Match Cut Director Consensus -- YEAR 4

[Ezee E]

I'll go ahead and post this in case people want to get rentals set up.

This is the page where the rules and results are posted for the Directorial Consensus and where the list of upcoming directors is displayed. Feel free to discuss ratings, results and suggest upcoming directors within this thread.

The Rules of the Game:

How to post selections:

- Assign a rating to each film based on a scale of 1-10
- Half points may be used
- It is not necessary to rank the films. Instead, please post all lists in chronological order, starting with the earliest film.
- A film must be thirty (30) minutes in length to be counted.

For a film to be eligible for the director's overall rating, it must have at least four (4) votes. Otherwise, there isn't a sufficient amount of votes to make the rating as objective or effective as a film that has received twenty (20) votes. If a film is mentioned only once or twice, I will still post that film's average (quite easy if only mentioned once) but I wil separate it from the films that factor into the director's overall rating.

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Here is the plan for the year. Naturally, let me know if you have any problems with any of the weeks and they may or may not be looked at. Obviously, every director could not fit. I may have picked a director that we already used. If so, let me know.

Discuss!

Week 1 to begin January 4th

WEEK 1: William Friedkin (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=130041#post13 0041) (January 4th-10th) by E
WEEK 2: Cheh Chang (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=1755&page=2) (January 11th-17th) by dreamdead
WEEK 3: Joe Dante (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=1799) (January 18th-24th) by soitgoes
WEEK 4: Mel Brooks (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=135342#post13 5342) (January 25th-31st) by E
WEEK 5: Vincente Minnelli (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=136970#post13 6970) (as per Sven) (February 1st-7th) by dreamdead
WEEK 6: Wim Wenders (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=1861&page=2) (February 8th-14th) by soitgoes
WEEK 7: Kevin Smith (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=1874&page=2) (February 15th-21st) by E
WEEK 8: Bob Fosse (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=1894&page=2) (February 22nd-28th) by dreamdead
WEEK 9: George Miller (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=1906&page=2) (March 1st-7th) by soitgoes
WEEK 10: Erich Rohmer (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=1922&page=2) (March 8th-14th) by E
WEEK 11: John McTiernan (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=1934&page=2) (March 15th-21st) by dreamdead
WEEK 12: King Hu (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=1957) (March 22nd-28th) by soitgoes
WEEK 13: Robert Aldrich (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=1975) (March 29th-April 4th) by E
WEEK 14: Shinya Tsukamoto (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=151705#post15 1705) (April 5th-11th) by dreamdead
WEEK 15: Bryan Singer (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=153943#post15 3943) (April 12th-18th) by soitgoes
WEEK 16: Michael Powell (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=156544#post15 6544) (April 19th-25th) by E
WEEK 17: Satoshi Kon (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=158627#post15 8627) (April 25th-May 2nd) by dreamdead
WEEK 18: John Boorman (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2058) (May 3rd-9th) by soitgoes
WEEK 19: John Landis (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2083&page=2) (May 10th-16th) by E
WEEK 20: Carl Dreyer (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=166493#post16 6493) (May 17th-23rd) by Dreamdead
WEEK 21: Sydney Pollack (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=168925#post16 8925) (May 24th-30th) by soitgoes
WEEK 22: David Fincher (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2149&page=4) (May 31st-June 6th) by E
WEEK 23: Satyajit Ray (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2170) (June 7th-13th) by dreamdead
WEEK 24: Neil Jordan (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2180&page=2) (June 14th-20th) by soitgoes
WEEK 25: Monte Hellman (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=178614#post17 8614) (June 21st-27th) by E
WEEK 26: Claude Chabrol (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=181115#post18 1115) (as per Boner M) (June 28th-July 4th) by dreamdead
WEEK 27: Henri-Georges Clouzot (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=183419#post18 3419) (July 5th-July11th) by soitgoes
WEEK 28: Philip Kaufman (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=185694#post18 5694) (July 12th-18th) by E
WEEK 29: Pier Paolo Pasolini (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2271&page=2) (July 19th-25th) by dreamdead
WEEK 30: John Frankenheimer (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2299&page=2) (July 26th-August 1st) by soitgoes
WEEK 31: Kenneth Branagh (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2315&page=3) (August 2nd-August 8th) by E
WEEK 32: Jean-Pierre Melville (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=196014#post19 6014) (August 9th-15th) by dreamdead
WEEK 33: Penny Marshall (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2361) (August 16th-22nd) by soitgoes
WEEK 34: Sergei Eisenstein (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2372) (August 23rd-29th) by E
WEEK 35: Rob Reiner (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2392&page=2) (August 30th-September 5th) by dreamdead
WEEK 36: Ken Burns (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=204347#post20 4347) (September 6th-12th) by soitgoes
WEEK 37: The Dardenne Brothers (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2433&page=2) (September 13th-19th) by E
WEEK 38: Kenji Mizoguchi (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=207287#post20 7287) (as per Wats) (September 20th-26th) by dreamdead
WEEK 39: Carol Reed (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2458) (September 27th-October 3rd) by soitgoes
WEEK 40: Joel Schumacher (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=210407#post21 0407) (October 4th-10th) by E
WEEK 41: Nicolas Roeg (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2484) (October 11th-17th) by dreamdead
WEEK 42: Hou Hsiao-Hsien (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=213243#post21 3243) (October 18th-24th) by soitgoes
WEEK 43: George Cukor (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=214791#post21 4791) (October 25th-31st) by E
WEEK 44: William Wyler (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2509) (November 1st-7th) by dreamdead
WEEK 45: Jules Dassin (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2523) (as per Sven) (November 8th-14th) by soitgoes
WEEK 46: Shohei Imamura (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2534) (November 15th-21st) by E
WEEK 47: Chuck Jones (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=220592#post22 0592) (pre 1954) (November 22nd-28th) by dreamdead
WEEK 48: Chuck Jones (1954-Onward) (November 29th-December 5th) by E
WEEK 49: Stan Brakhage (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2579) (December 6th-12th) by soitgoes
WEEK 50: Paul Schrader (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=2611) (December 13th-19th) by E
WEEK 51: Alejandro Jodorowsky (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=227755#post22 7755) (December 20th-26th) by dreamdead
WEEK 52: Richard Donner (http://www.match-cut.org/showthread.php?p=229624#post22 9624) (December 27th-January 2nd) by soitgoes

