Bresson was my #1. Baz Luhrmann was my pick for worst.
― Chris L, Saturday, 20 January 2018 14:19 (six years ago) link
the dreaded double-Coppola! xxp
and Alfred's Coppola was Sofia. Too many martinis...
I could not put Ingmar in my top 5 bcz, eventually, I got sick of him blaming his parents for everything. Man up.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 January 2018 14:22 (six years ago) link
whut I done voted for. (Warhol changed film, also a must vote despite the 'importance doesnt matter' yahoos)
Alfred HitchcockJean RenoirHoward HawksJohn FordRainer Werner FassbinderIngmar BergmanPreston SturgesLuis BunuelStanley KubrickBuster Keaton
Robert BressonOusmane SembeneErnst LubitschOrson WellesSteven SpielbergRoberto RosselliniEric RohmerAndrei TarkovskyFritz LangAkira Kurosawa
Luchino ViscontiCarl DreyerYasujiro OzuJean-Luc GodardCharles ChaplinChuck JonesRobert AldrichNicholas RayMike LeighRobert Altman
Max OphulsAbbas KiarostamiD.W. GriffithHou Hsiao-hsienVincente MinnelliElia KazanAndy WarholGeorge KucharAgnes VardaFrederick Wiseman
Jacques TatiDavid CronenbergJacques TourneurAlain ResnaisSatyajit RayMichael Powell & Emeric PressburgerShohei ImamuraMartin ScorseseTodd HaynesF.W. Murnau
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 January 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link
(oh yeah it was Murnau i voted for and not Pabst. mistaken silent German identity)
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 January 2018 14:32 (six years ago) link
Tarkovsky-Lynch-Renoir-Ozu-Bunuel were my top 5 without thinking much about it. I guess I like dream logic and tragic humanists.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 20 January 2018 14:36 (six years ago) link
1. Lynch, David 2. Kubrick, Stanley 3. Ozu Yasujirō 4. Bergman, Ingmar 5. Kiarostami, Abbas 6. Kieslowski, Krzysztof 7. Powell, Michael & Emeric Pressburger 8. Akerman, Chantal
Unranked:Altman, RobertAnderson, Paul ThomasAnderson, WesAntonioni, MichelangeloBrakhage, StanCoen, Joel & EthanCronenberg, DavidDeren, MayaFassbinder, Rainer WernerFord, JohnFrankenheimer, JohnGilliam, TerryGodard, Jean-LucGreenaway, PeterHaneke, MichaelHerzog, WernerHitchcock, AlfredJones, ChuckKaurismäki, AkiKurosawa AkiraLaughton, CharlesLean, DavidLeigh, MikeMaddin, GuyMorrison, BillPennebaker, D.A.Polanski, RomanRay, SatyajitRenoir, JeanResnais, AlainRossellini, RobertoSaulnier, JeremyScorsese, MartinSoderbergh, StevenSpielberg, StevenSturges, PrestonSvankmajer, JanTarkovsky, AndreiVarda, AgnesVertov, DzigaWelles, OrsonZwigoff, Terry
― WilliamC, Saturday, 20 January 2018 14:37 (six years ago) link
but odd man out is so clueless about belfast that it makes me very sceptical of vienna
it's only a movie, Ingrid
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 January 2018 14:38 (six years ago) link
My Ballot:
Edward YangHayao MiyazakiJohn CassavetesAkira KurosawaAndrei TarkovskyBilly WilderYasujiro OzuRobert AltmanIngmar BergmanJean RenoirFritz LangDavid LynchJoel and Ethan CoenWerner HerzogAlfred HitchcockFederico FelliniRobert SiodmakChantal AkermanJia ZhangkeCharles LaughtonSeijun SuzukiGuy MaddinKenji MizoguchiPaul Thomas AndersonKelly ReichardtMichael Powell and Emeric PressburgerOrson WellesMichelangelo AntonioniOtto PremingerTerrence MalickRoberto RosseliniFrancis Ford CoppolaPark Chan-WookOliver AssayasStanley KubrickPier Paolo PasoliniJohnnie ToMartin ScorseseIsao TakahataFei MuKon IchikawaFrank CapraJohn Huston Jean Pierre MelvilleWoody AllenWes AndersonNicholas RayPaul SchraderMia Hansen LoveMiguel Gomes
Worst: Edgar Wright
― devvvine, Saturday, 20 January 2018 14:41 (six years ago) link
good shout on Edgar fucking Wright
― hell is auteur people (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 20 January 2018 14:44 (six years ago) link
okay whatwhich films?― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 20 January 2018 13:02 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
which films?
