SteveGon
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Okay, I've come up with what I think would be an interesting movie tournament: Artists on Film. By that, I mean films and documentaries that focus on artists and their creative process, and the trials and tribulations of being an artist. Anyway, the purpose of this thread is to gauge interest in such a tournament. If you're interested in participating, post a reply to let me know. I'd also like to hear suggestions for movies and documentaries to include in the tournament. I'm planning on dividing the tourney into two tiers. Tier one would consist of 16 - 32 fiction films and tier two would consist of 16 - 32 documentaries. Whether I go with 16 or 32 films per tier depends on the feedback I receive. Fiction films will go up against fiction films, likewise for documentaries. The winner of each tier would then go up against each other in the final round. I would alternate tiers during the tourney; that is, one round would match two fiction films against each other, the next would feature two documentaries and so on. I've already come up with a partial list of films that I plan on including. Please let me hear your suggestions! Of course, by "artist", I mean not just painters, but writers, sculptors, filmmakers, musicians, etc. I'll add appropriate suggestions to the list.
Tier 1 - Fiction films
Amadeus
Basquiat
Bird
Camille Claudel
Caravaggio
8 1/2
Immortal Beloved
La Bamba
La Belle Noiseuse
Lust for Life
Moulin Rouge '52
Pollock
Rembrandt
Selena
32 Short Films About Glenn Gould
Van Gogh
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Tier 2 - Documentaries
American Movie
Burden of Dreams
Crumb
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Mystery of Picasso, The
Note: I probably won't start this tournament until my sf tourney is over. You have plenty of time to make suggestions!
Another note: If I don't receive enough suggestions for documentaries, I may just shelve them with the fiction movies and scrap the two-tiered approach...
Tier 1 - Fiction films
Amadeus
Basquiat
Bird
Camille Claudel
Caravaggio
8 1/2
Immortal Beloved
La Bamba
La Belle Noiseuse
Lust for Life
Moulin Rouge '52
Pollock
Rembrandt
Selena
32 Short Films About Glenn Gould
Van Gogh
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Tier 2 - Documentaries
American Movie
Burden of Dreams
Crumb
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Mystery of Picasso, The
Note: I probably won't start this tournament until my sf tourney is over. You have plenty of time to make suggestions!
Another note: If I don't receive enough suggestions for documentaries, I may just shelve them with the fiction movies and scrap the two-tiered approach...