SCFZ poll: Paul Verhoeven

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Polling the films of director Paul Verhoeven

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half of the Verhoeven 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, silga, kanafani, brian d, greennui, ofrene, mesnalty, john ryan, roscoe, evelyn, thoxans, bure, oscarwerner

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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Elle
Soldier of Orange
Starship Troopers

seen seven

[kanafani]

Seen 8

Black Book
Showgirls
Starship troopers

[rischka]

black book
showgirls
starship troopers

[oscarwerner]

seen 16.
1. Robocop (1987)
2. Turkish Delight (1973)
3. Basic Instinct (1992)
4. The 4th Man (1983)
5. Elle (2016)

[mesnalty]

Seen 8:

1. Starship Troopers
2. Robocop
3. Elle
4. Turkish Delight

[Roscoe]

1. THE FOURTH MAN

Seen enough to rate more. There's just no fucking way.

[thoxans]

starship troopers
showgirls
total recall
basic instinct

*seen 8 (one of my fav dirs)

[brian d]

seen 7

keetje tippel
tricked

[Caracortada]

Seen 12. He can make slightly over the top sensational thrillers, but also serious war dramas.

1. Basic Instinct
2. Black Book
3. The Fourth Man
4. Turkish Delight
5. Showgirls

Worst: Total Recall

[flip]

caracortada - you can pick the director for our next poll, if you like!

[greennui]

Seen 9.

The Fourth Man
Basic Instinct
Showgirls
Turkish Delight

[...]

Basic Instinct
Soldier of Orange
Showgirls
Spetters
The Fourth Man

Seen 12

[Silga]

Seen 6:

Basic Instinct
Elle
RoboCop

[arkheia]

Seen 7

1. Showgirls
2. Starship Troopers
3. Robocop

[josiahmorgan11]

seen six

1. Showgirls
2. Total Recall

I could vote for another but don't feel sufficiently strong or educated enough about Verhoeven's work to go for it. For the record, my vote would go to Elle. Need to see Basic Instinct and The Fourth Man urgently.

[john ryan]

Seen 16

1. Flesh + Blood
2. Robocop
3. Elle
4. Katie Tippel
5. The Fourth Man

Worst: Spetters

[ofrene]

seen 7

1. Elle
2. Basic Instinct
3. Total Recall

[wba2]

01. Basic Instinct
02. RoboCop
03. Flesh + Blood
04. Spetters

Verhoeven seen : 8

[MatiasAlbertotti]

Seen 6

1. Robocop
2. Starship Troopers
3. Flesh + Blood

[Roscoe]

Poor old THE FOURTH MAN -- it seems to have just dropped off the map.

[connordenney]

Only seen 2.

1. ELLE

[fly]

seen 6

Showgirls
Robocop
Starship Troopers

[ItsUhhMee]

Seen 15

Basic Instinct
Soldier of Orange
Diary of a Hooker
Showgirls
Total Recall

[flip]

haven't heard from caracortada about our next director, so i'll open the nominations up to arkheia - if you'd like to pick a director for our next poll, post your choice here! we'll go with your pick unless caracortada posts a nomination first

if i haven't heard from arkheia by midday tomorrow (in 12 hours), i'll also open up nominations to josiah, whoever posts first can choose.

[greennui]

Poor old THE FOURTH MAN -- it seems to have just dropped off the map.

A darn shame.

[arkheia]

Thanks Flip, if Caracortada doesn't post anything, I'll nominate Allan Dwan (assuming we haven't already done a poll for him).

[Caracortada]

caracortada - you can pick the director for our next poll, if you like!

I'm sorry I was late to see this. If it's still my turn I would like to pick Vittorio De Sica. I don't think he has been done yet?

[flip]

thanks arkheia and caracortada -- okay, here's what we'll do: i'll start an allan dwan poll today, and in that poll, i won't take new nominations, and we'll start a de sica poll early next week!

[Caracortada]

That's fine with me.