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SteveGon

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Suspiria

Abstain - No TPT.
Dersu Uzala
Abstain - No SB.
Vagabond - Tough.
La Strada - By godzillions of miles.
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
 

Brian Lawrence

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abstain - no Cobra Verde

abstain - no Quai des Orfèvres

Persona

abstain - no Dersu Uzala

abstain - neither

abstain - no Time Out, though I saw Vagabond and really did not care for it.

abstain - No La Strada

abstain - neither
 

MartinTeller

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abstain (no GBU)
abstain (no Quai des Orfèvres)
abstain (neither)
abstain (neither)
abstain (neither)
abstain (no Time Out)
abstain (no La Strada)
abstain (no Playtime)

This is very humbling tourney so far.
 

john davies

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The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Suspiria
Persona
Dersu Uzala
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

(no Deuxieme Souffle. Other 2 contests i can't decide/not bothered)

Am i too late for the 3 rounds i missed- with some personal favourites? If not:

Alice in the Cities
Le Boucher (close)
3 Colours White
- (no Fascination, but Mirror is one of the 10 greatest films!)
La Dolce Vita
Le Samourai (close)
Beauty and the Beast
- (no 4th Man)


La Grande Illusion
Nosferatu 22
The Green Ray
-
3 Colours Blue (close)
Pierrot le Fou
Andrei Rublev
Once Upon a Time in the West


The Leopard
Cabinet of Dr Caligari
L'Atalante
-
-
Manon des Sources
Alexander Nevsky
Bicycle Thieves
 

Bill McA

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abstain - no Cobra Verde
abstain - no Quai des Orfèvres, my DVD is still unwatched
The Piano Teacher
Open City

abstain - no Second Breath
Time Out
Dancer In The Dark
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
 

Jim_K

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Sorry John but those rounds are done & over.

You can still list what you would've picked but it won't count.


My votes
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Quai des Orfèvres

Abstain - no Piano Teacher
Dersu Uzala
Second Breath

Abstain
La Strada - what Steve said
Abstain - no Playtime


The Good, the Bad and the Ugly over Cobra Verde 4-0

Suspiria over Quai des Orfèvres 2-1

Persona over The Piano Teacher 5-1

Dersu Uzala over Open City 4-1

Time Out over Vagabond 2-1

La Strada over Dancer In The Dark 5-1

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie over Playtime 5-0

Second Breath & Shoot the Piano Player get tossed

next

Das Boot

vs.

Germany Year Zero

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Black Sunday (1961)

vs.

Stalker

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Le Corbeau

vs.

Tenebre

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Rififi

vs.

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

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La Femme Nikita

vs.

Run Lola Run

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Fistful of Dollars

vs.

Wages of Fear

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The Double Life of Veronique

vs.

Cinema Paradiso

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The Blue Angel

vs.

Breaking the Waves
 

Simon_Lepine

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Abstain - No GYZ
Stalker
Abstain - No Corbeau
Abstain - No dr. Mabuse
La Femme Nikita
Wages of Fear
The Double Life of Veronique
Abstain - No Blue Angel
 

SteveGon

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Germany Year Zero - Very tough.
Stalker
Abstain - No LC.
Rififi - Hate voting against TTEODM. :frowning:
Abstain - Still no RLR.
The Wages of Fear
Cinema Paradiso
The Blue Angel
 

john davies

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Stalker
Le Corbeau
Run Lola Run
The Wages of Fear
The Double Life of Veronique
Breaking the Waves

(no 1000 Eyes of Dr M, and i'm not keen on Gernmany Year Zero or Das boot)
 

Bill McA

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abstain - no Germany Year Zero
Stalker
abstain - no Corbeau
abstain - seen neither
La Femme Nikita
Wages of Fear
Cinema Paradiso
Breaking the Waves
 

Brook K

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This one didn't go quite as well, would have voted for Cobra Verde and Dancer in the Dark not that it would have made a difference.

Germany Year Zero, #1 neo-realist film
Stalker
abstain, no Le Corbeau (coming from Criterion in the Spring)
abstain, no Dr. Mabuse
Run Lola, Run
Fistful of Dollars
abstain, no Double Life
The Blue Angel
 

MartinTeller

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abstain (neither)
abstain (neither)
abstain (neither)
abstain (neither)
abstain (no Lola)
abstain (neither)
abstain (neither)
abstain (no Blue Angel)

I'm having fun watching, though.
 

Jim_K

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My votes
Abstain - only the 2nd half of Germany Year Zero
Abstain - no Stalker
Le Corbeau
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
La Femme Nikita
Fistful of Dollars
Cinema Paradiso

Abstain to avoid a tie


Stalker over Black Sunday 6-0

La Femme Nikita over Run Lola Run 5-2

Wages of Fear over Fistful of Dollars 4-2

The Double Life of Veronique over Cinema Paradiso 4-3

Breaking the Waves over The Blue Angel 3-2 :thumbsdown:

Germany Year Zero, Le Corbeau & The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse get tossed

next

Aguirre: The Wrath of God

vs.

Napoleon (1929)

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Russian Ark

vs.

Children of Paradise

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Amarcord

vs.

M. Hulot’s Holiday

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Ivan the Terrible (Part 1 & 2)

vs.

Day of Wrath

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Princess & the Warrior

vs.

Il Postino

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Three Colors: Red

vs.

Jules et Jim

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Umberto D

vs.

Wild Strawberries
 

Angelo.M

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Children of Paradise (very hard; the last act of Russian Ark is one of the most brilliant and moving sequences of filmmaking I've ever seen [not that the rest isn't great])

M. Hulot’s Holiday

Il Postino

Three Colors: Red

Umberto D
 

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