Directors The Complete CRiTeRioN CoLLeCTioN Tournament (1 Viewer)

[Brook K]

All That Heaven Allows
That Obscure Object Of Desire
The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse
Ordet

All of these were easy choices, though the competition are all very good-to-great movies themselves.

 

[george kaplan]

My Man Godfrey

Notorious

The Third Man

 

[Ric Bagoly]

abstain x3

The Third Man

 

[Justin_S]

All That Heaven Allows
That Obscure Object of Desire
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Ordet

 

[Bill McA]

All That Heaven Allows
That Obscure Object Of Desire
The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse
Ordet

 

[Jan H]

All That Heaven Allows
Notorious
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Ordet

 

[Lew Crippen]

All That Heaven Allows

That Obscure Object of Desire

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

Ordet

 

[george kaplan]

Well this tournament is about to leave me in the dust. :frowning:

 

[Jim_K]

My votes
My Man Godfrey
Notorious
The Third Man
The Shop on Main Street


All That Heaven Allows over My Man Godfrey 5-2 yeah this is typical - overblown Melodrama trumps one of the all-time great classic Hollywood comedies.

That Obscure Object of Desire over Notorious 4-3



sigh. I give up.

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse over The Third Man 5-3

Ordet over The Shop on Main Street 5-1

ho-hum


Rashomon
vs.
The 400 Blows

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Stolen Kisses
vs.
The Lady Eve

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
vs.
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

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The Passion of Joan of Arc
vs.
Black Narcissus

 

[Lew Crippen]

Rashomon

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Passion of Joan of Arc

 

[george kaplan]

Jim,

I kind of view this tournament like a poker game. The best thing that can happen in poker is a winning hand. But the second best is a hand so bad that you fold quickly without losing a lot of money.

It would be great if this tournament had films like My Man Godfrey, Notorious and the Third Man winning. But the way things are going every Criterion I give a damn will be out quickly, and then I can just ignore this thread.

My futile votes for today:

Rashomon

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Black Narcissus

 

[SteveGon]

Say whaaaat?


Rashomon
The Lady Eve
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The Passion of Joan of Arc

 

[Bill McA]

Rashomon
abstain - no Lady Eve
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - tough!!!
The Passion of Joan of Arc

 

[Steve Elias]

If it's not bad form to join a poll towards the end after venturing into the Polls forum for the first time:

Rashomon
Black Narcissus

If it is bad form, then nevermind (with apologies).

-Steve

Scanning backwards, I see that several of my favorites have already been given the boot. :frowning:

 

[Ric Bagoly]

MEGA-ABSTAIN

 

[Brook K]

Hey, if Jim and George are unhappy, that must mean I'm

Rashomon
The Lady Eve (extremely, extremely tough)
The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (I thought our guidebook said we had to automatically vote for Bunuel, Lew? )
The Passion Of Joan Of Arc

 

[Nick Sievers]

Rashomon

 

[Jan H]

Rashomon
ABSTAIN - no Stolen Kisses
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
The Passion of Joan of Arc

 

[george kaplan]

It's only bad form not to have been here earlier to help save some of the films that have tragically lost.

 

[Lew Crippen]

It does (Section IV, Paragraph 3). But Section VII, Paragraph 1, sub-paragraph 2 reminded us both that it was time to confuse George and Jim.

Of course had the other choice been an American instead of a Brit (sub-paragraph 3), we would have had no option but to go with Bunuel.