On Facebook, it was announced yesterday that one of the Themes for 2024's SF/49 will be:

PARTY LIKE IT'S 1999

No films were listed, but it said that a "couple of films" from that year will be selected for the Marathon.

THOUGHTS? SUGGESTIONS??

what was that movie about the millenium with tom sizemore and raiffe finnes? what was it called? it was made a few years before the millenium and it was set in the millenium. the name escapes me but it would be a good tribute to tom sizemore. i remember his toupee got ripped off his head during the final fight scene. if that helps.

Strange Days directed by Oscar winner Katheryn Bigelow.
Solid flick.

Caleb451 wrote on Oct 11^th, 2023 at 11:09am:

Strange Days directed by Oscar winner Katheryn Bigelow. Solid flick.

Strange Days was shown at SF/22. And, it's from 1995.

Any 1999 thoughts?

I'd love to watch the pilot episode of Space:1999

i saw half of this. it looked really good.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101458/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_113_act

i saw half of this. it looked good. it has a cameo by that loud mouthed magician guy. not penn gillette. the other one who has a solo act and he throws cards.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101458/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_113_act

I like UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD but it's pretty long.

Even the 'cut' version is 2 hours and 40 minutes.
The longer cut is 3 hours
The Director's cut is 5

what are you? a man or a mouse?

L.A. Connection wrote on Oct 16^th, 2023 at 12:05am:

I like UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD but it's pretty long.

     Ya think?????
     1.  It's from 1991, not 1999.
     2.  The idea of running movies from 1999 isnt the greatest.
     3.  Considering the precipitous decline in audience attendance, by all means choose some over-long, boring, wafer-thin-plotted onanistic exercise in self-indulgence that will take up nearly one-fifth of the Thon's running time so as to permanently chase away anyone new who might be interested in showing up.  Brilliant!
     4.  And, even better, lets run a BluRay because not only is a print not available, who could possibly object to paying out a high ticket price to watch something in a theatre that he/she/it could also run the exact same way at home?  Genius!
     5.  Heres a concept: lets run some movies that people might want to see, and not -- oh, lets pull a title or two out of a hat -- crap like UFOria & Future Kill.  Wouldnt that be something?
     6.  Dont give up your day jobs, guys.   ::)

David the Projectionist wrote on Oct 18^th, 2023 at 9:48pm:

L.A. Connection wrote on Oct 16th, 2023 at 12:05am: I like UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD but it's pretty long.           2.  The idea of running movies from 1999 isnt the greatest.      5.  Heres a concept: lets run some movies that people might want to see, and not -- oh, lets pull a title or two out of a hat -- crap like UFOria & Future Kill.  Wouldnt that be something?      6.  Dont give up your day jobs, guys.   ::)

Those ideas and bookings were done by folks who's DO this as their "day jobs"!  :-X

L.A. Connection wrote on Oct 19^th, 2023 at 12:05pm:

Those ideas and bookings were done by folks who's DO this as their "day jobs"!  :-X

     Programming bad/boring movies?   ;)

David the Projectionist wrote on Oct 19^th, 2023 at 9:07pm:

L.A. Connection wrote on Oct 19th, 2023 at 12:05pm: Those ideas and bookings were done by folks who's DO this as their "day jobs"!  :-X      Programming bad/boring movies?   ;)

Those are YOUR words. It's not folks here on the messageboard that chose those two films or the 1999 theme 'twas folks who do this as their 'day job'

Also Future Kill may not be Citizen Kane but as an audience we had a ton of fun with it at last year's marathon.

UncleTim wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2023 at 10:04am:

Also Future Kill may not be Citizen Kane but as an audience we had a ton of fun with it at last year's marathon.

if you want to choose an exemplar, it would be more appropriate to evoke alfred hitchcock's "vertigo" because it has usurped citizen kane and is now number 1 on the bfi list of greatest movies of all time.

David the Projectionist wrote on Oct 18^th, 2023 at 9:48pm:

L.A. Connection wrote on Oct 16th, 2023 at 12:05am: I like UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD but it's pretty long.             3.  Considering the precipitous decline in audience attendance, by all means choose some over-long, boring, wafer-thin-plotted onanistic exercise in self-indulgence that will take up nearly one-fifth of the Thon's running time so as to permanently chase away anyone new who might be interested in showing up.  Brilliant!      4.  And, even better, lets run a BluRay because not only is a print not available, who could possibly object to paying out a high ticket price to watch something in a theatre that he/she/it could also run the exact same way at home?  Genius!      5.  Heres a concept: lets run some movies that people might want to see, and not -- oh, lets pull a title or two out of a hat -- crap like UFOria & Future Kill.  Wouldnt that be something?      6.  Dont give up your day jobs, guys.   ::)

Dave,
in case you hadn't noticed it is the year 2023 and the current flavor of the month is in fact a three hour movie.
i like prints  but i suffer no ill effects from a blue ray and your economic argument does not hold water because blu ray, craptastic fatures, increasing atendance fees and inflations impact on sno caps and popcorn have not deterred marathon attendence. i conservatively estimate that the audience has increased and new blood has been added to the marathon over the last ten years and the last ten years coud be characterized as the blu ray decade. call me a phillistine but the concept of appealing to the masses is far from a high ideal. i found the half cheers and half boos responce to "the man who fell to earth" to be a group thought provoking experience.
p.s. the election was stolen

kirok1 wrote on Oct 24^th, 2023 at 6:14pm:

UncleTim wrote on Oct 23rd, 2023 at 10:04am: Also Future Kill may not be Citizen Kane but as an audience we had a ton of fun with it at last year's marathon. if you want to choose an exemplar, it would be more appropriate to evoke alfred hitchcock's "vertigo" because it has usurped citizen kane and is now number 1 on the bfi list of greatest movies of all time.

