It's time to get the organs out and finish off the cycle that began so long ago and create the one remaining MoFo 'time period' list that is missing from the cinematic collection .... for those movies made prior to 1930.
From the early works of the Lumière Brothers that ushered in the cinematic age in the late 19th Century through to the wondrous emergence of the early 'Talkies' in the late 1920s any and all films prior to 1930 will be eligible no matter their duration. It is a sad fact that a lot of films from this period were lost to later generations but thankfully many have survived and whether your genre of interest be drama, comedy, sci-fi, horror etc. there are treasures to be found amongst them.
Early film may not be a period that is of interest to everyone, I'll freely admit to having my own struggles with the 'Silent Era' at times, but it's an important one in the cinematic universe and who knows what the medium would be like today without it. The pioneers of cinema had to experiment and innovate to bring their visions to life and I think the least we can do to honour them is add what we feel are the best of their works to the MoFo lists section.
Rules and Other Boring Important Stuff to Remember
- Any film is eligible that was released prior to 1930 (in other words must be dated 1929 or earlier on IMDb)
- You must have been a member for at least one month in order to submit a list
- You're submitting a voting list of what you consider to be your personal top 25 films that you've seen, from before 1930
- Lists should be clearly labelled as to the order of preference for the movies to facilitate the allocation of points (25 pts for 1st choice down to 1 pt for 25th choice)
- When voting for foreign language films, please include both the English and original language title (where applicable)
- If tales or events have been split into more than one cinematic part on IMDb (e.g. Die Nibelungen) each individual part should be regarded as a single entity (i.e. perfectly fine to include just one part on a ballot but if wanting to include more than one they each need to occupy one position on the ballot)
- Please also indicate the year of release (as shown on IMDb) for all nominations so that votes are attributed to the right film where there is more than one possibility
- All lists are final so please triple-check you are happy with them before sending them in
- Please don’t share any part of your list until the films have been revealed on the countdown, I really would hate to have to disqualify any of your votes
- All lists should be PM’d to myself with the title "[Your Username] - MoFo pre-1930 List"
- Partial lists (those with ten or more but less than 25 films on) will only be accepted from Sunday, September 1st
- The deadline for all lists will be 9am (IST/BST) on Sunday, October 6th (4am Eastern; 1am Pacific)
Movies will need to feature on at least 2 submitted lists and garner a minimum of 25 points in total to become eligible for the countdown. The minimum countdown produced will be a Top 25 but will be scaled up to a Top 50/75/100 should enough movies meet the eligibility.
Finally, I hope the resultant countdown manages to avoid any subsequent accusations of recency bias in its content (yes, I'm looking at you @Captain Spaulding)
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Siddon
Kaplan
Thursday Next
GulfportDoc
TokeZa
donniedarko
ahwell
mark f
Yoda
SURISURI
the samoan lawyer
Holden Pike
Citizen Rules
Chypmunk
Loner
rauldc14
edarsenal
cricket
jiraffejustin
Nope1172
Hashtagbrownies
re93animator
Fabulous
Iroquois
Captain Spaulding
sarah f
Frightened Inmate No. 2
Daniel M
Nostromo87
MovieMeditation
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