Directors The Reverse-Abstain Tournament (2 Viewers)

[george kaplan]

Not if that's your definition of adventurous.

 

[John C. Wilson]

Abstain

 

[Jason Seaver]

If you're going to do this, at least say which movie you've seen - in the event of a tie, the one that has caused fewer abstentions advances.

 

[Jim_K]

Pretty easy, The Martian film is on the IMDB Bottom 100. I've never seen a Tsai film but if it sucks it'll only be 25 minutes of pain.

The Skywalk Is Gone

 

[SteveGon]

The Skywalk is Gone

 

[Elizabeth S]

The Skywalk is Gone

 

[Chucky P]

Abstain: Seen Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

 

[Jason Seaver]

Santa...1
Skywalk...6

Congrats, China.

Round One, Bracket Fourteen:

Tales From The Gimli Hospital

vs

El Topo

Even if I hadn't nominated Tales of the Gimli Hospital, I can't say I've liked Jodorowsky's graphic albums enough to seek out his film work. (Well, okay, I loved "The Incal", but "The Metabarons" and "Megalex" have more or less left me cold)

 

[SteveGon]

Abstain - Seen El Topo.

 

[Lew Crippen]

Tales of the Gimli Hospital

 

[Jason Seaver]

He can drive me nuts, too - one of the things I noticed about his latest two (Dracula and Saddest Music) is that he had some help, working with the structure of a ballet and having another screenwriter involved, respectively. But the guy can be nuts-making.

 

[george kaplan]

El Topo (I guess)

 

[Chucky P]

El Topo

 

[Elizabeth S]

Tales from the Gimli Hospital

 

[Rob P S]

Tales from the Gimli Hospital

 

[John C. Wilson]

El Topo

 

[Brook K]

I've wanted to see Tales from the Gimli Hospital for quite awhile, but El Topo is legendary.

 

[Bill McA]

abstain - seen Tales from the Gimli Hospital


Taiwan, actually

 

[Jim_K]

El Topo

 

[Jason Seaver]

Gimli...4
Topo...6

Congratulations, Mexico

Round One, Bracket Fifteen:

Vampire Circus

vs

Visitor Q

A couple weird ones, but Takashi Miike is capable of wierd-but-brilliant, as opposed to "weird but sucks". So Visitor Q.