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

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Couldn’t do Kaufman, even though I love BJM. Can’t forgive him for his other sins.

Go on...

I don’t want to offend!

21 ballots received, if not yet recorded.

i ranked a few directors pretty high based on 1 or 2 films out of their larger catalog

Please, there's nothing mystifying about the cult of De Palma.

― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Thursday, December 7, 2017 8:03 PM (three weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

phaps, compared to Michael Mann's

― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, December 7, 2017 8:04 PM (three weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

They fought it out for the 50th spot on my ballot.

(Though now that I'm second-guessing myself, that spot should have gone to Todd Haynes. Oh well.)

I've whittled it down to a list of 64, pretty sure I've seen at least 5 features by all of them (save for one or two who didn't make features). Can't in good conscience vote for Kon Ichikawa or Jean Vigo even though they both made an all-time great.

Sent one in with an addendum which I hope wasn't too late

I could drop Ichikawa but Vigo is tough, he is historically important

Deadline officially extended in thread title.

I'm assembling now. The trick for me is omitting decent filmmakers (i.e. Joseph L. Mankiewicz) who made only one great film.

ie A Letter to Three Wives?

Five Fingers is pretty good too.

Good films, yes.

decent director, better writer.

24 ballots in and I'm still surprised by some of the directors just getting their first vote.

I love seeing juxtapositions on that spreadsheet as startling as "Eddie Murphy" between Murnau and Naruse.

i have at least one long-careered director who i'm probably going to give a place to on the strength of one film i love

one film i love that i've only ever seen once

24 ballots in and I'm still surprised by some of the directors just getting their first vote.

― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), T

how many times did Chris Columbus make ballots?

xpost: FWIW my John Ford ranking is heavily based on The Whole Town's Talking.

26 ballots in and counted. Tomorrow's the REAL deadline, so don't delay!

:D

i am excite

There were some ballots that I didn't know whose they were, so I just wrote their name or whatever the email suggested it might be. Also, if you haven't gotten a response back from me saying that your ballot's recorded, that means I didn't get your ballot and you should re-submit.

hmm i sent my ballot on xmas eve but didn't get a response, just sent you another email

Received!

i am excite
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl)

Sly tribute to Tommy Wiseau.

sent, dammit

needed 55-60

Sent!

ok i'm in

Sent!

No Hollis Frampton - I suggest we stop this now.

i never made the mistake of looking at the nominees' list

still i mostly went for canonical narrative directors

Yeah just sent this

Oh I looked at the list - can't believe I didn't nominate Frampton, he's my favourite canon experimental filmmaker.

tfw you haven't included Ray or Kurosawa in your final 50.

http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/nov/Drinking-poison.jpg

Man Ray, Nick Ray or Satyajit?

I haven't included any Rays though I was talking about Satyajit.

Making me ill rn but there was some modern shit I wanted to include.

Also, if you haven't gotten a response back from me saying that your ballot's recorded, that means I didn't get your ballot and you should re-submit.

― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Friday, January 5, 2018 2:28 AM (seventeen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Does this apply to today as well? Not had a response yet.

me neither, but Eric hasn't posted here either tbf

True, don't want to seem pushy, just legitimately concerned my #1 vote Michael Bay won't make the cut.

(I jest)

Today's ballots haven't been counted yet.

I don't want to give anything away other than to say that the top dozen or so have really started to firm up their leads and positions, but for a little while there, we were looking at a truly "Deeper and Deeper" at #3 on the Madonna poll situation. (I've said too much.)

Also, I WILL say this: If you're on the fence about voting, fully the entire bottom half of the list could be radically altered with just one or two votes.

Yeah, get voting people!

The process took me an hour and a half, and the longlist was 110 directors... It was too hard so basically filled 20-50 in 5 minutes (which is probably the right way to go for me).

Only regret was not nominating Claude Lelouch and reading one could do a write in only after I submitted, but such is life.

Only get voting if you vote for the same things as me! Otherwise go away!

Otm.