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by Caracortada
Wed Jul 29, 2020 8:17 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Replies: 38
Views: 3465

Re: SCFZ poll: Henri-Georges Clouzot

I didn't get a turn in round 7, 8 and 9, instead of participating most of the time. i wasn't intentionally skipping over you or anything like that, i was just following the rules in the post at the top of this thread. anyone who posts a ballot in every poll will always get a chance to nominate once...
by Caracortada
Tue Jul 28, 2020 9:21 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Replies: 38
Views: 3465

Re: SCFZ poll: Henri-Georges Clouzot

flip wrote: Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:50 pm
and we're at almost a clean slate as far as nominations go, so first person to post a ballot (besides me and umbugbene), please go ahead and nominate our next director!
I didn't get a turn in round 7, 8 and 9, instead of participating most of the time.
by Caracortada
Tue Jul 28, 2020 3:19 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Replies: 38
Views: 3465

Re: SCFZ poll: Henri-Georges Clouzot

Seen 7.

1. Les Diaboliques
2. Le Corbeau
3. La Vérité
4. Quai des Orfèvres
by Caracortada
Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:12 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Fred Zinnemann
Replies: 52
Views: 5327

Re: SCFZ poll: Fred Zinnemann

Seen 8

1. From Here to Eternity
2. The Day of the Jackal
3. The Nun's Story
4. High Noon
by Caracortada
Sat Jul 18, 2020 5:02 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Mel Brooks
Replies: 28
Views: 2767

Re: SCFZ poll: Mel Brooks

Seen 10.

1. The Producers
2. High Anxiety
3. Silent Movie
4. History of the World: Part I
5. Life Stinks
by Caracortada
Sat Jul 11, 2020 11:07 am
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Andrzej Wajda
Replies: 49
Views: 4743

Re: SCFZ poll: Andrzej Wajda

Seen 3

1. Kanal
by Caracortada
Sat Jul 04, 2020 7:37 am
Forum: Polls/Surveys/Lists
Topic: SCFZ 6th Annual Top 100 Poll!
Replies: 124
Views: 15370

Re: SCFZ 6th Annual Top 100 Poll!

Grbavica (Jasmila Zbanic, 2006) It’s a Free World... (Ken Loach, 2007) Machuca (Andres Wood, 2004) Ryan’s Daughter (David Lean, 1970) Sons of the Desert (William A. Seitner, 1933) Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977) Modern Times (Charles Chaplin, 1936) The Seventh Seal (I...
by Caracortada
Sat Jun 27, 2020 5:52 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: David Lean
Replies: 38
Views: 4351

Re: SCFZ poll: David Lean

Seen 10. Memorable for his epic romances and novel adaptations with a lot of attention for the natural environment, bright blue eyes and colourful secondary characters.
  1. Ryan's Daughter
  2. Doctor Zhivago
  3. Brief Encounter
  4. Great Expectations
  5. Oliver Twist
by Caracortada
Wed Jun 24, 2020 7:40 am
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Jonathan Demme
Replies: 34
Views: 4183

Re: SCFZ poll: Jonathan Demme

Seen 8.

1. Philadelphia
2. The Silence of the Lambs
3. Rachel Getting Married
4. Stop Making Sense
by Caracortada
Tue Jun 16, 2020 2:56 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Preston Sturges
Replies: 27
Views: 2625

Re: SCFZ poll: Preston Sturges

Seen 4. I enjoyed Veronica Lake's role very much and the silly story of the investigative journalist.

1. Sullivan's Travels
2. The Lady Eve
by Caracortada
Fri Jun 12, 2020 4:52 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Walter Hill
Replies: 37
Views: 3588

Re: SCFZ poll: Walter Hill

Seen 4.

1. Brewster's Millions
2. 48 Hrs.
by Caracortada
Tue Jun 09, 2020 5:46 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Otto Preminger
Replies: 37
Views: 4065

Re: SCFZ poll: Otto Preminger

Seen 11. He's one of those directors of whom I've seen a lot of movies, without necessarily remembering that they were his.
  1. Bonjour Tristesse
  2. Bunny Lake Is Missing
  3. The Human Factor
  4. Anatomy of a Murder
  5. Carmen Jones
by Caracortada
Wed Jun 03, 2020 6:31 pm
Forum: Film Discussion
Topic: Actors/Actresses you cherish
Replies: 16
Views: 2716

Re: Actors/Actresses you cherish

Charlie Chaplin Laurel & Hardy The Marx Brothers Fred Astaire Edward G. Robinson Humphrey Bogart James Stewart Cary Grant Jack Lemmon Walter Matthau Dustin Hoffman Al Pacino Robert De Niro Anthony Hopkins Michael Caine Antonio Banderas Colin Firth Louis De Funès Gérard Depardieu Marcello Mastroi...
by Caracortada
Tue Jun 02, 2020 9:34 pm
Forum: Film Discussion
Topic: Actors/Actresses you shun
Replies: 31
Views: 3839

Re: Actors/Actresses you shun

Clint Eastwood
Leonardo Di Caprio
Daniel Radcliffe
by Caracortada
Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:18 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Joseph Mankiewicz
Replies: 37
Views: 3945

