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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
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My ballot:

1. Vertigo
2. Bicycle Thieves
3. The Green Years
4. Chimes at Midnight
5. Les Miserables
6. American Movie
7. The Long Goodbye
8. About Elly
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
Amazing! I'm now 2/2 in HOFs. I am going to...

Amazing! I'm now 2/2 in HOFs. I am going to retire undefeated... :)

Kidding, but I may take a break from #26. We'll see! Thanks to everyone for participating and especially to Citizen Rules for...
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
Shocking. Far better than many films on this list.

Shocking. Far better than many films on this list.
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
I just posted the last one. It took awhile to...

I just posted the last one. It took awhile to write. Ballot incoming.
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
Vertigo (1958) I saved the best for last. ...

Vertigo (1958)

I saved the best for last.

A few preliminary thoughts before getting into it.

I concede that I have a deep personal tie to this film. I first saw it in a library in college...
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
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Black KKKlansman (2018)

This is the second time I’ve seen this film and my impression hasn’t meaningfully changed. This is a fun, entertaining film that occasionally gets extremely serious, is...
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
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The Long Goodbye (1973)

This is a fine, fascinating, difficult film. It is suffused with social commentary, atmosphere, mood, and genre conventions at the expense of story. In this case, the...
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
Whiplash (2014) Good, not great. Crackerjack...

Whiplash (2014)

Good, not great. Crackerjack performances and impressive, technical work on the drumming (which is a lot harder to fake in a movie than piano!) but thematically messy. The film...
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
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American Movie (1999)

I was pretty sure I’d seen this before but when I watched it I didn’t remember a single thing about it, so, given how awesome and memorable it is, it’s possible I was...
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
So glad to hear it. Win win. Thanks for the nom!

So glad to hear it. Win win. Thanks for the nom!
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
Yep, it's called Les Mousserables and I PMed you...

Yep, it's called Les Mousserables and I PMed you the YouTube link. Description from the Sesame Street YouTube page:

"Jean Bon-Bon is a very sad French guy in pursuit of cookies in the streets of...
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
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Les Misérables (1935)

This is more like it.

A preface: I have zero experience with this classic. I haven't read the book or seen any of the adaptations, either film or stage. About the longest...
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
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Themroc (1973)

Now I like satire as much as the next guy - maybe more...but this...

Wow. Talk about unwatchable! This was SUCH a slog - unbelievably slow for the first 15 minutes and then just...
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
Fair enough. I understand, my words could...

Fair enough. I understand, my words could certainly have been chosen better.
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
By "realistic," I mean a human being, not her...

By "realistic," I mean a human being, not her situation or her "character," which is defined by little but her looks and hysteria.

It's one thing for the people in the film to objectify her. It's...
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
I think you are misunderstanding me here. I'm not...

I think you are misunderstanding me here. I'm not saying she needs to be anything or have any particular aim or focus. I am saying the film gave her zero characterization and treated her like an...
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
No, I want her to be a realistic character with...

No, I want her to be a realistic character with an internal life not a symbol for the director to use like everyone else uses her in this film.
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
I get that and my first thought was along the...

I get that and my first thought was along the lines you laid out, but as the film went on this reading fell away for me for a few reasons. First, we got no testimony from Dominique at trial and no...
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
It's tempting to read this redemptively as you...

It's tempting to read this redemptively as you suggest, but the problem is Dominique only has a single line indicating her humanity. Even if you think this is a critique of male behavior (something I...
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
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La Vérité (1960)

I was predisposed to liking this. I have a 4-year old daughter named Verity! Unfortunately, that was not enough to overcome the outrageous misogyny and moral depravity of this...
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
The Green Years (1963) Quietly tremendous. ...

The Green Years (1963)

Quietly tremendous.

I am sure this is the type of film that rewards multiple viewings. Through most of the film, I felt that it was a bit slow and even somewhat boring....
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
me too please?

me too please?
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
Sundays and Cybele (1962) What can I say...

Sundays and Cybele (1962)

What can I say about this one that probably hasn't been said somewhere else in the thread? The story of an unlikely relationship between a 30-year old amnesiac air force...
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
Chimes at Midnight (1965) Another second...

Chimes at Midnight (1965)

Another second viewing. Another greater appreciation.

Most creative Shakespeare adaptations try the Bard’s words against a new setting. The best among them shed...
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25th Hall of Fame
Posted By rbrayer
Bicycle Thieves (1948) I watched this many...

Bicycle Thieves (1948)

I watched this many years ago and I confess that I didn’t get the hype. It is a fairly straightforward story after all: man recovers his bike from a pawn shop because he...

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