SCFZ

Polling the films of Blake Edwards

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half* of the Edwards 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 Tuesday, 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/

another random selection, this time perhaps someone who might have been nominated eventually

Blind Date
Experiment in Terror
Victor/Victoria
The Tamarind Seed

seen eight, three in the last year

Seen 4

Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Party

I really like these, I should watch more from him.

Seen 7

Breakfast at Tiffany’s
The Pink Panther
A Shot in the Dark

Mister Cory
A Shot in the Dark
Victor/Victoria
The Party
Wild Rovers
Peter Gunn: The Blind Pianist
Peter Gunn: Let's Kill Timothy
Experiment in Terror

Man, this is not my week for polls. I know Edwards has his fans within the critical community, but I'm definitely not part of that crowd. I think the only reason I've watched as many of his movies as I have is somewhere between trying to figure out if I'm wrong and hate watching to re-verify I'm not.

What Did You Do in the War Daddy?
Experiment in Terror
A Shot in the Dark

The Tamarind Seed
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Darling Lili
Sunset
Days of Wine and Roses

Seen 5. I don't really remember any of them beyond a vague like/dislike, but I'll, uh, take a shot in the dark.

A Shot in the Dark
Victor/Victoria

Like greg x, also not much of a fan, though I've heard good things of Exp. in Terr.

seen 5

breakfast at tiffany's
the pink panther
experiment in terror

seen 15:
1. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
2. Victor Victoria (1982)
3. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
4. Experiment in Terror (1962)
5. The Pink Panther (1963)
6. A Shot in the Dark (1964)
7. The Party (1968)

Breakfast at Tiffany's
10
Victor/Victoria
Skin Deep
Blind Date
The Tamarind Seed
The Party

Edwards! I usually like the guy, but somehow seem to be in the minority as to which films of his I think are outstanding?
Don't know, why everyone loves Sellers so much, for example (A Shot in the Dark is cringeworthily unfunny), and the great great great thing about "The Pink Panther" is that it's a David Niven movie.

Well...

01. The Pink Panther (1963)
02. Victor/Victoria (1982)
03. Wild Rovers (1971)
04. Sunset (1988)

Edwards seen: 12

PS: Can't vot for more, cause the others I've seen are those terrible Pink Panther movies (it seems like he made 6 of them...) or truly bad stuff like Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) or Switch (1991).

and i said, what about, breakfast at tiffany's
and you said, i think i, remember the film
as i recall, i think, it was truly bad stuff

seen 3

The Party

Curtis, baby wrote: ↑Sat Feb 12, 2022 8:39 pm and i said, what about, breakfast at tiffany's
and you said, i think i, remember the film
as i recall, i think, it was truly bad stuff

exactly.
Not as atrocious as that song though, I'll give Edwards that.

some serendipity, check out what finished in 10th place:

results
1. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) — 19 pts
2. Victor/Victoria (1982) — 16 pts
3. A Shot in the Dark (1964) — 10.5 pts
4. Experiment in Terror (1962) — 10.1 pts
5. The Pink Panther (1963) — 9 pts
6. Blind Date (1987) — 5 pts
6. What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966) — 5 pts
6. Mister Cory (1957) — 5 pts
9. The Party (1968) — 4.6 pts
10. 10 (1979) — 4 pts
11. The Tamarind Seed (1974) — 3.5 pts
12. Wild Rovers (1971) — 3 pts
12. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) — 3 pts
14. Skin Deep (1989) — 2 pts
15. Sunset (1988) — 1.3 pts
16. Darling Lili (1970) — 0.5 pts
16. Peter Gunn: The Blind Pianist (1958) — 0.5 pts
18. Peter Gunn: Let’s Kill Timothy (1959) — 0.3 pts
19. Days of Wine and Roses (1962) — 0.1 pts

flip wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 6:13 pm some serendipity, check out what finished in 10th place:

10. 10 (1979) — 4 pts

Wonderful !

Evelyn Library P.I. wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:08 pm

flip wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 6:13 pm 10. 10 (1979) — 4 pts

Wonderful !

possibly even more bonkers, ten also came 10th in our abbas kiarostami poll!

https://letterboxd.com/fliptrotsky/list ... rs-poll-6/

At this rate, any movie a director entitles One should be expected to do splendidly!

Evelyn Library P.I. wrote: ↑Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:07 pm At this rate, any movie a director entitles One should be expected to do splendidly!

like in our milos forman poll, kind of

https://letterboxd.com/fliptrotsky/list ... -poll-153/