SCFZ

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

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

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

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

PANDORA'S BOX.

Nothing else he did quite comes close.

Just seen 2:

1. Pandora's Box

Seen 12, all many years ago.

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

Seen 3, all very good.

1. Pandora's Box

The White Hell of Pitz Palu

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

mesnalty wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 6:42 pm Just seen 2:

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

6,

Diary of a Lost Girl
The 3 Penny Opera
Comradeship

pandora's box
comradeship
3 penny opera

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.)

i have 8 as well

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

Dunno Adam Curtis but I like his last name

Heineken?? FTS! PABST! G! W!

(I don't know who this guy is)

Demirkubuz: 1
Dumont: 1
Curtis: 0

Demirkubuz: 4
Dumont: 1
Curtis: 1

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

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

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/

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

8 losey for me

Joseph Losey poll is already done. Poll #128

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

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

Is it finally Rob Reiner's time to shine?

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.

mesnalty wrote: ↑Sun Mar 22, 2020 1:46 am 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...

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.