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Polling the films of director Tsai Ming-liang

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half of the Tsai 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: brian d, greennui, ofrene, kanafani, bure, greg x, oscarwerner, silga, dt, umbugbene, roscoe, rischka, wba, thoxans, mesnalty, caracortada, joks, zulawski, nrh, evelyn, st gloede

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

and everyone is encouraged to vote in our 5th annual top 100 films poll, here:

https://scfzforum.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=272

seen four:

The Hole
The Wayward Cloud

Vive L'Amour
What Time Is It There?
Rebels of the Neon God

Seen 7.

I will be catching up for this poll!

Goodbye Dragon Inn
What Time is it There
The Wayward Cloud
Vive L'Amour

Only seen eight

seen 9

le visage
goodbye, dragon inn
the river
the hole

Seen a whole bunch:

1. What Time Is It There?
2. The River
3. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
4. The Hole
5. Stray Dogs

What Time Is It There?
Vive L'Amour
Goodbye, dragon inn
the River
Rebels of the Neon God

Seen 11:
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1. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
2. The River (1997)
3. The Hole (1998)
4. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006)
5. Rebels of the Neon God (1992)
Great modern artist.

01. Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
02. What Time Is It There? (2001)

Tsai seen: 5

Seen 11:

(Still not seen Visage, as it ended up being mentioned here I may see it before the deadline, did not have big expectations).

Rebels of the Neon God
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Vive L'Amour
Stray Dogs
The Hole

Seen 5.

Visage
Vive l'amour

Seen 6. Not a fan, but one film caught me by surprise with its inspired insanity:

The Wayward Cloud

Have I seen only 5?

Goodbye, Dragon Inn
The Hole

Maybe the quintessential ‘CCC’ filmmaker for me.

1. The Wayward Cloud
2. Stray Dogs
3. The River
4. What Time Is It There?
5. Face

Seen 11.

1. The Wayward Cloud
2. Vive l'amour
3. What Time is it There?
4. The Hole
5. Goodbye, Dragon Inn

Still need to catch up with The River and Visage

seen 11

Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Stray Dogs
Vive L’Amour
Journey to the West
The Wayward Cloud

His recently work, Your Face is crushingly disappointment but still one of my favorite contemporary Asian Director.. hope to watch What Time Is It There?, I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone before the poll ends

REBELS OF THE NEON GOD!!!!
The Skywalk is Gone
The River
The Hole

Mauries wrote: ↑Tue Jun 11, 2019 8:33 pm

Mauries - you can pick the director we poll next if you want!

Goodbye dragon inn
Stray dogs
Vive l'amour
The river
The hole

Seen around 15

flip wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2019 2:14 am

Mauries wrote: ↑Tue Jun 11, 2019 8:33 pm

Mauries - you can pick the director we poll next if you want!

good to see you didn't get lost in the ether mauries!

will probably slow down the pace of the director polls while the top 100 poll is running, so might not start the next one before tuesday

Greetings from Taiwan everyone! Cool to be here for my first time while this poll is running.

Seen six:

What Time Is It There?
Vive L’Amour
The River

seen 5

the river
what time is it there?

Seen 2

Vive L'Amour

john ryan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2019 4:59 am Seen 11.

we might need a director nomination, since mauries hasn't replied yet, and if we do, john it's your turn to pick a director!

if mauries does post a choice before tomorrow morning though, i'll go with that.

How about King Vidor?

:O good choice...