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Aunt Peg wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2026 2:44 pm Fat Pizza (Paul Fenech)

domino harvey wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:47 pm Was reminded of an interesting doc I saw on the Sundance Channel probably seven or eight years ago, American Eunuchs (Gian Claudio Guiducci and Franco Sacchi 2003), about men who feel compelled to voluntarily castrate themselves, not always for strictly sexual reasons. It was, as you can imagine, a bizarre examination of fringe sexuality, one coupled with actual surgical footage of the act and a plethora of interviews with both those who've had the procedure done and those who make a living performing the act for others. I still remember one horrifying interview with a man who was showering and felt compelled out of nowhere to tie off and remove his testicles in the moment-- sans anesthesia or any form of preparation. The film took a non-judgmental stance which let its subjects approach something resembling honesty about their predilections and desires, even if ultimately the compelling nature of this urge to commit serious and permanent bodily harm of this nature to yourself remains unknowable to most (including myself). Unfortunately it looks like this was never released in any format and isn't even available on That Site Which Shall Not Be Mentioned. There is a trailer up on YouTube (NSFW) however. It'll make my list, but barring some sort of screening or internet reemergence (maybe one of the internet's many fetish sites is hosting a copy?), it seems almost destined to be an Orphan

denti alligator wrote: Fri May 01, 2026 11:17 pm Since there were six number 1 picks for 2002 that got orphaned, maybe those planning to vote want to share any top 3 or 5 picks that they think might be off the beaten track? If I have time, I'll try to check them out. Meanwhile I'm catching up on some films that have been on my watch list for decades, such as The Return.

swo17 wrote: Sat May 02, 2026 5:58 am I'm not familiar but the limited information I'm seeing suggests this was a 2002 Showtime series from which several compilation films were made, at least one of which aired in 2003. If any of the series aired in 2002, wouldn't the pilot have been no later than 2002? Anyway, I suppose there was a 2003 film with this name, and it's too late to vote for this as a 2002 film, so I guess I'll put it in 2003 for now

Lowry_Sam wrote:However, The Return won't be my highest placed Russian film this year, that distinction will go to Sokurov's 2003 release, Father And Son, which is still not on blu-ray, so hopefully a few of you will seek it out.

Lowry_Sam wrote: Sat May 02, 2026 7:37 am IMDB has these as 2003, can you add (or delay to 2004 any and all you can cuz my 2004 is looking sparse by comparison):

The Green Butchers
Facing Windows
Carandiru
The Lost Boys Of Sudan
The Trials Of Henry Kissinger
The Animation Show
2LDK
Bukowski: Born Into This
Tarnation
The Yes Men

Lowry_Sam wrote:

denti alligator wrote: Fri May 01, 2026 11:17 pm Since there were six number 1 picks for 2002 that got orphaned, maybe those planning to vote want to share any top 3 or 5 picks that they think might be off the beaten track? If I have time, I'll try to check them out. Meanwhile I'm catching up on some films that have been on my watch list for decades, such as The Return.

Please do! It's going to be on my list & I'm tired of seeing my votes for Russian films end up in the orphans list (and then one definitely not on my list make it in to the top 50...ie. Russian Ark). However, The Return won't be my highest placed Russian film this year, that distinction will go to Sokurov's 2003 release, Father And Son, which is still not on blu-ray, so hopefully a few of you will seek it out.

My no.1 is predictable and will probably match the final list’s top film.