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Polling the films of director Segundo de Chomon

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half of the de Chomon 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: greg x, umbugbene, roscoe, bure, greennui

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

La Maison Ensorcelée
Metamorphoses
The Frog
L'Araignée d'Or
Les Tulipes

seen 32

01. King of Dollars (1905)

de Chomon seen: 3

1. The Red Spectre
2. King of Dollars
3. A Trip to Jupiter
4. Enchanted Glasses
5. Le voleur invisible

Seen 17. Worth noting that Segundo de Chomón also made contributions to films he didn't direct, as the special effects specialist for such films as Pastrone's Cabiria and Gance's Napoleon, which I believe was his last credit before his death.

not a big fan of chomón, the same as with méliès. feels like a lot of the same all over again, which is understandable but doesn't make it that enjoyable. seen 6.

burgos
métamorphoses

Burgos
Superstition andalouse
Barcelona Park at Twilight
Beginning of the Serpentine Dance
Lulú

UNORDERED LIST

"The Golden Beetle" (Segundo de Chomón, 1907)
"Kiri-Kis" (Segundo de Chomón, 1907)
"Magic Roses" (Segundo de Chomón, 1906)
"A Funny Shave" (Segundo de Chomón, 1906)
"Barcelona Park at Twilight" (Segundo de Chomón, 1904)

seen 11

hmm possibly all the moviemaking talent was given to segundo's elder brother due to primogeniture...? (i dunno, i've only seen one movie by him)

Seen 64 Weirdly he's the director I've seen the most films from, as I binge-watched most of his available stuff a year ago, and other than about 10 or so, didn't actually care for much. Brian mentioned Melies - prefer him!

Barcelone - Parc au crépuscule / Barcelona Park at Twilight (1904, Segundo de Chomón) (one of my favorite shorts ever!)
L'insaisissable pickpocket / Diabolical Pickpocket (1908, Segundo de Chomón)
Le roi des dollars / King of Dollars (1905, Segundo de Chomón)
Plongeur fantastique / The Fantastic Diver (1906, Segundo de Chomón)
Le bailleur / The Yawner (1907, Segundo de Chomón)

Holymanm wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 11:43 amprimogeniture

my spanish is a little rusty, but i'm pretty sure the english translation of this is first wiener

i'll stop now

thoxans wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 12:01 am

Holymanm wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 11:43 amprimogeniture

the english translation of this is first wiener

not wrong, really

wba wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 3:32 pm de

you can pick our next director if you want, wba!

ok, let's do Wilfred Jackson.

Satan s’amuse
La legende du fantome
L’homme invisible

wba wrote: ↑Tue Mar 17, 2020 5:22 pm ok, let's do Wilfred Jackson.

i had no idea who that was, but i'm guessing people here might have seen a lot of his work - i'd like to check though. if anyone has seen 8+ (or really 7+) wilfred jackson films, please post here!

14 Jackson

Seen 21 by Wilfred Jackson

ok, that will be our next poll! i'll start it up this evening

Seen 29 now after binging the last couple days.

1. Sweet Dreams Intermingled with Nightmares
2. Une excursion incohérente (aka Traveller's Nightmare, A Panicky Picnic)
3. Excursion to the Moon
4. The Electric Hotel
5. The Frog

i started this a day late, so i'll tally it up tomorrow - still a chance to post new ballots or edit already-posted ones! and it would take all of a half hour to get up to 10 de chomon, so easy to vote in this even if there's just a day to go

a bit of a strange poll, 28 different films received votes, which must be one of the highest totals we've ever had, but only a tiny number of films got more than one vote. so there are millions of ties, and no clear favourites emerged besides the top two films, i guess, which were the only ones to get votes from three different people:


results

1. Barcelona Park at Twilight (1904) -- 11 pts
2. King of Dollars (1905) -- 8 pts
3. Burgos (1911) -- 7 pts
4. Metamorphoses (1912) -- 5 pts
4. La Maison Ensorcelée (1906) -- 5 pts
4. The Red Spectre (1907) -- 5 pts
4. Sweet Dreams Intermingled with Nightmares (1909) -- 5 pts
8. The Frog (1908) -- 4 pts
8. The Diabolical Pickpocket (1908) -- 4 pts
8. Une Excursion Incoherente (1909) -- 4 pts
8. Superstition Andalouse (1912) -- 4 pts
12. Excursion to the Moon (1908) -- 3 pts
12. A Trip to Jupiter (1909) -- 3 pts
12. The Golden Beetle (1907) -- 3 pts
12. Satan s'Amuse (1907) -- 3 pts
12. Magic Roses (1906) -- 3 pts
12. A Funny Shave (1906) -- 3 pts
12. Les Kiriki, Acrobates Japonais (1907) -- 3 pts
19. Beginning of the Serpentine Dance (1908) -- 2 pts
19. The Fantastic Diver (1906) -- 2 pts
19. L'Araignée d'Or (1908) -- 2 pts
19. Enchanted Glasses (1907) -- 2 pts
19. The Electric Hotel (1908) -- 2 pts
19. Le Voleur Invisible (1909) -- 2 pts
19. La Legende du Fantome (1908) -- 2 pts
26. Les Tulipes (1907) -- 1 pt
26. Lulu (1923) -- 1 pt
26. The Yawner (1907) -- 1 pt

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