Directors EUROPEAN Film Tournament (1 Viewer)

[Jim_K]

12

 

[Simon_Lepine]

I'll help and use some remainbing thirds even if I'm not crazy about some of these.

Red Desert
Mirror
Phenomena
The Piano Teacher
Alphaville
Il Postino
Cinema Paradiso

 

[MartinTeller]

I'll 3rd Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (Herzog)

 

[Arman]

Automatic:

Stolen Kisses

2nd:

Underground
Pickpocket
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
Wings of Desire

3rd:

Mirror

 

[Arman]

Automatic:
Blowup

Nominate:
Chloe in the Afternoon
The Eclipse
Le Notte
Claire's Knee

 

[Arman]

Please count/consider my automatic votes for Stolen Kisses and Blowup ahead than my 3rd votes.

Nominate:

Contempt
Miracle in Milan
Jean de Florette
Manon of the Spring
Late Marriage
Babette's Feast
Rosetta

3rd:

Au Revoir Les Enfants
Time Out

 

[Arman]

Oopps, just double checked that Manon of The Spring is already in the master list and my vote for Rosetta is 3rd. Central Station is from Brazil/France.

Maybe this won't matter but probably my last nomination?

The Story of Adele H.

 

[Angelo.M]

2nd:

Chloe in the Afternoon
Babette's Feast
Claire's Knee

 

[Brook K]

3rd
Chloe in the Afternoon
Claire's Knee
Code Unknown

 

[Jim_K]

Ashes and Diamonds

vs.

Soldier of Orange

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Ordet

vs.

Winter Light

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Alphaville

vs.

Metropolis (1927)

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Au Revoir Les Infants

vs.

The 400 Blows

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Big Deal on Madonna Street

vs.

Mon Oncle

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The Shop on Main Street

vs.

Through a Glass Darkly

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Knife in the Water

vs.

Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down

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8½

vs.

The Man with the Movie Camera

 

[Angelo.M]

The 400 Blows
Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down

 

[Lew Crippen]

Ordet

Metropolis

Mon Oncle

The Shop on Main Street—very hard.

 

[SteveGon]

Abstain - No SOO.
Ordet
Abstain - No Alphaville.
Au Revoir Les Enfants - Tough.
Abstain - No BDOMS.
The Shop on Main Street
Knife in the Water
Abstain - No TMWAMC.

 

[john davies]

Soldier of Orange
Ordet
Metropolis
Au Revoir les Enfants (very close)
- (Not seen Big Deal on Madonna Street)
- (Not too keen on either)
Tie me up Tie me Down
Man with a Movie Camera (hard call- both excellent, but it deserves to be better known).

 

[Simon_Lepine]

abstain - neither
Ordet
Metropolis
400 Blows
abstain- no Big Deal but love Mon Oncle
abstain - neither
abstain - no Tie me Up but like Knife very much
abstain - no MWTMC but I'd like to see it soon

 

[MartinTeller]

abstain (neither)
abstain (no Ordet)
abstain (no Alphaville)
abstain (neither)
abstain (neither)
abstain (no Shop on Main Street)
abstain (no Knife in the Water)
abstain (I'd love to vote for Man with the Movie Camera, but I've only seen half of 8½)

 

[Brook K]

Geez these are tough, some of these are like finals match-ups, not 1st round.

abstain, neither
Ordet, PAINFUL, 2 incredibly great films
Alphaville
abstain, no Au Revoir
Mon Oncle, Big Deal is a fun comedy, but not in Tati's class
The Shop On Main Street, another really tough choice
abstain, neither
8 1/2, again, very tough

 

[Bill McA]

Soldier of Orange
abstain - seen neither, but I have the DVD of Winter Light in my to-be-watched soon pile
Metropolis
The 400 Blows
Mon Oncle
The Shop on Main Street
Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down
abstain - no Movie Camera

 

[Arman]

abstain (no Soldier of Orange)
abstain (no Winter Light)
abstain (no Alphaville)

The 400 Blows
* Almost got shutout in my 1st chance ever to vote in a tournament like this. Have mixed feelings in giving that 1 vote for Truffaut over another excelent film *

abstain (neither)
abstain (neither)
abstain (no Knife in the Water)
abstain (no The Man with the Movie Camera)

 

[Jim_K]

My votes
Soldier of Orange - close
Abstain
Metropolis (1927) - easily
Abstain - no ARLI
Big Deal on Madonna Street - easily. I was very underwhelmed by Mon Oncle. I just don't understand all this fuss over Tati.
Abstain
Abstain - no TMUTMD.
Abstain - no MWTMC


Soldier of Orange over Ashes and Diamonds 3-0

Ordet over Winter Light 5-0

Metropolis (1927) over Alphaville 5-1

The 400 Blows over Au Revoir Les Infants 4-2

Mon Oncle over Big Deal on Madonna Street 3-1

The Shop on Main Street over Through a Glass Darkly 4-0

Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down over Knife in the Water 3-1

The Man with the Movie Camera gets tossed

next

The Battle of Algiers

vs.

Battleship Potemkin

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My Life to Live

vs.

Nights of Cabiria

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The Rules of the Game

vs.

Stolen Kisses

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Solaris (1973)

vs.

Open Your Eyes

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Talk to Her

vs.

Cries and Whispers

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Europa

vs.

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

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The Virgin Spring

vs.

The Passion of Joan of Arc

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Le Cercle rouge

vs.

Band of Outsiders