[Ezee E]

HALL OF FAME
45. The Green Ray - 9.000 (7)
44. Secrets & Lies (1996) - 9.000 (14)
43. Shoeshine (1946) - 9.000
42. Dr. Strangelove (1964) - 9.012
41. The Sweet Hereafter (1997) - 9.017
40. Pulp Fiction (1993) - 9.020
39. My Life To Live - 9.029
38. that Jazz - 9.0294 (17)
37. In the Mood for Love (2000) - 9.034
36. Seven Samurai (1954) - 9.041
35. Ordet - 9.062
34. To Be Or Not To Be (1942) - 9.063
33. Throne of Blood (1957) - 9.067
32. Umberto D (1952) - 9.075
31. The Third Man - 9.080
30. Paths of Glory (1957) - 9.088
29. The Goat (1921) - 9.091
28. Double Indemnity ((1944) - 9.094
27. Sunset Blvd (1950) - 9.097
26. El (1953) 9.1
25. Little Dieter Needs To Fly (1997) - 9.125
24. High and Low (1963) - 9.150
23. Schindler’s List (1993) - 9.150
22. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - 9.156
21. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (1966) - 9.166
20. Mulholland Drive (2001) - 9.174
19. Satan's Tango (1994) - 9.2
18. The Son - 9.2
17. Pather Panchali - 9.2
16. Apocalypse Now (1979) - 9.205
15. Rear Window (1954) - 9.207
14. Manhattan (1979) - 9.213
13. Late Spring (1949) - 9.214
12. Do The Right Thing (1989) - 9.346
11. Los Olvidados (1950) - 9.357
10. The Godfather (1972) - 9.390
9. Annie Hall (1977) - 9.420
8. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1929) - 9.464
7. Sunrise (1927) - 9.469
6. Fargo (1996) - 9.476
5. Baseball - 9.5
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - 9.500
3. Sherlock, Jr. (1924) - 9.528
2. Casablanca (1942) - 9.532
1. Citizen Kane (1941) - 9.553

[Ezee E]

RESERVED:


Also, if anyone wants to tally lists, PM me.

