Match Cut Madness 2: Best of the 90s

[megladon8]

Torque will be the winner of the 2000s. Let's be real.

This made me laugh.

[megladon8]

I love the 70s too but I totally understand Duke's reasoning.

[baby doll]

In terms of Hollywood cinema (since that's pretty obviously what we're discussing here, rather than the New German Cinema or the independent films of Cassavetes, Jost, and Rappaport), the 1970s is an exceptionally overrated decade and it's still leagues better than any decade since. With the sole exception of Billy Wilder's Avanti!, even the best Hollywood films of the decade--McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Barry Lyndon, Days of Heaven--lack the synthesis of narrative, technique, and meaning that ones finds in the best studio-era films: Make Way for Tomorrow, Only Angels Have Wings, Notorious, Letter from an Unknown Woman, Johnny Guitar, The Tarnished Angels, Wild River. Hollywood directors today are more interested in being Genius Auteurs than they are in storytelling and craft.

[dreamdead]

Pulp Fiction vs. Boogie Nights
Goodfellas vs. Fargo

[Idioteque Stalker]

1970s will be interesting though. And maybe the better way to go, IMO

We will eventually get there, but it will be a while.

[transmogrifier]

I know it will lose, but at least seeing Boogie Nights being competitive makes me happy. Such a great film.

[Dukefrukem]

Aw, why? The 70's is my favorite decade in Hollywood history, bro...

We talked about this in another thread recently and I can't remember which one but I despise the aesthetic. Feels like I'm watching everything through a screen door.

[Ezee E]

Definitely don't think Godfather will win. Although I could see I and II making the Elite Eight.

Godfather
Star Wars
Taxi Driver
Apocalypse Now

[baby doll]

Predictions for the 1970s:

• Bildnis einer Trinkerin (Ulrike Ottinger, 1979)
• Bush Mama (Haile Germia, 1979)
• Ceremonies (Oshima Nagisa, 1971)
• Cuadecuc, vampir (Pere Portabella, 1971)
• Duvidha (Mani Kaul, 1973)
• Geschichtsunterricht (Danièle Huillet/Jean-Marie Straub, 1972)
• Ici et ailleurs (Jean-Luc Godard/Anne-Marie Miéville, 1976)
• India Song (Marguerite Duras, 1975)
• Red Psalm (Miklós Jancsó, 1972)
• The Scenic Route (Mark Rappaport, 1978)
• Serene Velocity (Ernie Gehr, 1970)
• Der Tod der Maria Malibran (Werner Schroeter, 1972)
• The Traveling Players (Theo Angelopoulos, 1975)
• W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (Dušan Makavejev, 1971)
• Xala (Sembène Ousmane, 1975)
• Zorns Lemma (Hollis Frampton, 1970)

[Idioteque Stalker]

Predictions for the 1970s:

• Bildnis einer Trinkerin (Ulrike Ottinger, 1979)
• Bush Mama (Haile Germia, 1979)
• Ceremonies (Oshima Nagisa, 1971)
• Cuadecuc, vampir (Pere Portabella, 1971)
• Duvidha (Mani Kaul, 1973)
• Geschichtsunterricht (Danièle Huillet/Jean-Marie Straub, 1972)
• Ici et ailleurs (Jean-Luc Godard/Anne-Marie Miéville, 1976)
• India Song (Marguerite Duras, 1975)
• Red Psalm (Miklós Jancsó, 1972)
• The Scenic Route (Mark Rappaport, 1978)
• Serene Velocity (Ernie Gehr, 1970)
• Der Tod der Maria Malibran (Werner Schroeter, 1972)
• The Traveling Players (Theo Angelopoulos, 1975)
• W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (Dušan Makavejev, 1971)
• Xala (Sembène Ousmane, 1975)
• Zorns Lemma (Hollis Frampton, 1970)

You forgot the years '77 and '74. I can only assume you meant to include Saturday Night Fever and the original Gone in 60 Seconds.

[baby doll]

You forgot the years '77 and '74. I can only assume you meant to include Saturday Night Fever and the original Gone in 60 Seconds.

Unlikely. Match Cut has a well-known bias against crime movies and macho dramas about ethnic New Yorkers.

[Philip J. Fry]

Aw, why? The 70's is my favorite decade in Hollywood history, bro...

First time I've seen this forum.

[StuSmallz]

First time I've seen this forum.

It's got some good people there (some of whom you may even remember from other places), definitely.

[Idioteque Stalker]

24 hours left to vote in the Final Four! These last two rounds are quick.

[megladon8]

In terms of Hollywood cinema (since that's pretty obviously what we're discussing here, rather than the New German Cinema or the independent films of Cassavetes, Jost, and Rappaport), the 1970s is an exceptionally overrated decade and it's still leagues better than any decade since. With the sole exception of Billy Wilder's Avanti!, even the best Hollywood films of the decade--McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Barry Lyndon, Days of Heaven--lack the synthesis of narrative, technique, and meaning that ones finds in the best studio-era films: Make Way for Tomorrow, Only Angels Have Wings, Notorious, Letter from an Unknown Woman, Johnny Guitar, The Tarnished Angels, Wild River. Hollywood directors today are more interested in being Genius Auteurs than they are in storytelling and craft.

Make Way for Tomorrow is one of the most heartwrenching films I have ever seen.

I've only seen it once, and while I loved it enough to count among some of the best I've ever seen, I have yet to muster the strength to watch it again.

Brutal stuff.

[DFA1979]

Pulp Fiction and Goodfellas get my votes.

[DFA1979]

The 1970s rules. I'll take the decade that set multiple standards in different genres, please.

[DFA1979]

Torque will be the winner of the 2000s. Let's be real.

God willing. Now that's real cinema.

[Idioteque Stalker]

The Final Four is now closed. Here are MC's results:

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Pulp Fiction vs. Boogie Nights
Goodfellas vs. Fargo (UPSET + BLOWOUT)

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[Idioteque Stalker]

Voting for the Championship/Losers Bracket is now open! The Losers Bracket match-up is to determine 3rd place. Vote now by posting in this thread or sending me a PM.

Championship
Pulp Fiction vs. Goodfellas

Losers Bracket
Boogie Nights vs. Fargo

Voting closes in three days!

[Dukefrukem]

Shame on all of you for voting in Goodfellas.

[Dukefrukem]

Championship
Pulp Fiction vs. Goodfellas

Losers Bracket
Boogie Nights vs. Fargo

[baby doll]

Championship
Pulp Fiction vs. Goodfellas

Losers Bracket
Boogie Nights vs. Fargo

[Idioteque Stalker]

I'm with BD on this one. Sorry Duke.

Championship
Pulp Fiction vs. Goodfellas (ouch)

Losers Bracket
Boogie Nights vs. Fargo (yawn)

[Peng]

Championship
Pulp Fiction vs. Goodfellas

Losers Bracket
Boogie Nights vs. Fargo