SCFZ

The rules:

- I'll assume ballots are ranked unless you tell me otherwise. Unranked ballots are fine.

- Deadline for ballots: Tuesday the 28th of February

We'll use the extended rules for this poll:

• If you have seen an odd number of Deneuve films, you can round up instead of down when determining the length of your ballot (e.g. if you have seen 7, you can list 4 films instead of the usual 3)

• If you have seen more than 10 Deneuve films, your ballot can extend beyond 5 films (e.g. if you have seen 13, you can list up to 7)
However, the max number allowed in total is 10 even if you've seen 21+.

Seen: 11 (for now)

Les parapluies de Cherbourg
Repulsion
Dancer in the Dark
Un conte de Noël
8 femmes
Fête de famille
HM: Belle de jour, Rochefort, Potiche, Rois et reine

Damn, she doesn't miss! Only one that I wouldn't want to put on there is the awful Tout nouveau testament.

To see:
Un flic
Le dernier metro
Mississippi Mermaid
The Hunger
Tristana
Indochine
Généalogies d'un crime

Thought I'd get the ball rolling on these again with two French greats. Considered Binoche and Huppert as well but feel like they're still very much active. Not that Deneuve isn't, but I feel like the bulk of her work is behind her. Would love to poll the other two at some point as well. Get the nominations in for the next two in March and I'll let the randomiser decide!

thought i'd seen more, only seen ten, unfortunately seen most of these so long ago i have no idea how to rank them but i'll take a guess (ranking based on performance, not quality of filmmaking) :

Belle de Jour (Luis Bunuel)
The Last Metro (Francois Truffaut)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Jacques Demy)
Pola X (Leos Carax)
La Chamade (Alain Cavalier)

seen 12 - FOR NOW!

the umbrellas of cherbourg
the young girls of rochefort
the creatures
the truth
un flic
---
tristana

Seen 2:

The Hunger

THE LAST METRO
BELLE DE JOUR
TIME REGAINED
UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG

the umbrellas of cherbourg
the young girls of rochefort
the creatures
the hunger
repulsion (even if i hate it)

now i can't download my own screenshots from twitter, oh dears. gotta remember to save shit to tumblr again. fuck you elon

Tristana
Kings and Queen
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Le vent de la nuit
Genealogies of Crime

a strange star/actress in some ways. will also say i've seen less from her than i had assumed i'd seen. wish there were subs for her movie with vecchiali.

Time Regained
Belle de Jour
Donkey Skin

letterboxd says I've seen only 18 of her films (I thought I'd seen way more).
I was never a fan of her as an actress (I more or less dislike her and her acting), but she starred in so many great movies!!!
Apparently, directors love here (I absolutely can't see why, though).

Really hard to limit myself to a mere 9:

01. Thieves (Andre Techine, 1996)
02. The Young Girls of Rochefort (Jacques Demy, 1967)
03. Place Vendôme (Nicole Garcia, 1998)
04. 8 Women (Francois Ozon, 2002)
05. Celebration (Olivier Meyrou, 2007)
06. I’m Going Home (Manoel de Oliveira, 2001)
07. Pola X (Leos Carax, 1999)
08. The Hunger (Tony Scott, 1983)
09. Tom Thumb (Olivier Dahan, 2001)

seen 26, really should rewatch the two demy films

belle de jour
les créatures
repulsion
don't touch the white woman!
8 women
tristana
umbrellas of cherbourg
young girls of rochefort

you should brian! this is still in my head


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReDhs5DNuBQ

altho i agree w wba that deneuve is a pretty dull actress, demy's color scheme really works for her

i was going to write that she becomes much stronger as an actress as she ages, but it may be that when she was young directors wanted a certain kind of blank quality from her (this is certainly true in the bunuel movies), and only later is she asked to be an actress rather than a star or icon?

haven't seen the movies she did with techine, a director who is a big blind spot for me in general, but i know people hold her performances in those in pretty high esteem.

Since no suggestions for next month have come in at all, I have asked ChatGPT to pick and I can let you guys know March will be Bogart and Dietrich.

haven't seen the movies she did with techine, a director who is a big blind spot for me in general

I've only seen one Techine, which was L'Adieu a la nuit. I thought the movie was really bad (islamaphobic in a really boring way) and it discouraged me from checking out his other work. BUT... Deneuve was very good in it.

Monsieur Arkadin wrote: ↑Mon Feb 13, 2023 5:01 pm

haven't seen the movies she did with techine, a director who is a big blind spot for me in general

I've only seen one Techine, which was L'Adieu a la nuit. I thought the movie was really bad (islamaphobic in a really boring way) and it discouraged me from checking out his other work. BUT... Deneuve was very good in it.

Do you wanna submit a ballot?

Young Girls of Rochefort
Belle De Jour
Repulsion
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Donkey Skin
The Hunger
The Truth
Tristana

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
The Young Girls of Rochefort
Mississippi Mermaid
Night Wind
Donkey Skin
Repulsion
Belle de Jour
The Hunger

try to rank based on acting? (can't remember her performance at Oliveira's movie)

Belle de Jour
Young Girls of Rochefort
Pola X
My Favorite Season
8 Women
The Convent
A Christmas Tale
Tristana
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Dancer in the Dark

I'm going to watch one more movie this weekend and close this, not expecting any more ballots at this point. Same for JLT. Quick question to those who have seen it, though, my DVD of Tristana has both the Spanish and the French version on it, anyone know which one I should be going for?

In total, thirteen users voted for thirty-one movies. Here's the top fifteen with a fitting tie for first:
=1. Les parapluies de Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964) 42 pts
=1. Les demoiselles de Rochefort (Jacques Demy, 1967) 42 pts
3. Belle de Jour (Luis Bunuel, 1967) 37 pts
4. Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965) 22 pts
5. 8 femmes (Francois Ozon, 2002) 19 pts
6. Les Créatures (Agnes Varda, 1966) 14 pts
=7. Tristana (Luis Bunuel, 1970) 13 pts
=7. Pola X (Leos Carax, 1999) 13 pts
9. Le Dernier Métro (François Truffaut, 1980) 12 pts
=10. The Hunger (Tony Scott, 1983) 9 pts
=10. Donkey Skin (Jacques Demy, 1970) 9 pts
=10. Un conte de Noël (Arnaud Desplechin, 2008) 9 pts
=10. Les voleurs (André Téchiné, 1996) 9 pts
=14. Ma saison préférée (André Téchiné, 1993) 7 pts
=14. Place Vendôme (Nicole Garcia, 1998) 7 pts