2013 Criterion Forum Awards

[domino harvey]

It is not possible that there could be anyone left on this board who doesn't know where you stand

[Moe Dickstein]

I'm sure there's a few who just joined.

[Perkins Cobb]

Shit, I fed the troll. Sorry.

[Michael Kerpan]

Shit, I fed the troll. Sorry.

This individual may have the _capacity_ to write non-troll posts, but it seems he has little _inclination_ to do so.

[Arrow]

BEST RELEASE
1. Marketa Lazarova
2. A Man Escaped
3. The Life of Oharu
4. Monsieur Verdoux
5. Zatoichi

BEST ECLIPSE
Kobayashi

BEST BOXED SET
Zatoichi

BEST MODERN FILM
Pina

BEST REISSUE
The Tin Drum

BEST UPGRADE
Sansho The Baliff

BEST COVER
The Tin Drum

BEST PACKAGING
Zatoichi

MEMBER OF THE YEAR
stwrt

RICHARD CRANIUM AWARD
RainDogX

[Jean-Luc Garbo]

BEST RELEASE
1. Marketa Lazarova
2. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
3. Seconds
4. The Life of Oharu
5. Medium Cool

BEST ECLIPSE, Kobayashi Against the System

BEST BOXED SET, 3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman

BEST MODERN FILM, Frances Ha

BEST ESSAY, Tom Gunning on Marketa Lazarova

BEST SUPPLEMENT, Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

BEST R1 RESCUE, Badlands

BEST REISSUE, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

BEST DISCOVERY, Seconds

BEST COVER, The Uninvited

SECOND-MOST DISAPPOINTING RELEASE, The Ballad of Narayama for its lack of extras. (Still upset that Apres Mai wasn’t a Criterion release.)

MEMBER OF THE YEAR, David M.

[Gregory]

SECOND-MOST DISAPPOINTING RELEASE, The Ballad of Narayama for its reported technical glitch and lack of extras.

It seems to be present in all versions of the film. In other words, it's built into the film, not a technical glitch in Criterion's release or something they would or could fix.

[Zaki]

BEST RELEASE
1. Seconds
2. Shoah
3. A Man Escaped
4. Safety Last!
5. On The Waterfront

BEST ECLIPSE
None

BEST BOXED SET
3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman

BEST MODERN FILM
Pina

BEST COMMENTARY
Journey to Italy – Laura Mulvey

BEST ESSAY
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp – Molly Haskell

BEST BONUS FILM
My Dad Is 100 Years Old

BEST (NON-COMMENTARY, NON-ESSAY, NON-BONUS FILM) SUPPLEMENT
A Man Escaped - Functions of Film Sound

BEST R1 RESCUE
La Notte

BEST REISSUE
Richard III

BEST UPGRADE
John Cassavetes: Five Films

BEST DISCOVERY
Pierre Etaix

BEST COVER
Marketa Lazarova

BEST PACKAGING
Shoah

SECOND-MOST DISAPPOINTING RELEASE
Fassbinder Eclipse

MEMBER OF THE YEAR
David M. (for his professional and kind advice on everything technical)

RICHARD CRANIUM AWARD
None

[domino harvey]

You can edit your posts and make new posts til today at 5PM EST, at which point I will begin the tallying. Those who wish to PM me their lists have til 5 as well, obv

[swo17]

Having now been through the rest of the year's releases, I've changed several of my votes. If anyone needs to cheat for their own voting purposes, here's the answer key.

[Yakushima]

BEST RELEASE
1. Seconds
2. To Be or Not to Be
3. City Lights
4. Shoah
5. Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman

BEST ECLIPSE
Kobayashi Against the System

BEST BOXED SET
3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman

BEST MODERN FILM
Pina

BEST COMMENTARY
N/A

BEST ESSAY
N/A

BEST BONUS FILM
Pinkus's Shoe Palace

BEST (NON-COMMENTARY, NON-ESSAY, NON-BONUS FILM) SUPPLEMENT
Interview with Volker Schlondorff on "The Tin Drum"

BEST R1 RESCUE
Seconds

BEST REISSUE
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

BEST UPGRADE
Naked Lunch

BEST DISCOVERY
Seconds

BEST COVER
Marketa Lazarova

BEST PACKAGING
Zatoichi

SECOND-MOST DISAPPOINTING RELEASE
N/A

MEMBER OF THE YEAR
Swo17

RICHARD CRANIUM AWARD
N/A

[swo17]

Thief is a 2014 release. Vote for it next year.

