The Killers (Siodmak) (no contest) The Royal Tenenbaums (Horse's Mouth is fun too) Cries & Whispers (3 Women is my fav Altman though) The Shop On Main Street (kind of tough) La Strada (Not really a fan of either) Fishing With John (Using the patented George Kaplan "Which would I rather watch again" method...The Willem Dafoe Ice Fishing bit is comedy gold) Winter Light
My votes The Killers (Siodmak) a favorite The Horse's Mouth Cries and Whispers - absolutely hated 3 Women The Shop on Main Street Sid & Nancy Abstain - no Fishing with John Winter Light - not wild about either
The Killers (Siodmak) over The Killers (Siegel) 5-0
The Royal Tenenbaums over The Horse's Mouth (3-3) via coin toss
Cries and Whispers over 3 Women 2-1
The Shop on Main Street over Night and Fog 3-0
La Strada over Sid & Nancy 4-2
Nanook of the North over Fishing with John 2-1
Winter Light over Diary of a Country Priest 4-0
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A Story of Floating Weeds vs. Floating Weeds
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The Element of Crime vs. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
A Story Of Floating Weeds The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse 8 1/2 (Contempt is outstanding, but can't vote for it in this match) abstain (neither, though I intend to see By Brakhage eventually) Written On The Wind (very tough) Dead Ringers (though if all of Sisters was as stylish as the first 25m, I'd vote Sisters) Mon Oncle (I LOVE Withnail, but Mon Oncle is my favorite Tati. They might give me equal laughs, but Mon Oncle is on a different level of moviemaking)
My votes Floating Weeds - toss-up, seen one Ozu seen em all The Testament of Dr. Mabuse - not even close 8 1/2 Abstain - I'd like to vote against by Brakhage but I was never into the Beastie Boys Rebecca - not even close though not counted to avoid a tie Dead Ringers Withnail and I - Tati is insanely overrated
A Story of Floating Weeds over Floating Weeds 2-1
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse over The Element of Crime 4-0
8 1/2 over Contempt 4-0
by Brakhage over Beastie Boys Video Anthology 1-0
Written on the Wind over Rebecca 3-23 people were obviously inebriated when they voted yesterday Dead Ringers over Sisters 4-1
Casting my votes too early in the morning for booze--still I'm pretty sure that both Brook and Jim will disagree with at least one of my votes. Something I consider a major accomplishment.
For All Mankind And The Ship Sails On... (Not even an anti-L'Avventura vote, I love And The Ship Sails On..., might even go so far as to put it 4th on my Fellini list)
The Lady Eve Yojimbo The Red Shoes Ali: Fear Eats The Soul Closely Watched Trains