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 20 January 2018 13:02 (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
la bete humaine and le dejeuner sur l'herbe
I'm glad you didn't vote, plax! In part bcz you referred to Lee Marvin as "someone."― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 January 2018 14:18 (twenty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 January 2018 14:18 (twenty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol i DID vote, I just didn't get to post this week.
― plax (ico), Saturday, 20 January 2018 14:49 (six years ago) link
I had regretted not voting for phillip scheffner, but this wasn't a poll where you could push your top choices onto the main even singlehandedly so I have no regrets
― plax (ico), Saturday, 20 January 2018 14:50 (six years ago) link
"charmless male leads" in Sturges, why i oughta...
Eddie Bracken is *ssupposed to be* charmless, he's brilliant at it.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 January 2018 14:55 (six years ago) link
Part of the multiplex crew, don’t @ me. Herzog, WernerTarkovsky, AndreiCronenberg, DavidGordon, StuartMurnau, F.W.Scorsese, MartinWenders, WimWong Kar-waiYang, EdwardKubrick, StanleyMiyazaki HayaoAnderson, Paul ThomasCassavetes, JohnChow, StephenCoppola, Francis FordFellini, FedericoKorine, HarmonyLynch, DavidMalick, TerrenceWilder, BillyWelles, OrsonKieslowski, KrzysztofKopple, BarbaraReed, CarolLang, FritzDreyer, Carl TheodorBergman, IngmarRaimi, SamGriffith, D.W.Roeg, NicholasMorris, ErrolLaughton, CharlesFassbinder, Rainer WernerBunuel, LuisCoen, Joel & EthanMann, MichaelSpielberg, StevenVon Trier, Larsdel Toro, GuillermoBurton, TimRomero, George A.Kaufman, CharlieBrowning, TodDowney Sr., RobertBrakhage, StanJarmusch, JimMeyer, RussLinklater, RichardSolondz, ToddLewis, Herschell GordonNolan, ChristopherNoé, Gaspar
― Jeff, Saturday, 20 January 2018 14:57 (six years ago) link
1. Farocki, Harun2. Akerman, Chantal3. Wiseman, Frederick4. Hitchcock, Alfred5. Loach, Ken6. Straub, Jean-Marie & Daniele Huillet7. Godard, Jean-Luc8. Murnau, F.W.9. Fassbinder, Rainer Werner10. Resnais, Alain11. Kiarostami, Abbas12. Hawks, Howard13. Minh-ha, Trinh T.14. Petzold, Christian15. Ray, Nicholas16. Dickinson, Margaret17. Almodovar, Pedro18. Guiterrez, Thomas19. Bitomsky, Hartmut20. Keiller, Patrick21. Griffith, D.W.22. Trecartin, Ryan23. Berkeley, Busby24. Welles, Orson25. Denis, Claire26. Cukor, George27. Marker, Chris28. Biemann, Ursula29. Minnelli, Vincente30. Sirk, Douglas31. Frampton, Hollis32. Waters, John33. Haneke, Michael
― plax (ico), Saturday, 20 January 2018 15:01 (six years ago) link
those Charles Laughton votes are indeed irritating, esp at the expense of Jean Vigo and Elaine May
I've tried w/ Straub & Huillet. Not so far.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 January 2018 15:05 (six years ago) link
