Polling the films of John Schlesinger
The rules:
- your list can include no more than half* of the Schlesinger films you've seen, up to a maximum of 8. So if you've seen 6 films, you can vote for 3, and if you've seen 20, you can vote for up to 8.
* If you've seen an odd number, you can round up when deciding the length of your ballot -- e.g if you've seen 7, you can vote for 4, and if you've seen 15, you can vote for the maximum of 8.
- 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
umbugbene created an index on letterboxd of all of our previous polls here: letterboxd.com/umbugbene/list/index-of-all-scfz-director-polls/
SCFZ poll: John Schlesinger
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
The Falcon and the Snowman
The Day of the Locust
Midnight Cowboy
Marathon Man
seen ten
The Falcon and the Snowman
The Day of the Locust
Midnight Cowboy
Marathon Man
seen ten
Far from the Madding Crowd
Pacific Heights
A Kind of Loving
Day of the Locust
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Darling
Cold Comfort Farm
Marathon Man
Pacific Heights
A Kind of Loving
Day of the Locust
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Darling
Cold Comfort Farm
Marathon Man
seen zero? Well...
"I too am a child burned by future experiences, fallen back on myself and already suspecting the certainty that in the end only those will prove benevolent who believe in nothing." – Marran Gosov
seen 2
far from the madding crowd
far from the madding crowd
"Most esteemed biographer of Peter Barrington Hutton"
far from the madding crowd
the falcon and the snowman
pacific heights
billy liar
the falcon and the snowman
pacific heights
billy liar
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oscarwerner
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seen 12. Very solid director, but i mostly like his films, made till 1980:
1. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
2. Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
3. Marathon Man (1976)
4. Billy Liar (1963)
5. Darling (1965)
1. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
2. Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
3. Marathon Man (1976)
4. Billy Liar (1963)
5. Darling (1965)
seen 2
midnight cowboy
midnight cowboy
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deepbluefunk
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5
1. Marathon Man
2. Falcon and the Snowman
3. Midnight Cowboy
1. Marathon Man
2. Falcon and the Snowman
3. Midnight Cowboy
seen 4
Midnight Cowboy
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Midnight Cowboy
Sunday Bloody Sunday
seen 10
1. Darling
2. Billy Liar
3. Marathon Man
4. Far from the Madding Crowd
5. Midnight Cowboy
1. Darling
2. Billy Liar
3. Marathon Man
4. Far from the Madding Crowd
5. Midnight Cowboy
very close contest, might be one of our closest ever. interestingly (perhaps) all eight of schlesinger's first eight feature films made our top ten. then from 1979's yanks through to 2000's the next best thing schlesinger made roughly 15 feature-length films (a few for tv) and only three of those even got a vote. so perhaps schlesinger should have taken early retirement. or maybe those later films are good and are just underseen.
results
1. Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) — 13 pts
2. Far From the Madding Crowd (1967) — 12 pts
2. Midnight Cowboy (1969) — 12 pts
4. Marathon Man (1976) — 10.1 pts
5. The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) — 9 pts
6. Billy Liar (1963) — 7 pts
7. Darling (1965) — 6.5 pts
8. Pacific Heights (1990) — 6 pts
9. The Day of the Locust (1975) — 5 pts
10. A Kind of Loving (1962) -- 3 pts
11. Terminus (1961) — 1 pt
12. Cold Comfort Farm (1995) — 0.3 pts
results
1. Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) — 13 pts
2. Far From the Madding Crowd (1967) — 12 pts
2. Midnight Cowboy (1969) — 12 pts
4. Marathon Man (1976) — 10.1 pts
5. The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) — 9 pts
6. Billy Liar (1963) — 7 pts
7. Darling (1965) — 6.5 pts
8. Pacific Heights (1990) — 6 pts
9. The Day of the Locust (1975) — 5 pts
10. A Kind of Loving (1962) -- 3 pts
11. Terminus (1961) — 1 pt
12. Cold Comfort Farm (1995) — 0.3 pts