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John. J. Godfrey

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John J. Godfrey is a notable American video engineer renowned for his innovative contributions to video technology and broadcast standards. In the late 1960s, while working at WNET/THIRTEEN in New York, he developed a groundbreaking procedure to elevate small-format ½-inch videotape to broadcast quality. This advancement involved a series of post-production dubbings, enabling experimental video works, which were previously unsuitable for broadcast due to technical limitations, to meet the stringent standards of television transmission. Godfrey's innovation provided renewed impetus to video experimentation, particularly in the field of documentary filmmaking, by allowing creators to see their works aired on mainstream platforms.

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1975  The Good Times Are Killing Me
1976  I Want to Live in the Country (And Other Romances)
1978  The Trial of the Moke
1979  O Youth and Beauty!
1981  Guests of the Nation

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1975  The Good Times Are Killing Me
1976  I Want to Live in the Country (And Other Romances)
1978  The Trial of the Moke
1979  Home
1979  O Youth and Beauty!
1981  Guests of the Nation

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1978  Mourning Becomes Electra

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  • I added "runners up" to Top 10 lists, treating them as ties where applicable and numbering them accordingly at the bottom of each list.
  • Regarding those polls wherein "franchise" movies were submitted as one project until BFI's policy changed to regard them separately, I treated them as ties and renumbered the affected lists accordingly (e.g. the Godfather films).

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