1. Alfred Hitchcock2. Ingmar Bergman3. Nicolas Roeg4. David Lynch5. Stanley Kubrick6. Charlie Kaufman7. Andrei Tarkovsky8. Robert Downey Sr.9. Robert Altman10. Kelly Reichardt11. Pedro Almodóvar12. Coen Brothers13. Akira Kurosawa14. Douglas Sirk15. Michael Cimino16. John Waters17. Todd Haynes18. Paul Thomas Anderson19. Chantal Akerman20. Jim Jarmusch21. Rainer Werner Fassbinder22. John Cassavetes 23. Bob Fosse 24. Orson Welles25. Quentin Tarantino26. Robert Bresson27. D.A. Pennebaker28. William Friedkin29. Alexander Payne30. Olivier Assayas31. Yasujiro Ozu32. Nicholas Ray33. Roman Polanski34. Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris35. Sofia Coppola36. Stan Brakhage37. David Gordon Green38. Jonathan Demme39. Agnès Varda40. Penelope Spheeris41. Todd Solondz 42. Harmony Korine43. Spike Lee44. Robert Aldrich45. Luis Bunuel46. Eliza Hittman 47. Martin Scorsese 48. Lars Von Trier49. Billy Wilder50. Sean BakerWORST DIRECTOR: Terrence Malick
― flappy bird, Saturday, 20 January 2018 15:16 (six years ago) link
where should I start with Preston Sturges?
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 20 January 2018 15:20 (six years ago) link
Sullivan’s Travels
― flappy bird, Saturday, 20 January 2018 15:21 (six years ago) link
Non-placers in bold.
I definitely would have swapped out a bunch of my unranked section for other directors had I not just thrown it together at the last minute. Like, why do I have Jess Franco on there and not Mario Bava???? There are some others where I've seen a couple of films and liked them and obviously just figured "yeah, I'll throw them a vote" when I probs could've picked someone with a way more solid body of work. Oh well.
1. Vera Chytilova2. Wojciech Has3. Jane Arden4. Roy Andersson5. Andrei Tarkovsky6. Roman Polanski7. Rainer Werner Fassbinder8. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger9. Luis Bunuel10. Werner Herzog11. Juraj Herz12. Sergei Parajanov 13. Dario Argento14. Ingmar Bergman15. Maya Deren
Georges MeliesGermaine DulacAgnes VardaHans RichterPeter StricklandBela TarrWong Kar-waiJan SvankmajerLars Von TrierJohn WatersJesus FrancoSergei EisensteinMichelangelo AntonioniJean-Luc GodardMichael HanekeAlfred HitchcockAlejandro JodorowskyFritz LangDavid LynchRuss MeyerApichatpong WeerasethakulPeter WatkinsDavid CronenbergChantal AkermanLindsay AndersonAndrzej ZulawskiRosa von PraunheimCarl Theodor DreyerFederico FelliniKenneth AngerAlice Guy BlacheHiroshi TeshigaharaAndy WarholShohei ImamuraHayao Miyazaki
― emil.y, Saturday, 20 January 2018 15:33 (six years ago) link
I'm gonna go try and rent Miracle of Morgan's Creek later.
This poll is also indicating to me that I have a lot of Murnau to catch up on.
― jmm, Saturday, 20 January 2018 15:33 (six years ago) link
VHAS i would go with the great Sturges period in chron order, beginning with The Great McGinty. (For one thing, the first scene in Morgan's Creek will make more sense that way.)
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 January 2018 15:36 (six years ago) link
emil.y, i don't know Chytilova aside from Daisies; have you seen much?
kudos on Has as well
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 January 2018 15:39 (six years ago) link
I wish I'd voted for Warhol too, which probably would have pushed him onto the list. Of the 10-15 films I've seen, only one or two flat-out bored me; the rest had me laughing at a minimum, most confounded me in a really interesting way, and there's beauty in The Chelsea Girls and the screen tests.
― clemenza, Saturday, 20 January 2018 15:42 (six years ago) link
Murnau’s Faust is obviously incredible but Emil Jannings makes me too sick.
