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

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.

this could be a pretty weird list

we were looking at a truly "Deeper and Deeper" at #3 on the Madonna poll situation. (I've said too much.)

that's Greek to me!

Only one person has voted for one specific director that made me want to make like Mr. McAllister with those two Tracy Flick ballots.

...one person so far

xp just my way of saying that one awesomely left-field director choice was making major headway to finish in the top 3 ... and could still tbh, since I haven't counted today's ballots yet

this could be a pretty weird awesome list

FTFM.

agree!

my bowels are uneasy

lol

I think we all know this is going to be bad for your dyspepsia Morbs

I'm probably going to laugh myself sick when I see the final tallies, but right now I'm excited. And Fred, I hope you'll reveal to us later some of these portentous hints you've started dropping.

Just sent my ballot in, excited for the roll-out. My top 10 or so feels fairly canonical, but it was hard for me to justify putting some of my current favorites above the people who really shaped the medium.

All different approaches to a mammoth task like this are equally viable imo, though I steered away from those "having shaped the medium" in favor of directors I think r cool. But it's all good, which is what will make this poll one of the greatest on here, I'm sure.

yeah, i mean, they were also formative directors for me when i was younger. Also when i do watch movies by one of those directors, i usually think " this is one of the greatest things ever made," even if i spend more time watching stuff from the 70s nowadays

anyway, probably boring to discuss before the roll-out, i'm really interested to see how things shake out