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Polling the films of director Maurice Pialat

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half of the Pialat 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 Friday, 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: brian d, greennui, ofrene, kanafani

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

Seen 5.

Van Gogh
Loulou

seen 13

Graduate First
We Will Not Grow Old Together
Naked Childhood
Loulou
A nos amours

I'll nominate Jacques Demy

seen 11

under the sun of satan
van gogh
le garçu
à nos amours
la gueule ouvert

i'm sure a lot of people have seen a few demy, but since he didn't make that many features in total, i think we should confirm we have enough demy views -- anyone who has seen 8+ demy films, please post here!

Seen 9.
1. Van Gogh (1991)
2. Under the Sun of Satan (1987)
3. We Won't Grow Old Together (1972)
4. L'Enfance Nue (1968)

I saw 8 of Demy

we won't grow old together
la gueule ouverte
van gogh
a nos amours
l'enfance nue

i don't have any demy

Seen 6

1. À Nos Amours
2. Loulou
3. We Won’t Grow Old Together

Only 5x Demy.

Seen 5:

1. A Nos Amours
2. Van Gogh

8 Demy here.

I've seen 10 by Demy. Good timing, Bure, that'll be a good way to pay tribute to Varda.

Only seen 3 Pialats, so I'll abstain here.

I've seen 9 Demy but will have seen (at least) one more by Tuesday

We Won’t Grow Old Together
La gueule ouverte
La Maison des bois
A nos amours
Loulou

okay we have enough demy viewers, so he will be our next poll!

01. A nos amours

Pialat seen: 2

Under the Sun of Satan
A Nos Amours

4 seen

Seen 9:

1. La gueule ouverte / The Mouth Agape (1974)
2. Passe ton bac d'abord / Graduate First (1978)
3. Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble / We Won't Grow Old Together (1972)
4. Loulou (1980)

Three all-time faves:

1. A Nos Amours
2. La maison des bois
3. We Won't Grow Old Together

seen 6

À nos amours.
Police
Van Gogh

Seen 12

1. A Nos Amours
2. We Won't Grow Old Together
3. Love Exists
4. The Mouth Agape
5. Under the Sun of Satan

we won't grow old together

*seen (only) two (sadly (and would gladly vote for the other one i've seen (van gogh), if i could have))

seen 6

The Mouth Agape / La gueule ouverte
À nos amours
Naked Childhood / L'Enfance nue

Seen 10

Van Gogh
We Won't Grow Old Together
The Mouth Agape
A Nos Amours
Loulou
Police
Graduate First
Naked Childhood
Under the Sun of Satan
Le Garcu

Still need to see his shorts and la maison des bois

Where's the @nrh Graduate First vote?!

wasn't going to vote because i've only seen six but...

graduate first
van gogh
under the sun of satan

prior to seeing these i had only seen a nos amour (indifferent to it) and then we won't grow old together (which i thought was one of the worst films i had ever seen) and police (mostly indifferent). but the three films i voted for i saw all in one day on beautiful prints and it was a great experience, especially seeing the contrasting energies between the films.

nrh wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2019 8:44 pm wasn't going to vote because i've only seen six but...

graduate first
van gogh
under the sun of satan

prior to seeing these i had only seen a nos amour (indifferent to it) and then we won't grow old together (which i thought was one of the worst films i had ever seen) and police (mostly indifferent). but the three films i voted for i saw all in one day on beautiful prints and it was a great experience, especially seeing the contrasting energies between the films.

Only seen Pialat on beautiful 35mm prints so far, and they were mesmerizing. The photography (especially the work with light) is outstanding.

so we have a tie for first place. because i don't like to arbitrarily choose which film gets the #1 slot on letterboxd, we'll have a runoff vote to decide the winner. you can only vote if you have seen both films, a nos amours and we won't grow old together. i've been able to infer the votes for nine people (because they have seen both according to letterboxd and ranked at least one on their ballot, or from comments they made above) so if you are on the list below, no need to cast a vote (if my inference was wrong though, let me know!)

a nos amours:
nrh
john ryan
zulawski
caracortada
brian d

we won't grow old together:
roujin
kanafani
rischka
bure
greennui
dt

if your name does not appear above, and you have seen both films, please cast a vote for your favourite below! i'll close the voting at the end of saturday.

results

1. We Won't Grow Old Together (1972) -- 29.06 pts
2. A Nos Amours (1983) -- 29.05 pts
3. Van Gogh (1991) -- 22 pts
4. The Mouth Agape (1974) -- 21 pts
5. Under the Sun of Satan (1987) -- 12 pts
6. Graduate First (1978) -- 11 pts
7. Loulou (1980) -- 8 pts
8. L'Enfance Nue (1968) -- 6 pts
9. La Maison des Bois (1971) -- 5 pts
10. Le Garcu (1995) -- 3 pts
10. Love Exists (1960) -- 3 pts
12. Police (1985) -- 2 pts

we won't grow old together > a nos amours