― Chris L, Saturday, 20 January 2018 15:47 (six years ago) link
Yeah, strongly recommend Fruit of Paradise as the next one to check out if you like Daisies. Even her lesser '90s films are pretty good.
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― emil.y, Saturday, 20 January 2018 15:50 (six years ago) link
Checking the spreadsheet, Warhol wouldn't have made it with a vote from me. But I did notice a blank for Andrea Arnold in my column--with my points, she would have moved up to the low 100s, five points short of the big list. I don't know the calculation that then turned points into weighted points, but Arnold might have ranked with that adjustment. (This isn't criticism--I messed up points on all four polls I oversaw, leaving out a whole ballot once.)
― clemenza, Saturday, 20 January 2018 15:56 (six years ago) link
Herzog, WernerRoeg, NicholasBunuel, LuisTarkovsky, AndreiAntonioni, MichelangeloPowell, Michael & Emeric PressburgerHitchcock, AlfredAkerman, ChantalAltman, RobertKubrick, StanleyDe Palma, Brian Malick, Terrence Scorsese, MartinTarr, BelaOphüls, MaxGodard, Jean-LucKiarostami, AbbasRenoir, JeanHogg, JoannaBergman, IngmarKurosawa AkiraDreyer, Carl TheodorAndersson, RoyLynch, DavidArgento, DarioRomero, George ARohmer, EricKore-eda HirokazuFriedkin, WilliamCronenberg, David Arnold, AndreaHaneke, MichaelVon Trier, LarsLeone, SergioStrickland, Peter Ceylan, Nuri Bilge
Forgot a bunch tho eg murnau, lang and bresson. Had has on my mind but loved hourglass sanatorium and wasn't so hot on saragossa manuscript
― i know kore-eda (or something), Saturday, 20 January 2018 16:11 (six years ago) link
here's mine. Order is a bit arbitrary in retrospect, and if I hadn't forgotten Murnau, he'd be on and Capra would be off
1. Powell, Michael & Emeric Pressburger2. Lubitsch, Ernst3. Hitchcock, Alfred4. Renoir, Jean5. Sturges, Preston6. Miyazaki Hayao7. Lynch, David8. Keaton, Buster9. Ophüls, Max10. Tati, Jacques11. Malick, Terrence12. Ray, Satyajit13. Welles, Orson14. Lang, Fritz15. Bunuel, Luis16. Kurosawa Akira17. Brakhage, Stan18. Reed, Carol19. Altman, Robert20. Hawks, Howard21. Kubrick, Stanley22. Wong Kar-wai23. Vigo, Jean24. Ozu Yasujirō25. Kieslowski, Krzysztof26. Eisenstein, Sergei27. Linklater, Richard28. Satoshi Kon29. Clair, Rene30. Laughton, Charles31. Tarkovsky, Andrei32. Conner, Bruce33. Yang, Edward34. Mackendrick, Alexander35. Woo, John36. Kalatozov, Mikhael37. Cocteau, Jean38. Jones, Chuck39. Roeg, Nicholas40. Sirk, Douglas41. Pontecorvo, Gillo42. Wilder, Billy43. Pabst, G.W.44. Melville, Jean-Pierre45. Dreyer, Carl Theodor46. Hu, King47. Mamoulian, Rouben48. Bergman, Ingmar49. Capra, Frank50. Hark, Tsui
― rob, Saturday, 20 January 2018 16:26 (six years ago) link
Xp voted polanski somewhere around 19 but he's missing for some mysterious reason
― i know kore-eda (or something), Saturday, 20 January 2018 16:35 (six years ago) link
Did I miss the spreadsheet link?
