Directors Stanley Kubrick vs. the HTF - a tournament (1 Viewer)

[Nick Sievers]

Rashomon

and

Rear Window

 

[Walter Kittel]

Paths of Glory - very close.
Rear Window

- Walter.

 

[Rob Tomlin]

Rashomon in a very close call.

Abstain (no Killer's Kiss)

 

[Bill J]

Paths of Glory
Rear Window

 

[Justin_S]

PATHS OF GLORY

REAR WINDOW

 

[Brook K]

Rashomon
Rear Window

 

[Bill McA]

Paths of Glory
Rear Window

 

[Ric Bagoly]

abstain x2

 

[Kirk Tsai]

Paths of Glory

 

[Cary T]

These two were easy for me.

Rashomon

Rear Window

 

[SteveGon]

My votes: Paths of Glory and Rear Window


Paths of Glory wins 7 - 4.
Rear Window wins 9 - 0.


Round 1 - Bracket 7

Ikiru vs. Barry Lyndon


Kubrick Quote:

A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.

 

[SteveGon]

Here's the British Quad movie poster for Barry Lyndon:

 

[Bill J]

Barry Lyndon

 

[Rob Tomlin]

Abstain, still no Ikiru. Is it on DVD yet?

 

[Brook K]

Ikiru

No, Criterion should finally have it out within the next year.

 

[Cary T]

Ikiru

Wait for Criterion or the current Hong Kong region 0 disc.

 

[Ric Bagoly]

abstain (no Ikiru)

 

[Kirk Tsai]

Ikiru

 

[Jim_K]

Barry Lyndon - I know I'll be in the minority here but I don't rank Ikiru in Kurosawa's top tier of films.

 

[Lew Crippen]

Barry Lyndon--I think Kubrick's best; but very, very hard