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Post by Viced on Sept 8, 2018 21:23:06 GMT
Glad Lumet made it this high. Stunning how versatile he was over a 50+ year span...
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Sept 8, 2018 21:23:43 GMT
Ha, Lumet was #13 on my list, just one off
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Post by Martin Stett on Sept 8, 2018 21:24:48 GMT
Lumet just missed my ballot, but I'm happy he's here.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Sept 8, 2018 21:26:10 GMT
I was so delighted to see Lumet finish this high, and see such a notable amount of Ballot appearances for him (he'd be 12th if this was based purely on number of ballots). I probably haven't even seen half his filmography yet, but I still consider him one of my Top 5 with ease.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Sept 8, 2018 21:27:00 GMT
#13: Andrei Tarkovsky Points: 196 No. of Ballots: 13 Highest Ranking: 1st on one ballot  “My purpose is to make films that will help people to live, even if they sometimes cause unhappiness.”
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 8, 2018 21:30:06 GMT
Can't say that Tarkovsky doesn't deserve that placement - he's too high relative to Kieslowski and Herzog but his filmography is unfnckwithable and he's one of the most profound filmmakers without question.
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Sept 8, 2018 21:30:18 GMT
Tarkovsky was in the lower half of my top 10, but I'm glad he placed this high.
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Post by urbanpatrician on Sept 8, 2018 21:30:24 GMT
The Top 12 is not hard to guess at this point: Wilder, Spielberg, Allen, Coens, PTA, Lynch, Kurosawa, Hitchcock, Kubrick, Scorsese, Bergman, Coppola.
On Woody: I think Woody deserves his placement if you judge by sheer volume of output. He has 6 films I rate 8+++, and at least 4 others at a 7.5
Though he has become somewhat of a parody after Mighty Aphrodite. Other than Carpenter once the 90s fell upon his old creaky ass, I don't think anyone has about as many good years as he does bad years. Literally 20 good ones, and 20.... not as good ones.
On Leone: This isn't Film General. We have our own standards of cool here. I knew the Film General cohorts would invade. Go back home..... scram
On Malick: HAHAHAHA. I generally love his movies, but I always enjoy him taking a tumble.
#23 is about the best I can hope for on him though. He won't go any lower than that.
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Post by Martin Stett on Sept 8, 2018 21:30:47 GMT
HELL YES
Edit: Exactly where I placed him, actually
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Sept 8, 2018 21:32:22 GMT
#12: Woody AllenPoints: 200 No. of Ballots: 14 Highest Ranking: 3rd on two ballots  “The two biggest myths about me are that I'm an intellectual, because I wear these glasses, and that I'm an artist because my films lose money. Those two myths have been prevalent for many years. ”
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Sept 8, 2018 21:33:21 GMT
Toooooo loooooooooow for Woody
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2018 21:33:35 GMT
Tarantino and Nolan ranking higher than Dreyer  For real though, this list isn't bad so far. My own ranking of most of these guys would be very different but they're mostly good picks. As far as Welles being deserving - yeah, he is. The Magnificent Ambersons would've been better than CK if it hadn't gotten butchered. As it stands though it's still pretty great, and so are The Trial and Touch of Evil. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2018 21:34:19 GMT
Jesus Christ, Woody Allen at fucking #12?!  |
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Post by Martin Stett on Sept 8, 2018 21:35:37 GMT
Allen's good. Too high, not on my ballot, but good. I'd be okay with him around #30 or so.
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 8, 2018 21:35:47 GMT
Woody Allen has had a career completely outside of Hollywood compromise for 50 years. He wrote his films and made them his way.......he's a no brainer top 10
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2018 21:36:38 GMT
I would have put Leone higher on my list if I were more passionate about his non-Dollar trilogy films. I think both his Once Upon a Time... films are somewhat overrated. Once Upon a Time in America is by far the best film he ever made, IMO. |
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Sept 8, 2018 21:38:34 GMT
#11: Billy WilderPoints: 203 No. of Ballots: 18 Highest Ranking: 6th on one ballot  “Some pictures play wonderfully to a room of eight people. I don't go for that. I go for the masses. I go for the end effect. ”
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Post by Sharbs on Sept 8, 2018 21:41:53 GMT
I'm here. Glad to see Mann and De Palma even if BDP was my #26. A lot of great picks so far, so many films from so many people I need to see. Woohoo. PTA!!!!!
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 8, 2018 21:42:46 GMT
8 people voted for Billy Wilder who didn't vote for Polanski at all and Wilder got a 6th place vote as his high and Polanski got 4 number 1's.
Yikes, this is nuts!
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Post by Martin Stett on Sept 8, 2018 21:43:09 GMT
Wilder fully deserves that spot.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Sept 8, 2018 21:44:08 GMT
#10: Paul Thomas Anderson Points: 297 No. of Ballots: 19 Highest Ranking: 1st on two ballots  “No matter how many times you do it, you don't get used to the sadness - for me at least - of coming to the end of a film.”
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Post by Viced on Sept 8, 2018 21:45:20 GMT
eh, about 20 spots too high...
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 8, 2018 21:47:17 GMT
Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy too high - I love him but PTA ahead of Altman is like picking the student ahead of the master |
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Post by Sharbs on Sept 8, 2018 21:47:19 GMT
I love that Villeneuve snuck in and Visconti made it!
Tarantino being any higher would've sucked no love for Howard Hawks 😕
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Sept 8, 2018 21:47:37 GMT
Love PTA to bits, but #1 on two ballots?
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