Lynch didn't need TPTR to still be included in my 50. No Spielberg tho.
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 6 January 2018 16:54 (six years ago) link
no Jerry Lewis OR Frank Tashlin for me tho :(
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 6 January 2018 16:57 (six years ago) link
Voted for Lynch on the basis of the films, didn't actually factor in his TV work.
― emil.y, Saturday, 6 January 2018 16:58 (six years ago) link
Everyone is entitled to their arbitrary criteria obv 🙂
― Bitcoin Baja (wins), Saturday, 6 January 2018 17:00 (six years ago) link
as far as tetched, sui generis visionaries go, I came a lot closer to including Guy Maddin (who I'd say, like Lynch, has made two great films).
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 6 January 2018 17:00 (six years ago) link
(and a bunch more that could have been made by no one else)
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 6 January 2018 17:01 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I try not to buy into auteur theory too much, but distinctiveness was definitely a factor for me.
― emil.y, Saturday, 6 January 2018 17:03 (six years ago) link
Certain of my nominations were for the lulz and/or putting enough names on the spreadsheet to get this poll underway. I never did take auteur theory seriously...until I saw the silent Hitchcocks.
― Polly of the Pre-Codes (j.lu), Saturday, 6 January 2018 17:13 (six years ago) link
I was considering voting some people who had done internet video clips.
Recently been watching some iterations of Movie-Movie: The Movie and Movie-Movie: The TV Show and I'm kind of amazed that for all the passionate detailed dissection of these things by intelligent people, how sloppy, constantly irritating and poorly directed they are.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 6 January 2018 17:34 (six years ago) link
― flappy bird, Saturday, 6 January 2018 17:50 (six years ago) link
I'm with the Dr, Maddin was higher on my list I think
Love your determined idiosyncrasy Robert Adam Gilmour
― not raving but droning (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 6 January 2018 18:08 (six years ago) link
i look fwd to the DW Griffith fights we'll have
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 6 January 2018 18:20 (six years ago) link
Noodle Vague- for the internet videos?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 6 January 2018 18:22 (six years ago) link
For all of it!
Griffith lumped in with Leni R in my "technically great but fuck you" filr
― not raving but droning (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 6 January 2018 19:09 (six years ago) link
― The Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 6 January 2018 19:14 (six years ago) link
Eric, did you get my ballot? Haven't received a confirmation yet, but also i know the voting period just ended
― intheblanks, Saturday, 6 January 2018 22:01 (six years ago) link
NV, how many Griffith films have you seen besides YOU KNOW? Equating him with Riefenstahl doesn't really make historical sense.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 6 January 2018 23:20 (six years ago) link
Sorry I was being deliberately silly. I did leave them both off on the grounds of not loving their work enough tho
― not raving but droning (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 6 January 2018 23:43 (six years ago) link
Intolerance is kinda wrecked for me by the weight of its support tho
― not raving but droning (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 6 January 2018 23:46 (six years ago) link
Intolerance is amazing but DWG didn't make my ballot. Nor Leni
― flappy bird, Saturday, 6 January 2018 23:56 (six years ago) link
xp was Intolerance supported by the KKK et al? Genuinely curious, I don't know the history behind that movie, or much about DWG other than what I learned in high school.
― flappy bird, Saturday, 6 January 2018 23:57 (six years ago) link
(i.e. The Birth of a Nation and its intentions/support)
sorry, i didn't mean in terms of bad people loving it, i just meant i can see it's importance but not feel personally moved
― not raving but droning (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 6 January 2018 23:59 (six years ago) link
ah ok, I thought maybe DWG had the funding of the KKK or something.
