SCFZ poll: Shohei Imamura

[kanafani]

9 Siegels

[rischka]

i see your 9 and raise you -- 11 siegel

only 5 jewison

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i see your 9 and raise you -- 11 siegel

does that mean you have 20 siegel?

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if we don't get either one more 10+ yates or one more 10+ jewison viewer, i'll start up a don siegel poll tomorrow!

[rischka]

i see your 9 and raise you -- 11 siegel

does that mean you have 20 siegel?

no it means i don't know how to play poker i guess i meant i raise 2

[oscarwerner]

no it means i don't know how to play poker i guess i meant i raise 2
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Thus i recommend you to watch more Norman Jewison. He has created one of the best drama about poker players: The Cincinnati Kid (1965) with Steve McQueen and Edward G. Robinson as typicall young player vs typicall old game wolf.
I also like many of his films he made in different periods, which fit well on those different periods. Adaptations of Fiddler on the Roof and Jesus Christ Superstar (1973). His crime, mystery movie In the Heat of the Night (1967) is one of the best in it`s genre for me, also about racial tension in USA small town. Rollerball (1975)-great dystopia, The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)-just a very pretty movie and i can name many other famous films.
But your post decided Don Siegel fate:) Good news . I`m sure Don Siegel deserves our attention. My two previous candidates -Yates and Jewison are very solid cinema profesionalls. They made big famous pictures. Don Siegel is closer to what critics call film d'auteur

[Mysterious Dude]

I've seen seven by Imamura.

1. The Ballad of Narayama
2. Vengeance is Mine
3. Intentions of Murder

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every imamura narrative feature got at least one vote, with the exception of 1987's zegen

results

1. Vengeance is Mine (1979) -- 23 pts
2. Intentions of Murder (1964) -- 16 pts
3. The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968) -- 14 pts
3. The Ballad of Narayama (1983) -- 14 pts
5. Unagi (1997) -- 11 pts
6. Black Rain (1989) -- 10 pts
6. Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001) -- 10 pts
8. The Pornographers (1966) -- 9 pts
8. Dr Akagi (1998) -- 9 pts
10. Endless Desire (1958) -- 6 pts
10. The Insect Woman (1963) -- 6 pts
12. Eijanaika (1981) -- 5 pts
13. History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess (1970) -- 3 pts
14. Stolen Desire (1958) -- 2 pts
14. Pigs and Battleships (1961) -- 2 pts
14. A Man Vanishes (1967) -- 2 pts
17. Nishi Ginza Station (1958) -- 1 pt
17. My Second Brother (1959) --1 pt

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up at letterboxd:

https://letterboxd.com/fliptrotsky/list ... -poll-122/

[DT.]

every imamura narrative feature got at least one vote, with the exception of 1987's zegen

A shame! Just watched it and I'd call it one of his best. A picaresque tale of nationalism taken to its absurdist extreme, anchored by the driest of humour, a fully committed performance from Ken Ogata and a classic Imamura ending that underscores how pitiful and tragic the whole story is. A surprisingly underseen gem.

[kanafani]

11 Siegel

[wba]

11 Siegel

Still stuck on 10 Siegel.