MC Consensus: Iberian Rhapsody

[Spinal]

Submit your FIVE TO TEN favorite films from Spain (or Portugal or Andorra if you know of any) and .... eventually .... I will give you a top TEN TO TWENTY. Films should have Spain, Portugal or Andorra listed as a country of origin in IMDb.

The point system is as follows

1st Place- 10 points
2nd Place - 8 points
3rd Place - 7 points
4th Place - 6 points
5th Place - 5 points
6th Place - 4.5 points
7th Place - 4 points
8th Place - 3.5 points
9th Place - 3 points
10th Place - 2.5 points

(Point system is weighted to give your top film a boost and to minimize the discrepancy between the films in the bottom half of your list.)

There will be no restrictions on short films. A list must have five films to be eligible. If you list more than ten films, I will assume that the top ten films are the ones you want to receive points. If you do not list your films 1-10, I will assign the points from the top on down.

If you decide to edit your ballot, please make a new post indicating the changes. I will give at least 24 hours warning before tallying votes.

If, for some reason, you would like to like to submit your ballot via private message, I will accept those as well. However, your ballot will be revealed after the final results are posted.

You may begin now.

[Yxklyx]

1. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodóvar)
2. Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Julio Medem)
3. In the City of Sylvia (José Luis GuerÃ*n)
4. Sex and Lucia (Julio Medem)
5. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Pedro Almodóvar)
6. Cria Cuervos (Carlos Saura)
7. Matador (Pedro Almodóvar)
8. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Pedro Almodóvar)
9. Volver (Pedro Almodóvar)
10. Viridiana (Luis Buñuel)

[Grouchy]

1. Talk to Her
2. Dying of Laughter
3. That Obscure Object of Desire
4. Lovers of the Arctic Circle
5. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
6. Viridiana
7. Voyage to Nowhere
8. Common Wealth
9. Matador
10. Torrente

[Raiders]

1. La caza [The Hunt] (1966)
2. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
3. Cria Cuervos (1976)
4. Las hurdes [Land Without Bread] (1933)
5. El Sur (1982)
6. O Sangue (1989)
7. Bad Education (2004)
8. Viridiana (1961)
9. Horse Money (2014)
10. El extranjo viaje [Strange Voyage] (1964)

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11. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
12. Peppermint Frappe (1967)
13. Talk to Her (2002)
14. Colossal Youth (2006)

Bizarre that I still have seen nothing from Berlanga. I have had El Verdugo and Welcome Mr. Marshall on my to-see list forever.

EDIT: I didn't even look up Portugal. I forgot Costa! He is now added. This also reminds me that I haven't seen any of Ruiz's Portuguese films.

[baby doll]

1. Dans la ville de Sylvie (José Luis GuerÃ*n, 2007)
2. Cet obscur objet du désir (Luis Buñuel, 1977)
3. The Spirit of the Beehive (Victor Erice, 1973)
4. Mysteries of Lisbon (Raùl Ruiz, 2010)
5. Viridiana (Luis Buñuel, 1961)
6. Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Julio Medem, 1998)
7. Eccentricities of a Blonde Haired Girl (Manoel de Oliveira, 2009)
8. Ossos (Pedro Costa, 1997)
9. The Portuguese Nun (Eugène Green, 2009)
10. Odete (João Pedro Rodrigues, 2005)

[Russ]

Bizarre that I still have seen nothing from Berlanga. I have had El Verdugo and Welcome Mr. Marshall on my to-see list forever.

If I did a list, it would have three from Berlanga, including the two you mentioned. Don't forget about his little-seen gem, Placido.

[Spinal]

1. Viridiana
2. Talk to Her
3. That Obscure Object of Desire
4. Goya's Ghosts
5. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
6. Land Without Bread
7. Bad Education

[Grouchy]

5. Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Sorry, but I think this one is dubious. On Her Majesty's Secret Service is not a Swiss movie.

