All Right, Mr. DeMille, I'm Ready For My Close-Up ... It's The ILXOR's Top 101 Director Poll Results Thread

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Personal Shopper took its share of hits from people who are wrong.

In my personal experience, everyone seemed to love or hate it. Which of his films is your favourite?

I've still only seen Carlos (good!), Summer Hours (great!) and Boarding Gate (awful!)

Seeing Irma Vep pushed him up my ballot

Summer Hours is his best, and Carlos, Something in the Air, Irma Vep, Les Destinées sentimentales all solid.

been meaning to watch carlos for ~7 years now

Taking a little breather here because we have the first of the poll's three ties coming right up.

I guess Michael Curtiz tied with David Cronenberg.

Yay Parajanov! First of mine to make it.

waving my Suzuki pennant

I'm wearing my Suzuki tee.

resisting Ichiro wisecrack

<3 Irma Vep

xp

tie is obv between Rob Zombie and Roscoe Arbuckle

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92. (tie) Pedro Almodovar
92. (tie) G.W. Pabst
(401 points; 5 votes)

You were all so close!

PABST SHOULD PROBABLY BE HIGHER PERSONALLY IVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING BY HIM THO

for you Parajanov voters, what movies of his would you recommend starting with? The Color of Pomegranates?

Really? No love for that Almodovar screencap?

likely along w/ Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors xp

too gay, Eric

Love it, didn't vote for him tho.

the Pabst is a savage contrast

too gay, Eric

Oh really?

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91. Paul Verhoeven
(403 points; 6 votes)

Ha

I was gonna say too low but he was a long way down my ballot tbf

Pabst snuck onto my ballot at #50; could as easily have been King Vidor

I couldn't quite give Pabst the blue ribbon of my vote.

I will say I was genuinely shocked that Verhoeven wasn't higher, given what I thought I knew about ILX tastes. (I didn't vote for him, either.)

I couldn't quite give Pabst the blue ribbon of my vote.

I love what he does but it's mostly frivolous

that joke is sub-Cryptkeeper!

It was pretty flat.

never really loved any Verhoeven films until Elle, and that experience was mildly spoiled by seeing it with someone who insisted it was 'weak'

Almodovar grab is great, voted for him.

And Verhoeven... I had to include him, so gave him the honourable #50 slot of my list. For Starship Troopers alone.

Flesh and Blood incensed pompous British oaf Michael Parkinson and I've loved Verhoeven ever since.

Wondering who, apart from Buñuel, will be the highest placing Spanish director here. Medem?

The Fourth Man is fun too

^need to go back and watch/rewatch his pre-Robo Cop films

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90. Jean Vigo
(414 points; 6 votes)

WAY TOO LOW

Literally outraged

Probably the omission on my ballot I most regret; L'Atalante is rapturous.

L'Atalante is top 10 for me certainly, but as with the Baseball Hall of Fame, it's the question of peak vs longevity.

(I know he's not to blame for dying young)

Probably the omission on my ballot I most regret; L'Atalante is rapturous.

― one way street, Monday, January 15, 2018 5:55 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Same and otm.

Some days I love ZdC even more

for you Parajanov voters, what movies of his would you recommend starting with? The Color of Pomegranates?

― Dan S

likely along w/ Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors xp

― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius)

Yeah, these two are standout brilliance. Couldn't choose between them, tbh.

I totally get the argument from lack of films but 2 total gems is a good strike rate