SCFZ poll: Michael Snow

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Polling the films of director Michael Snow

The rules:

- your list can include no more than half of the Snow 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, brian d, greennui, ofrene, mesnalty

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

[mesnalty]

Seen 11:

1. 'Rameau's Nephew' by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
2. So Is This
3. Wavelength
4. La Region Centrale
5. Presents

[john ryan]

Only 4:

1. Wavelength
2. La Region Centrale

[kanafani]

I've seen 5:

La Region Centrale
*Corpus Callosum

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Six viewed so far

Wavelength
*Corpus Callosum
So is This

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john ryan - you can pick our next director if you like!

[greennui]

Seen 6.

*Corpus Callosum
La Région Centrale

[john ryan]

Robert Aldrich?

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interesting choice, aldrich will work i'm sure, i've seen 16, so that will be our next poll

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Yeah, Aldrich should be no problem I've seen 23. Nice choice.

[sally]

i've seen two michael snows and 1 robert aldrich. again, what the hell do i watch?

[Senor Arkadin]

Only seen two.

La Region Centrale

[arkheia]

Seen eight.

1. La région centrale
2. *Corpus Callosum
3. 'Rameau's Nephew' by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
4. ↔ [Back and Forth]

[nrh]

just 8

so is this
breakfast (table top dolly)
one second in montreal
<--> [back and forth]

[josiahmorgan11]

1. 'Rameau's Nephew' by Diderot (Thanx to Denis Young) by Wilma Schoen
2. <--> [Back and Forth]
3. Presents
4. Wavelength
5. To Lavoisier, Who Died in the Reign of Terror

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exactly ten films received votes, with ten different point totals - a minor miracle:

results

1. 'Rameau's Nephew' by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen (1974) -- 12 pts
2. La Region Centrale (1971) -- 11 pts
3. Wavelength (1967) -- 10 pts
4. So Is This (1983) -- 9 pts
5. *Corpus Callosum (2002) -- 8 pts
6. <---> (Back and Forth) (1969) -- 6 pts
7. Presents (1981) -- 4 pts
8. Breakfast (Table Top Dolly) (1976) -- 3 pts
9. One Second in Montreal (1969) -- 2 pts
10. To Lavoisier, Who Died in the Reign of Terror (1991) -- 1 pt

[josiahmorgan11]

nice to see his theoeretical frame work top the list!

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this was our 100th directors poll! cool that it was michael snow rather than michael bay, say. up at letterboxd:

https://letterboxd.com/fliptrotsky/list ... -poll-100/