SCFZ poll: Olivier Assayas

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Polling the films of director Olivier Assayas

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half of the Assayas films you've seen, up to a maximum of 5. So if you've seen seven of his films, for example, you can list only a top 3. It's only if you've seen ten or more of his films than you can list the maximum of five.

- i'll assume ballots are ranked unless you tell me otherwise. unranked ballots are fine.

- deadline for ballots: next Tuesday, in seven days, whatever day that is

- if anyone is watching films for these polls, then i'll extend the deadline three days, if someone requests an extension

- next poll: whoever posts the first ballot in this thread is free to nominate the director we poll next, unless you've nominated in this round already (everyone should get a chance). Already nominated this round: greg x, rischka, dt

umbugbene created an index on letterboxd of all of our previous polls here: letterboxd.com/umbugbene/list/index-of-all-scfz-director-polls/

one rule for nominees: at least 3 scfzers need to have seen 10+ of a nominee's films, or at least 4 scfzers need to have seen at least 8 of the nom's films, so if it isn't clear if that will be the case, we'll confirm that's true before moving forward

if 24 hours pass after a poll opens, and no one eligible to nominate has posted a ballot, then i'll nominate someone, and then we'll start over, and everyone will be able to nominate for a fourth time

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starting this a day early because i might not have a chance before wednesday otherwise

only seen two:

carlos

[DT.]

Love the guy. There's always something that feels so fresh about his filmmaking.

1. Clean
2. Demonlover
3. Irma Vep
4. Clouds of Sils Maria
5. Sentimental Destinies

[Silga]

Seen 4:

Carlos
Clouds of Sils Maria

[...]

Irma Vep
Clean
Demonlover
Summer Hours
Personal Shopper

Finished Personal Shopper and added it to the list.

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silga - you can pick the next director if you like!

[pabs]

Seen 5.

Summer Hours
Carlos

Summer Hours is for me one of the most beautiful ruminations on the passing of one generation and its replacement by newer ones, and ultimately the meaninglessness of personal attachments to objects, because those meanings are as ephemeral as our lives.

It's a wonderful film. The mother's secrets, including a love-affair, are gradually revealed through objects in her house (paintings and other valuable objets d'art) as her children divide these treasures and decide how best to allocate the proceeds.

The grandaughter's party of teenagers at the end - dancing, drunken friends giggling and gossiping in her late grandmother's garden - pronounces "grandmother might as well have never existed".

This and Carlos are the only Assayas films I can say I've truly enjoyed so far - but man, how I loved Summer Hours.

[wba2]

not really a fan. There's always something that feels so derivative and tired about his films.

01. Winter's Child (1989)
02. Personal Shopper (2016)
03. Late August, Early September (1998)

Assayas seen: 6

[Umbugbene]

Seen 4, but no favorites.

[brian d]

seen 6

summer hours
irma vep

[Silga]

silga - you can pick the next director if you like!

David Cronenberg

[mesnalty]

Seen 7:

1. Clouds of Sils Maria
2. Cold Water
3. Irma Vep

[kanafani]

Irma vep
Summer hours
Carlos
Clouds of sils maria
Personal shopper

[greennui]

Something in the Air
Irma Vep
Personal Shopper
Carlos

[ofrene]

seen 5

Carlos
Clouds of Sils Maria

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cronenberg will be our next poll - i'll start that on friday

[rischka]

i haz only seen 3 but will vote for carlos

[sally]

seen 4

boarding gate

[thoxans]

clouds of sils maria

*seen three (i'd vote for cold water, but ain't seen enough for a second slotted vote)

[Roscoe]

SUMMER HOURS

Was bored senseless by CLOUDS. Have to get to CARLOS one of these days.

[Caracortada]

1. Clouds of Sils Maria
2. Irma Vep
3. After May

Seen 6.

[connordenney]

I've seen 6.

1. Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
2. Summer Hours (2008)
3. Irma Vep (1996)

[Mysterious Dude]

Only seen five. I liked them all, so I guess I should see more.

1. Carlos
2. Clean

[john ryan]

Seen 11.

1. Summer Hours
2. Clouds of Sils Maria
3. Personal Shopper
4. Irma Vep
5. Demonlover

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in what might be a first, not one tie in the top ten:

results

1. Irma Vep (1996) -- 23 pts
2. Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) -- 20 pts
3. Summer Hours (2008) -- 18 pts
4. Carlos (2010) -- 13 pts
5. Clean (2004) -- 10 pts
6. Personal Shopper (2016) -- 9 pts
7. Demonlover (2002) -- 8 pts
8. Something in the Air (2012) -- 5 pts
9. Winter's Child (1989) -- 3 pts
10. Cold Water (1994) -- 2 pts
11. Les Destinees Sentimentales (2000) -- 1 pt
11. Boarding Gate (2007) -- 1 pt
11. Late August, Early September (1998) -- 1 pt

[oscarwerner]

Seen 11. Not a big fan of his films.
Carlos (2010)
Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
Something in the Air (2012)
3 will be enough.
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up at letterboxd, i didn't add oscar's votes to the tally, but they didn't affect the rankings at all anyway:

https://letterboxd.com/fliptrotsky/list ... s-poll-94/

[josiahmorgan11]

missed this one but for the record i've seen 7 and my votes would have gone to only personal shopper / carlos. don't care strongly enough about him anyway. this is a good ranking but curious about what people see in sils maria above personal shopper. rip.