Man Shall Not Live by Criterion Alone: The Other 2020 Forum Awards
- Maltic
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Re: Man Shall Not Live by Criterion Alone: The Other 2020 Forum Awards
Best Overall Release
01 John Ford at Columbia, 1935-1958 (Indicator)
02 Made in Hong Kong (Masters of Cinema)
03 Columbia Noir #1 (Indicator)
04 Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Second Run)
05 Throw Down (Masters of Cinema)
06 Crash (Arrow)
07 America as Seen by a Frenchman (Arrow Academy)
08 The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (Masters of Cinema)
09 Dragons Forever (88 Films)
10 Raining in the Mountain (Masters of Cinema)
Best Upgrade
01 The Shop Around the Corner (Warner Archive)
02 The Pirate (Warner Archive)
03 Angel (Kino)
04 Love Me Tonight (Kino)
05 The Great McGinty (Kino)
Best Boxset
John Ford at Columbia, 1935-1958 (Indicator)
Best Arrow Release
Crash
Best Eureka Release
Made in Hong Kong
Best Indicator Release
John Ford at Columbia, 1935-1958
Best Second Run Release
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Best Label
Eureka
Best Bonus Film(s)
List (Grass, Cinema Guild)
Best Other On-Disc Extra
A Creation Myth: Appreciation by Neil Sinyard (Eve, Indicator)
Best Book
Dawn of the Dead (Second Sight)
Best Cover
Fu Manchu
Worst Cover
Glengarry Glen Ross
Best Packaging
Gamera: The Complete Collection (Arrow)
Best Alternative to a Criterion Release
01 Bicycle Thieves (Arrow Academy)
02 Crash (Arrow)
03 Kwaidan (Masters of Cinema)
01 John Ford at Columbia, 1935-1958 (Indicator)
02 Made in Hong Kong (Masters of Cinema)
03 Columbia Noir #1 (Indicator)
04 Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Second Run)
05 Throw Down (Masters of Cinema)
06 Crash (Arrow)
07 America as Seen by a Frenchman (Arrow Academy)
08 The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (Masters of Cinema)
09 Dragons Forever (88 Films)
10 Raining in the Mountain (Masters of Cinema)
Best Upgrade
01 The Shop Around the Corner (Warner Archive)
02 The Pirate (Warner Archive)
03 Angel (Kino)
04 Love Me Tonight (Kino)
05 The Great McGinty (Kino)
Best Boxset
John Ford at Columbia, 1935-1958 (Indicator)
Best Arrow Release
Crash
Best Eureka Release
Made in Hong Kong
Best Indicator Release
John Ford at Columbia, 1935-1958
Best Second Run Release
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Best Label
Eureka
Best Bonus Film(s)
List (Grass, Cinema Guild)
Best Other On-Disc Extra
A Creation Myth: Appreciation by Neil Sinyard (Eve, Indicator)
Best Book
Dawn of the Dead (Second Sight)
Best Cover
Fu Manchu
Worst Cover
Glengarry Glen Ross
Best Packaging
Gamera: The Complete Collection (Arrow)
Best Alternative to a Criterion Release
01 Bicycle Thieves (Arrow Academy)
02 Crash (Arrow)
03 Kwaidan (Masters of Cinema)
- Maltic
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Re: Man Shall Not Live by Criterion Alone: The Other 2020 Forum Awards
While we're waiting for more ballots, you could give us a Euro-centric top 10tenia wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 4:45 am
Best Upgrade
01 Brick
02 Christmas in July
03 The Shop Around the Corner
04 The Great McGinty
05 The Pirate
I sadly completely forgot to post some nominees for this list, and certainly would have preferred other contenders, especially since in the end, this is quite a US-centric list (actually, a Kino and WAC centric list) that puts aside tons of things recently restored and released in Europe and France (there's not even La roue !), while on the other hand, I have no idea what Hard Eight is doing here considering it uses a pre-existing master. Oh well, my fault anyway !