[Raiders]

I need to check, but I think we've already done Aldrich.

[Boner M]

If Aldrich has been done, then Siegel needs to take his place.

[Raiders]

If Aldrich has been done, then Siegel needs to take his place.

No, since I caught it, I'm choosing and it will be a toss-up between Corman and Claire Denis. But, let's not be hasty, he may have not been done. I just feel confident I remember rating him and compiling the results.

[Ezee E]

No, since I caught it, I'm choosing and it will be a toss-up between Corman and Claire Denis. But, let's not be hasty, he may have not been done. I just feel confident I remember rating him and compiling the results.
No idea. I'd feel like I'd have seen at least a few of his films if we were to have done him at some point.

[Qrazy]

# "Spaceballs: The Animated Series" - 2
# Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) - 5
# Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) - 6
# Life Stinks (1991) - 6
# Spaceballs (1987) - 8
# History of the World: Part I (1981) - 5
# High Anxiety (1977) - 6
# Silent Movie (1976) - 6
# Young Frankenstein (1974) - 7
# Blazing Saddles (1974) - 9
# The Twelve Chairs (1970) - 5
# The Producers (1968) - 7

[Sycophant]

Mel Brooks
The Producers - 10.0
Young Frankenstein - 8.5
Blazing Saddles - 6.0
Silent Movie - 4.5
Spaceballs - 4.0
Robin Hood: Men In Tights - 7.0

[Ezee E]

Mel Brooks
High Anxiety - 2.5

For a movie that tries to spoof Hitchcock, which should be a good target, fails miserably.

I like it when it's not trying to spoof him at all, such as the man that can't pick up the suitcase, or the orchestra playing the "score" on the highway next to Mel Brooks' car.

[soitgoes...]

Chang Cheh:

Five Deadly Venoms - 7.5

[soitgoes...]

Smith:

Zack and Miri Make a Porno - 3.5

Mostly for Craig Robinson, Traci Lords blowing bubbles and for Mewes fulfilling his vision of what must have been his ideal role.

[Ezee E]

That Bob Fosse sure is good.

Lenny - 9

[Ezee E]

Dante:
It's A Good Life (Twilight Zone) - 8

[soitgoes...]

Dante:
It's A Good Life (Twilight Zone) - 8
I didn't count it when I did the tallying for that week. I figured it would fall under the short category or something.

[MacGuffin]

I didn't count it when I did the tallying for that week. I figured it would fall under the short category or something.

This is still happening? How is Brakhage week gonna work considering about 80% of his massive output is what most would define as "short"?

[Ezee E]

This is still happening? How is Brakhage week gonna work considering about 80% of his massive output is what most would define as "short"?
Anything goes I guess.

Everyone give soitgoes rep ahead of time.

[soitgoes...]

Eh, I'll keep you busy on the Chuck Jones week. Actually I guess dreamdead will catch more of it since he has the early period.

[BuffaloWilder]

George Miller




Movies:

Mad Max - 7.8
The Road Warrior - 9.5
Beyond Thunderdome - 8.5
Witches of Eastwick - 5.0
Lorenzo's Oil - 9.0
Babe: Pig In the City - 9.0
Happy Feet - 10. His masterpiece.

Other:

The Dismissal - 8.4
40,000 Years of Dreaming - 8.5

Bryan Singer



The Usual Suspects - 8.5
Apt Pupil - 8.0
X-Men - 7.2
X-Men United - 8.0
Superman Returns - 8.3

[Ezee E]

7.2 for X-Men huh? I'll round down to 7. Ditto for Superman Returns. :)

[thefourthwall]

Is there anywhere that the directors already consensused are listed in rank according to their overall ratings?

[Raiders]

Is there anywhere that the directors already consensused are listed in rank according to their overall ratings?

On my two old computers' harddrives... well, year 1 and part of year 2 anyway. I'm buying a cheap AC adapter for one of them as there are a few files I want including those.

