SCFZ

Polling the films of director Carl Theodor Dreyer

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half of the Dreyer 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, bure, greg x, oscarwerner, silga, dt, umbugbene

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

Day of Wrath
Vampyr

only seen five, but four were great, so i should watch more i guess

I've seen nine, but have had a copy of Gertrud sitting around for a while, so hopefully I can make it ten before the poll closes. Until then,

Ordet
Day of Wrath
The Parson's Widow
Michael


I do have a sneaking desire to vote for Water from the Land that I'm gonna try to overcome.

Gertrud
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Day of Wrath
They Caught the Ferry

seen 8.

seen 15

vampyr
passion of joan of arc
parson’s widow
day of wrath
gertrude

Ordet
Vampyr
passion of joan of arc
day of wrath
gertrude

PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
THE PARSON'S WIDOW
VAMPYR

Seen 11

1. Vampyr
2. Gertrud
3. They Caught the Ferry
4. Day of Wrath
5. Ordet

this dude was one of the greats. i've seen five, but i'd like to see another, so i have another slot on my list

seen 12 and like them all, but just going to vote for my 2 favorites, which i think are extraordinary films

master of the house
gertrud

he's one of the directors i'm currently going through chronologically, so i'll return here to post a full list when complete. so far everything i have watched of his has been amazing.

Roscoe wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2019 1:28 pm

Roscoe - you can pick our next director if you like!

Seen 9

1. Gertrud
2. Ordet
3. The Passion of Joan of Arc
4. Vampyr

Seen 13:

Day of Wrath
The Parson's Widow
Leaves Out of the Book of Satan
Master of the House
La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

Seen 8.
1. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
2. Ordet (1955)
3. Vampyr (1932)
4. Day of Wrath (1943)

Seen 5.

1. Day of Wrath
2. Ordet

DAY OF WRATH
vampyr
ordet
the parson's widow

Seen 6:

1. The Passion of Joan of Arc
2. Day of Wrath
3. Ordet

I'll choose -- let me see.... Cecil B. De Mille? Or would that turn too many stomachs? Have we done von Sternberg?

Heh, De Mille would be nifty. I've got more than 10, but von S would be fine too I guess, just not quite as fun.

We've done von Sternberg

only 3 DeMille pour moi

got 5

seen 10

1. Gertrud - top 30 oat
2. The Passion of Joan of Arc - top 100 oat
3. Day of Wrath
4. Vampyr
5. Ordet

Seen 20

1. Ordet
2. Day of Wrath
3. They Caught the Ferry
4. The Passion of Joan of Arc
5. The Bride of Glomdal (Glomdalsbruden)

I have 18 DeMille

I tried to watch Gertrud for this... but the new Criterion Channel has some sort of DRM bug that won't allow you to play any films if you have a linux based machine. I hope to get it sorted before the poll ends though.

The Passion of Joan of Arc
Gertrud

So let's say De Mille, if there's enough interest, or if not, William Friedkin.

we have the views to do a Cecil Blount DeMille poll, so let's go ahead with that, we'll get to everyone eventually

Seen 5
1. Ordet
2. The Passion of Joan of Arc

Seen 5.

Ordet
Gertrud