2007 Criterion Forum Awards

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chaddoli · #76 Post by **chaddoli** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:04 pm

Release of the Year
Days of Heaven
Late Ozu
La Jetee & Sans Soleil
Breahtless
Stranger Than Paradise
Mouchette
Ivan's Childhood
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Ace In the Hole
Mala Noche

Best Eclipse Release
Late Ozu

Best Box Set
Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara

Best Reissue - The Third Man

Best Single Supplement (not a commentary)
"Actors" - Days of Heaven
"Q & A with Jim" - Night on Earth
Kirk Dougless Interview - Ace in the Hole

Best Package Design
Breathless

Best Surprise
The First Films of Samuel Fuller

Forum Member of the Year
zedz

reaky · #77 Post by **reaky** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:07 am

Release of the Year
ACE IN THE HOLE

Best Eclipse Release
RAYMOND BERNARD

Best Box Set
MONSTERS AND MADMEN

Best Reissue
THE THIRD MAN

Best Single Supplement (not a commentary)
The James Sanders piece on NAKED CITY

Best Package Design
MONSTERS AND MADMEN

Best Surprise
MONSTERS AND MADMEN

Fletch F. Fletch · #78 Post by **Fletch F. Fletch** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:42 am

Release of the Year:
1. Days of Heaven
2. Two-Lane Blacktop
3. House of Games
4. Stranger Than Paradise
5. Ace In the Hole

Best Eclipse Release:
The First Films of Samuel Fuller

Best Box Set:
Monsters and Madmen

Best Reissue:
The Third Man

Most Disappointing Release:
Border Radio

Best Commentary:
House of Games (David Mamet & Ricky Jay)

Best Single Supplement (not a commentary):
Jim Jarmusch's Q&A on the Night on Earth DVD

Best Package Design:
Two-Lane Blacktop

Best Surprise:
Cria Cuervos

Forum Member of the Year:
HerrSchreck - for somehow managing to channel the Gonzo spirit of Hunter S. Thompson from beyond the grave...

GringoTex · #79 Post by **GringoTex** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:07 pm

Suggestions on how long we should leave voting open?

Lemmy Caution · #80 Post by **Lemmy Caution** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:34 pm

Release of the Year:
1. Ace In the Hole
2. Berlin Alexanderplatz
3. The Threepenny Opera
4. The Two of Us
5. WR: Mysteries of the Organism

Hon. Mention: Two-Lane Blacktop (don't have it yet)

Best Eclipse Release:
Raymond Bernard

Best Box Set:
Paul Robeson: Portraits of an Artist

Best Reissue:
--

Most Disappointing Release:
Night on Earth
Otherwise the most disappointing thing was that I already had more than a dozen 2007 CC releases.
2006 was a better year.

Best Commentary:
Ginette Vincendeau -- Army of Shadows
(I listen to few commentaries, but this one caught my attention and was very good)

Best Single Supplement (not a commentary):
Phil Jutzi's Berlin Alexanderplatz

Best Package Design:
Days of Heaven

Best Surprise:
WR: Mysteries of the Organism

Forum Member of the Year:
I don't know, I usually pay more attention to avatars than names (picture-fixation, I guess)
But I did learn a lot from Gregory, the Michaels (B, plain Michael & Kerpan) + Scharphedin2.

colinr0380 · #81 Post by **colinr0380** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:54 pm

GringoTex wrote:Suggestions on how long we should leave voting open?

To the end of the year? Maybe people might vote over the holidays!

Galen Young · #82 Post by **Galen Young** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 2:05 pm

Release of the Year
1. Breathless
2. Mouchette
3. Berlin Alexanderplatz
5. WR: Mysteries of the Organism / Sweet Movie
5. House of Games

Best Eclipse Release
Early Bergman

Best Box Set
Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara

Best Reissue
The Third Man

Best Commentary
David Mamet & Ricky Jay on House of Games

Best Single Supplement (not a commentary)
Hole in the Soul on WR: Mysteries of the Organism

Best Package Design
The Threepenny Opera

Best Surprise
Raymond Bernard

denti alligator · #83 Post by **denti alligator** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 2:59 pm

Release of the Year

Paul Robeson: Portraits of an Artist
The Threepenny Opera
Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara
La Haine
49th Parallel

Best Eclipse Release

The First Films of Samuel Fuller

Best Box Set

Paul Robeson: Portraits of an Artist

Best Reissue

The Lady Vanishes

Most Disappointing Release

Mouchette

Best Commentary

Threepenny Opera

Best Single Supplement (not a commentary)

Jutzi's Berlin Alexanderplatz

Best Package Design

Berlin Alexanderplatz

Best Surprise

Martha Graham: Dance On Film

Forum Member of the Year

kinjitsu and Michael B

Richard Cranium Award

numbers dude

NABOB OF NOWHERE · #84 Post by **NABOB OF NOWHERE** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:16 am

Fletch F. Fletch wrote:Forum Member of the Year:
HerrSchreck - for somehow managing to channel the Gonzo spirit of Hunter S. Thompson from beyond the grave...

