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The First MannVanuary

Cinemonster's original list: letterboxd.com/cinemonster/list/a-challenge-with-a-stupid-name-mannvanuary/

Challenge complete!

Final tally:
1/1 Anthony Mann Film
1/1 Melvin or Mario Film
1/1 Black Western
9/4 decades (western) - 1920s, 1930s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
8/5 films from Black directors
3/3 westerns from the following: Corbucci, Daves, Martino, Peckinpah or Boetticher.
4/4 decades (noir) - 1940s, 1950s, 1990s, 2000s
4/4 noir films from: Siodmak, John Dahl, Lang, Ray, Carl Franklin
2/2 Bonus films - 1 Jamaa Fanaka film and Miami Blues

Time for some awards! Lots of tough decisions, and I only allowed 1 per film with no ties. Here they are:

Golden Spur: Victor Sjöström - The Wind
Silver Spur: Sergio Leone - Duck, You Sucker
Best Director: Delmer Daves - 3:10 to Yuma
Best Actor: Danny Glover - To Sleep with Anger
Best Actress: Linda Fiorentino - The Last Seduction
Best Screenplay: A.I. Bezzerides - On Dangerous Ground
Technical Grand Prize: Timo Salminen - Jauja (cinematography)

Read notes
  • The Wind
  • Duck, You Sucker
  • 3:10 to Yuma
  • Wagon Master
  • Django
  • The Good, the Bad, the Weird
  • Yeelen
  • The Naked Spur
  • The Harder They Fall
  • On Dangerous Ground
  • Jauja
  • The Tall T
  • The Last Seduction
  • To Sleep with Anger
  • 3:10 to Yuma
  • Shaft
  • Miami Blues
  • Ride with the Devil
  • The Dark Mirror
  • Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
  • Out of Time
  • Penitentiary
  • Union Pacific
  • Miracle at St. Anna
  • Cat Ballou
  • The Paperboy