All Right, Mr. DeMille, I'm Ready For My Close-Up ... It's The ILXOR's Top 101 Director Poll Results Thread

love that the image used for Kubrick is devoid of humans.

OK, it's got to be Vera next, right?

*cries*

My top 3 still AWOL, ah well.

Much higher than expected for Wells

Yes--I thought he occupied the same space as Elvis in a music poll. (Happy about it, I'll add.)

5% of the list are women, that's kinda depressing.

Women have not had the opportunity to build a lengthy oeuvre to compare with men. That's part of it.

Sometimes think Kurosawa's Ikiru is the greatest film ever made.

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Just to go back up a bit - yes, I love Ikiru and a bunch of Kurosawa and it did pain me a tiny bit to leave him out except he made it high so no biggie in the end.

i'm leaving to drink at Marlene Dietrich's place, so bye

That's one major reason why I'm wary of auteurist frameworks for thinking about film: centering the director as author tends to frame women's work in film as invisible or inessential.

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Why? Women can be auteurs. (Akerman, Denis.)

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Toshiro Mifune is a massive part of what I love about Kurosawa movies, and this actor as well.

I've certainly been thinking about my top screenwriters list while considering the directors presented here, for example in Hollywood 30s to 50s, and it would fit a lot of women.

And more recent auteurs: Arnold and Ade.

I mean, woman can, are, and have been auteurs, but director-focused approaches to film history tend to reproduce gendered patterns of exclusion from directorial work. That's all I'm saying.

Two of my nominees--Alice Guy Blache and Lois Weber--did groundbreaking work before 1920.

Off to a movie, have to miss the end of this...post #2!

Big (and Under Recognized) Fields For Women In Film: Editing and Production Design.

I mean, woman can, are, and have been auteurs, but director-focused approaches to film history tend to reproduce gendered patterns of exclusion from directorial work.

And, yeah, the suspense is killing me. :D

Cary Grant's birthday today, so I guess #1's apropos. (Instead of the crop-dusting scene that I usually go with, I played the auction scene from NBN for my 3/4 class today. Had to stop about five times in two minutes to explain why, in the context of an auction, Grant's antics were so funny. Not a good choice.)

Right, so recovering the work of
underappreciated or effaced female directors is one strategy, elaborating critical concepts to do justice to other aspects of filmmaking is another; they're not necessarily contradictory.

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Ah, I get it now.

So Elia Kazan is not for tankies?

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2. Orson Welles
(1957 points; 24 votes)

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1. Alfred Hitchcock
(2399.5 points; 28 votes; 2 first­place votes)

i'm leaving to drink at Marlene Dietrich's place, so bye

450 points clear!

S&S much? xxp

Not for the comrades Alfred.

Thanks Eric for running the poll. The Caps were wonderful. Appreciate the good work.

Von Sternberg was the highest placing director on my ballot to miss the top 101 here.

Huston, for me.

Eric, this thread is magnificent. Thank you!

Thanks, Eric.

Thank you for running the poll! Salut!

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Yes, thanks, Eric!

yes, this poll was great! I'm going to use it as a reference for further exploration

Bottom up.

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Thanks, Eric.
Wish Shohei Imamura would have made it.

Good job, Eric.

Reasonable job, everyone else.

Thanks Eric, really enjoyed this!

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I’ll make with the stats and full spreadsheet later this evening. I will say that maybe only about half of people’s number one choices made the list, which is tragic but what’re gonna do?

Great job Eric! Thank you for doing this. Hitchcock was my #1, Bergman my #2.

i didn't vote but i would have voted for Wes Anderson

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well i'm glad you didn't

what's the image for welles? it's not loading for me for some reason

you're welcome

yes, this poll was great! I'm going to use it as a reference for further exploration

No, the point of this should be to fume that #35 beat #48 or whatever.

Yeah, the Welles image won't load for me either. 404 error when I try to open in a new tab.

Thanks for running this poll, Eric! Really enjoyed it, and there are already a dozen changes I wish I'd made on my ballot.

yeah this was an awesome poll

i'm p much ok with the top 4 as is

I will say that maybe only about half of people’s number one choices made the list, which is tragic but what’re gonna do?

Eh, there's a great big world of film out there, and ILXors have diverse tastes. Although did no one else vote for William A. Wellman (my #1)?

Well the right one won