[MacGuffin]

I wanted to bring it to the curator's attention that Criterion is

a) Releasing a Imamura collection called Pigs, Pimps and Prostitutes featuring three of what are supposedly considered to be some of his best films, on May 19, after voting for the said director is over, and

b) In the process of putting together a by Brakhage Volume 2 collection, which should be released later this year.

So it may be wise to put these off a while so people could see more of the movies. My opinion.

[Ezee E]

Fine with me.

First person to call a swap gets A. Second person gets B.

[dreamdead]

Switch Imamura and John Landis? Seems like Landis' filmography is largely available...

[Ezee E]

Switch Imamura and John Landis? Seems like Landis' filmography is largely available...
Done.

[MacGuffin]

Since nobody else seems to want to choose, how about changing Brakhage and Schrader?

[Ezee E]

Since nobody else seems to want to choose, how about changing Brakhage and Schrader?
ok.

[soitgoes...]

ok.
Ouch. You can switch Brakhage to one of my weeks if you want. You and dreamdead both have Jones. It'll be fair, and I really wouldn't mind (flipping Pollack and Brakhage would be fine).

[Stay Puft]

(flipping Pollack and Brakhage would be fine)

Yeah, I was actually going to suggest switching with Pollack but apparently did not make a post when I thought I did.

Schrader has a new film, Adam Resurrected, which I'm going to assume will be released on DVD at some point this year, though I can't find any information about that. It opened in NY/LA back in December.

[Ezee E]

Ouch. You can switch Brakhage to one of my weeks if you want. You and dreamdead both have Jones. It'll be fair, and I really wouldn't mind (flipping Pollack and Brakhage would be fine).
I'll keep Schraeder, but will just flipflop Brakhage and Pollack then. Sweet dude.

[MacGuffin]

I'll keep Schraeder, but will just flipflop Brakhage and Pollack then. Sweet dude.

If Stay Puft thinks it would be of benefit to flip Schrader and Pollock, that's okay too, if you want.

[Stay Puft]

If Stay Puft thinks it would be of benefit to flip Schrader and Pollock, that's okay too, if you want.

Oh, yeah, that's what I meant. Switching Brakhage with Pollock originally, since Pollock was someone later in the year whose filmography is complete. Schrader just made a new film, which most of us haven't had a chance to see yet.

[Ezee E]

Oh, yeah, that's what I meant. Switching Brakhage with Pollock originally, since Pollock was someone later in the year whose filmography is complete. Schrader just made a new film, which most of us haven't had a chance to see yet.
and done.

[Ezee E]

Sid:
Jeremiah Johnson - 6.5

[StanleyK]

Eric Rohmer:

The Girl at the Monceau Bakery - 7
Suzanne's Career - 8
La Collectionneuse - 9
My Night at Maud's - 8.5
Claire's Knee - 9.5
Chloe in the Afternoon - 9.5
Pauline at the Beach - 9.5
The Green Ray - 7.5

[StanleyK]

Wim Wenders:

Wings of Desire - 9.5
Faraway, So Close! - 6
Buena Vista Social Club - 8.5

[StanleyK]

John Landis:

Animal House - 2

[StanleyK]

Mel Brooks:

The Producers - 5.5
Blazing Saddles - 8.5
Young Frankenstein - 5.5

[Stay Puft]

Cheh Chang:

The Magnificent Trio - 6

[Ezee E]

Clouzot:

Diabolique - 8
Clever! If someone told me that it was a Hitchcock movie, I would have been fooled.

[soitgoes...]

Clouzot:

Diabolique - 8
Clever! If someone told me that it was a Hitchcock movie, I would have been fooled.

You realize Hitchcock didn't make movies in French, right? :P

[Ezee E]

You realize Hitchcock didn't make movies in French, right? :P
Bwah?

[dreamdead]

Minnelli:

The Band Wagon - 6.5

Oh, fantasy sequences that almost redeem the film (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP6cPZZesCQ)'s banality. :sad:

[dreamdead]

Although we've already adjusted for Imamura once, can we bump him back again, maybe to week 46: Penny Marshall's current week (November 15th-21st)? Imamura's widely acclaimed, Black Rain, is finally due for R1 in mid-October...

