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Seen 11. He has an almost magical quality that ensures I can barely remember any of the films he's directed. I don't know of anyone else whose films seem to react to my memory is if it were made of teflon. The Missing Old Paint Cinderella Man Willow Those are the ones I remember feeling relatively p...

Seen 6

Sorcerer
Killer Joe
To Live and Die in LA

CriterionChannel brought my attention to Office Killer from 1997. The sole feature film directed by Cindy Sherman. I've been a casual fan of her photography (and her bizarre instagram page) for a while, so I was kind of surprised that I'd never heard of this film before. As a sort-of slasher it fit ...

Only seen 2.

Creature From The Black Lagoon

One of my major blind spots. The only thing I've seen by him (does it even count?) is his version of Welles' version of Don Quixote. I can't call that a good film as anything other than an opportunity to see some Welles ephemera. So I'll abstain from voting (and again, I'm not confident that would/s...

In honor of the winner... I bring you the time I went to one of the last remaining video rental shops in Taipei, found a Japanese-import DVD of "Successive Slidings of Pleasure" and proceeded to be baffled by some of the censorship decisions.

Seen 13 (If we count the 1967 Casino Royale). Loved these as a kid, but upon recently revisiting can't say any of the them are things that resonate with me too much. On Her Majesty's Secret Service License to Kill The Spy Who Loved Me Goldeneye Casino Royale (2006) I'm aware that I technically can l...

Seen 3.

Liked them all... and I will make an effort to tackle a couple more before the poll ends. One of my favorite writers, and an interesting filmmaker.

L'imortelle
Trans-europ-express

Seen 10

Lethal Weapon 2
Scrooged

I don't care for most of his films that I can remember, and I have almost completely forgotten several of the rest.

I did from the last week of April 2020... that's when I started working from home, and that's what gave me the opportunity to start watching close to a film per day (first time I've ever had that chance for an extended period of time). No Re-watches. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (Radu Jude, 2021) ...

I've got 10 for:
Robert Rodriguez
David Fincher

I've got 7
McTiernan

Only got 3.

JFK

Talk Radio was actually quite interesting, and much much better than Natural Born Killers. So the smattering I’ve seen is all over the map.

Seen 18 Matewan City of Hope The Brother From Another Planet Return of the Secaucus Seven Casa De Los Babys Lone Star Lianna Limbo Passion Fish His best is very good, and his worst work is still pretty ok. He's actually kind of hard to rank because of how consistent everything is outside of his few ...

greg x wrote: ↑Mon Sep 06, 2021 9:29 am Here's a few of the directors I can provide the 10+ from:
There are undoubtedly more directors I missed that worked on enough Hollywood crap that could fit on the list as well or would have at least 8 to be some help

I've got 10 for both Landis and Zemeckis.

flip wrote: ↑Sun Sep 05, 2021 7:40 pm - if the director meets those thresholds, then please post again to let me know you'd like to poll the director, and i'll add their name to the queue of upcoming polls

Awesome. Looks like Sayles definitely has the numbers if you want to add him to the queue.

As for anyone suggesting future directors... I feel like John Sayles would be a good one that hasn't yet been polled. I've seen all 18 of his features. So if others have seen a significant amount I'll take a count. (unless I'm going about this wrong, then someone please correct me.)

Seen 3

The Great Escape

I can never read a lot AND watch a lot of films during a given Month. But 3 is actually above average for me. The Brothers Karamazov - Fyoder Dostoevsky L’Amour - Marguerite Duras Sugar Street - Naguib Mahfouz I somehow was not aware that L’Amour was the source material for Woman of the Ganges. So t...

I quite liked Annette. I mostly agree that the music/lyrics were silly at best and grating at worst... but I'm not a fan of Opera much in general. I had a similar experience to when I first saw Umbrellas of Cherbourg and I physically rejected the overall lack of clear melody. But Demy's film is musi...

Wait... I thought Police, Adjective was 2009?
Is there something I'm missing? Because that would definitely make my list if so.

L'Homme qui marche up in resources in the year poll watchlists thread What should I be doing to gain access to this magical thread? have you been hacked? you mean the thread that's been there for years? (did anyone reply to you, if not i'll dm) Yes I got it now. Thanks! Not hacked, just never great...

nrh wrote: ↑Sun Aug 01, 2021 4:57 pm

twodeadmagpies wrote: ↑Sun Aug 01, 2021 3:31 pm L'Homme qui marche

up in resources in the year poll watchlists thread

What should I be doing to gain access to this magical thread?

I'll keep an eye for suggestions, because currently this is a mediocre year for me. Silent Light - Carlos Reygadas 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days - Cristian Mungiu The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - Andrew Dominik Hot Rod - Akiva Schaffer Help Me Eros - Lee Kang-Sheng Sweeney To...

I almost never remember my dreams, but this one stuck, maybe because I was slowly waking up and fall back to sleep throughout. Someone put on a 12 hour miniseries as background noise at a party starring Michel Lonsdale. It was super boring, but kind of hypnotizing. It was distinctly NOT Out 1, but i...

5 Stars
Struggle in the Valley (Youssef Chahine)

That's the only one I've seen. But maybe I can get to one or two before this closes

Having just cranked through the entire John Sayles filmography... I felt like Baby It's You, his foray into the "teen girl" sub-genre was a particularly strong effort. Plus it was fun to google afterwards in an attempt to figure who the hell Robert Downey Jr. was. (spoiler... he was drinki...

I'm just south of the Canada border here... and to be honest, we were never truly shut down and masks were never truly obligatory. America's a bad place.

Only seen 1.

Malena

Really hoping to see Willow Springs soon though.

Seen 3

The Unknown
Freaks

I thought Dracula was wildly disappointing (with the exception of Lugosi, who was great.)

When I was reading Jaglom's "My Lunches with Orson", I was staying in an AirBnB in Iowa. The guy who owned the place saw the book and was like "Oh... you know Henry Jaglom? You're sleeping in his childhood bed." Can't say I ever would have expected that.

Seen 3 Browning.