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Polling the films of director Bruno Dumont, our 200th Director Poll!

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half of the Dumont 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: greg x, umbugbene, roscoe, bure, greennui, wba, brian d, mesnalty

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

i think we'll use the expanded rules for this poll:

New Rules

Because Dumont has fewer views than most directors we've polled, I'm changing some of the rules for this poll:

- if you have seen an odd number of Dumont films, you can round up, when dividing by two, instead of down, to determine the length of your ballot. So if you have seen 7 Dumont films, you can vote for 4 films (instead of 3). But please only vote for the additional film if you think it's deserving of a vote.

- if you have seen 11 or more Dumont films, your ballot can extend beyond 5 films -- if you have seen 13, say, you can vote for up to 7 films. I'll award 0.5, 0.3 and 0.1 points to 6th, 7th and 8th ranked films (and nothing to 9th or later ranked films). Those additional votes will help to get a complete top ten.

Hadewijch
Twentyninepalms

seen three

seen 7

Hadewijch
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
Li’l Quinquin
CoinCoin and the Extra-Humans

Seen two, vote none

Seen 11:

1. L'Humanite
2. Jeannette
3. Hadewijch
4. The Life of Jesus
5. Outside Satan
6. Slack Bay

01. Twentynine Palms (2003)

Dumont seen: 1

seen 11

l'il quinquin
slack bay
l'humanité
coincoin and the extrahumans
camille claudel 1915
jeannette, the childhood of joan of arc

Seen 8

1. Li'l Quinquin
2. CoinCoin and the Extra-Humans
3. Slack Bay

i predict it'll go 13 directors in a row i've never seen a movie by

(or heard of)

seen 10

1. Camille Claudel 1915
2. CoinCoin and the Extra-Humans
3. Hadewijch
4. The Life of Jesus

Seen 1:

Hadewijch

1. L'humanite

oh it’s my turn to nominate.. I wonder if Wang Bing would work. If not then Harun Farocki. watched 10+ each

I got 8 Farocki, not enough Bing.

Seen 5:

L'Humanite
Camille Claudel 1915
The Life of Jesus

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Farocki: 4
Wang: 3

I have a bunch of Farockis, and many are reasonably short, I can try to get up to 8 if needed.

I have:

Wang: 0
Farocki: 5

I've seen 8 by Wang

i'd prefer to poll wang bing at this exact moment, just because if i'm remembering correctly, kanafani has seen a lot of farocki, and i wouldn't want to run that poll when he's temporarily absent from the forum. but i'm not sure we'll have enough viewership for wang bing -- i'll give it at least until saturday, and if wang bing won't work, i'll run the farocki poll, but maybe make the results provisional only, and finalize them when everyone has a chance to vote.

seen 11.
1. Camille Claudel 1915 (2013)
2. The Life of Jesus (1997)
3. Flanders (2006)
4. L'Humanité (1999)
5. Li'l Quinquin (2014).
Don`t like his other films.

Watching my 6th Farocki, will get to 8 by the end of this weekend.

close one:

results

1. L'Humanité (1999) -- 14 pts
2. Hadewijch (2009) -- 12 pts
2. Camille Claudel 1915 (2013) -- 12 pts
4. Li'l Quinquin (2014) -- 11 pts
5. The Life of Jesus (1997) -- 8 pts
5. Coincoin and the Extra-Humans (2018) -- 8 pts
7. Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (2017) -- 7.5 pts
8. Slack Bay (2016) -- 5.5 pts
9. Flanders (2006) -- 3 pts
10. Twentynine Palms (2003) -- 2 pts
11. Hors Satan (2011) -- 1 pt

up at letterbox

https://letterboxd.com/fliptrotsky/list ... -poll-200/