Oh, I think more than 50 slots would be a fucking awful idea. I'd be more into like 25 or so? But as I tend to say on every nomination thread, I like nominations to be comprehensive so that I have a list I can refer to and go "oh yeah, forgot about that one!" Basically, my memory sucks and I need help.
I am pretty worried that this list is just going to be a crappy retread of other best director lists, and I'm also already having high anxiety about voting for Polanski, which I am definitely going to do but I feel 100% shitty about. To be fair to him I'll probably vote for other shitbags who happen to be less notorious too.
― emil.y, Saturday, 18 November 2017 02:34 (six years ago) link
Polanski is likely to be in my top 10. Just a fact.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Saturday, 18 November 2017 14:04 (six years ago) link
I'll vote for Polanski only if he happens to die by the time I get around to sending my ballot.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 18 November 2017 14:49 (six years ago) link
I won't think for a second about what kind of person I'm voting for. I don't know if Polanski (who may or may not be on my list--the old peak value vs. career value question) would be the only one where that's even an issue; most of the people I won't know anything anyway, and I hadn't planned on a James Toback vote. I could see grappling with that if it involved flying someone in to receive a state honour, like the Legion of France, but not with a message-board poll.
― clemenza, Saturday, 18 November 2017 16:09 (six years ago) link
(Anyway, that's a personal call--no problem with emily's stance.)
― clemenza, Saturday, 18 November 2017 16:10 (six years ago) link
There aren't 50 great directors and there aren't 472 good directors
― fake pato is kind of racist, dude (darraghmac), Saturday, 18 November 2017 19:54 (six years ago) link
LGx
― fake pato is kind of racist, dude (darraghmac), Saturday, 18 November 2017 19:55 (six years ago) link
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/11/20/art-monstrous-men/
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Monday, 20 November 2017 17:32 (six years ago) link
Does self-harm count?
whut
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 20 November 2017 17:39 (six years ago) link
That's a really good piece imo - that line is a bit weird but makes a little more sense with the context of the concluding paragraphs
― treeship: a year in the life (wins), Monday, 20 November 2017 18:16 (six years ago) link
yeah i figured i should prevail, it just felt like a super odd interjection
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 20 November 2017 19:09 (six years ago) link
ok yeah it makes a lot more sense toward the end
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 20 November 2017 19:21 (six years ago) link
Still waiting to cross 500 nominations.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 19:52 (six years ago) link
Eddie MurphyMartin McDonaghEliza HittmanAlex Ross Perry Andrew HaighJordan PeeleDonna DeitchMatt PorterfieldSafdie BrothersDavid Lowery
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:05 (six years ago) link
peak troll achieved
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:07 (six years ago) link
No trolling from me itt. ILXOR.com. i live for this shit
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link
Shane Carruth
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:10 (six years ago) link
Louis FeuilladeHal Roach
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:14 (six years ago) link
Guillermo del ToroJohn SaylesJulie TaymorZucker, Abrahams and Zucker
― Einstein, Bazinga, Sitar (abanana), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:14 (six years ago) link
James W. Horne
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:16 (six years ago) link
Rabbit season
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:17 (six years ago) link
Steve McQueen
― Einstein, Bazinga, Sitar (abanana), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:25 (six years ago) link
Tony Leondis
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 20:29 (six years ago) link
Fernando SolanasThomas GuiterrezUrsula BiemannMargaret DickinsonLizzie Bordensorry for any duplicates
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 23:17 (six years ago) link
René Vautier
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 29 November 2017 23:19 (six years ago) link
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_yiA3-iP3ZK9m6YC1iOthz_ZT2YiwjZ8lLOXYc-Nxf4/
503 nominees. Last chance to add some to the list before I launch the voting/campaigning thread later today.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Thursday, 30 November 2017 13:52 (six years ago) link
(I'm only reasonably sure there are no duplicates.)
Probably going to go with 50-slot ballots btw.
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Thursday, 30 November 2017 14:53 (six years ago) link
psyched!
― flappy bird, Thursday, 30 November 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
Better stick Patrick Keiller and Roger Vadim on that shortlist
― sonnet by a wite kid, "On Æolian Grief" (wins), Sunday, 3 December 2017 18:12 (six years ago) link
oh wow, keiller was missing?
― plax (ico), Sunday, 3 December 2017 18:30 (six years ago) link
Stand by for voting/campaigning thread!
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Thursday, 7 December 2017 19:29 (six years ago) link
Actors Are Cattle ... Voting open for the next ILX film poll of the Greatest Movie Directors of All Time! (DUE: Jan. 1, 2018)
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Thursday, 7 December 2017 19:40 (six years ago) link
All Right, Mr. DeMille, I'm Ready For My Close-Up ... It's The ILXOR's Top 101 Director Poll Results Thread
― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.), Monday, 15 January 2018 17:37 (six years ago) link