Directors The Thirties Vs. The Forties - A Movie Tournament (1 Viewer)

[george kaplan]

Meet Me in St. Louis

M

 

[Marc Fedderman]

Abstain
Stray Dog

I love Meet Me in St. Louis, but haven't seen 42nd Street yet.

The second match-up is very difficult. Two great films. I went with Stray Dog, because I think Kurosawa does a marvelous job of conveying the post-war zeitgeist of a thoroughly defeated nation. The oppressive heat seems palpable and utterly fitting. It's also a great crime film infused with Kurosawa's samurai ethos. I wonder how different it would have been had it had been made years later and didn't need to be vetted by the American occupiers.

 

[Adam_S]

Meet me in St. Louis
abstain (no dog)

 

[SteveGon]

My votes: abstain (been too long since I've seen either) and M (very tough).

Meet Me in St. Louis and M advance.


Round 1 - Bracket 17

The Wizard of Oz vs. A Matter of Life and Death


Round 1 - Bracket 18

The 39 Steps vs. The Third Man

 

[george kaplan]

I've got my TIVO set to record A Matter of Life & Death tomorrow night, but for now I'll abstain (I expect to like it, but I doubt if it'll climb over Wizard of Oz).

The 39 Steps

 

[Brook K]

Planning on recording it too, though I keep cutting the endings off movies. Happened again with The 49th Parallel last week. I can't get my VCR to switch off "SP" so I need to start using longer running tapes. Yes, I know I need TIVO.

The Third Man

 

[Bill McA]

A Matter of Life and Death
The 39 Steps

 

[Adam_S]

Matter of Life and Death
third Man

 

[Andrew_Sch]

Abstain

The Third Man

 

[Walter Kittel]

abstain
The Third Man

- Walter.

 

[SteveGon]

My votes: The Wizard of Oz and The Third Man.

A Matter of Life and Death and The Third Man advance.


Round 1 - Bracket 19

Freaks vs. Out of the Past


Round 1 - Bracket 20

Mutiny on the Bounty vs. How Green Was My Valley

 

[Marc Fedderman]

Out of the Past
How Green Was My Valley very close

 

[george kaplan]

Out of the Past

Mutiny on the Bounty

 

[Walter Kittel]

Out of the Past
Mutiny on the Bounty

- Walter.

 

[Brook K]

Out of the Past
Mutiny on the Bounty

 

[Adam_S]

Out of the Past
How Green Was My Valley

 

[Bill McA]

Freaks
The Mutiny on the Bounty

 

[SteveGon]

My votes: Freaks and Mutiny on the Bounty.

Out of the Past and Mutiny on the Bounty advance.


Round 1 - Bracket 21

The Bride of Frankenstein vs. Notorious


Round 1 - Bracket 22

It Happened One Night vs. Yankee Doodle Dandy

 

[Adam_S]

Notorious

Yankee Doodle Dandy (barely)

 

[george kaplan]

Notorious

It Happened One Night