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I would have guessed either Yuma, or, more likely, Naked for you, MV
Really? I mean, the title and the first few words of IMDb's description "Parallel tales of two sexually obsessed men..." certainly pique my interest, but I've never seen Naked.



You can't win an argument just by being right!
Don't quite understand nominating foreign films while the other foreign film Hall of Fame is going.
Americans tend to forget that their films are foreign to non-Americans.
OH yeah I never quite got that head in the sand approach to life. It used to be the Brits who thought their teen tiny country was the centre of the universe.



OH yeah I never quite got that head in the sand approach to life. It used to be the Brits who thought their teen tiny country was the centre of the universe.
The center of the Hall of Fame is to binge these films and when you watch 15 foreign films 1/3rd of which are over 2.5 hours you don't really want to even look at another reading exercise.

And that is quite the ironic comment based on the fact you aren't contributing to either Hall of Fame and you don't know what I nominated.



You can't win an argument just by being right!
OH yeah I never quite got that head in the sand approach to life. It used to be the Brits who thought their teen tiny country was the centre of the universe.
The center of the Hall of Fame is to binge these films and when you watch 15 foreign films 1/3rd of which are over 2.5 hours you don't really want to even look at another reading exercise.

And that is quite the ironic comment based on the fact you aren't contributing to either Hall of Fame and you don't know what I nominated.
It came up on my feed so I read. Neiba's post and replied to it. I did not even see who neiba was replying to or what the thread was until after I posted. Further to that, I had absolutely zip knowledge the rules were that outsiders could not post. Is this a secret society? That's awesome. Can I jump in? How do I gain membership? Maybe you can advocate for me. 😎



Maybe my nomination wasn't as obvious as I thought? It's from a decade that I tend to favor and stars an actor that I favor. It's also a genre I've nominated before.

Then again, it also stars an actor that I hate.



Maybe my nomination wasn't as obvious as I thought? It's from a decade that I tend to favor and stars an actor that I favor. It's also a genre I've nominated before.

Then again, it also stars an actor that I hate.
Letters from Iwo Jima obv.



Women will be your undoing, Pépé
Really? I mean, the title and the first few words of IMDb's description "Parallel tales of two sexually obsessed men..." certainly pique my interest, but I've never seen Naked.
Always thought you've seen that for some odd reason.



Waterloo Bridge: Looks good.
Mr. Freedom: This looks amazing!
They Shoot Horses Don't They: Sounds like a high-concept film, I love those.
Poison for the Fairies: This looks great.
Naked: Another beloved film I have yet to watch.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer: Hmmm, the only way to judge it is to watch it.
3:10 to Yuma: I'm not exactly a western guy, but this looks fun.
Three Monkeys: Have no idea what to expect.
Frances Ha: Looks good.

Call Me By Your Name:One of my favourites.
Wait Until Dark: One of the most intense thrillers I've ever seen.

Will post a review of these soon.



My guesses:

Waterloo Bridge - Citizen
Wait Until Dark - Hashtag
Mr Freedom - Siddon
They Shoot Horses Don't They - Cricket
Poison For The Faires - Pahak
Naked - Neiba
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - Edarsenal
3:10 To Yuma - Miss Vicky
Three Monkeys - Okay
Frances Ha - Raul
Call Me By Your Name - MovieMad

I've seen three. Naked is one of my favourite films. Watched Frances Ha for the first time this year and loved it, not sure how it will hold up though and i totally get anyone hating it as it's easy to hate Frances. Liked Call Me By Your Name a lot but it's probably not a film i'd watch again anytime soon at least.





Mr. Freedom is a vicious satire of Americana, Vietnam War, and now Super Hero movies. It was made by a pair of ex-patriots, William Klein (director) and John Abbey (star). Klein fills the screen with incredible low budget imagery, you have to marvel at the sheer amount of work Klein put into several scenes. If you can imagine Wes Anderson in the 1960's you can understand what Klein was going for.

The story is far from perfect, it loses steam at the end. Klein clearly loves building this comic book world and ripping apart America. Then again it's important to recognize this film was shot in 1968 and released in 1969. So this was made as a response to when the war turned against the US after the Tet offensive and My Lai massacre.

But while the Vietnam war metaphor stuff has aged a bit the commentary on commercialism, racism, sex, american idea of exceptionalism and politics has become even more profound. This movie is about 20-30% Easter Eggs that begs you to revisit and pause to get all the little jokes Klein slips in here and there.




movies can be okay...
Classic misdirection, saw Citizen pull off this trick earlier too. Y'all don't fool me
Yeahhhh. cricket gave it away by posting the youtube link
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Women will be your undoing, Pépé
My guesses:

Waterloo Bridge - Citizen
Wait Until Dark - Hashtag
Mr Freedom - Siddon
They Shoot Horses Don't They - Cricket
Poison For The Faires - Pahak
Naked - Neiba
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - Edarsenal
3:10 To Yuma - Miss Vicky
Three Monkeys - Okay
Frances Ha - Raul
Call Me By Your Name - MovieMad

I've seen three. Naked is one of my favourite films. Watched Frances Ha for the first time this year and loved it, not sure how it will hold up though and i totally get anyone hating it as it's easy to hate Frances. Liked Call Me By Your Name a lot but it's probably not a film i'd watch again anytime soon at least.
excellent guess, camo! That IS my nom!



Pahak...Poison for the Fairies ( I know nothing about Pahak's movie taste, so he gets this movie as my guess)
You and @Camo are correct. I suppose it helps that I've mentioned the film couple of times already and it's in my top films on the site I don't yet know people enough to make my own guesses.

Two other films I've already seen at some point are 3.10 to Yuma (don't remember much but I think it was OK) and Perfume (this was pretty good, I Think). Will probably watch one of the movies tonight.



You and @Camo are correct. I suppose it helps that I've mentioned the film couple of times already and it's in my top films on the site I don't yet know people enough to make my own guesses.
I didn't even realize it was in your top ten, i just wrote down the ones i knew for sure then guessed the rest.

May as well spoil it since several of you have revealed your noms, Raul said all of mine are correct