Re: SCFZ poll: Joseph Mankiewicz

I'm sure I've made my views of Mankiewicz known before, finding his movies thematically to be more than a bit miscogynistic, crudely put, men manipulate events, women manipulate men, somewhat mitigated in effect by Mankiewicz's actor focused directing, with the occasional more elaborate flourish to...
by Caracortada
Tue Jun 02, 2020 7:59 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Joseph Mankiewicz
Replies: 37
Views: 3945

Re: SCFZ poll: Joseph Mankiewicz

Seen 13
  1. All About Eve
  2. Sleuth
  3. Cleopatra
  4. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
  5. Dragonwyck
He directed some monumental leading roles.
by Caracortada
Fri May 22, 2020 9:37 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Jerzy Skolimowski
Replies: 33
Views: 3586

Re: SCFZ poll: Jerzy Skolimowski

Seen two, but that includes a very good one.

1. Deep End
by Caracortada
Tue May 19, 2020 10:58 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Zhang Yimou
Replies: 39
Views: 4055

Re: SCFZ poll: Zhang Yimou

One of my favorite Asian directors. He made two kinds of film: dramas, often in a rural or historical setting; and stylized martial art films. Saw 11.

1. Red Sorghum
2. The Road Home
3. Not One Less
4. House of Flying Daggers
5. Ju Dou
by Caracortada
Tue May 12, 2020 8:34 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Roy Del Ruth
Replies: 54
Views: 6628

Re: SCFZ poll: Roy Del Ruth

Seen 3

1. On Moonlight Bay
by Caracortada
Thu May 07, 2020 7:32 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Nicolas Roeg
Replies: 47
Views: 5132

Re: SCFZ poll: Nicolas Roeg

Worst: The Witches or How to Ruin a Roald Dahl adaptation. I haven't seen The Witches , but The Sound of Claudia Schiffer might be the worst thing I've ever seen. I've seen Roeg's first seven features, then only two later works, and I'm curious if there's anything worthwhile in his later period (19...
by Caracortada
Tue May 05, 2020 6:20 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Nicolas Roeg
Replies: 47
Views: 5132

Re: SCFZ poll: Nicolas Roeg

Seen 11. Two films stand out.

1. Don't Look Now
2. Walkabout
3. Performance
4. Bad Timing
5. Castaway

Worst: The Witches or How to Ruin a Roald Dahl adaptation.
by Caracortada
Sun May 03, 2020 1:02 am
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Park Chan-wook
Replies: 29
Views: 3405

Re: SCFZ poll: Park Chan-wook

Seen 7

1. The Handmaiden
2. Stoker
3. The Little Drummer Girl [mini-series]
by Caracortada
Wed Apr 22, 2020 9:11 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Roman Polanski
Replies: 52
Views: 5177

Re: SCFZ poll: Roman Polanski

A giant!

1. Rosemary's Baby
2. Repulsion
3. Chinatown
4. Knife in the Water
5. Tess

Worst: Pirates
by Caracortada
Sat Apr 11, 2020 7:26 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Kim Ki-duk
Replies: 53
Views: 5005

Re: SCFZ poll: Kim Ki-duk

Seen 8

1. Samaritan Girl
2. The Bow
3. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
4. 3-Iron
by Caracortada
Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:52 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: GW Pabst
Replies: 41
Views: 5001

Re: SCFZ poll: GW Pabst

Seen 4.

1. Pandora's Box
2. Diary of a Lost Girl

Louise Brooks has the coolest shingle bob in history.
by Caracortada
Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:32 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Wilfred Jackson
Replies: 31
Views: 3847

Re: SCFZ poll: Wilfred Jackson

1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
2. Song of the South
3. Peter Pan
4. Fantasia
5. Lady and the Tramp
by Caracortada
Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:35 am
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: WS Van Dyke
Replies: 37
Views: 5193

Re: SCFZ poll: WS Van Dyke

Seen 6

1 Manhattan Melodrama
2 Tarzan the Ape Man
3 The Thin Man

The special eefects in Tarzan remain unequalled.
by Caracortada
Wed Mar 04, 2020 12:33 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Lars von Trier
Replies: 38
Views: 5076

Re: SCFZ poll: Lars von Trier

  1. Dancer in the Dark
  2. Dogville
  3. Melancholia
  4. Idioterne
  5. Breaking the Waves
by Caracortada
Fri Jan 24, 2020 9:28 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Roger Corman
Replies: 46
Views: 6434

Re: SCFZ poll: Roger Corman

Seen 6

1. Pit and the Pendulum
2. Little Shop of Horrors
3. The Raven
by Caracortada
Mon Dec 02, 2019 10:23 pm
Forum: Director Poll Archive
Topic: SCFZ poll: Billy Wilder
Replies: 54
Views: 7354

Re: SCFZ poll: Billy Wilder

Seen 20. One of the greatest directors of comedy and film noir.

1. The Apartment
2. Sunset Blvd.
3. Some Like It Hot
4. Double Indemnity
5. The Seven Year Itch