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by oscarwerner
Tue Apr 23, 2019 6:09 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Replies: 27
Views: 3522

Re: SCFZ poll: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Seen only 3.
I know -my weak place. All 3 i saw at similar style and level. I vote for:
1.Tropical Malady (2004)
(i have 8 Dreyer )
by oscarwerner
Fri Apr 19, 2019 9:47 am
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Stanley Kubrick
Replies: 43
Views: 5057

Re: SCFZ poll: Stanley Kubrick

Seen 12.
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2. Barry Lyndon (1975)
3. The Killing (1956)
4. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
5. The Shining (1980)
by oscarwerner
Wed Apr 17, 2019 9:20 pm
Forum: Site News & Updates
Topic: Welcome!
Replies: 207
Views: 32657

Re: Welcome!

Dear colleagues, I`m responding after getting an email about russian bots attack:) Well, what to say.:) Recently i had to nominate a director for voting. I suggested Norman Jewison. He created many famous films: In the Heat of the Night (1967), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), The Thomas Crown Affair (196...
by oscarwerner
Tue Apr 16, 2019 9:35 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Don Siegel
Replies: 32
Views: 4338

Re: SCFZ poll: Don Siegel

Nice ! Seen 10 + of Kubrick
by oscarwerner
Tue Apr 16, 2019 7:56 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Don Siegel
Replies: 32
Views: 4338

Re: SCFZ poll: Don Siegel

Seen 25. My votes:
1. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
2. Dirty Harry (1971)
3. Charley Varrick (1973)
4. The Lineup (1958)
5. Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
by oscarwerner
Tue Apr 16, 2019 7:43 am
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Shohei Imamura
Replies: 41
Views: 5073

Re: SCFZ poll: Shohei Imamura

no it means i don't know how to play poker :lol: i guess i meant i raise 2 [/quote] Thus i recommend you to watch more Norman Jewison.:) He has created one of the best drama about poker players: The Cincinnati Kid (1965) with Steve McQueen and Edward G. Robinson as typicall young player vs typicall ...
by oscarwerner
Mon Apr 15, 2019 7:53 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Shohei Imamura
Replies: 41
Views: 5073

Re: SCFZ poll: Shohei Imamura

No problem:) Sad for poor Peter Yates, but i nominate n2. - Norman Jewison - (seen 16 of Jewison). And in case if people don`t see him enough, my nomination n3. - Don Siegel (seen -omg-25 of Don Siegel) :)
by oscarwerner
Sun Apr 14, 2019 7:00 am
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Shohei Imamura
Replies: 41
Views: 5073

Re: SCFZ poll: Shohei Imamura

yea we should check peter yates, do you have 10+ oscar? seems the kind of director people might have seen more films by than they realize, but i've only seen one. if oscar has 10+ and greg has 14, we just need one more person with 10+ yates seen, and then he will be our next poll. O yes.....I have ...
by oscarwerner
Sat Apr 13, 2019 8:55 am
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Shohei Imamura
Replies: 41
Views: 5073

Re: SCFZ poll: Shohei Imamura

With great pleasure. I suggest Peter Yates.
Solid enough and many films. Checking him on our lists and seems we haven`t rated him ...
by oscarwerner
Fri Apr 12, 2019 7:12 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Shohei Imamura
Replies: 41
Views: 5073

Re: SCFZ poll: Shohei Imamura

Seen 8. My votes go to:
1. The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
2. Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
3. The Insect Woman (1963)
4. Black Rain (1989)
by oscarwerner
Tue Apr 09, 2019 7:08 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Jacques Demy
Replies: 28
Views: 3171

Re: SCFZ poll: Jacques Demy

Seen 9.
1. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
2. The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
3. Lola (1961)
4. Bay of Angels (1963)
Apart possibly from Franco Zeffirelli, no-one made films as prettily as Demy
by oscarwerner
Fri Apr 05, 2019 9:06 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Maurice Pialat
Replies: 33
Views: 4440

Re: SCFZ poll: Maurice Pialat

I saw 8 of Demy
by oscarwerner
Fri Apr 05, 2019 9:04 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Maurice Pialat
Replies: 33
Views: 4440

Re: SCFZ poll: Maurice Pialat

Seen 9.
1. Van Gogh (1991)
2. Under the Sun of Satan (1987)
3. We Won't Grow Old Together (1972)
4. L'Enfance Nue (1968)
by oscarwerner
Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:24 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ Poll: Philippe Garrel
Replies: 27
Views: 3714

Re: SCFZ Poll: Philippe Garrel

Seen 7.
1. Les hautes solitudes (1974)-documentary
2. J'entends plus la guitare (1991)
3. Night Wind (1999)
by oscarwerner
Fri Mar 29, 2019 11:19 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Ken Russell
Replies: 27
Views: 3985

Re: SCFZ poll: Ken Russell

Seen 17. I also liked his earlier films-both in tv and in cinema. When i discovered his "biopics" about famous people-it was nice new experience. I try to forget Ken Russell disliked my favorite "Death in Venice":) and showed this in his Mahler:) 1. Women in Love (1969) 2. Tommy ...
by oscarwerner
Thu Mar 28, 2019 12:05 am
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Henry King
Replies: 54
Views: 8022

Re: SCFZ poll: Henry King

Nice. I`m also glad those two films did so well. I also like westerns all my life and seen a lot. Have seen many war films . "The gunfighter" is good western and i respect "twelve o'clock high" also very much as a war drama. I think both films look good in comparison with more mo...
by oscarwerner
Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:33 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Replies: 51
Views: 6720

