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2009 Yearbook

Here are the posters of note that were discussed in the 2009 Yearbook show.  The episode and companion film list will be posted shortly.


I don't know if Steven Soderbergh is involved in the creation of the posters for his films, or just intelligent enough to hire creative people to handle the marketing...either way, his films consistantly have great designs.  Traffic, The Limey, Bubble, The Informant!, Full Frontal, Che, the list goes on and on.

This documentary took an interesting angle in that it ignored the devious nature of creating "good" advertising (that people can be made to want shit they don't need) and just focused on the art of creating good design.  The poster needs to fulfill the ideas presented in the film and I think it succeeds wonderfully.

Simple. Iconic. What else do you need?  I especially like the lack of names (and there are great creative names behind this film) anywhere near the name of the film.  The tag line is perfect too.  It conveys a sense that this film is officially a children's film, but there is a kid in all of us, so really, it's a film for everyone.

Speaking of a lack of vanity.  When a movie star of the Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks or George Clooney variety are in a film, I'm always impressed when the marketing department/company goes with a poster that does not include a head shot.  This one goes one step further in that the three main characters are on the poster, but in silhouette.  And on top of that, Mr. Clooney has his back to us. 

A British comedy about how far a miscommunication between two governments can go...this is exactly the poster design you go with for this film.  The only thing better is the trailer.

A documentary about the industrial food system we have here in this country and what it is doing to our health.  Once again, what other image do you go with to convey the odd nature of industrializing something that is natural to this world.  A cow with a barcode.  A brilliant, simple and terrifying design. 

At first glance I thought this teaser poster for 9 was original and very creative...then I remembered the "What is the Matrix?" poster from years ago and the creativity points when down a little bit for 9.  I still like the idea though.  Any poster that doesn't include the title of the film gets my attention, which is probably the intent.

To continue with the 9 theme...this poster was just plain creative and intriguing and original.  The target practice element was inspired and once again, the total lack of vanity this poster displays gets it extra points.  Actually, all the posters made for this film are fantastic.

2007 Yearbook

Each year has a corresponding Dispatch episode (http://www.theworldofcinema.com/) that gives an overview of the year in film that was...

2007

Dramas (Not ranked)
There Will Be Blood
Prag (Prague)
Zodiac
No Country for Old Men
Into the Wild
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Gone Baby Gone
The Bothersome Man

Comedy (Ranked)
1. Knocked Up
2. The TV Set
3. The Ten
4. Reno 911!: Miami
5. Superbad

Documentary (Not Ranked)
A Map for Saturday
No End in Sight
The 11th Hour
Your Mommy Kills Animals
Kurt Cobain About A Son
The King of Kong: A Fist Full of Quarters

2006 Yearbook

2006

 

Each year has a corresponding Dispatch episode (http://www.theworldofcinema.com/) that gives an overview of the year in film that was...

 

This year seemed to be a very strong year for documentaries, at least the ones I was able to see.

 

Documentary

Henri Langlois: Phantom of the Cinematheque

Why We Fight

Jesus Camp

Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon

American Hardcore

Before the Music Dies

 

Drama

The Departed

Children of Men

I am the Angel of Death: Pusher III

The Fountain

Brick

L'Enfant

Comedy

Idiocracy

Clerks II

Beerfest

2005 Yearbook

Each year has a corresponding Dispatch episode (http://www.theworldofcinema.com/) that gives an overview of the year in film that was...

The journal entry I have for this list was March 2, 2006.  It is a combination of divided up by genres as well as number ranked.

2005

Drama
1. Syriana
2. A History of Violence
3. Good Night and Good Luck
4. Brokeback Mountain
5. Lord of War

Comedy
1. The 40 Year Old Virgin
2. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
3. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
4. The Wedding Crashers

Forien
1. A Hole in My Heart
2. Cache
3. Brothers
4. Kings and Queen
5. The Edukators

Documentary
1. The Future of Food
2. Grizzly Man
3. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
4. Murderball
5. Popaganda: The Art and Crimes of Ron English

2004 Yearbook

Each year has a corresponding Dispatch episode (http://www.theworldofcinema.com/) that gives an overview of the year in film that was...

