Yearly Consensus - 1930 (Deadline Sep 2, 9pm PST)

[Spinal]

Submit your five favorite films and five favorite performances from this year and in a week I will give you a top ten in both categories. IMDb dates will be used.

The point system is as follows

1st Place-5 points
2nd Place-4 points
3rd Place-3.5 points
4th Place-3 points
5th Place-2.5 points

10.5 pts will be required to make either list.

There will be no restrictions on short films.

There will be no distinction made between male and female performances.
There will be no distinction made between lead and supporting performances.
Voice acting can be considered a performance.


I would like to be able to count votes as they come in. This means that if you change your vote, you need to make a new post. Please quote your old list and then add your new list so that I can easily track the changes. I will not be looking for edits. Once you make a post, consider your vote cast.

You may begin now.

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[Spinal]

EDIT: Crap, Blood of a Poet is 1932 now. Have to sit this one out.

[soitgoes...]

1. Salt for Svanetia (Kalatozov)
2. The Blue Angel (von Sternberg)
3. Earth (Dovzhenko)
4. City Girl (Murnau)
5. L'Âge d'or (Buñuel)

HMs: Westfront 1918, People on Sunday, Under the Roofs of Paris and À propos de Nice

1. Marlene Dietrich, The Blue Angel
2. Dita Parlo, Au bonheur des dames
3. Charles Farrell, City Girl
4. Emil Jannings, The Blue Angel
5. Mary Duncan, City Girl

[Spinal]

Hmmm ... yes. Might be time to finally watch The Blue Angel.

[soitgoes...]

EDIT: Crap, Blood of a Poet is 1932 now. Have to sit this one out.What have you seen?

There's this (http://www.ubu.com/film/hammid_bez.html) or this:

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[Spinal]

What have you seen?


L'age d'or
All Quiet on the Western Front
City Girl
Under the Roofs of Paris
Juno and the Paycock

Only feel strongly enough about the first two.

[soitgoes...]

L'age d'or
All Quiet on the Western Front
City Girl
Under the Roofs of Paris
Juno and the Paycock

Only feel strongly enough about the first two.
Yeah, watch The Blue Angel if you have the time this week otherwise watch the Vigo short above.

[Derek]

1. Earth (Alexander Dovzhenko)
2. L'Âge D'or (Luis Buñuel)
3. Á Propos de Nice (Jean Vigo)
4. City Girl (F. W. Murnau)
5. All Quiet on the Western Front (Lewis Milestone)

[soitgoes...]

I would be extremely happy if one other person besides myself and Brights watched Salt for Svanetia before the week is out. I will do as Brightside did and offer up KG ratio for this to be seen.

[Raiders]

1. L'Age D'or
2. Westfront 1918
3. City Girl
4. The Blue Angel
5. Earth

HM: A propos de Nice, Morocco

[Melville]

1. The Blue Angel
2. Animal Crackers
3. Swing You Sinners!
4. Morocco

1. Marlene Dietrich, The Blue Angel
2. Marlene Dietrich, Morocco
3. Groucho Marx, Animal Crackers

I'll try to watch that Kalatozov before the deadline.

[baby doll]

Films:
1. À propos de Nice (Boris Kaufman / Jean Vigo)

2. Morocco (Josef von Sternberg)
3. L'Âge d'or (Luis Buñuel)

1930 movies I haven't seen but want to:

Earth (Aleksandr Dovzhenko)
Sous les toits de Paris (René Clair)
That Night's Wife (Yasujiro Ozu)

[Spinal]

3. Swing You Sinners!


Not going to list it myself, but this was well worth watching.

[Russ]

1. L'Âge D'or (Luis Buñuel)
2. Morocco (Josef von Sternberg)
3. City Girl (F.W. Murnau)
4. The Blue Angel (Josef von Sternberg)
5. People on Sunday (Robert Siodmak, various)

HM:

The Dawn Patrol (Howard Hawks)
Earth (Alexander Dovzhenko)
All Quiet on the Western Front (Lewis Milestone)

1. Marlene Dietrich, Morocco
2. Marlene Dietrich, The Blue Angel
3. Vilma Banky, A Lady to Love
4. Douglas Fairbanks Jr, The Dawn Patrol
5. Richard Barthelmess, The Dawn Patrol

EDIT: I forgot one..

[Melville]

Not going to list it myself, but this was well worth watching.
Nice. I love the weird, unmoored energy of Fleischer cartoons.

