SCFZ

Polling the films of director Hirokazu Kore-eda

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half of the Kore-eda 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 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, bure

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 two:

Shoplifters

sorry for the late start today, power outage all day with the wind storm here in Montreal

Seen 11

I Wish
Like father like son
Nobody knows
Shoplifters
Maborosi

Seen 5.

Shoplifters
Nobody Knows

seen 11

After Life
Maborosi
Still Walking
Shoplifters
I Wish

and nominate.. can we do Lav Diaz? (seen 10+) If we can’t then Billy Wilder

lav diaz might work, but i think we should check. hopefully enough people have spent the 60 hours it takes to watch eight diaz films

if anyone has seen 8+ lav diaz, please post here! we'll go with wilder as a fallback.

I've got 14 Diaz

Seen 4 Kore-eda:

1. After Life
2. Like Father, Like Son

Seen 7

1. After the Storm
2. Like Father, Like Son
3. Umimachi Diary (aka Our Little Sister)

I haven't seen Shoplifters yet, as much as I'd love to.

I've seen exactly 8 Lav Diaz films. It would be pretty disappointing if I couldn't help out there, since I live in the Philippines. He does have a few short films.

Our Little Sister
Maborosi
Nobody Knows

one more person with 8+ lav diaz, and he'll be our next poll!

seen 10

1. still walking
2. shoplifters
3. after life
4. nobody knows
5. our little sisters

I have more than 10 Diaz

great! we'll poll lav diaz next, starting tuesday

seen five. only liked:

still walking

1. Maborosi
2. Still Walking
3. Without Memory

seen 7

01. Maborosi

Seen 4. I vote for:
1.Still Walking (2008)
2. Maborosi (1995)
Have seen 3 of Lav Diaz.

Seen 6, of which I fould 2 great:

After Life
Like Father, Like Son

unusually close contest, with what i think is a surprise winner, though not knowing kore-eda that well, i can't be sure (i was under the impression that maborosi, after life and shoplifters were his three best-known films) :

results

1. Still Walking (2008) -- 13 pts
2. Maborosi (1995) -- 12 pts
2. After Life (1998) -- 12 pts
4. Shoplifters (2018) -- 11 pts
5. Like Father, Like Son (2013) -- 8 pts
6. Nobody Knows (2004) -- 7 pts
7. I Wish (2011) -- 6 pts
8. Umimachi Diary (Our Little Sister) (2015) -- 5 pts
9. After the Storm (2016) -- 3 pts
10. Without Memory (1996) -- 1 pt

Still Walking was in some ways a breakthrough, from fairly known director to festival darling. It's when the constant ozu comparisons started as well

had a dream that holymanm came back and posted a ballot for this one

with that being said, i might need to think about getting new hobbies...

up at letterboxd:

https://letterboxd.com/fliptrotsky/list ... -poll-175/