Mannvanuary Quatre, or the Four HorseManns of the VanPocalypse
26 movies
26/26
Jumping in again for the fourth Mannvanuary, not sure if I'll have time this month to get through everything here but I'll give it a solid effort.
Original list and rules found here: https://boxd.it/BieBg
1 Anthony Mann Film T-MEN (1947)
1 Melvin or Mario Film DON'T PLAY US CHEAP (1972) BAADASSSSS! (2003)
1 Black Western THOMASINE & BUSHROD (1974)
1 Film directed by a woman LEMON (2017) MEEK'S CUTOFF (2010) SECRET LIFE OF BEES (2008)
5 decades (western) 60s/70s/80s/90s/2010s
8 films from Black directors DON'T PLAY US CHEAP (1972) BAADASSSSS! (2003) THOMASINE & BUSHROD (1974) TO SLEEP WITH ANGER (1990) WIDOWS (2018) OLDBOY (2013) TIMESTALKERS (1987) LEMON (2017) SECRET LIFE OF BEES (2008)
1 Western with Tomas Milian DJANGO KILL...IF YOU LIVE, SHOOT! (1967)
1 Charles Burnett film TO SLEEP WITH ANGER (1990)
1 Kurosawa Samurai film (preferably one that you haven't seen) KAGEMUSHA (1980)
4 westerns from the following: Peckinpah, Hathaway, Costner. THE DEADLY COMPANIANS (1961) NOON WINE (1966) TRUE GRIT (1969) DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
7 decades (noir) 40s/50s/60s/70s/90s/2010s/2020s
4 noir films from: Dmytryk, Dassin, Litvak, David Miller. THE SNIPER (1952) RIFIFI (1955) THE LONG NIGHT (1947) SUDDEN FEAR (1952)
BONUS - 1 Kasi Lemmons or Gina Prince-Bythewood that you haven't seen and Doc THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES (2008) DOC (1971)
Don't Play Us Cheap (1973) [Movie] Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
Don't Play Us Cheap
director:
马文·范·皮伯斯
actor:
埃丝特·罗尔
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Avon Long
…
other title:
不准欺骗我们
Film version of Melvin Van Peebles' Broadway musical. A pair of devil-bats take human form and crash a Harlem house party in an attempt to break it up. But somehow, their attempts to ruin the party fail.
How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass (2003) [Movie] Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass
director:
马里奥·范·皮布尔斯
actor:
马里奥·范·皮布尔斯
/
乔伊·布赖恩特
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other title:
大流氓
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Baadasssss!
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Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of Melvin's brash and sometimes deceptive conduct on the set of the film, including questionable antics like writing bad checks, tricking a local fire department and allowing his son, Mario, to shoot racy sex scenes at the age of 11.
Thomasine & Bushrod (1974) [Movie] Douban WikiData TMDB IMDb
Thomasine & Bushrod
director:
Gordon Parks Jr.
actor:
Max Julien
/
Vonetta McGee
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other title:
Thomasine and Bushrod
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토마신 & 부시로드
…
A pair of thieves operate in the American South between 1911 and 1915, stealing from rich, white capitalists, and giving to Mexicans, Native Americans and poor whites.
Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Se sei vivo spara
director:
Giulio Questi
actor:
托马斯·米连
/
雷·洛夫洛克
…
other title:
姜戈，杀！
/
Se sei vivo spara
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A Mexican outlaw known as "The Stranger" is part of a band of thieves that steal a cargo of gold from a stagecoach. However, the Americans in the band betray him, and shoot all the Mexicans. The Stranger is not completely dead though, and crawls his way out of his shallow grave, continuing his pursuit of the gold, and exacting a bloody vengeance.
To Sleep with Anger (1990) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
To Sleep with Anger
other title:
带怒而眠
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愤怒睡眠
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Charles Burnett, one of America's most highly regarded independent filmmakers, wrote and directed this domestic drama about a black middle-class family living in South central Los Angeles. However, there are no gangs, no guns, no drugs but instead a lyrical story that draws on folklore and the supernatural.
family tensions are already simmering when Harry (Danny Glover) arrives to visit his old friends. He exudes an easy charm, knows secret past and present and is soon installed in the heart of the family. However, as his stay lengthens, so does he begin to cast an even more malevolent spell, provoking turmoil, setting son against son, reviving past hatreds, and inflicting a mysterious illness.
