Directors Brook's Criterion Collection Tournament (1 Viewer)

[Jim_K]

IKIRU - not top tier Kurosawa but I hated Rublev

THRONE OF BLOOD - too bad it'll lose to a lessor film

 

[Bill J]

ANDREI RUBLEV
THRONE OF BLOOD

 

[Arman]

abstain, no IKIRU (ANDREI RUBLEV [A+, 98])
TOKYO STORY [A+, 99] (over THRONE OF BLOOD [A-, 93])

 

[John C. Wilson]

Abstain
Throne of Blood

 

[Angelo.M]

ikiru
throne of blood

 

[Brook K]

Ikiru advances 6-3 including my vote

Throne Of Blood advances on a coin flip after my vote creates a 5-5 tie.


Round 3 begins with Kurosawa and Powell & Pressburger leading the way with 3 films each in the final 16.

NOTORIOUS
vs.
THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE

M
vs.
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP

 

[Bill McA]

THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE
M

 

[george kaplan]

Abstain

M

 

[Lew Crippen]

That Obscure Object of Desire

M

 

[Jim_K]

NOTORIOUS

M - tough call

 

[SteveGon]

Notorious
M

 

[John C. Wilson]

Notorious
M

 

[Arman]

THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE [A+, 98] (over Notorious [A+, 98])
M [A+, 98] (over The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp [A, 97])

 

[Lew Crippen]

Arman has expressed numerically my feelings on the voting on this round.

 

[Jay E]

THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE
M

 

[Angelo.M]

notorious

 

[Brook K]

That Obscure Object Of Desire advances 5-4 with my tie-breaking vote.

M advances 9-0 including my vote.


THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
vs.
BOB LE FLAMBEUR

WILD STRAWBERRIES
vs.
BLACK NARCISSUS

 

[Lew Crippen]

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Wild Strawberries

 

[Jay E]

THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
BLACK NARCISSUS

 

[george kaplan]

Double Abstain