SCFZ poll: Victor Sjostrom

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Polling the films of director Victor Sjostrom

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half of the Sjostrom 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, bure, ofrene, arkheia, brian d, rischka, 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

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seen two, both very good:

The Wind

[greennui]

The Wind
Terje Vigen
Ingeborg Holm

Seen 7.

[Curtis, baby]

seen 6

He Who Gets Slapped (Victor Sjöström, 1924)
The Outlaw and His Wife (Victor Sjöström, 1918)
The Phantom Carriage (Victor Sjöström, 1921)

[St. Gloede]

Seen 12:

The Wind
Mästerman
The Outlaw and His Wife
The Phantom Carriage
The Hell Ship

[rischka]

the outlaw and his wife!!

he who gets slapped
the phantom carriage
the wind
masterman

also 12

[oscarwerner]

Seen only 3.
One of the greatest film directors of a silent cinema.
I vote for
The Wind (1928)
Great Lillian Gish and all acting. Great silent movie.
I also liked other pictures of Victor Sjostrom. I always remember him acting in my favorite movie Wild Strawberries (1957) by Ingmar Bergman.

[mesnalty]

Seen 6:

1. The Phantom Carriage
2. The Outlaw and His Wife
3. The Wind

[john ryan]

Seen 10

1. The Scarlet Letter
2. The Wind
3. The Outlaw and His Wife
4. He Who Gets Slapped
5. A Man There Was

[karl]

One of the best directors, silent or otherwise. Putting a coupla excellent little-seens first:

love's crucible
the hell ship
he who gets slapped
phantom carriage
sons of ingmar masterman

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Seen 12:

st gloede, you can choose the director we poll next if you like!

[Evelyn Library P.I.]

seen 2

A Man There Was

[brian d]

seen 8, none of them bad

the monastery of sendomir
a man there was
love’s crucible
the outlaw and his wife

[Umbugbene]

Seen 6... need a refresher though before I can rank them.

[Lencho of the Apes]

Seen 8, I'll go with

Phantom Carriage
The Wind
The Outlaw And His Wife
A Man There Was

[wba]

Only seen one of his films. It was mindblowing and is one of my absolute favorites.

[Roscoe]

HE WHO GETS SLAPPED
THE WIND

Can't say I'm crazy about the Swedish silents he made, which seem just rather ponderous.

[sally]

he who gets slapped
a man there was
the hell ship
the outlaw and his wife
sons of ingmar

(i like sea movies, and outdoors movies, and the last word in clown movies)

who's got subs for masterman?

[rischka]

https://we.tl/t-DE99P6Szbv

merry christmas

[sally]

wow

[kanafani]

The wind
the phantom carriage

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Seen 9

it's been 3 days since i asked st gloede for a director pick, so i'll open it up to the next eligible person, john -- if you'd like to pick our next director, feel free to post here! i'll go with the first name posted by you or st gloede, assuming the director has enough views.

[john ryan]

Have we not done Billy Wilder?

[karl]

That Masterman's somethin else. Pity the subs are so badly done. Anyone here speak Swedish and want to do a good deed for cinema?

[ralch]

The Phantom Carriage

(seen 2)

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Have we not done Billy Wilder?

we have not! i'll take that as your nomination

[ofrene]

seen 2

The Wind

[St. Gloede]

Sorry for the late reply, Wilder is a good choice, shocked he hasn't been up yet.

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A Man There Was
He Who Gets Slapped
The Outlaw and His Wife
The Wind

Really the four could be in any order, but I'll go with this.

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close one...

results

1. The Wind (1928) -- 25 pts
2. He Who Gets Slapped (1924) -- 22 pts
2. The Outlaw and His Wife (1918) -- 22 pts
4. The Phantom Carriage (1921) -- 17 pts
5. A Man There Was (1917) -- 16 pts
6. The Hell Ship (1923) -- 8 pts
7. Love's Crucible (1922) -- 7 pts
8. Masterman (1920) -- 6 pts
9. The Scarlet Letter (1926) -- 5 pts
10. The Monastery of Sendomir (1920) -- 4 pts
11. Ingeborg Holm (1913) -- 1 pt
11. The Sons of Ingmar (1919) -- 1 pt