Glover delivers a career-topping performance as the garrulous family friend, full of hidden menace, effortlessly evoking nostalgia and horror in the same breath.
As ever, Burnett provides a wonderful music track featuring gospel, blues and jazz and a cameo from the legendary Jimmy Weatherspoon.
'A slow-burning, soul-insinuating, 12-bar blues of a movie.' Tom Charity, Time Out
'Danny Glover is marvellous, and terrifying, as a charismatic old-timer.' The Times
(from the description on the back cover of the DVD)
family tensions are already simmering when Harry (Danny Glover) arrives to visit his old friends. He exudes an easy charm, knows secret past and present and is soon installed in the heart of the family. However, as his stay lengthens, so does he begin to cast an even more malevolent spell, provoking turmoil, setting son against son, reviving past hatreds, and inflicting a mysterious illness.
Glover delivers a career-topping performance as the garrulous family friend, full of hidden menace, effortlessly evoking nostalgia and horror in the same breath.
As ever, Burnett provides a wonderful music track featuring gospel, blues and jazz and a cameo from the legendary Jimmy Weatherspoon.
'A slow-burning, soul-insinuating, 12-bar blues of a movie.' Tom Charity, Time Out
'Danny Glover is marvellous, and terrifying, as a charismatic old-timer.' The Times
(from the description on the back cover of the DVD)
The Deadly Companions (1961) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Deadly Companions
director:
萨姆·佩金帕
actor:
莫琳·奥哈拉
/
Brian Keith
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other title:
대들리 컴패니언
/
荒野のガンマン
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An ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son and tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory.
Noon Wine (1966) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Noon Wine
director:
萨姆·佩金帕
actor:
杰森·罗巴兹
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奥利维亚·玛丽·德·哈维兰
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A dark tragedy about a farmer's futile act of homicide that takes place on a small dairy farm in southern Texas during the 1890s. Sam Peckinpah directed this original adaptation of the Katherine Anne Porter novel for ABC, and the project became an hour-long presentation for ABC Stage 67, premiering on Nov. 23, 1966.
True Grit (1969) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
True Grit
other title:
大地惊雷
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独眼龙双枪歼四虎(港)
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The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.
Dances with Wolves (1990) [Movie] Douban Min reol IMDb Eggplant.place TMDB WikiData
Dances with Wolves
other title:
Balla coi lupi
/
Danser med ulve
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Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
The Sniper (1952) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Sniper
director:
爱德华·迪麦特雷克
actor:
阿道夫·门吉欧
/
阿瑟·弗兰兹
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other title:
狙击手
/
스나이퍼
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Eddie Miller struggles with his hatred of women, he's especially bothered by seeing women with their lovers. He starts a killing spree as a sniper by shooting women from far distances. In an attempt to get caught, he writes an anonymous letter to the police begging them to stop him.
The Long Night (1947) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Long Night
director:
安纳托尔·李维克
actor:
亨利·方达
/
芭芭拉·贝尔·戈迪斯
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other title:
漫漫长夜
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Die lange Nacht
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The credits fade onto a blind man tapping his way down the sidewalk,he enters a dingy boarding house and hears a shot fired in one of the upstairs bedrooms. A door opens from audience POV. A man tumbles out of the door and falls, slides and slithers down two flights of stairs and is dead when he hits the bottom. Then follows nearly 100 minutes of flashback and flashbacks-within-flashbacks about a veteran returing from the war, tired and disillusioned, only to find that he girl he loves has lied to him about her relationship with another man, and that man is sadistic, boastful and tauntful.
Sudden Fear (1953) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Sudden Fear
director:
戴维·米勒
actor:
琼·克劳馥
/
杰克·帕兰斯
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other title:
惊惧骤起
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凤阁春残
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Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a romantic leading man. On a train from New York to San Francisco, Blaine sets out to prove Myra wrong...by romancing her. Is he sincere, or does he have a dark ulterior motive?
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
other title:
谋杀地下老板
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暗杀中国赌徒事件
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Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.