[mfunk9786]

TOP FIVE
01. Seconds
02. Zatoichi: the Blind Swordsman
03. The Devil's Backbone
04. Badlands
05. On the Waterfront

BEST ECLIPSE
38 Kobayashi Against the System

BEST NON-ECLIPSE BOXED SET
Zatoichi: the Blind Swordsman

BEST MODERN FILM
Frances Ha

BEST COMMENTARY
The Devil’s Backbone – Guillermo del Toro

BEST 'BONUS FILM' SUPPLEMENT
*no vote in this category*

BEST NON-'BONUS FILM' SUPPLEMENT
Visual Essay by R Barton Palmer and Murray Pomerance, Seconds

BEST R1 RESCUE
Badlands

BEST REISSUE
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

BEST BLU-RAY UPGRADE
Eyes Without a Face

BEST DISCOVERY
Seconds

BEST COVER



BEST PACKAGING



SECOND-MOST DISAPPOINTING RELEASE
The Uninvited, for being devoid of bonus features (wasn't too fond of the film, either)

BEST THREAD
All-encompassing vote on the Film Club threads, which were handled with aplomb and are a pretty tremendous idea for this forum

MEMBER OF THE YEAR
matrixschmatrix

RICHARD CRANIUM AWARD
It's a Moe, Moe, Moe, Moe World

[Sandman]

RICHARD CRANIUM AWARD
It's a Moe, Moe, Moe, Moe World

Good one! I actually laughed out loud, something I'm prone not to do.

[Gregory]

Isn't there some acronym for when that happens?

[domino harvey]

G1

[matrixschmatrix]

BEST RELEASE
1 To Be or Not to Be
2 Zatoichi: the Blind Swordsman
3 Badlands
4 Seconds
5 The Man Who Knew Too Much

BEST BOXED SET
Zatoichi: the Blind Swordsman

BEST MODERN FILM
Frances Ha

BEST COMMENTARY
David Kalat on To Be or Not to Be

BEST (NON-COMMENTARY, NON-ESSAY, NON-BONUS FILM) SUPPLEMENT
Christopher Frayling on Things to Come

BEST REISSUE
Richard III

BEST DISCOVERY
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman

BEST COVER
On the Waterfront

BEST PACKAGING
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (the beauty of the packaging overcomes the irritation of the way it actually holds discs)

SECOND-MOST DISAPPOINTING RELEASE
3:10 to Yuma. I wound up liking this movie a lot but the supplements were thin as heck and it wasn't even at the $30 price point. This movie could easily sustain a nice scholarly commentary.

BEST THREAD
It may be self advertisement, but I was really please with how the Animation List thread turned out. Outside of that, my two picks both turn out to have been 2012 threads, but I want to rep them anyway- Dressed to Kill, Silence of the Lambs, and Trans Representations and Pakula, Coppola, and the 1970s Cinema of Paranoia are both the kind of threads that draw me most to this forum- they help me uncover meaning in my own mind, which is even more pleasant than having it uncovered for you.

MEMBER OF THE YEAR
This is always hard. Let's say Knives, without whom this board just wouldn't be the same.

[Black Hat]

BEST RELEASE
1. 3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman
2. Marketa Lazarova
3. To Be or Not to Be
4. A Man Escaped
5. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

BEST ECLIPSE
Kobayashi Against the System

BEST BOXED SET
3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman

BEST MODERN FILM
Pina

BEST COMMENTARY
David Kalat for To Be or Not to Be

BEST "BONUS" FILM
Pinkus's Shoe Palace, To Be or Not to Be

BEST (NON-COMMENTARY, NON-ESSAY, NON-BONUS FILM) SUPPLEMENT
Bresson: Without a Trace, A Man Escaped

BEST REISSUE
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

BEST UPGRADE
Naked Lunch

BEST DISCOVERY
Chronicle of A Summer

BEST COVER
Marketa Lazarova

BEST PACKAGING
3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman

SECOND-MOST DISAPPOINTING RELEASE
Jubal

BEST THREAD
Walerian Borowczyk

MEMBER OF THE YEAR
David M is a great help but this year I have to go with Sausage. I don't always agree with him but the dude knows his stuff and challenges you to be equally prepared.

