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Polling the films of director Michael Haneke

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half of the Haneke 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: oscarwerner, greennui, mesnalty

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

The Seventh Continent
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
The White Ribbon
Code Unknown
Time of the Wolf

seen ten

Seen 2

Amour

Can we do checks on Kobayashi and Koreeda views?

Seen 10.
1. The White Ribbon (2009)
2. Caché (2005)
3. Funny Games (1997)
4. The Piano Teacher (2001)
5. Benny's Video (1992)

Seen 9:

1. Cache
2. Code Unknown
3. The Piano Teacher
4. Amour

Seen 4:

Amour


THE WORST: Funny Games US. Among the worst films I've ever seen.

1. The White Ribbon
2. Cache
3. Funny Games (1997)
4. The Piano Teacher
5. Amour

Seen 7 Kore-eda. And we’ve already done Kobayashi?

Seen 9

1. Code Unknown
2. Funny Games
3. Cache
4. Time of the Wolf

I have 10 Kore-eda

fairly sure kore-eda will work, but i suppose we should check - if bure has 10+, we just need one more person with 10+, or two with 8+, and we'll go ahead with that poll!

the seventh continent

seen five but this is the only one i 'liked' only 3 kore-eda

only seen 3

the white ribbon

omg i'm actually voting for haneke films (seen 10 why)

1. three paths to the lake (ingeborg bachmann ♥♥♥)
2. who was edgar allan?

not enough kore-eda

crypt trotsky wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 8:19 pm fairly sure kore-eda will work, but i suppose we should check - if bure has 10+, we just need one more person with 10+, or two with 8+, and we'll go ahead with that poll!

yes i have 10+!

seen 3

The Piano Teacher (Huppert+.+)

and seen 11 kore-eda

AMOUR

Seen 12 Haneke. They're a mixed bunch, but there are two I like a lot, especially #1:

1. Caché
2. The Seventh Continent

Only have 7 Koreedas, but I hope he qualifies. It would be an interesting poll, and he's better than at least 95% of the active directors I've seen.

Caché is one of the more timely movies of this century if I understand it correctly. If you think hard about the opening shot you'll see a pretty sharp political allegory.

I don't like Haneke much, he's a controversial stylist who often has little to say. But when he DOES have things to say, he's awesome.

1. Cache
2. The Seventh Continent
3. The White Ribbon

Seen 7.

1. The Piano Teacher
2. The Seventh Continent
3. Hidden

Seen 14, arguably the best working director:

The Piano Teacher
The White Ribbon
Funny Games (original)
Time of the Wolf
Amour

Amour
The Piano Teacher

not a fan.

But I did enjoy 3 of his films.

01. Code Unknown
02. The Piano Teacher
03. Caché

Haneke seen: 6

thanks for the feedback on hirokazu kore-eda, we have the views so we'll poll him next!

code Unknown
Cache
the Seventh continent
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
Time of the Wolf

1. Funny Games (2007)
2. Cache (2005)
3. The White Ribbon (2009)

A talented enough but oft annoying provocateur, sorta like if Quentin Tarantino grew up reading Paris Review and New Criterion instead of watching exploitation flicks and Hong Kong action movies.

The Seventh Continent
The Piano Teacher
Cache

the poll saw more support for some of haneke's rarely-seen (per letterboxd) early tv films than for his more recent features funny games usa, the castle or his most recent film happy end:

results

1. Cache (2005) -- 28 pts
2. The Piano Teacher (2001) -- 20 pts
2. The White Ribbon (2009) -- 20 pts
4. The Seventh Continent (1989) -- 17 pts
4. Code Unknown (2000) -- 17 pts
6. Funny Games (1997) -- 15 pts
7. Amour (2012) -- 8 pts
8. 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994) -- 6 pts
9. Time of the Wolf (2003) -- 5 pts
10. Three Paths to the Lake (1976) -- 2 pts
11. Who Was Edgar Allan? (1985) -- 1 pt
11. Benny's Video (1992) -- 1 pt

up at letterboxd:

https://letterboxd.com/fliptrotsky/list ... -poll-174/