1955 Poll 2.0

[rischka]

sry for not being more organized

[Evelyn Library P.I.]

No worries! It's easy on my end & obviously there's no ability to edit posts.

[Evelyn Library P.I.]

Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
All That Heaven Allows (Douglas Sirk)
There's Always Tomorrow (Douglas Sirk)
Cellbound (Tex Avery, Michael Lah)
The Naked Dawn (Edgar G. Ulmer)

Illegal (Lewis Allen)
Ukigumo / Floating Clouds (Mikio Naruse)
Day the World Ended (Roger Corman)
The Future Is Now (Larry O'Reilly)
Hit the Deck (Roy Rowland)

Wichita (Jacques Tourneur)
The Violent Men (Rudolph Mate)
Hell on Frisco Bay (Frank Tuttle)
The Seven Year Itch (Billy Wilder)
Captain Lightfoot (Douglas Sirk)

Five Guns West (Roger Corman)
Women's Prison (Lewis Seiler)
Black Cats and Broomsticks (Larry O'Reilly)
Jungle Moon Men (Charles S. Gould)
King Dinosaur (Bert I. Gordon)

[Evelyn Library P.I.]

Reminder that deadline for ballots is tonight at (roughly) midnight EDT.

[nrh]

surprised to see so little support for moonfleet (and to a lesser extent shree 420, but then that's never one of my favorite raj kapoors, even if it is the one where he "tramp" persona is pushed the farthest)

[sally]

nope absolutely not. this earworm plagued me for MONTHS. never want to hear it again. dammit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wjGc1z ... FilmiGaane

[niminy-piminy]

gonna watch more (and vote for more) during the 3.0 session...

God Shiva (Bert Haanstra)
Mechanics of Love (Willard Maas, Ben Moore)
No More Fleeing (Herbert Vesely)
Centuries of June (Stan Brakhage, Joseph Cornell)
House: After Five Years of Living (Charles Eames, Ray Eames)
Cuckoo Waltz (Emiel van Moerkerken)
Glynis & David's Party (Unknown)
The Seal (Dušan Makavejev)

Journey to the Beginning of Time (Karel Zeman)
Sky Without Stars (Helmut Käutner)
3rd Ave. El (Carson Davidson)
Gnir Rednow (Joseph Cornell)
The Wonder Ring (Stan Brakhage)
Conscience (Jiří Krejčík)
Lola Montès (Max Ophüls)
Mad Emperor: Ludwig II (Helmut Käutner)

[Lencho of the Apes]

Some exciting discoveries this month.


All That Heaven Allows - Sirk
The Big Combo - Lewis
Kiss Me Deadly - Aldrich
Lola Montes - Ophuls

Bloody Spear On Mt. Fuji - Uchida
The Cobweb - Minnelli
Dementia/Daughter Of Horror
Rio 40 Graus - N. Pereira dos Santos

Ensayo De Un Crimen - Bunuel
Magdana's Donkey - Abuladze
Maria La Voz - Bracho
Mr. Arkadin - Welles

Cupido Pierde A Paquita - Ismael Rodriguez
The Night Of The Hunter
Pather Panchali - Ray
Run For Cover - Ray

Espaldas Mojadas - Alejandro Galindo
Mr And Mrs 55 - Dutt
La Sospechosa - Gout
Tennessee's Partner - Dwan

[ororama]

1. Floating Clouds (Mikio Naruse) 
2. Smiles of a Summer Night (Ingmar Bergman) 
3. All That Heaven Allows (Douglas Sirk) 
4. Kiss Me Deadly (Robert Aldrich)
5. A Generation (Andrzej Wajda) 
6. Rififi (Jules Dassin)
7. The Man from Laramie (Anthony Mann)
8. Les Diaboliques (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
9. Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray)
10. The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton) 
11. The Phenix City Story (Phil Karlson) 
12. Bad Day at Black Rock (John Sturges)
13. Lady Chatterley's Lover (Marc Allégret)
14. 5 Against the House (Phil Karlson)
15. The Big Combo (Joseph H. Lewis) 
16. Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer) 
17. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (Luis Buñuel) 
18. Tight Spot (Phil Karlson)
19. Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (Tomu Uchida)
20. Mr. Arkadin (Orson Welles) 

[Evelyn Library P.I.]

Results

Ballots: 16. Films voted for: 153.

1. Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray) 37.5

2. Lola Montes (Max Ophuls) / 35

3. Ordet (Carl Theodor Dreyer) / 32

4. All That Heaven Allows (Douglas Sirk) / 30.5

5. There's Always Tomorrow (Douglas Sirk) / 25.5

6. The Big Combo (Joseph H. Lewis) / 22.5
— Kiss Me Deadly (Robert Aldrich) / 22.5

7. The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton) / 22

8. Ukigumo / Floating Clouds (Mikio Naruse) / 19

9. Chiyari Fuji / Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (Tomu Uchida) / 18

10. Stella (Michael Cacoyannis) / 17

11. Smiles of a Summer Night 16.5
12. The Cobweb 16
— The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz 16
14. She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum 15.5
15. The Naked Dawn 13
16. Kokoro 12
17. It's Always Fair Weather 11.5
18. Tennessee's Partner 11
19. Dementia 10.5
— Il Bidone 10.5
— Les Diaboliques 10.5

22. Ludwig II 10
— Mr. Arkadin 10
24. Orquil Burn 9.5
— Princess Yang Kwei-Fei 9.5
26. The Eternal Breasts 9
27. Cellbound 8.5
— Rebel without a Cause 8.5
— The Wolves 8.5
30. Moonfleet 8
— Mr. & Mrs. '55 8
— The Long Gray Line 8

33. Rififi 7.5
— The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo 7.5
35. Artists and Models 7
— Islands of Fire 7
— Magdana's Donkey 7
38. La Pointe Courte 6.5
39. East of Eden 6
— Les Grandes Manoeuvres 6
— No More Fleeing 6
— Pride 6
— Seagulls Die in the Harbour 6
— The Moon Has Risen 6
— Unfinished Story 6

46. Captain Lightfoot 5.5
— French Cancan 5.5
— Guys and Dolls 5.5
— Shree 420 5.5
— The Indian Fighter 5.5
— The Man from Laramie 5.5

52. A Hole of My Own Making 5
— Crashout 5
— Devdas 5
— Oklahoma! 5
— The Seven Year Itch 5
— Wichita 5

[rischka]

https://letterboxd.com/rischka/list/1955-20/

sorry i forgot this ♥ one of the greatest years in cinema