RICHARD CRANIUM AWARD
Interfilmart

[Dylan]

BEST RELEASE
1. Seconds
2. La Notte
3. On the Waterfront
4. To Be or Not to Be
5. 3 Films by Roberto Rossellini

BEST ECLIPSE
Kobayashi Against the System

BEST BOXED SET
3 Films by Roberto Rossellini

BEST MODERN FILM
Frances Ha

BEST COMMENTARY
David Kalat, To Be or Not to Be

BEST "BONUS" FILM
Pinkus's Shoe Palace, To Be or Not to Be

BEST NON-'BONUS FILM' SUPPLEMENT
Visual Essay by R Barton Palmer and Murray Pomerance, Seconds

BEST REISSUE
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

BEST R1 RESCUE
Seconds

BEST DISCOVERY
To Be or Not to Be

BEST COVER
I Married a Witch

BEST PACKAGING
3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman

MEMBER OF THE YEAR
John Cope

[cdnchris]

TOP FIVE
01. Medium Cool
02. Seconds
03. On the Waterfront
04. Badlands
05. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

BEST ECLIPSE
Masaki Kobayashi Against the System

BEST NON-ECLIPSE BOXED SET
Bergman/Rossellini

BEST MODERN FILM
The Kid with a Bike

BEST COMMENTARY
David Kalat - Things to Come

BEST 'BONUS FILM' SUPPLEMENT
A Visitor from the Living

BEST NON-'BONUS FILM' SUPPLEMENT
*Will have to come back to this*

BEST R1 RESCUE
Badlands

BEST REISSUE
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

BEST BLU-RAY UPGRADE
Grey Gardens

BEST DISCOVERY
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

BEST COVER

Marketa Lazarova

BEST PACKAGING

Zatoichi

SECOND-MOST DISAPPOINTING RELEASE
Killing of a Chinese Bookie

[Yakushima]

Thief is a 2014 release. Vote for it next year.

Thank you, Swo17, my bad! #-o Let's hope this year brings some strong competition in this department!

[Sandman]

I'm rooting for a certain Czech film to finish at least in the year-end top three!

[Matt]

BEST RELEASE
1. Marketa Lazarová
2. Shoah
3. To Be or Not To Be
4. Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
5. On the Waterfront

BEST ECLIPSE
Kobayashi

BEST BOXED SET
3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman

BEST MODERN FILM
Frances Ha

BEST COMMENTARY
To Be or Not to Be – David Kalat

BEST ESSAY
*abstain*

BEST "BONUS" FILM
Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m.

BEST (NON-COMMENTARY, NON-ESSAY, NON-BONUS FILM) SUPPLEMENT
Marketa Lazarova - Interviews with Magda Vášáryová, Ivan Palúch, Vlastimil Harapes and Theodor Pištěk

BEST R1 RESCUE
Shoah

BEST REISSUE
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

BEST UPGRADE
*abstain*

BEST DISCOVERY
Marketa Lazarová

BEST COVER
Nashville

BEST PACKAGING
Zatoichi: the Blind Swordsman

SECOND-MOST DISAPPOINTING RELEASE
*abstain* (or Madame de… twice and thrice)

BEST THREAD
Any Film Club thread

MEMBER OF THE YEAR
David M. (Because I bought a Panasonic Viera on his recommendation just before Panasonic announced they will no longer make plasmas, among other public services he has provided)

RICHARD CRANIUM AWARD
InterFilmArt Entertainment

[domino harvey]

Voting closed, results soon-ish

[domino harvey]

BEST RELEASES OF THE YEAR
01 Marketa Lazarova
02 Seconds
02 To Be or Not to Be
04 A Man Escaped
05 On the Waterfront
06 3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman
07 Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
08 Zatoichi: the Blind Swordsman
09 Shoah
10 Badlands
10 Pierre Etaix

BEST ECLIPSE
Eclipse Series 38: Masaki Kobayashi Against the System

BEST BOXED SET
3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman

BEST MODERN FILM
Pina

BEST COMMENTARY
David Kalat, To Be or Not to Be (Runner up: also David Kalat)

BEST ESSAY
No prize awarded (Don't expect to see this category next year)

BEST "BONUS" FILM
the Coward and Pinkus' Show Palace (tie)

BEST (NON-COMMENTARY, NON-ESSAY, NON-BONUS FILM) SUPPLEMENT
the Making of Autumn Sonata

BEST R1 RESCUE
Badlands

BEST REISSUE
Autumn Sonata

BEST UPGRADE
John Cassavetes: Five Films

BEST DISCOVERY
The Pierre Etaix box-set

BEST COVER


BEST PACKAGING


MOST DISAPPOINTING RELEASE
the Earrings of Madame de… Blu-ray



SECOND-MOST DISAPPOINTING RELEASE
Eclipse Series 39: Early Fassbinder

BEST THREAD
The Collected Output of the Film Club

MEMBER OF THE YEAR


RICHARD CRANIUM AWARD