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This is not meant to reject your taste, which is perfectly valid. This is just a rejection at the futility of trying to rank pieces of art.

All the directors I mentioned made world class sound films.

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consider this: if you know that 50 other people are nominating and that it's just round 1 and that it'll only take 3 votes for something to make the cut, you don't spend a lot of time worrying about some massive thing you've left off your nomination list (like, say, Day for Night) b/c you know it's gonna advance.

if i had left Seven Samurai off my list, you'd all be calling for my head, but it wouldn't have made a damn bit of difference

there's no point is worrying about that until round 2


edit: i hadn't noticed the lack of Eisenstein. i wonder how many people did what i did and said "well, Battelship Potemkin isn't eligible" and forgot about the others? it's easy to do that when only listing 25

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You've got a thing for these Jesus movies.

How did you like the ones acted out by vegetables?

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I have it's true. and a thing about Jesus books too. I find him a deeply intriguing historical figure.

Not enough meat.

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ALL:

consider this: if you know that 50 other people are nominating and that it's just round 1 and that it'll only take 3 votes for something to make the cut, you don't spend a lot of time worrying about some massive thing you've left off your nomination list (like, say, Day for Night) b/c you know it's gonna advance.

if i had left Seven Samurai off my list, you'd all be calling for my head, but it wouldn't have made a damn bit of difference

there's no point is worrying about that until round 2

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Isn't this strategizing kind of silly? Shouldn't you just list the foreign films which are the best in your opinion? Maybe other people will be thinking like you, and some significant films will be left off the ballot, thus making it just another silly film list.

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ALL:

consider this: if you know that 50 other people are nominating and that it's just round 1 and that it'll only take 3 votes for something to make the cut, you don't spend a lot of time worrying about some massive thing you've left off your nomination list (like, say, Day for Night) b/c you know it's gonna advance.

if i had left Seven Samurai off my list, you'd all be calling for my head, but it wouldn't have made a damn bit of difference

there's no point is worrying about that until round 2

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Isn't this strategizing kind of silly? Shouldn't you just list the foreign films which are the best in your opinion? Maybe other people will be thinking like you, and some significant films will be left off the ballot, thus making it just another silly film list.

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maybe if the number of votes needed was higher...say 10

if everyone did that, the list would be much smaller and less interesting and therefore generate less discussion

you'll notice i listed a bunch of the obvious stuff as well. i just didn't spend hours searching everyone to make sure i didn't miss something big, b/c that's what the next round is for

what are the chances that Ikiru doesn't get 3 votes? >1%

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I did notice there's no Tarkovsky...

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I did notice there's no Tarkovsky...

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andrei rublev...

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Not that I'm an expert, but surprising omissions:

The Bicycle Thief

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Yes, I'd place it at #1.

P.S. I think Ladri di biciclette translates to Bicycle Thieves. I won't spoil the film, but the plural title is more appropriate.

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I know some people love Amelie, Tampopo, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Run Lola Run, but compared to many on the list, these are lightweight entertainments.

I'm shocked to see Spirit of the Beehive, one of my favorite films, missing.

I found Sokurov's Mother and Son much more rewarding than Russian Ark. I'm also a bit surprised that Diary of a Country Priest by Bresson isn't on the list.

But, I'm pleasantly surprised to find Rivette's Celine and Julie Go Boating included.

I think I would nominate Claire Denis's Beau travail.

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I think I hated Celine and Julie Go Boating worse than anything I can recall seeing. And there was so much of it!