― Jeff, Saturday, 20 January 2018 16:40 (six years ago) link
All Right, Mr. DeMille, I'm Ready For My Close-Up ... It's The ILXOR's Top 101 Director Poll Results Thread
― rob, Saturday, 20 January 2018 16:42 (six years ago) link
Eric, thanks so much for doing this! Been a hoot. Ballot:
1. Kiarostami, Abbas2. Roeg, Nicholas3. Tarkovsky, Andrei4. Bergman, Ingmar5. Fellini, Federico6. Deren, Maya7. Lynch, David8. Teshigahara, Hiroshi9. Pasolini, Pier Paolo10. Pakula, Alan J.11. Bunuel, Luis12. Brakhage, Stan13. Stillman, Whit14. Fassbinder, Rainer Werner15. Kurosawa, Akira16. Resnais, Alain17. Kubrick, Stanley18. Jodorowsky, Alejandro19. Rohmer, Eric20. Haneke, Michael21. Tarr, Bela22. Ghobadi, Bahman23. Snow, Michael24. Coppola, Francis Ford25. Wertmuller, Lina26. Godard, Jean-Luc27. Franco, Jesus28. Makhmalbaf, Mohsen29. Medem, Julio30. Cronenberg, David31. Antonioni, Michelangelo32. Akerman, Chantal33. Dardenne, Jean-Luc & Pierre34. Duras, Marguerite35. Welles, Orson36. Farhadi, Asghar37. Lelouch, Claude38. Kieslowski, Krzysztof39. Almodovar, Pedro40. Rollin, Jean41. Borowczyk, Walerian42. Sokurov, Aleksandr43. Tati, Jacques44. Shahid-Saless, Sohrab45. Ōshima, Nagisa46. Linklater, Richard47. Metzger, Radley48. Cassavetes, John49. Sarno, Joe50. Verhoeven, Paul
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 20 January 2018 16:44 (six years ago) link
I haven't looked at the spreadsheet b/c it wants me to download it rather than opening in a tab.
― emil.y, Saturday, 20 January 2018 16:45 (six years ago) link
Xxpost bless you
― Jeff, Saturday, 20 January 2018 16:50 (six years ago) link
Well it tells you, for one, that you and I are the only ones voting for Jesus Franco :)
xp
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 20 January 2018 16:51 (six years ago) link
I will personally guarantee--backed up by the Molinari Family on the Coast--the safety of the spreadsheet.
― clemenza, Saturday, 20 January 2018 16:55 (six years ago) link
Here's my list!
1. Kubrick, Stanley2. Welles, Orson3. Tarkovsky, Andrei4. Wong Kar-wai5. Murnau, F.W.6. Bresson, Robert7. Von Stroheim, Erich8. Coen, Joel & Ethan9. Bergman, Ingmar10. Ozu, Yasujiro11. Hitchcock, Alfred12. Kiarostami, Abbas13. Renoir, Jean14. Powell, Michael & Emeric Pressburger15. Herzog, Werner16. Hawks, Howard17. Lynch, David18. Keaton, Buster19. Anderson, Wes20. Panahi, Jafar21. Dreyer, Carl Theodor22. Fincher, David23. Fellini, Federico24. Kurosawa Akira25. Malick, Terrence26. Anderson, Paul Thomas27. Godard, Jean-Luc28. Lang, Fritz29. Van Sant, Gus30. Chaplin, Charles31. Bunuel, Luis32. Wilder, Billy33. Dardenne, Jean-Luc & Pierre34. Ray, Satyajit35. Antonioni, Michelangelo36. Morris, Errol37. Ophüls, Max38. Mizoguchi Kenji39. Lonergan, Kenneth40. Lumet, Sidney41. Scott, Ridley42. Scorsese, Martin43. Spielberg, Steven44. Tarantino, Quentin45. Linklater, Richard46. To, Johnnie47. Polanski, Roman48. Coppola, Francis Ford49. Miyazaki Hayao50. Lean, David
― cajunsunday, Saturday, 20 January 2018 18:16 (six years ago) link
Chytilova (I'd forgotten Fruits of Paradise, reasoned her out by telling myself I'd only seen Daisies) (who reminds me that I also forgot Kira Muratova) and Visconti are other regrets.
There are more than 50 great directors don't @ me.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 20 January 2018 18:18 (six years ago) link
Fruit Of Paradise and Jane Arden's Other Side Of Underneath on my to buy list now.
