SCFZ poll: GW Pabst

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Polling the films of director GW Pabst

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half of the Pabst 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, wba, brian d

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

[brian d]

seen 9, but about to watch my 10th so i'll update once i'm done with it seen 10

pandora's box
diary of a lost girl
l'atlantide
the joyless street
comradeship

[wba]

01. Komödianten "The Comedians" (1941)
02. Abwege "The Devious Path" (1928)
03. Kameradschaft "Comradeship" (1931)
04. Jeunes filles en détresse "Girls in Distress" (1939)

Pabst seen: 9

[flip]

our next director poll will be our 200th, so whoever posts the next ballot will have a chance to pick a director for that. poll #100 was michael snow, which seems fitting for scfz

[Roscoe]

PANDORA'S BOX.

Nothing else he did quite comes close.

[mesnalty]

Just seen 2:

1. Pandora's Box

[Umbugbene]

Seen 12, all many years ago.

1. Secrets of a Soul
2. Pandora's Box
3. Diary of a Lost Girl

[liquidnature]

Seen 3, all very good.

1. Pandora's Box

[therouxxx]

The White Hell of Pitz Palu

feels kinda odd voting for this since I like the Fanck-directed half the most

[flip]

Just seen 2:

mesnalty you can nominate our 200th director, after also nominating our 100th!

[greennui]

6,

Diary of a Lost Girl
The 3 Penny Opera
Comradeship

[rischka]

pandora's box
comradeship
3 penny opera

[mesnalty]

We tried the Zeki before and we were close, so I'd like to try again - I've got 8 Zekis. (Backups: Adam Curtis and Bruno Dumont - I've got 10+ for both.)

[rischka]

i have 8 as well

[brian d]

4 zeki, 11 dumont, never heard of adam curtis.

[Curtis, baby]

Dunno Adam Curtis but I like his last name

[Holymanm]

Heineken?? FTS! PABST! G! W!

(I don't know who this guy is)

[wba]

Demirkubuz: 1
Dumont: 1
Curtis: 0

[Mauries]

Demirkubuz: 4
Dumont: 1
Curtis: 1

[St. Gloede]

Seen 16:

1. Pandora's Box
2. Diary of a Lost Girl
3. Kameradschaft
4. Secrets of a Soul
5. Westfront 1918

(Left out The White Hell of Pitz Palu)

Demirkubuz: 0 (Never heard of)
Dumont: 5
Curtis: 1

[john ryan]

Seen 10

1. Pandora's Box
2. Comradeship / Kameradschaft
3. Westfront 1918
4. Diary of a Lost Girl
5. White Hell of Pitz Palu

only 6 zekis
9 dumont

[greennui]

This one seems suprisingly obscure given the fact that it's the first time Hitler was depicted as a character in a German film, 10 years after the war.

https://letterboxd.com/film/the-last-act-1955/

[mesnalty]

Looks like my backups might not work either! I'll make Joseph Losey the backup to the backups, just in case.

[brian d]

8 losey for me

[Silga]

Joseph Losey poll is already done. Poll #128

https://letterboxd.com/fliptrotsky/list ... -poll-128/

[mesnalty]

Whoops, missed it on the list! Will ponder further.

[DT.]

Is it finally Rob Reiner's time to shine?

[Roscoe]

Why not Zemeckis? I mean, if we're reduced to doing total bottom-feeding hacks these days. On the other hand, at least Reiner's got SPINAL TAP, if absolutely nothing else.

[flip]

Will ponder further.

no need! with the more relaxed criteria, dumont definitely works, but i'll give demirkubuz a bit more time. if we could get penalosa to stop by to post a ballot, then the zeki poll would work too, but not sure how to make that happen...

[Umbugbene]

I've got 7 Dumonts, 0 Zekis, 0 Curtis. Mubi's showing CoinCoin et les Z'inhumains right now in the U.S., but it's at the end of its run. Hoping I can stream it, but VPN slows it down sometimes.

EDIT: I managed to stream CoinCoin, so I've got 8 Dumonts now.