#The Listener's Choice Winner Revealed

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blazing ingot
tame fog
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sorry to be THAT person but the movie with Day-Lewis is called Nine, based on 8 1/2 by Fellini

tame fog
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Solid Choices made in the episode!

formal gazelle
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I can't argue against the listener pick. I do think you could end up with two or three from this group, but maybe worth deciding that later.

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(I do flinch at the idea of saying the genre of There Will Be Blood or Children of Men is "Oscar bait," though)

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Paul would take off Back to the Future for Roger Rabbit

blazing ingot
weary sigil
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Woo! Got a shout out regarding Roger Rabbit!

That got my vote, but I’m still listening so I don’t know what won.

weary sigil
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Uh oh… a second call-out for my Facebook thread about the sexual assault scene in Back to the Furure, and it partly inspired Amy to take Back to the Future off the list. What have I done?!?

formal gazelle
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I think you shouldn't feel bad. The listener vote for Roger Rabbit took Back to the Future off. The Facebook thread was just mentioned to help people feel better.

weary sigil
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Well, I also forgot about the one-director rule. So I guess that was inevitable.

I see BTTF as a flawless film (like Amy). Roger Rabbit is flawed, but a far more ambitious, important and influential film. So hard to say which is more worthy. But rough result.

blazing ingot
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I would not have taken off BTTF, but I understand the reasoning about limited space and one for Zemeckis.

I’m not too convinced by the argument that young people are made uncomfortable by the attempted rape scene in BTTF. It’s supposed to be uncomfortable! That’s the point!

formal gazelle
blazing ingot
safe musk
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When i first saw the choices i thought "i guess we're 80s and 90s kids". Im surprised we didn't get any older movies.

blazing ingot
safe musk
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i don't blame the poll cause it's what made us cinephiles. I love all those movies, but it's nice to go out and find something out of our comfort zone.

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While we're on the nostalgia train from child hood. I'm hoping for Little Miss Sunshine and Napoleon Dynamite.

weary sigil
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I’m having trouble finding the thread, but I can summarize it:
A coworker of mine told me the story of her 12 year-old daughter watching BTTF at school and the class being horrified by the attempted assault. It surprised me, since it’s clearly depicted as a bad thing by the villain of the film.

There were a lot of interesting POVs on my story, and discussions of how women are treated in the film and in general.

I’ll keep looking for the post on Facebook, because the best points were not made by me.

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Ah, found it.

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Not sure if that link works, can someone try it?

clear quail
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Yes

faint trout
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Did I miss it or did they say what movie they’re doing next?

weary sigil
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Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure

faint trout
crystal canyon
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Very chuffed that Roger Rabbit won the vote, such an epic achievement, especially without computers. I’m at peace with letting go of BTTF. Also a great movie, although I don’t know that I would call it “perfect”.
… and I say all that as a Canadian, who is therefore obligated to worship Michael J Fox. (I could be wrong, but I think it’s in our constitution.)

formal gazelle
fleet wigeon
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I was pretty much right there with Paul in that I love BTTF more, but Roger Rabbit is probably a more important film.

blazing ingot
formal gazelle
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Yeah. I also wonder if there are any overlooked movies from the '60s and '70s not on the original AFI or dropped between AFI lists.

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pearl abyss
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I don't remember anyone fighting against corporations in Children of Men. And while Paul may not want to be ripping it down, I very much want that.

I'm pretty sure I've seen Roger Rabbit more than the others... but that's an unfair comparison since it came out long enough ago for me to watch it on VHS repeatedly as a kid.

I sometimes ding Paul as being less movie literate than Amy Nichols or Devin Feraci, but I agree with him on replacing Back to the Future with Roger Rabbit. Of course, I also dislike Children of Men more than all the other listener picks. Since Children of Men got the fewest votes, I say that should count as it being decisively rejected.

blazing ingot
formal gazelle
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Also, the term "Oscar bait" is pretty overstretched and it's not a genre.

safe musk
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the term "oscar bait" is pretty tiring.

formal gazelle
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Yep

blazing ingot
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It’s meant to be an actual descriptor: movies made to win awards, specifically with the expectation that it could.

formal gazelle
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It's a little more of a pejorative than that

blazing ingot
echo musk
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My anticipation of the leftover PTA films is high. Punch-Drunk Love was the first film of his I saw and perked my interest in just who the hell makes movies at a formative age.

formal gazelle
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I've never seen any of the leftover films

echo musk
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Oh well Magnolia is a treat.

formal gazelle
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I need to see the Master. I hear that's an award worthy performance.

fleet wigeon
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I like The Master. I think it’s a good movie, but I don’t see whatever people see when they say they LOVE it and it’s their favorite PTA.

echo musk
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I'm behind on Licorice Pizza

proud oracle
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Just started listening to the episode

fallen lance
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I find it very shitty and mean spirited, what the one listener said, dismissing movies like Children of Men and There Will Be Blood as “Oscar bait”, while hailing Zemekis movies as “great movies for people who love movies”. That is a meaningless platitude meant to write off anyone who doesn’t agree. What an awful attitude

weary sigil
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I loved Magnolia when I first saw it, but I like it less every time I see it. There are great parts and incredible performances, but it’s overindulgent, overlong and unfocused. Even PTA said in his WTF interview that he should have cut it down.

It’s a movie I don’t want to revisit because I don’t want to keep finding problems in, lol.

By contrast, I like Phantom Thread more with every watch. But my fave PTA is Boogie Nights. It’s shaggy, but warm, entertaining and deeply affecting. So so good.

prisma perch
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Listening to this last podcast, I thought also about the movies named by people in the letterbox interviews (4 favourites movies). With some exceptions, the chosen ones are a mix where rewatchability comes first, then the so-called quality of the movie (subject, actors, etc).

safe musk
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I still need to watch Magnolia. Feels like something i watch on cable back then, but it never aired for some reason.

urban moon
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Honestly wild they replaced BTTF with Roger Rabbit. Never been a big fan of it.

formal gazelle
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"They" being the listeners?

blazing ingot
formal gazelle
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Voting on WFRR was a vote to take off BTtF

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Because of the one movie per director rule

proud oracle
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*with exceptions

formal gazelle
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Limited exceptions, yeah

safe musk
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Back to the future is great, but yeah im ok booting it off the ship.

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proud oracle
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I feel the same. BttF is probably my favorite of the two films, but if we're going along with the limitations, I consider Roger Rabbit the bigger achievement. That AND because I also think it's highly creative, entertaining and smart.

crystal canyon
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On the term “Oscar bait” it’s always struck me as implying a degree of pandering to the Academy’s tastes and biaises. In particular following perceived trends or speaking to social issues that would align with the academy’s politics.