Gonzoshreck? Some bizarre slavering mutant Weimar-Nippon monster ?

Fletch F. Fletch · #85 Post by **Fletch F. Fletch** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:20 pm

NABOB OF NOWHERE wrote:
Fletch F. Fletch wrote:Forum Member of the Year:
HerrSchreck - for somehow managing to channel the Gonzo spirit of Hunter S. Thompson from beyond the grave...
Gonzoshreck? Some bizarre slavering mutant Weimar-Nippon monster?

Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

#86 Post by **kinjitsu** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:56 pm

colinr0380 wrote:
GringoTex wrote:Suggestions on how long we should leave voting open?
To the end of the year

Ditto that. I'm not even close to compling a list...

GringoTex · #87 Post by **GringoTex** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:34 pm

kinjitsu wrote:
colinr0380 wrote:
GringoTex wrote:Suggestions on how long we should leave voting open?
To the end of the year
Ditto that. I'm not even close to compling a list...

Then Voting will end Dec 31 or thereabouts.

fiddlesticks · #88 Post by **fiddlesticks** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:19 pm

Release of the Year

1. Breathless
2. The Burmese Harp
3. Ivan's Childhood
4. Two-Lane Blacktop
5. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Best Eclipse Release

Late Ozu

Best Box Set

Late Ozu

Most Disappointing Release

Brute Force

Best Commentary

Ginette Vincendeau, Army of Shadows

Best Single Supplement (not a commentary)

The book accompanying Sansho the Bailiff

Best Package Design

Ace in the Hole

Best Surprise

Two-Lane Blacktop

SheriffAmbrose · #89 Post by **SheriffAmbrose** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:11 pm

Release of the Year

1. Cria Cuervos...
2. Ace in the Hole
3. Breathless
4. if...
5. Sweet Movie

Best Eclipse Release

Malle

Best Box Set

-------

Best Reissue

The Third Man

Most Disappointing Release

-------

Best Commentary

I only listened to Soderbergh and Gilroy on The Third Man and it wasn't bad.

Best Single Supplement (not a commentary)

Call me crazy but I liked Chambre 12... on Breathless

Best Package Design

The Threepenny Opera, I really dug that cover illustration.

Best Surprise

Cria Cuervos...

Forum Member of the Year

Janet Bergstrom lol

Richard Cranium Award

125100 although there's a part of me that thinks that he totally freaked it.

jorencain · #90 Post by **jorencain** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:36 pm

Release of the Year:
1) Berlin Alexanderplatz
2) Army Of Shadows
3) Sansho The Bailiff
4) The Threepenny Opera
5) The Burmese Harp

Best Eclipse Release:
Carlos Saura's Flamenco Trilogy

Best Box Set:
Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara

Best Reissue:
The Third Man

Most Disappointing Release:
Vengeance Is Mine

Best Single Supplement (not a commentary):
Fassbinder directing "Berlin Alexanderplatz"

Best Package Design:
Berlin Alexanderplatz

Best Surprise:
49th Parallel

Richard Cranium Award:
125100

M · #92 Post by M » Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:29 pm

Release of the Year
1. Days of Heaven
2. Berlin Alexanderplatz
3. Army of Shadows
4. Bicycle Thieves
5. Breathless

Best Eclipse Release
Raymond Bernard

Best Box Set
Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara

Most Disappointing Release
Border Radio

Best Commentary
Ginette Vincendeau, Army of Shadows

Best Re-issue
The Third Man

Best Single Supplement (not a commentary)
The book accompanying Bicycle Thieves

Best Package Design
Days of Heaven

Best Surprise
Raymond Bernard Eclipse set

Buttery Jeb · #93 Post by **Buttery Jeb** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 1:49 pm

First off, didn't really do more than dabble in the Eclipse sets ("Phantom India" and a couple of the Saura films). So, no picks from those.