[MacGuffin]

Although we've already adjusted for Imamura once, can we bump him back again, maybe to week 46: Penny Marshall's current week (November 15th-21st)? Imamura's widely acclaimed, Black Rain, is finally due for R1 in mid-October...

I second this.

[Rowland]

Frankenheimer:

The Manchurian Candidate - 9
The Island of Dr. Moreau - 5

[Boner M]

Just noticed that Penny Marshall is the only female director on this list. That's... sad.

[Ezee E]

Just noticed that Penny Marshall is the only female director on this list. That's... sad.
Isn't it?

Breillat for next year I guess. Bigelow too. I can't think of others.

[Boner M]

Isn't it?

Breillat for next year I guess. Bigelow too. I can't think of others.
AHEM

http://www.nndb.com/people/023/000174498/claire-denis-2-sized.jpg

[Winston*]

Why are we doing Penny Marshall anyway? All we're going to get is "I haven't seen Big in 10-15 years but I remember liking it a lot" and "I saw some of Riding in Cars with Boys on TV, looked terrible". Just replace her with Denis and Boner can stop complaining.

[Melville]

Why are we doing Penny Marshall anyway? All we're going to get is "I haven't seen Big in 10-15 years but I remember liking it a lot" and "I saw some of Riding in Cars with Boys on TV, looked terrible". Just replace her with Denis and Boner can stop complaining.
Denis isn't on the list? Crazy. Mind you, I don't even know who Penny Marshall is.

[Rowland]

Penny Marshall?

Suggestions for next year:

Rowland V. Lee
Roy Rowland
Lewis Milestone
Edward Dmytryk

[StanleyK]

John McTiernan:

Die Hard - 8.5
The Hunt for Red October - 5.5
Last Action Hero - 8
Rollerball - 1

[MadMan]

Jean-Pierre Melville: Le Cercle Rouge(1970)-9.5

[Spinal]

Is Ken Burns going to be the first director to have no films qualify? I mean, I guess maybe four of you have seen Civil War and I know a few have seen Baseball, but he very rarely is discussed here.

[Winston*]

I only saw a couple of episodes of his WWII documentary. Pretty run of the mill. Is the Civil War one better?

[MadMan]

Yeah I've only seen bits and pieces of some of his documentaries. I am going to try and watch the upcoming one he's made about the state parks, but I don't always commit to these sorts of things.

[Ezee E]

He has plenty available on Netflix. Jazz is one of them. Civil War may be on there.

HIGHLY recommend Unforgivable Blackness, and of course, Baseball.

[soitgoes...]

He has plenty available on Netflix. Jazz is one of them. Civil War may be on there.

HIGHLY recommend Unforgivable Blackness, and of course, Baseball.

His problem is that a good number of his films are 10+ hours. I'm interested in a couple of his works, but don't see myself investing the time to watch any of them before his week. I have seen Baseball and Civil War, but I watched them when they first came on TV years ago.

[Ezee E]

His problem is that a good number of his films are 10+ hours. I'm interested in a couple of his works, but don't see myself investing the time to watch any of them before his week. I have seen Baseball and Civil War, but I watched them when they first came on TV years ago.
Unforgivable Blackness is three hours, and many of the Instant Watch movies are an acceptable length.

[Raiders]

I have seen five of Burns' films. Civil War, Baseball and Unforgivable Blackness are good, Jazz is not and I remember almost nothing of The Shakers which I think I viewed in my freshman year in some world culture/religion class.

He's worth doing though I do think no film will have at more than five or six votes.

[Ezee E]

soitgoes is looking to take some time away from MC, and will no longer be putting scores together for the consensus'. If anyone is interested, please let me know!

[StanleyK]

soitgoes is looking to take some time away from MC, and will no longer be putting scores together for the consensus'. If anyone is interested, please let me know!

I can do it; I have free time, and I like calculating and tallying and stuff.

[StanleyK]

I took that as a yes and just went ahead and posted it; hope it's all right.

[Ezee E]

HHH:
Millennium Mambo - 4

[Stay Puft]

Oh, yeah, guess I should put these here (for Hou):

A City of Sadness - 7
Millennium Mambo - 9
Three Times - 8
Flight of the Red Balloon - 9