SCFZ poll: Alan Pakula

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Polling the films of Alan Pakula

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half* of the Pakula 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/

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Klute
All the President's Men
The Parallax View
Sophie's Choice

seen seven, most a long time ago, would prefer to vote for something other than my #4 but it's better than the other three i've seen, so might watch another

[brian d]

seen 2

all the president's men

[oscarwerner]

seen 13.
My favorite top 4:
1. All The President's Men (1976)
2. Klute (1971)
3. Sophie's Choice (1982)
4. The Parallax View (1974)

[Monsieur Arkadin]

Seen 2

All The President's Men

I know people like Klute, and I'll re-watch at some point, but it made almost no impression on me at all. I'm also not counting The Devil's Own as seen, because I had to pause the VHS tape back in the day, and didn't finish it. But there's no way it was going to beat All The President's Men even if I had.

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The Parallax View
All the President's Men
The Sterile Cuckoo
Klute
Starting Over
Rollover
Comes a Horseman

[rischka]

the parallax view ♥♥♥
all the president's men

recently watched 'winter kills' which seemed to me like a spot-on parody of parallax. i wanna see the movie about trumpistas coming out in about 5 years...if we survive

[Silga]

One of my favorite directors!

Seen 15

Klute
All the President’s Men
Starting Over
The Sterile Cuckoo
Presumed Innocent
The Pelican Brief
Rollover
Comes a Horseman

[wba]

01. Presumed Innocenct

Pakula seen: 2

[Curtis, baby]

seen 2

LOVE AND PAIN AND THE WHOLE DAMN THING

[ofrene]

seen 2

All the President's Men

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as with many of the american directors we've polled who made their names in the 70s, pakula's earlier films fared a lot better than his later ones. of his first 9 features, all 9 got support. of his remaining 7 features, from the mid-1980s onwards (starting with 1986's dream lover), only 2 got any support. the five films with no votes: dream lover, orphans, see you in the morning, consenting adults and the devil's own.

results
1. All the President’s Men (1976) — 19 pts
2. Klute (1971) — 14 pts
3. The Parallax View (1974) — 10 pts
4. The Sterile Cuckoo (1969) — 5 pts
5. Starting Over (1979) — 4 pts
6. Sophie’s Choice (1982) — 3 pts
7. Presumed Innocent (1990) — 2 pts
8. Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing (1973) — 1 pt
9. Rollover (1981) — 0.8 pts
10. The Pelican Brief (1993) — 0.5 pts
11. Comes a Horseman (1978) — 0.4 pts

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