SCFZ poll: John Cassavetes

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Polling the films of director John Cassavetes

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half of the Cassavetes 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 up to 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: umbugbene, greennui, evelyn, bure, m arkadin, mrcarmady, nrh, brian d, mesnalty, kanafani, st gloede, ofrene

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 again

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my apologies to ofrene for starting this poll so late! i needed to take a break. if the ballots that come in turn out to be short overall, i'll consider using the extended rules, but for now i'll go with the standard rules.

[flip]

Opening Night

seen three

[Silga]

Seen 2:

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (one of my favorite films of the 70s)

[brian d]

seen 4

shadows

[ofrene]

seen 7 and like all of them

A Woman Under the Influence
Love Streams
Opening Night

[greennui]

9.

Faces
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Love Streams
Minnie and Moskowitz

[St. Gloede]

Seen 10:

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
A Woman Under the Influence
Opening Night
Gloria
Love Streams

[MrCarmady]

Seen 2.

Faces

[Joks Trois]

Seen 12.

A Woman Under The Influence
Love Streams
Opening Night
Husbands
Faces

[oscarwerner]

Seen 7:
1)Shadows (1959) ,
2)A Woman Under the Influence (1974),
3)Gloria (1980)

[Mauries]

Seen 7

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Love Streams
Opening Night

[thoxans]

y'all jk'ing cuz husbands ftw obvs

husbands
the killing of a chinese bookie
a woman under the influence

*seen six (have shadows, and will try to watch it, but life and halloseen might prevent that)

[greennui]

Husbands: The sequel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-kPTmM_zMc

[john ryan]

Seen 11

1. a woman under the influence
2. husbands
3. the killing of a chinese bookie
4. opening night
5. shadows

[ralch]

seen 5

1. Opening Night
2. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

[Curtis, baby]

seen 6

A Woman Under the Influence
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Opening Night

[mesnalty]

Seen 6:

1. A Woman Under the Influence
2. Love Streams
3. Faces

[rischka]

chinese bookie
opening night
husbands

[wba]

seen 0 so no help here.

[MatiasAlbertotti]

Seen 3

A Woman Under the Influence

[...]

Shadows
Killing of a Chinese Bookie

A Woman Under the Influence
Opening Night

[Monsieur Arkadin]

I've seen 2. Killing of a Chinese Bookie and Gloria. I didn't feel much passion for either of them. My wife is in love with his films, but I just can't seem to extract much of value from them. Don't dislike them, just kind of feel like I could probably spend my time better the whole time they're on.

I feel like there's more to mine with Killing of a Chinese Bookie though. So I vote for that one.

[flip]

I've seen 2. Killing of a Chinese Bookie and Gloria. I didn't feel much passion for either of them. My wife is in love with his films, but I just can't seem to extract much of value from them. Don't dislike them, just kind of feel like I could probably spend my time better the whole time they're on.

I feel like there's more to mine with Killing of a Chinese Bookie though. So I vote for that one.

since i often just skim through these threads when tallying, for anyone posting a ballot, it helps me out a lot if you can make it look like a ballot - otherwise there's a chance i'll miss your vote, if it's embedded in a paragraph of text. thanks!

[greennui]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbjj2xYU-IU

[Monsieur Arkadin]

Sorry flip!

[flip]

Seen 2:

silga, you can pick our next director if you like!

[Silga]

Tim Burton.

I have 27.

[flip]

thanks, i'm sure he'll work, i'll start that poll now!

[liquidnature]

1. Shadows
2. Opening Night