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

I love Phantom of the Paradise but most other De Palma leaves me cold. And Phantom is pretty silly (I mean, that's why I love it, but personally "silly" doesn't equate to "greatest ever").

I just watched Dressed To Kill for the first time yesterday. I voted for him after also seeing The Fury and Body Double for the first time recently and those being two of the most enjoyable things I've seen in years.

For a long time he was one of those directors I assumed I wouldn't like much (and to be honest I'm still reluctant to see his gangster and war films) but I really love the bunch I saw last year and Phantom Of Paradise.

Although having said that I am still ruing my neglect of Joe Dante, I should've changed my ballot, I think.

xp to self

'Like but didn't vote for' as per Alfred applies here really well. Good films but they p much leave me cold.

Blowout was another movie of his I really loved

I'm definitely going to check out more De Palma.

Dammit I forgotten to vote Bava

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84. Peter Watkins
(441.5 points; 6 votes)

Charles Durning still looking for that sofa at the end of Sisters will never not be funny.

Yay for Watkins, wasn't sure if he'd make it. still need to get round to La Commune tho

He's so deliciously austere and angry

I came that close to using a still from La Commune, but figured with Watkins I'd better go iconic.

Still, La Commune was one of the more memorable moments of my early-days cinephilia.

For what could be a very dry polemic Punishment Park does look lovely

pretty sure I've managed to see almost exclusively the wrong De Palmas: Scarface, Untouchables, Bonfire, Carlito's Way, Mission Impossible, Mission to Mars, Femme Fatale. FF probably the best of that bunch tbh, though MI is refreshingly auteurist in our current franchise era

LOL, yeah, that would not be the basic starter kit I'd recommend for BDP, although Carlito's Way and Femme Fatale are among his best.

I can't even remember why I watched Bonfire as it was notorious by then; morbid curiosity I guess

Odder to me that you've managed to avoid Carrie and Dressed to Kill.

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83. Kelly Reichart
(446 points; 6 votes)

Can't remember if I voted for Watkins in the end, but glad to see him.

I love Old Joy but never thought about voting for her. Are her other films any good? Which one to see first?

Certain Women is her best so far imo

Night Moves is decent.

Made my ballot on Wendy & Lucy alone

Never seen femme fatale and enough time has passed from when a Rebecca romijn film is an auto-avoid so yeah sounds good

Well I've had nothing show up and then 3 in a row. Watkins' Edvard Munch is incredible. Certain Women is Reichardt's best so far but I love Wendy & Lucy too

Certain Women is her best so far imo

― calzino, Monday, January 15, 2018

otm

I voted for four of today's batch of directors (didn't vote for either of the directors still to be revealed shortly):

Brian De Palma
Ousmane Sembène
Chuck Jones
Olivier Assayas

Will def check out Certain Woman

It is weird that I haven't seen Carrie, since I really liked Stephen King as a young teen and I really like Sissy Spacek now. I'm a little worried I've seen so many refs/parodies that its impact will be diluted, like when I finally saw Casablanca and it was more a confusingly layered intertextual experience than a film

which film is the Reichardt image from?

ACW.

Lily Gladstone was outstanding that movie I thought. would really like to see more of her

*in

Alfred, does that mean Certain Women?

yep!

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82. Sergio Leone
(453 points; 6 votes)

I *forgot* about Leone... This poll has been doing my head in more than any other poll smdh

First one from my top 10, Leone is absolute comfort food to me

4 on the bounce here

idk why i didnt vote for Leone :(
noodle otm re comfort food movies

All of Kelly Reichardt's movies are fantastic. First director to show up that was in my top 10. Only one I haven't seen is Old Joy - have that sitting on my shelf, might watch tonight. Her debut Rivers of Grass is really great and under appreciated.

OK, last one for today...

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81. Jean-Pierre Melville
(459.5 points; 7 votes)

81. Jean-Pierre Melville (459.5 points; 7 votes)
82. Sergio Leone (453 points; 6 votes)
83. Kelly Reichart (446 points; 6 votes)
84. Peter Watkins (441.5 points; 6 votes)
85. Brian De Palma (440 points; 5 votes)
86. Ousmane Sembène (435.5 points; 6 votes)
87. Frank Capra (431.5 points; 6 votes)
88. Jean Cocteau (421 points; 6 votes)
89. Chuck Jones (416 points; 6 votes)
90. Jean Vigo (414 points; 6 votes)
91. Paul Verhoeven (403 points; 6 votes)
92. (tie) Pedro Almodóvar (401 points; 5 votes)
92. (tie) G.W. Pabst (401 points; 5 votes)
94. Olivier Assayas (400.5 points; 6 votes)
95. Jim Jarmusch (394 points; 6 votes)
96. Sergei Parajanov (385 points; 5 votes)
97. Woody Allen (375.5 points; 5 votes)
98. Robert Aldrich (370 points; 5 votes)
99. Claire Denis (367.5 points; 5 votes)
100. Jonathan Demme (366 points; 5 votes)
101. D.W. Griffith (365.5 points; 5 votes)

thank you this has been great already. given the mix of names that have placed i'm really looking to the upper reaches of this poll.

there is a lifetime of great film with these already. had i voted, two of them (Jarmusch and Melville) would be in my top 10.

I enjoyed Le Deuxieme Souffle a lot, but I'm not particularly into much else Melville. It might be my loss.

xxp *really looking forward

Almodóvar WAY too low, IMO. In what universe is Paul Verhoeven a better director than Almodóvar? Also too low Woody Allen, but I guess that one's understandable.

I wish I could've voted. I only found out about this poll after voting had closed.

wtf@ De Palma above Sembene and Parajanov - he only made half a great film and then many could've made that.

Watkins also on my list. Also pissy I couldn't find room for Vigo because stupid.