Actors Are Cattle ... Voting open for the next ILX film poll of the Greatest Movie Directors of All Time! (DUE: Jan. 5, 2018)

switched my top 2 at the last second and voted before I can second-guess myself anymore

I'm totally writing in Sion Sono. Ranked pretty high, too.

ok i've got my list down to 77, just need to make the necessary cuts and put the lower ones into some kind of arbitrary order

probably no one who's career started after 1980 for me

submitted

Up to 10 ballots now.

Some directors getting just 1 or 2 votes at this point will shock and offend, well, Morbs anyway.

Just submitted my ballot. Will be astonished and amused if any of my nominees turn up in the top 100.

Not sure how to rank directors where I haven't seen the bulk of their output or only care for a few of their movies. e.g. Robert Aldrich made some great movies, but I've also seen some where I can't understand what the hell I'm watching.

i feel strongly about my top 15-20. others are somewhat arbitrary. i mean my #5 has only made 2 films

I am not a professional and therefore felt free to go with my feelings (especially for my lower 40).

sent my list in! It includes three write-ins (Nuri Bilge Celan, Carlos Reygadas, Lucrecia Martel)

*Ceylan

two ommissions i noticed are hollis frampton and hartmut bitomsky, surprised neither was nominated. Especially as McG was nominated.

I'll send tomorrow, Margo.

McG

sent

Gah, still nowhere near finalising mine and I've got to work on some EoY music poll thoughts too - I might just do a ranked top ten and then throw as many more as I can think of into an unranked pile.

i only did 33 and even then i wouldn't call a few of them "great"

left my draft list at home and now i'm at my mom's but then again i was always just gonna make a list of stuff i like with no overarching theory so

i have 5 so far... i’ll have, uh, something worked out soon.

The ballots now number 14. Good work so far!

BTW, my baby niece is in town until New Year's Day. I would expect the deadline to extend at least a day or two.

aw <3

This is she with her dad!

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/26060218_10100399955159043_3461388020425520222_o.jpg?oh=b79063077cce176367fb165ba80bc127&oe=5AF85DC0

awwwwwww

i've seen a lot of happy babbies this week

:D

sent my list in! It includes three write-ins (Nuri Bilge Celan, Carlos Reygadas, Lucrecia Martel)

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Surprised Ceylan and Martel weren't nominated. Will be throwing them both a vote too to hopefully make up for it. Loved Reygadas Post Tenebras Lux too, the opening scene in particular

Gutted Jonathan Glazer wasn't nommed, will be writing one in for him

you guys are fulfilling my indifference

I'll just fabricate your ballot.

all pre-1950 now

can't believe you've left out McG

Someone's gotta rep for the comedy two-reeler hacks.

well sure, the Hitchcock-imitator hack is... never mind

specifically who nominated mcG?

McG was the second director nominated:

The Total Filmmaker ... Nominations open for the next ILX film poll of the Greatest Movie Directors of All Time!

In case anyone else is looking, Tsai is on the list, but backwards. Under M, not T.

i'm almost 100% certain that McG was not a wholly serious nomination

xp oops, I'll fix that.

Meaning alphabetization of TML, not removal of McG.

i think a few of the east asian directors are inconsistently listed, some western style and some not

I tried to go with however Wikipedia had it listed whenever I could.

remove! remove!

http://clipground.com/images/remove-clipart-19.jpg

xxp i didn't find it a problem, can't see how it will be

is Joseph Cornell a movie director? i dont think it's fair to pit him against McG.

I better see Kiarostami on a few ballots.

not my favorite Iranian filmmaker as it happens

(or at least it's a contest)

Also: better see some Kaurismäki.