- therewillbeblus
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Re: Man Shall Not Live by Criterion Alone: The Other 2020 Forum Awards
Thanks for boosting this title because otherwise I likely wouldn't have prioritized it until well past the deadline. I'm a bit speechless- as if I've finally discovered a masterpiece amongst the fluff that make the rounds at the Brattle's Trash Night, only to find out that everyone was ten steps ahead of me. This schizophrenic cocktail of fun feels like Karel Zeman, Nobuhiko Obayashi, and Jim Henson fought for creative control on an Indiana Jones wuxia film, only to deliver a final product that contains the best of each diverse artist. I'm really curious what Tony Rayns has to say about this one
- tenia
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Re: Man Shall Not Live by Criterion Alone: The Other 2020 Forum Awards
France :
Les espions / Le jardinier d'Argenteuil (Coin de mire)
Mes meilleurs copains / Le cercle rouge (Studio Canal)
Toni / Les félins / Justice est faite / Piège pour Cendrillon / Le combat dans l'île / Les vieux de la vieille / Le cave se rebiffe (Gaumont)
La dame d'Onze heures / La ferme des péchés (Lobster)
La Carrière d'une femme de chambre (LCJ)
Les charnelles (Le chat qui fume)
Les adolescentes / Guendalina (Tamasa)
Par un beau matin d'été / La mariée est trop belle / Monsieur Hire / La roue (Pathé)
Moscou ne croit pas aux larmes / Sans soleil / Soy Cuba / The Wind Will Carry Us (Potemkine)
Floating Weeds / Coffret Chabrol (L'enfer / La cérémonie / Rien ne va plus / Merci pour le chocolat / La fleur du mal) (Carlotta)
UK :
Dragons Forever / Heart of Dragon / Armour of God II (88 Films)
Scandal / Funeral Parade of Roses / The Good Die Young (BFI)
Zu - Warriors from the Magic Mountain / Mr Vampire (MoC)
John Ford at Columbia, 1935-1958 / Fu Manchu Boxset (Indicator)
Walkabout / Dawn of the Dead (Second Sight)
Tremors / Crash (Arrow)
Also, from Arrow but in the US : The Last Starfighter (probably one of the most massive BD-to-BD upgrade on the market)
- Maltic
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Re: Man Shall Not Live by Criterion Alone: The Other 2020 Forum Awards
Those are some interesting French releases, to be sure, though I guess there'll be an issue for many here with the lack of English subtitles
I considered Tremors, the previous bluray being one of those notorious DNR-releases from the early days of the format, but I thought Arrow released theirs in January 2021 and not in December 2020 (turns out I was wrong).
I considered Tremors, the previous bluray being one of those notorious DNR-releases from the early days of the format, but I thought Arrow released theirs in January 2021 and not in December 2020 (turns out I was wrong).
- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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Re: Man Shall Not Live by Criterion Alone: The Other 2020 Forum Awards
Which of these are English-friendly?tenia wrote: ↑Wed Feb 03, 2021 4:37 amFrance :
Les espions / Le jardinier d'Argenteuil (Coin de mire)
Mes meilleurs copains / Le cercle rouge (Studio Canal)
Toni / Les félins / Justice est faite / Piège pour Cendrillon / Le combat dans l'île / Les vieux de la vieille / Le cave se rebiffe (Gaumont)
La dame d'Onze heures / La ferme des péchés (Lobster)
La Carrière d'une femme de chambre (LCJ)
Les charnelles (Le chat qui fume)
Les adolescentes / Guendalina (Tamasa)
Par un beau matin d'été / La mariée est trop belle / Monsieur Hire / La roue (Pathé)
Moscou ne croit pas aux larmes / Sans soleil / Soy Cuba / The Wind Will Carry Us (Potemkine)
Floating Weeds / Coffret Chabrol (L'enfer / La cérémonie / Rien ne va plus / Merci pour le chocolat / La fleur du mal) (Carlotta)
- tenia
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Re: Man Shall Not Live by Criterion Alone: The Other 2020 Forum Awards
Le cercle rouge (Studio Canal)
Toni / Les félins / Les vieux de la vieille / Le cave se rebiffe (Gaumont)
La mariée est trop belle / Monsieur Hire / La roue (Pathé)
Les charnelles had a release through Mondo Macabro, however.