[Mysterious Dude]

1. Westfront 1918
2. All Quiet on the Western Front
3. L'Age d'or
4. Under the Roofs of Paris
5. City Girl

1. Emil Jannings, The Blue Angel
2. Lew Ayres, All Quiet on the Western Front
3. Wallace Beery, The Big House
4. Mary Duncan, City Girl
5. Charles Farrell, City Girl

I watched People on Sunday, The Blue Angel and À propos de Nice all in the last few days, and none of them made my top five! The Blue Angel is the most disappointing, because I love the art design and the atmosphere, but I find the story pretty dumb.

Blood of a Poet is 1932 now? Too bad, because I expect it to have stiffer competition that year.

[Thirdmango]

Currently at 0 for 1930, so nothing from me.

[baby doll]

Currently at 0 for 1930, so nothing from me.I've seen a couple movies from 1930 (L'Age d'or, The Blue Angel, City Girl, Morocco), but À propos de Nice is the only one I like enough to want to vote for it.

[soitgoes...]

I've seen a couple movies from 1930 (L'Age d'or, The Blue Angel, City Girl, Morocco), but À propos de Nice is the only one I like enough to want to vote for it.

The rub is your vote won't count unless you add two more films.

[B-side]

1. Salt for Svanetia (Mikhail Kalatozov)
2. Á Propos de Nice (Jean Vigo)
3. Morocco (Josef von Sternberg)
4. City Girl (F.W. Murnau)
5. L'Âge D'or (Luis Buñuel)

1. Marlene Dietrich - Morocco
2. Gary Cooper - Morocco
3. Barbara Stanwyck - Ladies of Leisure
4. Mary Duncan - City Girl
5. Charles Farrell - City Girl

[baby doll]

The rub is your vote won't count unless you add two more films.Damn this poll for making me choose between my love for Kaufman and Vigo's masterpiece, and my lack of enthusiasm for relatively minor works by Buñuel and Sternberg.

[baby doll]

Films:
1. À propos de Nice (Boris Kaufman / Jean Vigo)

2. Morocco (Josef von Sternberg)
3. L'Âge d'or (Luis Buñuel)Updated.

[Spinal]

Tell you what ... if you want to put the other two films at #4 and #5 to indicate your lower enthusiasm, I'll allow that.

[Raiders]

Tell you what ... if you want to put the other two films at #4 and #5 to indicate your lower enthusiasm, I'll allow that.

But how is that any different? Or wait, are you counting three-vote ballots still as 5 pts for 1st and not 3.5?

[baby doll]

Tell you what ... if you want to put the other two films at #4 and #5 to indicate your lower enthusiasm, I'll allow that.Alright, let's do that.

[Dukefrukem]

Can't vote. Only have seen Metropolis and All Quiet on the Western Front

[Yxklyx]

1. All Quiet on the Western Front (Lewis Milestone)
2. L' Âge d'or (Luis Buñuel)
3. Hell's Angels (Howard Hughes, Edmund Goulding, James Whale)
4. Prix de beauté (Augusto Genina)
5. The Blue Angel (Josef von Sternberg)

"Performances" huh? This is not a good year for cinema performances....I'm just going to list actors whose scenes I remember well since the actor must have made an impression on me.

1. Emil Jannings (The Blue Angel) - overshadows Dietrich
2. Marlene Dietrich (Morocco) - overshadows Cooper
3. John Wayne (The Big Trail) - great presence
4. Greta Garbo (Anna Christie) - sad and depressed Greta
5. Louise Brooks (Prix de beauté) - shining and shimmering

[Thirdmango]

what are the rest of the years before heading back to 91?

[Spinal]

what are the rest of the years before heading back to 91?

I think we'll make a stop back in 2000 before heading to '91. A little different than what I initially laid out, but I want to get back to one that more people can participate in.

[Thirdmango]

That sounds good. I just want to know if there's 1920? 1910? Just so I know since I can't participate either of those.

[Derek]

Only have seen Metropolis

1927...just in case you were wondering why no one voted for it yet. :)

[Spinal]

That sounds good. I just want to know if there's 1920? 1910? Just so I know since I can't participate either of those.

Threads pre-1930 will look like this:

Pre-1920
1920-23
1924-25
1926-27
1928-29

[Melville]

Threads pre-1930 will look like this:

Pre-1920
1920-23
1924-25
1926-27
1928-29
How about doing the same kind of breakdown of the 1930s? It would allow more people to vote. I'll probably skip much of the 30s otherwise.

[soitgoes...]

