SCFZ

Polling the films of director Otar Iosseliani

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half of the Iosseliani 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: greennui, bure, roscoe, kanafani, greg x, silga, oscarwerner, john ryan, mrcarmady, umbugbene, evelyn, m arkadin, jiri, brian d, nrh

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

we'll use the extended rules:

- if you have seen an odd number of Iosseliani films, you can round up instead of down when determining the length of your ballot (e.g. if you've seen 7, you can list 4 instead of the usual 3)

- if you have seen more than 10, your ballot can extend past 5 films, subject to the restriction above

Monday Morning

seen one

farewell home sweet home!
there once was a singing blackbird
georgian ancient songs
chasing butterflies
favourites of the moon

Seen 9. My votes:
1-Falling Leaves(1966)
2-Once Upon a Time There Was a Singing Blackbird (1970)
3-Pastorale (1975)
4-Favourites of the Moon (1984).
I like his early films , made in USSR period .

There was once a singing blackbird

chasing butterflies
favourites of the moon
falling leaves
farewell home sweet home
brigands, chapter vii
pastorale
april
gardens in autumn

Seen 4:

Once Upon a Time There Was a Singing Blackbird

seen 10

georgian ancient songs
pastorale
brigands, chapter vii
aquarelle
april

seen 5

Farewell, Home Sweet Home
Favourites of the Moon

great filmmaker, need to see more.

01. There Once Was A Singing Blackbird (1970)
02. Pastorale (1975)

Iosseliani seen: 4

rischka wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 8:42 pm farewell

rischka, you can choose our next director if you like!

Some director's that haven't been done yet, in case rizzy needs some inpsiration:

Dave Fleischer
David Hand
George Stevens
Georges Méliès
Henry Hathaway
J. Lee Thompson
John Waters
Peter Bogdanovich
Stanley Donen
Tod Browning
Victor Fleming
William Friedkin
William Hanna/Joseph Barbera
Wong Kar-wai

and a few others (some of whom i don't care for but who came to mind because of something i watched recently)

John Boorman
John Schlesinger
Stephen Frears
Alan Parker
Edward Dmytryk
Ronald Neame
Rob Reiner

Don't forget McG

We may as well do wkw since everyone should have enough?

there was a wkw retro at the local arthouse around xmas but covid destroyed it... grrrrrrrrrrr

I have 10 Wongs, would vote for 4.

I've got 8 Wongs.

16 Wong

that should work! i'll start it up today

Chasing Butterflies
A Little Monastery in Toscane
There Once Was a Singing Blackbird
Gardens in Autumn

should see some of the very early films. always been curious about that georgia documentary but it is very long.

if there's a surprise at all, it's that this was a close contest -- the top film in this poll finished 2nd overall when we polled every film ever made in russia and the soviet union, so it's long been an scfz favourite:

results
1. There Once Was a Singing Blackbird (1970) — 13 pts
2. Chasing Butterflies (1992) — 11 pts
3. Farewell, Home Sweet Home! (1999) — 9 pts
4. Georgian Ancient Songs (1969) — 8 pts
5. Pastorale (1975) — 7.5 pts
6. Favourites of the Moon (1984) — 7 pts
6. Falling Leaves (1966) — 7 pts
8. Brigands, Chapter VII (1996) — 4 pts
9. A Little Monastery in Tuscany (1988) — 3 pts
10. Aquarelle (1958) — 2 pts
11. April (1961) — 1.3 pts
12. Gardens in Autumn (2006) — 1.1 pts
13. Monday Morning (2002) — 1 pt

posted to lbox:

https://letterboxd.com/fliptrotsky/list ... -poll-266/