SCFZ poll: Charlie Chaplin

[oscarwerner]

seen ~20. Not less.
1. City Lights (1931)
2. Modern Times (1936)
3. The Gold Rush (1925)
4. The Great Dictator (1940)
5. The Kid (1921)
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P.S. I have seen all films by Tony Scott. 10+

[Evelyn Library P.I.]

Seen 19. When his sappy, preachy gambles work, remarkably the majority of the time, he's one of my favourites. A good comedian, though I tend to prefer Lloyd's character and maybe Keaton too to the comedy produced by The Tramp. When 'Charlie Chaplin, International Movie Star' becomes the implicit character/soapbox-speaker of his films rather than the Tramp, that's more my speed.

1. Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
2. Modern Times (1936)
3. City Lights (1931)
4. The Pilgrim (1923)
5. Behind the Screen (1916)

Of course, he made more than 5 great films: Gold Rush and Great Dictator could just as easily get my vote.

[Silga]

Great one, Joks. I would have picked Tony Scott next. I think I’ve seen all of his films.

Tony might not be admired universally as much as his brother, but I think he defined action filmmaking of the 80s-2000s.

[jal90]

Seen 14.

1. City lights
2. The great dictator
3. Modern times
4. The gold rush
5. The kid

I haven't seen his films in years but he's essential in my cinephilia.

[Umbugbene]

Tony might not be admired universally as much as his brother

Unfortunately not so admired on this forum. I picked Ridley Scott a few rounds ago and got an almost universally lukewarm response. Oh well. Let's see if Tony does better.

[rischka]

well many of us came from mubi, where tony scott was a VA god. i'm still only a novice but i've seen 10

[john ryan]

Seen 40ish

1. CIty Lights
2. The Gold Rush
3. The Kid
4. A Woman of Paris
5. Modern Times

[St. Gloede]

Seen 21 (all features + selected shorts). Top 5:

Monsieur Verdoux
Limelight
City Lights
The Kid
One A.M.

[Mysterious Dude]

I've seen 32.

1. City Lights
2. The Kid
3. The Great Dictator
4. The Circus
5. A Dog's Life

[Monsieur Arkadin]

Seen 7
1. The Circus
2. The Gold Rush
3. Modern Times

[wba]

Hi, wba here.

Chaplin is god, so:

01. City Lights (1931)
02. Monsieur Verdoux (1946)
03. The Gold Rush (1925)
04. Limelight (1952)
05. Shoulder Arms! (1918)

Chaplin seen: 26

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going by bure's ranking, this poll appears to have produced the second highest point total a winning film has ever received in these polls, after vertigo :

results

1. City Lights (1931) -- 75 pts
2. Modern Times (1936) -- 51 pts
2. The Gold Rush (1925) -- 51 pts
4. Monsieur Verdoux (1947) -- 31 pts
5. The Great Dictator (1940) -- 23 pts
6. The Kid (1921) -- 22 pts
7. The Circus (1928) -- 20 pts
8. A Woman of Paris (1923) -- 17 pts
9. Limelight (1952) -- 13 pts
10. The Immigrant (1917) -- 12 pts
11. One AM (1916) -- 8 pts
11. Shoulder Arms (1918) -- 8 pts
13. The Pilgrim (1923) -- 3 pts
13. Easy Street (1917) -- 3 pts
13. The Adventurer (1917) -- 3 pts
16. A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) -- 2 pts
16. A Dog's Life (1918) -- 2 pts
16. A Day's Pleasure (1919) -- 2 pts
16. The Cure (1917) -- 2 pts
20. The Floorwalker (1916) -- 1 pt
20. Behind the Screen (1916) -- 1 pt

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if anyone hasn't had a chance to vote in this yet, i'll still count ballots posted today - just please don't look at the results before voting

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up at letterboxd:

https://letterboxd.com/fliptrotsky/list ... -poll-132/