- therewillbeblus
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Re: Man Shall Not Live by Criterion Alone: The Other 2020 Forum Awards
Best Overall Release
1. La flor (Absolut Medien)
2. Crash (Arrow)
3. The House That Jack Built (Shout)
4. Sweet Charity (Indicator)
5. America as Seen by a Frenchman (Arrow Academy)
6. Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (Eureka)
7. Survivor Ballads: Three Films by Shohei Imamura (Arrow Academy)
8. A Soldier's Story (Indicator)
9. Watermelon Man (Indicator)
10. The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (Masters of Cinema)
Best Upgrade
1. Sgt. York (Warner Archive)
2. Lord Love a Duck (Kino)
3. Sunday in New York (Warner Archive)
4. Libeled Lady (Warner Archive)
5. Wonder Boys (Paramount)
6. Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (Kino)
7. The Good Fairy (Kino)
8. Inside Daisy Clover (Warner Archive)
9. Romance on the High Seas (Warner Archive)
10. Sweet Bird of Youth (Warner Archive)
Best Boxset
Survivor Ballads: Three Films by Shohei Imamura (Arrow Academy)
Best Arrow Release
Crash
Best Eureka Release
Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain
Best Indicator Release
Sweet Charity
Best Second Run Release
Vitalina Varela
Best Label
1. Indicator
2. Warner Archive
3. Arrow
Best Bonus Film
List (Grass, Cinema Guild)
Best Other On-Disc Extra
The Guardian Interview with Melvin Van Peebles (Watermelon Man, Indicator)
Best Cover
Crash (Arrow)
Worst Cover
Roman Holiday
Best Criterion-Alternative
Crash (Arrow)
1. La flor (Absolut Medien)
2. Crash (Arrow)
3. The House That Jack Built (Shout)
4. Sweet Charity (Indicator)
5. America as Seen by a Frenchman (Arrow Academy)
6. Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (Eureka)
7. Survivor Ballads: Three Films by Shohei Imamura (Arrow Academy)
8. A Soldier's Story (Indicator)
9. Watermelon Man (Indicator)
10. The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (Masters of Cinema)
Best Upgrade
1. Sgt. York (Warner Archive)
2. Lord Love a Duck (Kino)
3. Sunday in New York (Warner Archive)
4. Libeled Lady (Warner Archive)
5. Wonder Boys (Paramount)
6. Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (Kino)
7. The Good Fairy (Kino)
8. Inside Daisy Clover (Warner Archive)
9. Romance on the High Seas (Warner Archive)
10. Sweet Bird of Youth (Warner Archive)
Best Boxset
Survivor Ballads: Three Films by Shohei Imamura (Arrow Academy)
Best Arrow Release
Crash
Best Eureka Release
Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain
Best Indicator Release
Sweet Charity
Best Second Run Release
Vitalina Varela
Best Label
1. Indicator
2. Warner Archive
3. Arrow
Best Bonus Film
List (Grass, Cinema Guild)
Best Other On-Disc Extra
The Guardian Interview with Melvin Van Peebles (Watermelon Man, Indicator)
Best Cover
Crash (Arrow)
Worst Cover
Roman Holiday
Best Criterion-Alternative
Crash (Arrow)
- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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Re: Man Shall Not Live by Criterion Alone: The Other 2020 Forum Awards
As a reminder, you can keep submitting ballots through the end of the month. Or I suppose if anyone would like more time, I'm open to offering an extension, these being unprecedented times
- soundchaser
- Leave Her to Beaver
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Re: Man Shall Not Live by Criterion Alone: The Other 2020 Forum Awards
Well, I would appreciate an extension, but I know that's just going to be an excuse to further put off watching some of these. So that said, based on criteria that probably make sense in another universe:
Best Overall Release
01 Columbia Noir #1 (Indicator)
