SCFZ poll: Shirley Clarke

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Polling the films of director Shirley Clarke

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half of the Clarke films you've seen, up to a maximum of 5. So if you've seen seven of her films, for example, you can list only a top 3. It's only if you've seen ten or more of her 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, wba, greennui, umbugbene, ofrene, 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

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i'm guessing, but i think it probably will be a good idea to use the expanded rules for this poll, so:

- if you have seen an odd number of Clarke 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 Clarke 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 Clarke 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.

[greennui]

10.

Ornette: Made in America
*A Moment in Love*
Bridges-Go-Round
A Visual Diary
Portrait of Jason

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i didn't think i'd seen any, but greennui's ballot reminded me that i have actually seen one, and liked it:

Bridges-Go-Round

will try to watch more this week - edit, seen two now

[john ryan]

Seen 22

1. The Connection
2. Portrait of Jason
3. Four Journeys into Mystic Time: One Two Three
4. Skyscraper
5. A Visual Diary
6. The Cool World
7. Ornette: Made in America
8. Four Journeys into Mystic Time: Initiation
9. Tongues
10. Dance in the Sun

[ofrene]

*A Moment in Love*
Bridges-Go-Round
Skyscraper
Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Trans
Dance in the Sun

[mesnalty]

Seen 13:

1. Ornette: Made in America
2. Four Journeys into Mystic Time: Mysterium
3. Four Journeys into Mystic Time: Trans
4. Bridges-Go-Round
5. Dance in the Sun
6. Four Journeys into Mystic Time: One Two Three

[Curtis, baby]

seen 1

The Cool World

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Seen 21

john, you can pick our next director if you like!

[john ryan]

I'll pull one from the recent list of the surprising un-polled: Otto Preminger. Would give me an excuse to bump Porgy and Bess to the front of my 1959 viewing list.

I assume he has enough views. I'll come up with a back-up if needed.

[Umbugbene]

I assume he has enough views.

Probably a safe assumption. I have 18.

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no question preminger has the views - i'll start that poll now!

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i suspect our poll results are a bit unusual, but i'm not familiar enough with clarke's work to say for sure:

results

1. Ornette: Made in America (1985) -- 10.3 pts
2. Bridges-Go-Round (1958) -- 10 pts
3. A Moment in Love (1956) -- 9 pts
4. Portrait of Jason (1967) -- 5 pts
4. The Connection (1961) -- 5 pts
4. Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Trans (1978) -- 5 pts
4. Skyscraper (1960) -- 5 pts
8. Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Mysterium (1978) -- 4 pts
9. Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: One-2-3 (1978) -- 3.5 pts
10. A Visual Diary (1980) -- 3 pts
11. Dance in the Sun (1953) -- 2 pts
12. The Cool World (1963) -- 1.5 pts
13. Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Initiation (1978) -- 0.1 pts

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up at letterboxd:

https://letterboxd.com/fliptrotsky/list ... -poll-216/