1. Tsukamoto Shin'ya2. Lynch, David3. Argento, Dario4. De Palma, Brian5. Quay, Stephen & Timothy6. Russell, KenBurton, TimGaranina, IdeyaKovasznai, GyorgyJankovics, MarcellTanaka, TokuzoSono, SionShorina, NinaNakagawa, NobuoBarta, JiriSerebryakov, NikolaiMurnau, F.W.Cronenberg, DavidRaimi, SamHung, SammoCarpenter, JohnHooper, TobePowell, Michael & Emeric PressburgerHark, TsuiZulawski, AndrzejHerz, JurajHitchcock, AlfredJodorowsky, AlejandroMiller, GeorgeGilliam, TerryChan-wook Parkdel Toro, GuillermoCheh, ChangStrickland, PeterCorman, RogerCoppola, Francis FordPolanski, RomanWise, RobertJires, JaromilHu, KingImamura ShōheiBrass, TintoSatoshi KonRomero, George A.Friedkin, WilliamChristiansen, BenjaminCocteau, JeanIshii, GakuryūRoeg, NicholasRollin, Jean
Lynch would have been first in terms of the overall power of his work but I wanted to boost Tsukamoto and I like a bigger percentage of his work and I don't care for most of Lynch's later short films (the early ones are great though). Tsukamoto has a few disappointments but they usually have something really striking about them (I've been unable to find a few of his films).
De Palma being placed so high is just my current enthusiasm after loving a few films recently.
Quay Brothers for giving you something to get lost in parts of your brain you don't visit often enough.
I'm sad to see so few voted Ken Russell because he's got these moments where everything comes together and fly beautifully.
Burton being the first director to make my brain ejaculate.
Garanina made some fucking gorgeous animations and she had a nice variety of style.Kovasznai for his lovely layered filmed painting and a really odd romance musical.Jankovics for the burning coloured fantasy.
Tanaka for some 60s horror films that badly need discovered outside Japan.
Nina Shorina just for the grotty Room Of Laughter.Barta for his Pied Piper film.Serebryakov for strange morphing grotesquerie.
Hung for some of the funnest films I've ever seen. If people love entertainment so much why aren't his films more famous?
Herz for beautiful gothic fantasies.
I don't actually love Chang Cheh but he's a game changer that probably wouldn't be voted by anyone else.
Brass for having the good sense to put a camera on Caprioglio for a whole film.
Rollin for being so indulgent and cutting the shit that other horror directors feel obliged to do. He's not amazing but I respect those things.
Forgotten Mario Bava (for his visual styling) and animator Keita Kurosaka (totally unlike most anime and beautifully textured) and maybe should have included Richard Blackburn and a few other one hit wonders.Thought of voting for a bunch of softcore fetish stuff but who would care?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 20 January 2018 20:53 (six years ago) link
Didn't submit this due to holidays + the ILM EOY poll sucking up ballot-related will-to-live, but for posterity:
01. Jiang Wen02. Tsai Ming-Liang03. Akira Kurosawa04. Yevgeni Bauer05. Vsevolod Pudovkin06. Stephen Chow07. Jackie Chan08. Alexander Dovzhenko09. Juraj Herz10. Buster Keaton
Abbas KiarostamiAleksei GermanAlice Guy-BlachéBilly WilderBusby BerkeleyChen KaigeChuck JonesEdward YangErnst LubitschF.W. MurnauFarah KhanFritz LangGeorges MélièsGustavo SerenaHayao MiyazakiHiroshi TeshigaharaHou Hsiao-HsienJacques TatiJames BidgoodJohn WooKenji MizoguchiKing HuKing VidorMaya DerenMichael Powell & Emeric PressburgerNino OxiliaOusmane SembèneRaj KapoorRyusuke HamaguchiSammo HungSatyajit RayTakashi MiikeTsui HarkVěra ChytilováWalter RuttmannWong Kar-WaiWu Nien-jenXie JieYasujirō OzuZhang Yimou
― etc, Saturday, 20 January 2018 21:14 (six years ago) link
Clem, sorry about the Argento thing. I assure that it was probably from the ballot of the person in one of the adjacent columns.