02 John Ford at Columbia, 1935-1958 (Indicator)
03 Gamera: The Complete Collection (Arrow)
04 Sweet Charity (Indicator)
05 Crash (Arrow)
06 CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel (Second Run)
07 The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (Masters of Cinema)
08 3-D Rarities II (Flicker Alley)
09 Vitalina Varela (Second Run)
10 Eve (Indicator)
Best Upgrade
01 Love Me Tonight (Kino)
02 Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (Kino)
03 Romance on the High Seas (Warner Archive)
04 Angel (Kino)
05 Christmas in July (Kino)
Best Boxset
Columbia Noir #1 (Indicator)
Best Arrow Release
Gamera: The Complete Collection (Arrow)
Best Eureka Release
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (Masters of Cinema)
Best Indicator Release
Columbia Noir #1
Best Second Run Release
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Best Label
01 Indicator
02 Second Run
03 Warner Archive
Best Bonus Film(s)
Dream Logic: The Short Films of Curtis Harrington (Night Tide, Indicator)
Best Other On-Disc Extra
Creation Myth
Best Cover
01 John Ford at Columbia, 1935-1958
02 Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Best Packaging
Gamera: The Complete Collection (Arrow)
Best Alternative to a Criterion Release
Crash (Arrow)
Best Overall Release
01 Columbia Noir #1 (Indicator)
02 John Ford at Columbia, 1935-1958 (Indicator)
03 Gamera: The Complete Collection (Arrow)
04 Sweet Charity (Indicator)
05 Crash (Arrow)
06 CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel (Second Run)
07 The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (Masters of Cinema)
08 3-D Rarities II (Flicker Alley)
09 Vitalina Varela (Second Run)
10 Eve (Indicator)
Best Upgrade
01 Love Me Tonight (Kino)
02 Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (Kino)
03 Romance on the High Seas (Warner Archive)
04 Angel (Kino)
05 Christmas in July (Kino)
Best Boxset
Columbia Noir #1 (Indicator)
Best Arrow Release
Gamera: The Complete Collection (Arrow)
Best Eureka Release
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (Masters of Cinema)
Best Indicator Release
Columbia Noir #1
Best Second Run Release
CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Best Label
01 Indicator
02 Second Run
03 Warner Archive
Best Bonus Film(s)
Dream Logic: The Short Films of Curtis Harrington (Night Tide, Indicator)
Best Other On-Disc Extra
Creation Myth
Best Cover
01 John Ford at Columbia, 1935-1958
02 Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Best Packaging
Gamera: The Complete Collection (Arrow)
Best Alternative to a Criterion Release
Crash (Arrow)
- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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Re: Man Shall Not Live by Criterion Alone: The Other 2020 Forum Awards
There's a good chance that due to other obligations (not to mention wanting to put together my own sci-fi list) I won't get around to tabulating this until mid next-week anyway. So I might as well just extend the deadline a whole week. Feel free to post a ballot or revise your current one up until I say no more edits
- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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Re: Man Shall Not Live by Criterion Alone: The Other 2020 Forum Awards
Ok, for real this time, today is your last day to submit or revise a ballot so I can tabulate them tomorrow
- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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Re: Man Shall Not Live by Criterion Alone: The Other 2020 Forum Awards
Here now, well into the third month of 2021, what better time to revisit that banner year in all our lives...