VERTIGO has now been usurped to. The greatest is now  Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

oh God! i thought we were done with frenchy cutesy. i got the trailer on imdb and thought, he must be joking. but it's true! a frenchy cutesy has been made #1 on the bfi top 100 list. this looks like the most boring piece of sh!t ever to be put on celluloid!! and it's 3 futting hours long. holy sh!t. what is the message? life sucks?

Getting back to suggestions along the theme, I thought of a few movies set in 1999 that haven't played the marathon to my knowledge and might be fun:

Destroy All Monsters - Who doesn't love a big epic kaiju movie and it'd be a nice way to acknowledge Godzilla's 70th anniversary.

Class of 1999 - Violent schools with rampaging cyborg teachers. Silly and fun.

Prince of Darkness - Yes it's horror but sci-fi as well with telepathic messages from the far off year of 1999. It still remains one of John Carpenter's most underappreciated films.

Virtuosity - Another silly but fun one with Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, and a hilariously goofy conception of what virtual reality was supposed to be like.

Thoughts?

UncleTim wrote on Nov 2^nd, 2023 at 9:06pm:

Getting back to suggestions along the theme, I thought of a few movies set in 1999 that haven't played the marathon to my knowledge and might be fun: Destroy All Monsters - Who doesn't love a big epic kaiju movie and it'd be a nice way to acknowledge Godzilla's 70th anniversary. Class of 1999 - Violent schools with rampaging cyborg teachers. Silly and fun. Prince of Darkness - Yes it's horror but sci-fi as well with telepathic messages from the far off year of 1999. It still remains one of John Carpenter's most underappreciated films. Virtuosity - Another silly but fun one with Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, and a hilariously goofy conception of what virtual reality was supposed to be like. Thoughts?

Some offbeat picks there. How about DEEP BLUE SEA?

L.A. Connection wrote on Nov 4^th, 2023 at 12:09pm:

Some offbeat picks there. How about DEEP BLUE SEA?

I think that would be a great choice. I wasn't a huge fan of it but I bet the audience would have a lot of fun with that.

Any other ideas - not necessarily related to 1999. I doubt there will be more than 2 or 3 films from that year

L.A. Connection wrote on Nov 15^th, 2023 at 12:46pm:

Any other ideas - not necessarily related to 1999. I doubt there will be more than 2 or 3 films from that year

A few more fun and interesting ones that as far as I know have never played the 'Thon:

The Core - Big silly Irwin Allen style disaster is always a good time.

The World's End - While not as celebrated as Shaun of the Dead or Hot Fuzz, it's just as brilliant.

Krull - Borderline whether one considers it more fantasy than sci-fi but it has travel to a different planet so I think it counts.

Dredd - Because it didn't get a fair shake in theaters and Karl Urban is awesome.

Ikarie XB 1 - Stark, fascinating space thriller that might be interesting due to its acknowledged influence on Stanley Kubrick for 2001. This one has played the 'Thon in its mangled dubbed version way back in SF3 but the original version is better.

UncleTim wrote on Nov 15^th, 2023 at 11:31pm:

L.A. Connection wrote on Nov 15th, 2023 at 12:46pm: Any other ideas - not necessarily related to 1999. I doubt there will be more than 2 or 3 films from that year A few more fun and interesting ones that as far as I know have never played the 'Thon: The Core - Big silly Irwin Allen style disaster is always a good time. The World's End - While not as celebrated as Shaun of the Dead or Hot Fuzz, it's just as brilliant. Krull - Borderline whether one considers it more fantasy than sci-fi but it has travel to a different planet so I think it counts. Dredd - Because it didn't get a fair shake in theaters and Karl Urban is awesome. Ikarie XB 1 - Stark, fascinating space thriller that might be interesting due to its acknowledged influence on Stanley Kubrick for 2001. This one has played the 'Thon in its mangled dubbed version way back in SF3 but the original version is better.

IKARIE has been discussed. It did play the festival. It's simply one of the best SF films of the 60s

DREDD has been mentioned and I've long asked for KRULL myself

i'll drag out my worn out and tattered list of choices that are hopelessly doomed to not play at the marathon:

what's so bad about feeling good? a virus induces feelings of well being in nyc. the federal government is called to stop the spread. starring mary tyler moore and a very funny scene involving surgical masks.

the man in the white suit. alec guiness invents an indestructible cloth.

star trek five. spock's half brother (was going to be played by sean connery God would i have loved to see that) find's God. critics panned it. fans followed the critics like lemmings. i think it is a great installment and very funny. give it the marathon test.

the core really sucks. don't do it.

the abominable snowman. with forrest tucker. sasquatch often gets confused with the abominable snowman yeti never complains.

team america . marionettes spoof. hilarious.

way way out. jerry lewis. this may really suck but in a good way.

kirok1 wrote on Nov 16^th, 2023 at 7:21pm:

the abominable snowman. with forrest tucker. sasquatch often gets confused with the abominable snowman yeti never complains.

Ooooh, Abominable Snowman would be a great choice!!

It is on Blu Ray, now that we don't have to worry about getting proper film prints or DCPs .

Not sure about rights issues.

how can you not show this:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120157/

and once again i ask for "cloud atlas"

how is it that it has been announced that there are 13 movies at the marathon but there is no information on any feature titles?? bueuller...bueller... bueller...

there is a black and white print being released in january?? can we get it?