didn't know whether he worked anywhere or if he was unemployed and simply played it on his own accord. Regardless, I appreciated him for his strong dedication to Borchardt, not just in the sense of how he helped him with Coven, but also how he helped him with a number of the films he made when he was younger. His prior struggles with drug addiction were also compelling to learn about. The most interesting of these characters, however, was Bill, Borchardt's uncle. He was elderly, lived alone in a trailer, and had a negative outlook on life in how he constantly expressed his dissatisfaction and indifference towards Borchardt and a number of other things which happened in the film. He seemed to have no ambitions left. In spite of this, however, Borchardt consistently tried to get him involved with the production of his film, perhaps an attempt to help him find happiness given that he recommended this to him at a few points in the film. Bill's final lines really resonated with me as they were the culmination of Borchardt's efforts.

Overall, this documentary was powerful and it lingered with me for a while after finishing it. With documentaries, I rarely find myself eager to rewatch them, but I can definitely see myself watching this one again in the future since it impressed me so much. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend doing so.

Anyways...

American Movie (1999) Already posted my review of this one, but it's one of my favorite documentaries. Not sure how well it will do here, but glad to nominate a documentary since HoF's generally don't get many of them as I've heard.

BlacKkKlansman: One of my favorite films of 2018. Happy to revisit it.

Chimes at Midnight: Probably my favorite Shakespeare adaptation. Happy to revisit this one as well!

Vertigo: That's a top 10 film for me. It's probably going to top my ballot.

Whiplash: One of my favorite films of 2014. Happy to revisit it as well.

Haven't seen the others.

I think it will do well. Pretty sure it finished second to Exit Through The Giftshop in our dc HOF a few years back.

I watched Themroc (1973) today for the first time. Directed by Claude Faraldo, the film has no understandable dialogue. There is only sounds and minimal grunts and gibberish. This is an interesting approach, but unfortunately did not work for me. At all. To pull this off, you have a really interesting story. I didn't find the story in Themroc interesting or entertaining on any level. I was not impressed by the performances and the found the characters dull and severely underdeveloped. The film dragged on and on for what felt like a long time and I was bored for much of it. No offence or disrespect to ueno_station54, but I felt this was a really bad movie. Sorry to say, my rating is .

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Wow! You guys are already pumping out those reviews, very cool. I'll do the usually links to the reviews in the 1st post, later today. Right now back to work for me.

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Guess I'll do the first impressions thing.

Themroc - So for our last HoF I felt kind of lame for just picking my favourite eligible film so this time I picked something I've never seen or even really heard of. Pulled this out of my Letterboxd watchlist (which only had 8 things in it, I should probably use that more), watched like 30 seconds of it and it looked like the kind of bs I'd enjoy.

Bicycle Thieves - Honestly probably wouldn't have ever gotten around to this otherwise so I guess this will at least be a free classic to cross of the list. Expecting it to be solid.

Sundays and Cybele - It's french and from the 60's so it's gonna end up being my #1 I'm sure.

Vertigo - A film I definitely need to see again as I last saw it in high school and I had extremely mixed feelings about it.

American Movie - I remember this being fun but not something I was gonna watch again any time soon. Definitely gonna be an easy, enjoyable watch.

Les Miserable - Something I've lowkey wanted to check out for awhile, so that's exciting. Don't really know anything about Les Miz so this will be my introduction to the musical.

Chimes at Midnight - Citizen Kane and The Other Side of the Wind are both pretty great so I guess I do need to check out more Welles.

The Long Goodbye - After a recent rewatch of 3 Women that really really hit for me I definitely stoked for more Altman.

Whiplash - I thought this was solid at the time. I don't think I'll dig it quite as much this time around though.

About Elly - Farhadi doesn't really make the kind of films I go for from what I've seen but I'm ready to be proved wrong.

BlacKkKlansman - It's alright. Definitely going to be my most reluctant watch of the bunch.

The Truth - What I wrote about Sundays and Cybele but even moreso because of Bridgette Bardot and though I've seen none of his films, every clip of a Clouzot film I've seen looks incredible.

The Green Years - I have no idea what this is but could definitely be my kind of thing and again, it being from the 60's instantly makes me hype for it.

Outside of a few films I could have done without having to watch again this looks like a fun bunch of films with some stuff I'm genuinely stoked to see. I'll watch Themroc tomorrow to see what kind of garbage I've dropped on your laps.

This reminds me of another nomination but I won't say which. I don't recall hearing of this before and I don't think I've seen many Portuguese movies. I bet Lisbon would be a great place to visit. I thought it was similar to Italian films from the same era. I don't want to really say anything about the narrative, even though I don't see it as a plot focused movie. I didn't expect to feel the way I did once it was over. It's an easy watch with a modest runtime. It's one of those movies that gives off an authentic feel of a different time and place. The music is incredible. Knowing what I know now, I believe I'd enjoy and rate it higher with a second watch. Great nomination!

I expected a musical when I watched it but it's not at all. I guess there's musical versions of the same story.

