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Polling the films of director Walerian Borowczyk

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half of the Borowczyk 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 up to 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: wba, greg x, ofrene, greennui, evelyn, bure, mesnalty, umbugbene, roscoe, st gloede, brian d, kanafani, silga, oscarwerner, dt., nrh, arkheia, grabmymask, thoxans, john ryan, liquidnature, caracortada, rischka, zulawski, twodeadmagpies

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

Dom
Les Astronautes
Renaissance
Le Dictionnaire de Joachim
Une Collection Particuliere

seen 16

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
Immoral Tales

seen 11

blanche
dr jekyll and miss osbourne
the beast
immoral tales
goto, island of love

must have got waylaid by less sexy things, because i thought i'd seen more than 6 borowczyk films.

blanche
the beast
immoral tales

edit: it's only 5 actually -- not seen immoral women, only tales -- so taking out my third choice.

the beast!
blanche
goto island of love
theatre of mr & mrs kabal

it's quite easy to get several extra borowczyk views if anyone wants to extend their ballot -- lots of short films available!

One of the things i find interesting about Borowczyk is that he's one of the few directors who frequently collaborated with musique concrète composers. I've always found it strange that an art form sometimes called cinéma pour l'oreille/cinema for the ear is so rarely combined with cinema for the eye. But Borowczyk used music by legendary musique concrète composer Bernard Parmegiani in four films, over twenty years - Les Jeux des Anges, Le Dictionnaire de Joachim, Dr Jekyll and His Women, and Scherzo Infernal, and also worked with less-known experimental composers like Andrzej Markowski.

Seen 11

1. Blanche
2. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
3. The Games of Angels
4. The Astronauts

Seen more then 20.:
I see we are counting his short films and animation. I saw most of his short films and enjoyed them more then his full length fiction.
Anyway his full length pictures were interesting as example of efforts to rise erotic movies to art level.
My votes:
1. Blanche (1971)
2. Immoral Tales (1973)
3. Les astronautes (1959)
4. School (1958)
5. Dom (1959)

augusto wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2019 7:36 pm edit: it's only 5 actually

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

jia zhangke

thanks, i hope it's safe to assume zhangke has enough views - i'll start that poll now!

seen 7 as of now (including shorts)

Le Marge
Blanche
Goto Island of Love

(nix goto if shorts dont count)

guseo wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 2:17 am (nix goto if shorts dont count)

welcome to scfz! for anyone new to the director polls, short films and co-directed films both count (so you can vote for them, and count them when working out how long to make your ballot).

we seemed to get fewer ballots than usual for this poll, so i'll still accept ballots that come in today

results

1. Blanche (1972) -- 22 pts
2. Dr Jekyll and His Women (1981) -- 9 pts
3. Les Astronautes (1959) -- 8 pts
3. The Beast (1975) -- 8 pts
5. Immoral Tales (1974) -- 7 pts
6. Dom (1959) -- 6 pts
6. Goto, Island of Love (1969) -- 6 pts
8. The Story of Sin (1975) -- 4 pts
9. Renaissance (1964) -- 3 pts
9. La Marge (1976) -- 3 pts
11. Les Jeux des Anges (1965) -- 2 pts
11. Le Dictionnaire de Joachim (1965) -- 2 pts
11. School (1958) -- 2 pts
14. Une Collection Particuliere (1973) -- 1 pt
14. The Theatre of Mr and Mrs Kabal (1967) -- 1 pt

always liked what i've seen of him and wished i'd seen more, so i'll throw in a vote for -

story of sin

sorry, was on vacation and (almost) forgot about this.


One of my all time favorite filmmakers, though I still haven't seen much by him.

01. The Story of Sin (1975)
02. Goto, Island of Love (1968)
03. Blanche (1971)


Borowczyk seen: 6

updated with nrh and wba's ballots, story of sin now makes the top ten

posted to letterbox:

https://letterboxd.com/fliptrotsky/list ... -poll-168/

blanche soo good