Doof! Canon - January Nomination Vote (Patreon)

The Council of Doof! Patrons has conveened once again and put forth a handful of movies to be considered for entry into the Doof Canon! It's now time for you, Patrons to take a look at the list and decide which movie this month's episode should be on. Starting this month we've opened things up and are allowing you to vote for more than one entry. So please vote for every movie you'd be interested in!  

Barton Fink (1991)

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

Written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen

Notes from the nominator:

This Coen Brothers movie is a little outside the usual Coen theme of "heist gone wrong"--it's a satirical, very dark look at Hollywood's soul-sucking culture, and what happens when an acclaimed playwright decides to write a low-budget wrestling flick. It has some of the best performances in any Coen brothers movie, wonderfully bizarre characters, and a surreal quality that beats even their weirdest films. I find that some Coen movies can drag a bit, but this keeps a pretty zippy pace from start to finish. And it makes an excellent pairing with Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.

Written by Hugo Guinness and Wes Anderson. Directed by Wes Anderson.

Notes from the nominator:

Wes Anderson is such an incredibly uniquely talented director, and The Grand Budapest Hotel is his "most successful" film, in terms of box office and Academy Award nominations (which, granted, are two very specific and not entirely holistic measures of success). I think it is a good piece to hold up as both emblematic of his work, while also being more accessible than some of his other films. Plus, he's a Texan, so, you know, gotta get more of those into the canon.

Solaris (1972)

A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.

Written by Fridrikh Gorenshteyn and Andrei Tarkovsky. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.

Notes from the nominator:

Andrei Tarkovsky's answer to Kubrik's "2001: A Space Odyssey", Solaris is a uniquely beautiful and strange film that combines powerful science fiction with emotional storytelling.

Heathers (1988)

At Westerburg High where cliques rule, jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named Heather, it's going to take a Veronica and mysterious new kid to give teen angst a body count.

Written by Daniel Waters and directed by Michael Lehmann

Notes from the nominator:

The '80s was the decade of high school rom-coms, many of them directed by John Hughes. But far and away the best 80s high school movie ever, and indeed the best high school movie period, is Heathers.  Filled with all the struggles every highschooler faces - bullying, anxiety, love, nihilism, angst, sex, domestic terrorism, and wanting to fit in - this movie encapsulates an entire genre and decade of fashion perfectly. It's flawless.  If it's not on Michael's list of the 6 good movies, then he needs to add a 7th.

Before Sunrise (1995)

A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.

Written by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan. Directed by Richard Linklater. 

Notes from the nominator:

It’s a Linklater film that deserves to be in the canon