― flappy bird, Sunday, 7 January 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
save this argument for the results thread but there is nobody working in silent Hollywood who i don't respect less than the Germans from the same era
― not raving but droning (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 7 January 2018 00:01 (six years ago) link
always loved this poster- i have a copy hung up in my hallway
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Intolerance_%28film%29.jpg/1200px-Intolerance_%28film%29.jpg
― flappy bird, Sunday, 7 January 2018 00:02 (six years ago) link
Way down east
― plax (ico), Sunday, 7 January 2018 00:54 (six years ago) link
OK, 35 ballots were submitted and have been counted. If you didn't get a reply, shoot me your ballot again.
Also, I'm not unveiling the results next week because I'm out of town, so if you didn't send me a ballot already, um, send me a ballot, because there's still time.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Sunday, 7 January 2018 01:18 (six years ago) link
Just submitted it again, as I've had no reply...do acknowledge.
I didn't get a bounce back either.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 7 January 2018 10:35 (six years ago) link
Ah, first one went to my spam folder for some reason. Will count!
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Sunday, 7 January 2018 15:23 (six years ago) link
who knew xyzzzz had an email account called cheapcialis4you?
― not raving but droning (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 7 January 2018 15:28 (six years ago) link
lol
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 7 January 2018 15:40 (six years ago) link
haha dude I'll have you all know my account is based on a 'pun' on the Grateful Dead, lol @ 20 year old me.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 7 January 2018 16:00 (six years ago) link
but yeah, weird omission, nostalgia is a key film at the very least. also so many mediocre filmmakers nominated.― plax (ico), Saturday, 6 January 2018 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― plax (ico), Saturday, 6 January 2018 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, its a thing of beauty for me. The omission wouldn't have happened if I spent a good afternoon at this. I would have also nominated Carolee Schneemann too, and a few other experimental filmmakers but it would never make the top 50.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 7 January 2018 16:05 (six years ago) link
I'm thinking of more and more directors that should've been nominated but weren't, Walerian Borowczyk the most notable perhaps.
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 7 January 2018 16:09 (six years ago) link
I was consistently surprised not only by the directors I had to write in, but by the names I was logging first votes for even in the last rush of ballots.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Sunday, 7 January 2018 16:12 (six years ago) link
yeah i think i wrote in 2 (technically 3) that didn't make the nominations sheet
― not raving but droning (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 7 January 2018 16:16 (six years ago) link
Thanks Eric, just got your email.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 7 January 2018 16:20 (six years ago) link
OK, 36 ballots total ... solid turnout for a niche poll. Because I'll need time to find images and get the BBcode stuff all pre-drafted, I'm calling it OFFICIALLY CLOSED to new ballots. However, if anyone who has already submitted a ballot has any minor tweaks, I'll probably accept those for a few days here.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Sunday, 7 January 2018 20:03 (six years ago) link
Too kind, I will send a slightly changed ballot tonight (I wasn't aware of the possibility of write ins).
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 7 January 2018 20:18 (six years ago) link
I do reserve the right to make judgement calls on what constitutes a "minor tweak."
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Sunday, 7 January 2018 20:30 (six years ago) link
psyched for this!! i appreciate all the work you're putting into it, eric. genuinely curious & clueless to how this will all turn out...
― flappy bird, Sunday, 7 January 2018 22:23 (six years ago) link
Intrigued about images...Hoping film stills rather than images of the directors themselves, as obvious as that might be. I can see an argument for the latter, though.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 01:50 (six years ago) link
of my top 10 choices, 4 appeared in some of their own films, so...
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 05:27 (six years ago) link
OK, locked and loaded and basically ready to unveil the list next week! No more edits, please.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Friday, 12 January 2018 17:30 (six years ago) link
:D
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 12 January 2018 17:45 (six years ago) link
TOO LOW
― coombespair gaz prices (Noodle Vague), Friday, 12 January 2018 17:45 (six years ago) link
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 12 January 2018 18:22 (six years ago) link
Yes :D
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 12 January 2018 18:24 (six years ago) link
I might preview worst director votes here today though. Participation in that portion was pretty sparse. Only two directors got more than one vote.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Friday, 12 January 2018 18:43 (six years ago) link