THE OTHER CRITERIONFORUM AWARDS
BEST OVERALL RELEASE
01 Crash (Arrow)
02 John Ford at Columbia, 1935-1958 (Indicator)
03 Columbia Noir #1 (Indicator)
04 The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (Masters of Cinema)
05 Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Second Run)
06 Dragons Forever (88 Films)
07 CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel (Second Run)
08 Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (Eureka)
09 Walkabout (Second Sight)
10 Sweet Charity (Indicator) / America as Seen by a Frenchman (Arrow Academy) (tie)
BEST UPGRADE
01 The Shop Around the Corner (Warner Archive)
02 Christmas in July (Kino)
03 Love Me Tonight (Kino)
04 Lord Love a Duck (Kino)
05 Romance on the High Seas (Warner Archive)
BEST BOXSET (tie)
BEST ARROW RELEASE
Runner-up: Gamera: The Complete Collection
BEST EUREKA RELEASE
Runner-up: Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain
BEST INDICATOR RELEASE
BEST SECOND RUN RELEASE
Runner-up: How You Live Your Story: Selected Works by Kevin Jerome Everson
BEST LABEL
BEST COMMENTARY
Stephen Prince (Rio Grande, Masters of Cinema)
RIP
BEST BONUS FILMS
Dream Logic: The Short Films of Curtis Harrington (Indicator)
Runner-up: List (Grass, Cinema Guild)
BEST OTHER EXTRA
A Creation Myth: appreciation by author and film historian Neil Sinyard
Runner-up: The Guardian Interview with Melvin Van Peebles (Watermelon Man, Indicator)
BEST BOOK
Runner-up: The Game (Arrow Academy)
BEST COVER
Runner-up: Crash (Arrow)
WORST COVER
BEST PACKAGING
Runner-up: Midsommar: Director's Cut (A24)
BEST LATE DISCOVERY
BEST ALTERNATIVE TO A CRITERION RELEASE
Runner-up: Walkabout (Second Sight)
THE OTHER CRITERIONFORUM AWARDS
BEST OVERALL RELEASE
01 Crash (Arrow)
02 John Ford at Columbia, 1935-1958 (Indicator)
03 Columbia Noir #1 (Indicator)
04 The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (Masters of Cinema)
05 Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Second Run)
06 Dragons Forever (88 Films)
07 CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel (Second Run)
08 Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (Eureka)
09 Walkabout (Second Sight)
10 Sweet Charity (Indicator) / America as Seen by a Frenchman (Arrow Academy) (tie)
BEST UPGRADE
01 The Shop Around the Corner (Warner Archive)
02 Christmas in July (Kino)
03 Love Me Tonight (Kino)
04 Lord Love a Duck (Kino)
05 Romance on the High Seas (Warner Archive)
BEST BOXSET (tie)
BEST ARROW RELEASE
Runner-up: Gamera: The Complete Collection
BEST EUREKA RELEASE
Runner-up: Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain
BEST INDICATOR RELEASE
BEST SECOND RUN RELEASE
Runner-up: How You Live Your Story: Selected Works by Kevin Jerome Everson
BEST LABEL
BEST COMMENTARY
Stephen Prince (Rio Grande, Masters of Cinema)
RIP
BEST BONUS FILMS
Dream Logic: The Short Films of Curtis Harrington (Indicator)
Runner-up: List (Grass, Cinema Guild)
BEST OTHER EXTRA
A Creation Myth: appreciation by author and film historian Neil Sinyard
Runner-up: The Guardian Interview with Melvin Van Peebles (Watermelon Man, Indicator)
BEST BOOK
Runner-up: The Game (Arrow Academy)
BEST COVER
Runner-up: Crash (Arrow)
WORST COVER
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Runner-up: Midsommar: Director's Cut (A24)
BEST LATE DISCOVERY
BEST ALTERNATIVE TO A CRITERION RELEASE
Runner-up: Walkabout (Second Sight)
- domino harvey
- Dot Com Dom
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Re: Man Shall Not Live by Criterion Alone: The Other 2020 Forum Awards
Thanks for compiling, even though I forgot to submit!
- Maltic
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Re: Man Shall Not Live by Criterion Alone: The Other 2020 Forum Awards
Well done, swo!
Hope I never see that Roman Holiday cover again.
Hope I never see that Roman Holiday cover again.
- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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Re: Man Shall Not Live by Criterion Alone: The Other 2020 Forum Awards
I am open to refiguring results if you or anyone else wants to submit a belated ballot. This list was based on only six second-round submissionsdomino harvey wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 11:27 amThanks for compiling, even though I forgot to submit!
Good point. Now spoilered to protect the children
- therewillbeblus
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Re: Man Shall Not Live by Criterion Alone: The Other 2020 Forum Awards
Thanks swo! Even though it was the winner by default, hopefully this prompts more people to seek out the Mai Zetterling set (especially with the 60s project approaching)
- Finch
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Re: Man Shall Not Live by Criterion Alone: The Other 2020 Forum Awards
Could we have a 2021 run for this? The UK labels had a strong year again. It'd also be nice to have a UHD column for any great discs coming from European/non-US labels.
- swo17
- Bloodthirsty Butcher
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Re: Man Shall Not Live by Criterion Alone: The Other 2020 Forum Awards
Yes, I'll probably start that closer to the end of the year