INOCA Discussion Thread: Best Picture & Best Director

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[Anthony_X]

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And a special FYC ad, awardsdaily style

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BEST PICTURE

Oslo, August 31st



The Turin Horse



Once Upon a Time In Anatolia



Holy Motors



Faust



The Master



Skyfall



Damsels in Distress



The Cabin The Woods

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Best Director


Alexander Sokurov for Faust

Leo Carax for Holy Motors

Paul Thomas Anderson for The Master

Whit Stillman Damsels in Distress

Nuri Bilge Ceylan for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

Bela Tarr for The Turin Horse

Andrey Zvyagintsev for Elena

[VannVicente]

I'll just fix them up to be actual ads later.

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CLOUD ATLAS
"Surely this is one of the most ambitious films ever made. Oh, what a film this is! And what a demonstration of the magical, dreamlike qualities of the cinema. And what an opportunity for the actors. And what a leap by the directors, who free themselves from the chains of narrative continuity. And then the wisdom of the old man staring into the flames makes perfect sense."
Roger Ebert, The Chicago Sun Times
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AMOUR
"Michael Haneke's French-language "Amour," a perfect film about intertwined lives, proceeds at its own pace, and breathes so deeply that it takes your own breath away. Confronting death, it studies life, closely and lovingly. One of the stories that Georges tells Anne is about his childhood, but it's also, not incidentally, about movies—about his seeing a movie as a child and then, shortly afterward, not being able to recall the story, only the feelings it evoked. From the beginning of our lives to the end, this movie says, feelings are all that matter."
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
- MICHAEL HANEKE -

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SKYFALL
"Simultaneously thrilling and meaty, this is easily one of the best entries ever in the 50-year, 23-film series, led once again by an actor who’s the best Bond yet in Daniel Craig. "Skyfall" seems like it could stand on its own perhaps more than most Bond movies. In the hands of director Sam Mendes, it almost feels like a reinvention; he has said making "Skyfall" left him "knackered," but audiences will leave feeling invigorated. And with Mendes collaborating once again with the great cinematographer Roger Deakins, it’s definitely the most gorgeous."
Christy Lemire , Associated Press
- SAM MENDES -

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THE MASTER
"In all of those places, and at every point in history, Mr. Anderson discovers the perpetual promise of new beginnings and a poisonous backwash of anomie, violence and greed. "The Master" is wild and enormous, its scale almost commensurate with Lancaster Dodd’s hubris and its soul nearly as restless as Freddie Quell’s. It is a movie about the lure and folly of greatness that comes as close as anything I’ve seen recently to being a great movie. There will be skeptics, but the cult is already forming. Count me in."
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
- PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON -

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LIFE OF PI
"Ang Lee's thrillingly audacious film transforms this inconceivable premise into visual poetry, high adventure and sheer enchantment. With digital effects of unsurpassed brilliance, it compels us to believe that the tiger is a living, breathing beast. Lee is one of our greatest humanist filmmakers, and this is the film he was born to make. "
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Ang Lee -

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[Maxim]

Lincoln by Steven Spielberg. Best Picture and Best Director.

[Zuranthium]

Best Director

Bela Tarr for The Turin Horse

This is getting my #1 vote for Director and I'm going to fill the rest of my directing category ballot with junk that has no chance of a nomination, just to further bolster Bela Tarr's chances. I hope everyone else who loves the film joins me in doing the same, since that's the ONLY chance of a nomination. Best Picture can be whatever, but we need to get this film a directing nomination. Very few people will have seen the film, so we absolutely must band together here.

[Anthony_X]

Isn't that a way to manipulate the results? I know people does it but then we are not that far away from the academy. I think we should cast our votes with those people or films that we think deserve it.

And now with the preferential system if there is enough passion for it it will get there without having to care for the rest of the ballot.

[Atonenent.]

Most people vote strategically and it's not gonna change.

And I know this isn't the right place, but could someone just quickly explain the preferential system vs. the old one?

[Anthony_X]

Basically this is the process for a preferential system:

1. 1st round of voting: The movies without a single Number 1 mention are eliminated from the race. Then Number 1 votes are counted.

If those number 1 votes surpass a magical number (Number of voter/(Number of slots +1 e.g. 100 voters, 5 slots for Best Picture, then 100/(5+1)=16,67, and then you round it up to 17) the film is nominated

Now if a movie is so beloved that has 34 number 1 spots, then their ballots get redistributed to their second or third choice (always to the movies still in contention) with a value determined by a formula I don't remember.

2. 2n round: The ballots are counted again with the redistributed ones. So then it is time to see what movies have enough votes to get nominated. If there are not 5 nominees then the ones with lowest amount of votes get eliminated and their ballots redristributed until there are 5 nominees.

At least, that what I understood.

[Dunstmania]

FYC: CHRONICLE by Josh Trank

[ladylurks]

This is getting my #1 vote for Director and I'm going to fill the rest of my directing category ballot with junk that has no chance of a nomination, just to further bolster Bela Tarr's chances. I hope everyone else who loves the film joins me in doing the same, since that's the ONLY chance of a nomination. Best Picture can be whatever, but we need to get this film a directing nomination. Very few people will have seen the film, so we absolutely must band together here.

Now that we're doing preferential voting, this strategy is useless. Just place Tarr at #1 and follow him with your other favorite directors - they won't detract at all from his chances of a nomination.

[VSW]

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

Tabu

We seriously need to make this happen!

[coolinout1]

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

BEST PICTURE

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Is Francois Ozon's In the house elegible?

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