THE PEOPLE'S TELLURIDE
For the first time ever I have tried to gather responses from the film going revelers that make up the bulk of the observers of the Telluride Film Festival. 18 hardy souls shred their opinions on a 0 to 5 scale with 0 meaning"awful" and 5 being "great."
I required that a film get a minimum of 3 raters to include it on the final list and 26 films met that criteria. 12 other films received a rating from at least one person who took the time to rate the films and send that information to me.
I also broke ties (when possible) by awarding the film that had been viewed by more raters the superior position. The film that I received the largest number of ratings for was "Frances Ha" with 14 of the 18 raters having seen and rated the Noah Baumbach picture.
Next year I hope to do the same thing, but rather than wait until the fest is over, I will try to line up the professionals and promote the "People's" version ahead of the fest...
Here are your results of "The People's Telluride Poll" for TFF #39/2012:
1) Stories We Tell- 4.80
2) Argo- 4.75
3) The Attack- 4.70
4) The Act of Killing-4.41
5) Wadjda-4.2
6) Amour 4.17
7) Barbara- 4.17
8) The Sapphires-4.11
9) Frances Ha-4.07
10) (Tie)The Hunt and Baraka - 4.00
12) Annecy Animation-3.83
13) The Central Park Five 3.75
14) (Tie) A Royal Affair and Corman's World-3.67
16) Rust and Bone-3.65
17) The Iceman- 3.61
18) The Gatekeepers-3.58
19) Superstar-3.50
20) Hyde Park on Hudson-3.33
21) No-3.21
22) Love, Marilyn-3.08
23) Ginger and Rosa-2.54
24) At Any Price-2.13
25) Everyday-2.08
26) Paradise, Love-1.1
HOW'D I DO?
Here's the final posted "Ten Bets" and "Ten More Bets" with asterisks indicating the films that were on the TFF #39 program:
1) Rust and Bone***
2) Hyde Park on Hudson***
3) The Central Park Five***
4) Frances Ha***
5) Ginger and Rosa***
6) No***
7) Argo***
8) Amour***
9) Midnight's Children**
10) The Hunt***
11) At Any Price***
12) On the Road
13) Passion
14) The Gatekeepers***
15) The Sapphires***
16) The Iceman***
17) A Royal Affair***
18) Ernest and Celestine
19) Bromberg's Chaplin Restoration***
20) Populaire
So...I hit the top 11 and 16 out of the 20. I'm very pleased with the predictions for this year.
And here is what the original "Ten Bets" were from back in June:
1) Amour***
2) Rust and Bone***
3) Beyond the Hills
4) Hyde Park on Hudson***
5) Song for Marion
6) No***
7) Midnight's Children***
8) The East
9) Something in the Air
10) On the Road
So 5 of the original 10...I got better as the summer went along.
THE MASTER IN VENICE
What happens when opinion and rules collide? Rules win. The Venice Fest jury was all set to award Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" its Golden Lion as outstanding film but because the jury (led by director Michael Mann) had already warded it the director's prize and split the Best Actor prize between Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman, festival organizers made the jury vote again to award the top prize to "Pieta".
Talk about being a victim of your own success.
AND NOW THE DARKNESS
Well, until Thursday anyway, as Michael's Telluride Film Blog transitions to its fall/winter publication schedule. Twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays unless there's something special to pass along. Also, this really now becomes much more The Film Awards Clearinghouse for the next few months as I track the awards season march to the Oscars with particular emphasis on those films that played at this year's Telluride Film Festival.
More later...like on Thursday
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