Best Release:
1. "Ace in the Hole"
2. "Army of Shadows"
3. "Berlin Alexanderplatz"
4. "Breathless"
5. "Paul Robeson: Portraits of an Artist"

Best Box Set: "Paul Robeson: Portraits of an Artist"

Most Diappointing: "Stranger Than Paradise" (just didn't feel that it really did justice to such an important film, even with "Permanent Vacation" as an extra)

Best Commentary: "if...." (McDowell gets much love with his commentaries this year; Mamet and Ricky Jay were a close second)

Best Re-issue: "The Third Man"

Best Single Supplement: the '30s "Berlin Alexanderplatz"

Best Design: the Darwyn Cooke covers for "Monsters & Madmen"

Best Surprise: "House of Games"

Richard Cranium Award: Buttery Jeb (hey, I never win anything...)

-BJ

geoffcowgill · #94 Post by **geoffcowgill** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:18 pm

Pardon for interrupting, but where are the results for the previous polls? On the locked archive thread it goes from voting to comments on the results for 2006 without the actual results being available.

colinr0380 · #95 Post by **colinr0380** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:30 pm

geoffcowgill · #96 Post by **geoffcowgill** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:53 pm

Thanks. Sorry I wasn't more observant.

Eurotrash · #97 Post by **Eurotrash** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 4:17 am

Release of the Year
1. Ace in the Hole
2. The Burmese Harp
3. If....
4. Bicycle Thieves
5. La Jetee/Sans Soleil

Best Eclipse Release
Raymond Bernard box set

Best Box Set
Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara

Most Disappointing Release
Border Radio

Best Commentary
Ginette Vincendeau, Army of Shadows

Best Re-issue
The Third Man

Best Single Supplement (not a commentary)
Mystery Train on The Lady Vanishes

Best Package Design
Days of Heaven

Best Surprise
Two-Lane Blacktop

The Elegant Dandy Fop · #98 Post by **The Elegant Dandy Fop** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 4:42 am

Release of the Year
1. The Threepenny Opera, hard choice as so many great films were out this year.
2. La Jetee/San Soleil
3. House of Games
4. Cria Cuervos
5. Mala Noche

Best Eclipse Release
Late Ozu

Best Reissue
The Third Man (was it really necessary though?)

Most Disappointing Release
Sweet Movie (I thought it was going to be so much better)

Best Commentary
House of Games

Best Single Supplement (not a commentary)
Hole in the Soul on WR: Mysteries of the Organism disc

Best Package Design
La Jetee/Sans Soleil

Best Surprise
Mala Noche

Forum Member of the Year
HerrSchreck.
As much as I love you guys, this man is great! Great humor and consistently great posts.

Richard Cranium Award
I want to say 125100, but maybe everyone knows something I don't. Did he or not find the film? Besides the, the bashing of all things seventies wasn't a good move, nor was the Hitler avatar.
If he does find the film, I elect the one guy who enjoyed Siamese cats.

skuhn8 · #99 Post by **skuhn8** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:31 pm

Release of the Year (tough as I haven't been able to buy very many this year)
1. Ace In the Hole
2. The Threepenny Opera
3. Two-Lane Blacktop
4. Mala Noche
5. Green for Danger

Best Eclipse Release
Late Ozu (only one I've bought so far so not a fair vote perhaps)

Best Reissue
The Third Man

Most Disappointing Release
Happy with all the ones I got so far

Best Commentary
Army of Shadows (I have the BFI but same commentary)

Best Single Supplement (not a commentary)
Can't think of any right now

Best Package Design
Two-Lane Blacktop

Best Surprise
Two-Lane Blacktop (but with Mala Noche coming in only a hair behind)

Forum Member of the Year
This is the only non-work related forum that I frequent and the reason i come back again and again is because of the chemistry of its contributors. Some great writing, insights, and the occasional peek into the industry. But on the top of the heated heap I would have to put HerrSchreckino and MichaelB. And who has not run afoul of the cantankerous Schreck? Only keep in mind, here is a guy that manages to digest an amazing amount of cinema, write thorough posts, play music AND handle PR/Marketing for the dogged (sometimes dodgy) operation we have come to know and love for their silents catalogue (I thank Schreck and Tomasso for whetting my appetite for silents). My hats off HerrSchreck! (kersplatt....sniff sniff...I'm taking what their given'/cause I'm schillin for a livin'....burrrrrp).

Richard Cranium Award
Noone here: maybe the Assclown Collective known as Facets?

JabbaTheSlut · #100 Post by **JabbaTheSlut** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 7:01 pm

Release of the Year
1. Army of Shadows
2. Mouchette
3. Cria Cuervos
4. The Two of Us
5. Breathless

Best Eclipse Release
Raymond Bernard

Best Package Design
Breathless

Best Surprise
House of Games