How about doing the same kind of breakdown of the 1930s? It would allow more people to vote. I'll probably skip much of the 30s otherwise.
Start watching more old films? ;)

It's already going to be hard for me to compile lists for the twenties. I hope to not have to make tough decisions over what to leave off for another decade's worth of films.

[Melville]

Start watching more old films? ;)

It's already going to be hard for me to compile lists for the twenties. I hope to not have to make tough decisions over what to leave off for another decade's worth of films.
I've tried. Actually I haven't. But I was just using myself as an example (and I've seen more than 5 movies from each year in the 30s, but not that many I'd want to vote for). I think the voter turnout for the 30s was pretty low 4 years ago, and I'd expect it to be significantly lower this time around. We've already got several people dropping out in the 40s and 50s. More votes = more interesting thread to look at.

[soitgoes...]

I've tried. Actually I haven't. But I was just using myself as an example (and I've actually seen more than 5 movies from each year in the 30s, but not that many I'd want to vote for). I think the voter turnout for the 30s was pretty low 4 years ago, and I'd expect it to be significantly lower this time around. We've already got several people dropping out in the 40s and 50s. More votes = more interesting thread to look at.

What bothers me most is that it's become most apparent to me doing these lists at how many people we've lost at this site over the last four years.

[soitgoes...]

Another alternative is to maybe keep the older lists open longer to give people a chance to see some films from those years before they are tallied? Of course I have nothing to do with these, so I'm just throwing out ideas. Spinal should do whatever is best for Spinal.

[Russ]

Yah, it's not easy recruiting new blood, is it? It's not even easy to get different forums to cross-pollinate. All we can do is try.

In the meantime...

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[dreamdead]

1. The Blue Angel
2. All Quiet on the Western Front
3. Animal Crackers

Won't get to City Girl in time, and the others are not gonna happen anytime soon, either. :(

[Spinal]

Sorry about the delay. I should have some time in the next week to catch up.

[Spinal]

Life is busy right now. Would someone like to tally and finish this thread?

[Mysterious Dude]

I'll do this.

[Mysterious Dude]

Favorite Performances of 1930

#3

Emil Jannings, The Blue Angel

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[Mysterious Dude]

Favorite Performances of 1930

#2

Marlene Dietrich, The Blue Angel

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[Mysterious Dude]

Favorite Performances of 1930

#1

Marlene Dietrich, Morocco

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[Mysterious Dude]

Favorite performances of 1930:

1. Marlene Dietrich, Morocco (18)
2. Marlene Dietrich, The Blue Angel (14)
3. Emil Jannings, The Blue Angel (13)

Not quite:

Mary Duncan, City Girl (8.5)
Charles Farrell, City Girl (8.5)

No other performances received more than one vote.

[Mysterious Dude]

Favorite Films of 1930

#7

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Earth

Director: Alexander Dovzhenko

Country: USSR

[Mysterious Dude]

Favorite Films of 1930

#6

http://www.etudogentemorta.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Jean-Vigo-a-propos-de-nice.jpg

À propos de Nice

Director: Jean Vigo

Country: France

[Mysterious Dude]

Favorite Films of 1930

#5

http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/inside_out/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Morocco-1.jpg

Morocco

Director: Josef von Sternberg

Country: USA

[Mysterious Dude]

Favorite Films of 1930

#4

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All Quiet on the Western Front

Director: Lewis Milestone

Country: USA

[Mysterious Dude]

Favorite Films of 1930

#3

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City Girl

Director: F.W. Murnau

Country: USA

[Mysterious Dude]

Favorite Films of 1930

#2

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The Blue Angel

Director: Josef von Sternberg

Country: Germany

[Mysterious Dude]

Favorite Films of 1930

#1

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L'âge d'or

Director: Luis Buñuel

Country: France

[Mysterious Dude]

Favorite Films of 1930

1. L'âge d'or (30)
2. The Blue Angel (22.5)
3. City Girl (16.5)
4. All Quiet on the Western Front (15.5)
5. Morocco (14.5)
6. Á Propos de Nice (12.5)
7. Earth (11)

Not quite:

Salt for Svanetia (10)
Westfront 1918 (9)
Animal Crackers (7.5)

2008 poll:

1. L'Âge d'or (Buñuel)
2. All Quiet on the Western Front (Milestone)
3. The Blue Angel (von Sternberg)
4. Earth (Dovzhenko)
5. Animal Crackers (Heerman)
6. The Blood of a Poet (Cocteau)
7. Morocco (von Sternberg)
8t. À propos de Nice (Vigo)
8t. Westfront 1918 (Pabst)
10. Hell's Angels (Hughes)