[Russ]

1. The Executioner
2. Talk To Her
3. The Spirit of the Beehive
4. Viridiana
5. Placido
6. El Sur
7. In a Glass Cage
8. Bienvenido Mister Marshall
9. Tabu
10. Bad Education

[Peng]

1. Pan's Labyrinth
2. The Devil's Backbone
3. Tabu (2012)
4. The Orphanage
5. REC

[Gizmo]

1. Pan's Labyrinth
2. The Devil's Backbone
3. Volver
4. The Orphanage
5. [REC]
6. Goya's Ghosts

[baby doll]

1. Dans la ville de Sylvie (José Luis GuerÃ*n, 2007)
2. Cet obscur objet du désir (Luis Buñuel, 1977)
3. The Spirit of the Beehive (Victor Erice, 1973)
4. Mysteries of Lisbon (Raùl Ruiz, 2010)
5. Viridiana (Luis Buñuel, 1961)
6. Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Julio Medem, 1998)
7. Eccentricities of a Blonde Haired Girl (Manoel de Oliveira, 2009)
8. Ossos (Pedro Costa, 1997)
9. The Portuguese Nun (Eugène Green, 2009)
10. Odete (João Pedro Rodrigues, 2005)

I forgot about Tabu.

1. Dans la ville de Sylvie (José Luis GuerÃ*n, 2007)
2. Cet obscur objet du désir (Luis Buñuel, 1977)
3. The Spirit of the Beehive (Victor Erice, 1973)
4. Mysteries of Lisbon (Raùl Ruiz, 2010)
5. Tabu (Miguel Gomes, 2012)
6. Viridiana (Luis Buñuel, 1961)
7. Lovers of the Arctic Circle (Julio Medem, 1998)
8. Eccentricities of a Blonde Haired Girl (Manoel de Oliveira, 2009)
9. Ossos (Pedro Costa, 1997)
10. The Portuguese Nun (Eugène Green, 2009)

[Grouchy]

7. In a Glass Cage

Ooooh forgot about this one. Amazing film.

[Stay Puft]

1. In the City of Sylvia
2. All About My Mother
3. Talk to Her
4. The Headless Woman
5. Bad Education

[Mysterious Dude]

1. Cria Cuervos (1976)
2. Viridiana (1961)
3. El Bola (2000)
4. O Sangue (1989)
5. Aniki Bóbó (1942)
6. The Devil's Backbone (2001)
7. Blancanieves (2012)
8. Death of a Cyclist (1955)
9. Tabu (2012)
10. Bad Education (2004)

Agora (2009)
Open Your Eyes (1997)

[Yxklyx]

...
4. The Headless Woman
...

This one's Argentine - director, location...

[Lazlo]

1. The Orphanage
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. All About My Mother
4. Talk to Her
5. The Machinist
6. The Sea Inside
7. Bad Education
8. The Skin I Live In
9. The Impossible
10. Biutiful

[Spinal]

We've got a legit top 10. But we've also got a big ugly 4-way tie in the middle of it. Would love to get some more votes.

[baby doll]

This one's Argentine - director, location...

Well, if we're going to count Dans la ville de Sylvie (a French-Spanish co-production set in Strasbourg) as Spanish, it's not too big of a leap to include The Headless Woman as well.

[Grouchy]

I don't think either should count. The Headless Woman is most definitively not a Spanish film. Since international co-productions are so abundant, I think spoken language and setting are the paramount variables.

[baby doll]

I don't think either should count. The Headless Woman is most definitively not a Spanish film. Since international co-productions are so abundant, I think spoken language and setting are the paramount variables.

What then about Cet obscur objet du désir, where the characters move back and forth between Spain and France?

[Spinal]

The only guideline is that the country is listed under IMDb's country of origin. After that, it's voter discretion.

[Grouchy]

What then about Cet obscur objet du désir, where the characters move back and forth between Spain and France?

Good point, but Buñuel's unique sensibilities make it a more Spanish film in story and feel to me.

[dreamdead]

1. That Obscure Object of Desire
2. Tabu
3. Viridiana
4. The Spirit of the Beehive
5. Talk to Her

Hey look, a country that I need to see more quality stuff by. Headless has been on the table for some time--maybe now I'll feel inspired...

[Russ]

Hey Raiders, I saw another Berlanga film -- 1956's The Calabuch Rocket, about a a nuclear physicist who chooses to "drop out" of the international spotlight by settling in (and hoping to blend in) the sleepy coastal Spanish town of Calabuch. This was Edmund Gwenn's final feature film and, as you could imagine, Gwenn (tho his Spanish is dubbed) is an utter delight, and an excellent reason to view yet another stellar Berlanga offering. It wouldn't quite have made my top ten -- but it doesn't miss by much.