I rewatched Vertigo tonight on blu ray. Directed by my all time favourite filmmaker, the great Alfred Hitchcock, Vertigo stars James Stewart and Kim Novak in a mystery thriller involving passion, obsession, and maybe even murder. I enjoyed Vertigo even more this time around. Stewart is fantastic and Novak is radiant and fantastic with a tricky role. The score is beautiful and the cinematography is gorgeous. Vertigo does some really neat stuff with its use of colour. The screenplay is very clever and the film is relentlessly entertaining. Vertigo has a strong, intriguing beginning and a great ending. My rating is a .

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La Vérité aka The Truth(1960)

Ahhh, sweet, beautiful, intoxicating, free-spirited, Brigitte Bardot. . .

It is Paris. She is young and firmly believes that:
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And, rightfully so.
So she does.
And yet, there are some who think terrible, terrible things.
That she is:
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They declare them, in-depth, in a Courtroom.
At her trial.
For the murder of her lover: Gilbert Tellier (Sami Frey).
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This exceptional Courtroom drama is my second Henri-Georges Clouzot film. The first being Le corbeau (1943). And, as was my experience with Le Corbeau, I am extraordinarily struck by Clouzot's brilliance delving into the "hearsay" of the crowd. Speculation and insinuation dissect young Dominique Marceau (Brigitte Bardot) with relentless precision via the Prosecution's Maître Éparvier (Paul Meurisse)
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Her defense supplied by an empathic Maître Guérin (Charles Vanel)
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An equal in litigious combat.
Both men are clever, unyielding, and at times, sardonic in their judicial "dance" with one another. Ranking them, for me, in the echelon of Courtroom adversaries.

Dominique and the deceased Gilbert's turbulently torrent love affair play out in flashback format. The segues were executed with mercurial efficiency.

Taking from my original review a few months back, I have just, in pure pleasure, watched the end credits of my second watch of this sealed, upper ranking inductee to my Countdown List. I love this film: the nuance, the wit, Clouzot's cinematic composition. I am engaged, and even more so and, most likely, will continue to—the familiarity acting as a catalyst.
Yeah, this puppy is officially Eddie-iified as -- Unlimited Rewatch Member.

Wow, you guys are so fast. Nice 👍

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Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica 1948)


I watched this for the first time in the Personal Recommendation III. It was one of the choices for me and so a big thanks to whoever choose it.


A perfect film for me. It's so well made that it flows effortlessly and the pieces, the individual scenes, they fit seamlessly. I felt like I was right there in the story and that's a feeling I don't get from many films.

Perhaps it was the actors that sold me on the film. The actor who played the father was very much in the moment. Without words he could express his emotions. His angst at having his bicycle stolen which meant losing his job, was palatable. There was no doubt in my mind just how life changing the loss of his bike & job was to him. Then there's his son. Wow, talk about a good kid actor. He doesn't really have many lines, but through the range of emotions that play out on his young face, I could see the desperation of his family in post war Italy. I especially liked the dynamic between the father and the boy and how at times the spacial distance between them grew as tensions rose.

I often love Italian films as they're so full of life. Even if the subject matter is depressing or dark, the films themselves are alive with the movement of life.

I think the director did an amazing job making a simple story seem so personal. Of course this isn't just a story of a stolen bicycle, it's an expose on the hardships faced by the Italians immediately following the end of World War II. We see wide spread poverty with the people fighting for jobs and pawning what few positions they own just so they can have a meal. We see how people cope with the collapse of the economy and it ranges from criminal behavior to charlatanism to prostitution and to standing in long lines for some soup and bread.

Very much my type of film.

Re: 25th Hall of Fame
 

Yeah it is a pretty nice mix here. Although I thought it was stated a best picture winner was among the nominees?

I'm devastated.

Answered my own question. Nominated I see now, not won.

But at least 2 we're nominated :)

About Elly - CONTAINS SPOILERS

This is the first Iranian film I've ever seen, and it did not disappoint. First, talk about suspense! I give it credit for keeping me on the edge of my seat from the seaside incident to the sad revelation of Elly's fate. It's also a breath of fresh air to see a movie do this simply through the power of writing and acting and that my special effect-addled brain took to the attempt. I also found it interesting how Elly's disappearance revealed the true situation amongst the friends, their spouses and their children. It's not such a good sign when everyone's first impulse is to lie and make excuses about what happened - oh, and how telling is it that the children were the least willing to go along with it - instead of being truthful and forthcoming. I also like how the movie is about Sepideh as much as it is about Elly without being obvious about it. From the most uncomfortable scene in the movie - Sepideh's confrontation with husband Amir - to the most bittersweet one - Elly's expressions of joy while playing with the kite - it's one of the most heartbreaking attempts at living vicariously through someone else I can remember seeing in a movie. Speaking of, I don't know how much freedom the Iranian government allows filmmakers, but I do know the country is one of the most patriarchal in the world and thus no doubt takes the institution of marriage seriously. Regardless of what Asghar Farhadi and company could get away with, credit goes to them for producing a movie, and such a good one, that's so critical of the institution and honest in depicting the consequences of when it goes badly.

Again, Iranian cinema had been one of my most glaring blind spots. Thanks to rauldc14 for the strong introduction.