SCFZ Poll: Jacques Becker

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Polling the films of director Jacques Becker

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half of the Becker 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 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, rischka, dt, silga, kanafani

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 will take this poll as an opportunity to finally watch some becker films!

[brian d]

only seen 4:

touchez pas au grisbi
le trou

[rischka]

i have 7

rue de l'estrapade!!
edouard et caroline
antoine et antoinette

to get some lesser known titles out there

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brian - you can pick our next director if you want to!

[mesnalty]

Seen 4:

1. Rue de l'Estrapade
2. Touchez Pas au Grisbi

[kanafani]

Seen 10

Le Trou
Rue de l’Estrapade
Casque d’Or
Édouard et Caroline
Rendez-vous de juillet

[john ryan]

Seen 6

1. Rue de l'Estrapad
2. Touchez Pas au Grisbi
3. Casque d'Or

[Umbugbene]

Seen 10 Beckers and like him a lot.

1. Montparnasse 19
2. Goupi mains rouges
3. Touchez pas au grisbi
4. Rendez-vous de Juillet
5. Falbalas

I haven't even seen Rue de l'Estrapade, which I know is a big favorite here. When I get the chance....

[Roscoe]

LE TROU

[brian d]

brian - you can pick our next director if you want to!

if epstein's got enough, let's go with him. if not, second choice is pasolini. i have over ten for each.

[rischka]

i got 11 epstein

[sally]

this poll depresses me, i haven't been able to see as much becker as i'd like to.

anyway:

Édouard et Caroline
Rue de l’Estrapade

i have 9 epstein but if needed i will happily watch the two more i've been saving (and another also, if someone can find subs for le double amour)

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if anyone else has 8+ epstein (i do not!) then epstein is good and we'll go ahead... or if twodeadmagpies can watch a tenth epstein before friday, that would work too

[fly]

seen 5

Edward and Caroline
Touchez Pas au Grisbi

[Gylfi]

Seen 14.

1. Touchez Pas au Grisbi
2. Rue de l’Estrapade
3. Le Trou
4. Casque d’Or
5. Antoine and Antoinette

[liquidnature]

Typically wouldn't bother voting since I have only seen 2, but because it's in my top 5 all time:

Le Trou

[ofrene]

seen 6

Le Trou
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Casque d'Or

[wba2]

touchez pas au grisbi

seen 2

[...]

Seen 3

Le Trou

[sally]

if anyone else has 8+ epstein (i do not!) then epstein is good and we'll go ahead... or if twodeadmagpies can watch a tenth epstein before friday, that would work too

done! and i haven't even seen usher yet...

[flip]

cool, thanks tdm! i'll start up an epstein poll on friday

[Focus]

Seen 5

Le Trou
Édouard et Caroline

[RogerTheMovieManiac]

Wonderful choice. One of my favourite French directors. I've seen seven from him.

1. 'Touchez pas au grisbi'
2. 'Goupi mains rouges'
3. 'Falbalas'

[connordenney]

I've only seen three, but I'll cast a single vote for LE TROU (1960).

[Zulawski]

My local cinematheque is showing every Becker this month. Watching Casque d'Or tonight. Will be my first from this gentleman.

[Zulawski]

Well, that had the most jumpcuts of any pre-60's film I've seen, perhaps excepting Jeanne d'Arc. And oh yeah, the lady who introduced the film carefully, if not demonstratively, explained the entire plot, as if under the impression that what she was being paid for was to maximally ruin the experience for the audience.

[rischka]

lol wtf. but it's nice they're having a complete retrospective!

[Curtis, baby]

I love Becker so much, and need to see more. Le Trou is a t100 film for me, and Antoine and Antoinette is a criminally underseen masterpiece

seen 6

1. Le Trou
2. Antoine and Antoinette
3. Touchez Pas au Grisbi

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close contest, we have a tie for first, so provisional results until the tie is broken:

results

1. Le Trou (1960) -- 21.04 pts
2. Touchez pas au Grisbi (1954) -- 21.03 pts
3. Rue de l'Estrapade (1953) -- 17 pts
4. Edouard et Caroline (1951) -- 9 pts
5. Casque d'Or (1952) -- 7 pts
6. Goupi Mains Rouges (1943) -- 6 pts
7. Montparnasse 19 (1958) -- 5 pts
8. Antoine et Antoinette (1947) -- 4 pts
9. Rendez-vous de Juillet (1949) -- 3 pts
10. Falbalas (1945) -- 2 pts