As asserted in the 2004 Yearbook episode of WOC, this was a fantastic year of film that rivals 1999 in my book. I divided up this year’s best into four categories and each category is ranked.


2004

Drama
1. Primer
2. Before Sunset
3. The Aviator
4. We Don’t Live Here Anymore
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
6. Madness and Genius
7. Kinsey
8. Sideways
9. Spartan
10. The Village

Comedy
1. I Heart Huckabees
2. Team America: World Police
3. Club Dread
4. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
5. Silver City
6. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
7. Mean Girls
8. Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
9. In Good Company
10. Saved!

Documentary
1. The Corporation
2. Control Room
3. In the Realms of the Unreal
4. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
5. Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire
6. Super Size Me
7. Farmingville
8. Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism
9. The Agronomist
10. The Fourth World War

Foreign
1. Last Life in the Universe
2. Maria Full of Grace
3. Kopps
4. Carandiru
5. The Motorcycle Diaries

2003 Yearbook

Each year has a corresponding Dispatch episode (http://www.theworldofcinema.com/) that gives an overview of the year in film that was...


This year I went with seperate lists of Fiction and Documentary and I went back to actually ranking the films.


2003

Fiction
1. Elephant
2. Le temps du loup (Time of the Wolf)
3. Lilja 4-ever (Lilya 4-Ever)
4. Dom durakov (House of Fools)
5. Elsker dig for evigt (Open Hearts)
6. The Shape of Things
7. American Splendor
8. 21 Grams
9. 28 Days Later
10. Old School

Documentary
1. The Weather Underground
2. The Fog of War
3. Capturing the Friedmans
4. Spellbound
5. Seeing is Believing: Handicams, Human Rights and the News

2002 Yearbook

Each year has a corresponding Dispatch episode (www.theworldofcinema.com) that gives an overview of the year in film that was...

This year I ended up grouping the best by their star ranking.
 

2002

**** (4 stars)

Irreversible

West 47^th Street

The 25^th Hour

Super Troopers

Love Liza

Y tu Mama Tambien

***1/2 (3 1/2 stars)

Gangs of New York

Adaptation

Punch Drunk Love

Far From Heaven

The Kid Stays in the Picture

Bloody Sunday

Time Out

*** (3 stars)

Insomnia

Full Frontal

Heaven

Death to Smoochy

Bowling for Columbine

Kissing Jessica Stein

Sunshine State

Possession

Lovely & Amazing

Frailty

The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys

 

2001 Yearbook

Each year has a corresponding Dispatch episode (www.theworldofcinema.com) that gives an overview of the year in film that was...

This year I ended up grouping the best by their star ranking.

2001
**** (4 stars)

Last Resort

Iris

Baby Boy

In the Mood for Love

Waking Life / Tape

Mulholland Dr.

Ghost World

Memento

Amores Perros

Go, Tigers!

***1/2 (3 1/2 stars)

Chopper

Blow

Zoolander

The Royal Tenenbaums

Baise-Moi

L.I.E.

Donnie Darko

*** (3 stars)

Nico & Dani

Training  Day

A.I.

Heist

The Pledge

Freddy Got Fingered

The Princess and the Warrior

 

2000 Yearbook

Each year has a corresponding Dispatch episode (www.theworldofcinema.com) that gives an overview of the year in film that was...

This is a list as transcribed from a journal entry that was dated March 3rd 2001.  Some years I ranked films and some years I just couldn't figure out the actual order they went in.  This year they were ranked.

2000

1. Requiem for a Dream

(tie)Traffic

3. You can Count on me

4. Almost Famous

5. Wonder Boys

6. Yi Yi

7. Tillsammans (Together)

8. The Way of the Gun

9. Quills

10. Cast Away

11. Dancer in the Dark

12. High Fidelity