Re: SCFZ poll: Pier Paolo Pasolini

I have seen more then 10 of Ken Russell
by oscarwerner
Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:28 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Replies: 51
Views: 6720

Re: SCFZ poll: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Seen 14.
1. Teorema (1968)
2. The Decameron (1971)
3. Arabian Nights (1974)
4. Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1975)
5. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
by oscarwerner
Mon Mar 25, 2019 11:12 pm
Forum: Year Poll Archive
Topic: 1958 poll
Replies: 153
Views: 25428

Re: 1958 poll

1. Elevator to the Gallows- (Louis Malle) -my top hit ------------------------------------------ Other 19: 2. Vertigo -(Alfred Hitchcock) 3. Touch of Evil -(Orson Welles) 4. Ashes and Diamonds -(Andrzej Wajda) 5. Mon Oncle -(Jacques Tati) ---------------------- 6.Ice Cold in Alex- (J. Lee Thompson) ...
by oscarwerner
Sat Mar 23, 2019 8:57 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Anthony Mann
Replies: 30
Views: 3381

Re: SCFZ poll: Anthony Mann

seen 17. So many films and i like some of his films, where he wasn`t credited. But i doubt if it is ok to vote for such movies. 1. Winchester '73 (1950) 2. The Tin Star (1957) 3. The Naked Spur (1953) 4. The Glenn Miller Story (1954) 5. Raw Deal (1948) Finally i decided his western films are the bes...
by oscarwerner
Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:20 am
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Henry King
Replies: 54
Views: 8022

Re: SCFZ poll: Henry King

Ha-ha. My top five is really identicall to flip`s. :) I have written Twelve O'Clock High and The Gunfighter at once -they are both on my letterbox top of Henry King. But i started thinkink much longer about other 3 films. I agree Henry King wasn`t an individualist and he just made impressive number ...
by oscarwerner
Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:00 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Henry King
Replies: 54
Views: 8022

Re: SCFZ poll: Henry King

Seen 14. Really good idea to remember Henry King after Raoul Walsh. Both created over 100 films:) Long career in 20-30-40ies... With my respect to Henry King i will be lazy to overlook very old movies and will vote for those of later period. And i must confess -i`m a fan of Gregory Peck. 1. Twelve O...
by oscarwerner
Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:36 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Elia Kazan
Replies: 40
Views: 5065

Re: SCFZ poll: Elia Kazan

Seen 12 from Judas. My votes go to :
1. Wild River (1960)
2. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
3. On the Waterfront (1954)
4. Panic in the Streets (1950)
5. Splendor in the Grass (1961)
by oscarwerner
Tue Mar 12, 2019 5:19 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Raoul Walsh
Replies: 36
Views: 4598

Re: SCFZ poll: Raoul Walsh

Seen 12:
1.White Heat (1949)
2.High Sierra (1941)
3.Pursued (1947)
4.They Drive By Night (1940)
5.The Roaring Twenties (1939)
by oscarwerner
Mon Mar 11, 2019 12:29 am
Forum: Year Poll Archive
Topic: 1989 poll
Replies: 216
Views: 40865

Re: 1989 poll

My 20 favorite films of 1989: My top hit - Dekalog-(Krzysztof Kieslowski) ---------------------- and other 19 in random order: ---------------------- 1. Batman - (Tim Burton) 2. Dead Poets Society - (Peter Weir) 3. When Harry Met Sally... -(Rob Reiner) 4. Jésus de Montréal - (Denys Arcand) 5. A City...
by oscarwerner
Fri Mar 08, 2019 3:45 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Alain Resnais
Replies: 33
Views: 4200

Re: SCFZ poll: Alain Resnais

Seen 13.
1. Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
2. Hiroshima mon amour (1959)
3. Night and Fog (1955)
4. Mon oncle d'Amerique (1980)
5. Providence (1977)
by oscarwerner
Sun Mar 03, 2019 4:54 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Michael Anderson
Replies: 40
Views: 4908

Re: SCFZ poll: Michael Anderson

Seems we have voting for the worst Oscar winning picture :) I agree with wba -"many mediocre films have won best picture":) But i like Moonlight. Sorry Silga :) Around the World in Eighty Days was boring for me and 1957 awards look not very solid. But my answer to a question "who is M...
by oscarwerner
Sat Mar 02, 2019 6:36 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Michael Anderson
Replies: 40
Views: 4908

Re: SCFZ poll: Michael Anderson

Director of the weakest Oscar wining film :)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)-in 1957 Awards
by oscarwerner
Sat Mar 02, 2019 11:49 am
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Michael Anderson
Replies: 40
Views: 4908

Re: SCFZ poll: Michael Anderson

what i learned during my life-never try to convince other people to like films you like or opposite:) I also learned it from my work in my videoshop:) I had to write about Orca, because it is one of several examples which i saw in my life, when media and cinema critics have judged the film from a to...
by oscarwerner
Fri Mar 01, 2019 12:54 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Michael Anderson
Replies: 40
Views: 4908

Re: SCFZ poll: Michael Anderson

Regarding "Orca". It must be one of the most undervalued films ever made.Always regarded as a lame rip-off of "JAWS",there are few who champion its cause.The truth is that "ORCA" has a truly mythic feel about man versus beast that "JAWS" doesn't even come clos...