It’s truly magical.

@DELON need you to watch this

amazing year especially as a western stan

you're crazy with the deserter rank

The microdose of lsd i took when I watched that and Prisoners was accidentally a macrodose

very possible to rewatch won't hit as hard but I'm going with my gut instinct on this one

never met a person who didn't love this film. perfect movie to start the discussion on an excellent year.

Watched this first off your mention but still only just like not love it

Imo only Holiday struck the right balance between relentless yapping and any sort of pathos out of all the famous screwballs of this era.

Hit me with some deep cuts @sace

first horror movie with an all-black cast

I'll check it out

Your thoughts on Fantasia?

i was thinking of well-digger's daughter. ill see what i can find

its been a while watching that but it was in a s***ty vhs transfer

did watch down argentine way in other day. decent musical even a good use of good neighbor policy diplomacy FDR did.

1940:

1. Foreign Correspondent (Hitchcock)
2. The Grapes of Wrath (Ford)
3. The Letter (Wyler)
4. Christmas in July (Sturges)
5. His Girl Friday (Hawks)
6. Strange Cargo (Borzage)
7. The Long Voyage Home (Ford)
8. The Shop Around the Corner (Lubitsch)
9. Rebecca (Hitchcock)
10. The Westerner (Wyler)
11. The Great Dictator (Chaplin)
12. Dance, Girl, Dance (Arzner)
13. Remember the Night (Leisen)
14. Phantom Riders (Tourneur)
15. The Philadelphia Story (Cukor)
16. The Return of Frank James (Lang)
17. The Great McGinty (Sturges)
18. The Thief of Bagdad (Powell & Berger)

might still be the case. I assume it is neglected for dumb political reasons.

nah it’s either the elements are hard to find or the worst case, lost. it can be somebody’s attic or a storage unit

at least part of it is in the library of congress. they could do a better restoration from even the bad surviving elements.

Yeah FC strong contender

Need your thoughts on The Deserter from last year as well

I carry the curse so if I watch the s***ty quality version it's pretty well guaranteed a restoration will get announced within half a year

I just added it to my watchlist last night after reading the last couple pages of this thread

Will def peep soon and report back

Probably the most instant new personal favorite I've come across since starting this thread

Other contenders;

Humanity & Paper Balloons ('37)

Happiness ('34) @Snowboy check this out

Land Without Bread ('33)

Pandora's Box ('29)

John Qualen (the guy always doing a Swedish accent in John Ford films) was from Vancouver

Apparently his performance in one scene from Grapes of Wrath reduced Ford to tears on set. He was also great in Long Voyage Home this year.

Fantasia is goated, am I supposed to feel a sort of way about it