― Tarr Yang Preminger Argento Carpenter (Eric H.), Saturday, 20 January 2018 23:42 (six years ago) link
No problem at all. Out of curiosity, you might want to check Andrea Arnold, though--she may have made the Top 101.
― clemenza, Sunday, 21 January 2018 02:48 (six years ago) link
I could be wrong, of course, but judging by the user names on the spreadsheet I am not the only (semi-) lurker to vote in this poll...
Bresson was my #1. Rivette my #2. Went back and forth a few times between them.
Pialat was #3 - my highest-ranked director not to place. And of the ranked portion of my ballot (15 directors) he was the only one not to place.
Of the other directors I voted for, the following did not place:Andersson, RoyBerkeley, BusbyBrowning, TodDardenne, Jean-Luc & PierreDumont, BrunoFuller, SamuelHas, WojciechKlein, WilliamLaughton, CharlesMaysles, Albert & David, and Charlotte ZwerinMcLaren, NormanOliveira, Manoel dePakula, Alan J.
Of those, I fully expected to be the only vote for several of them, but it turns out that William Klein was the only director for whom I cast the sole vote.
Nice to see that four others voted for Laughton on the basis of that one great film.
McLaren must have been my introduction to experimental film techniques, as I first saw his films in school and on TV at a very young age, and I watched a lot of his work as a teenager/young adult as well.
I was a little surprised, but not really dismayed, to see Wiseman (my #5) place but not the Maysleses (to whom I gave an unranked vote).
Thanks to Eric H. for running the poll. Like all attempts to rank art it is ultimately meaningless, but that doesn't necessarily detract from the enjoyment of the attempt.
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Sunday, 21 January 2018 03:12 (six years ago) link
Thanks for the rollout, Eric. I especially enjoyed slowly revealing the images to see if I would guess from the still who the director was. Oddly I seemed to have more difficulty in the top 20 than I did much of what came earlier — maybe the choice of images got more rarefied, and I"m a bozo cinephile.
I was the #1 vote for Joe Dante. I guess he's my Joe Shlabotnik. I didn't dwell on my ranking that much, but at the top I thought in terms of "whose films would I most regret never being able to see again?" And he was the sentimental childhood favorite. His films show show such an affection for movie history — they're really smart, but they aren't really trying to improve on or be more important than what they love — and yet his best films are better than most of their genre antecedents. They're really generous.
Then my #2 was Bresson who disavowed most of cinema as such. There you go.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Sunday, 21 January 2018 05:01 (six years ago) link
Confession time: I've never watched any films from these directors.
35. Satyajit Ray (834.5 points; 11 votes)63. (tie) Hou Hsiao-hsien (554 points; 7 votes)69. Frederick Wiseman (513.5 points; 6 votes; 1 first-place vote)76. Aki Kaurismäki (480 points; 7 votes)86. Ousmane Sembène (435.5 points; 6 votes)96. Sergei Parajanov (385 points; 5 votes)
― adam the (abanana), Sunday, 21 January 2018 16:53 (six years ago) link
Satyajit Ray is good stuff! Apu trilogy is great but you can go to The Hero if you want something less in accordance to stereotypes of what dude's movies would be like.
― Daniel_Rf, Sunday, 21 January 2018 17:01 (six years ago) link
I'm a Parajanov virgin too, tbh.
― Tarr Yang Preminger Argento Carpenter (Eric H.), Sunday, 21 January 2018 18:47 (six years ago) link
I considered renting Color of Pomegranates yesterday, but opted for a couple Renoirs. This poll's given me a lot to check out.
― jmm, Sunday, 21 January 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link
wiseman was my highest ranked american director.
― plax (ico), Sunday, 21 January 2018 20:45 (six years ago) link
true, but I'm only mentioning it to annoy morbs
― plax (ico), Sunday, 21 January 2018 21:12 (six years ago) link