With Great power comes great responsibility. Just like
Peter Parker, every important director had a great power in the way his/her
films were/are made. With this year’s Most Influential Director’s Poll I’ve asked voters to list the director’s most significant movie.
Just in time, the new Sight and Sound poll got out the
eve of the closing of the ballots. I could that way compile those results with
the voters’ lists.
The goal here is to take the Top ten films voted and
include them into the nomination of a virtual Hall of Fame here at Le Mot du Cinephiliaque. Once the movie
is listed in the Top 10 it is sacred as a representative work of the director.
Each director needs five films to be inducted into our Hall of Fame. This way,
the list won’t have the same films over and over again. Let’s look at the first
ever list.
1. Citizen Kane
46 pts
The first film to be sacred as untouchable and casted into the Pantheon
of the Greatest Films of All Time. Welcome great Kane you are where you deserve
to be!
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey
40 pts
Having touch the second place for the first time this year, Kubrick holds
now two second place for his influence and his ultimate trip.
3. Vertigo
30 pts
The new number one on Sight and Sound poll and the number one director
on our list with its more recognized film.
Tie 4. Seven Samurai
28 pts
A great tie between two of the most important Japanese directors. It’s
amazing to see those two films battle together. Two from the same country but
so different.
Tie 4. Tokyo Story
28 pts
Even if Yasujiro Ozu is not
in the Top ten of the Most Influential Directors his film sure got lots of
praise and recognition lately.
6. Jaws
21 pts
The newest member of our select club, Steven Spielberg, cracked his way in with his greatest summer
blockbuster. Great entry despite the trends against the man’s notoriety and
talent. With Jaws he sure had
all his means.
7. Rear Window
20 pts
A personal favourite from the great Master Alfred Hitchcock. His second film in this Top 10. Impressive.
8. Taxi Driver
18 pts
Martin
Scorsese’s tale of
loneliness and disgust for everything that is ill in our contemporary world
sure gets more and more love just for its actuality and hold on the test of
time. Passing way over his other masterpiece Raging Bull, Taxi Driver is this writer’s favourite film of all time.
Tie 9. Psycho
16 pts
Third film for Hitch in this selection. A crowning achievement. No doubt
he is the most respected and admired filmmaker by the voters.
Tie 9. La règle du jeu aka The Rules of the Game
16 pts
Another tie with Hitchcock’s third entry, the Frenchman Jean Renoir more than deserved to be a
part of the Top 10 Most Influential Directors. However, making the cut with his
masterpiece in the films’ Top is more than a consolation price.
What do you think of the 10 movies nominated? What do you think of the
Hall of Fame?
5 are in my personal top ten, another 2 in my top 20, and another 2 make my personal top 75. Only Tokyo Story is left off of my top 100, though it is a close-runner-up. Basically, what I am saying is, this is a pretty solid list in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteVery strong list indeed. II'm very happy with the results.
DeleteGlad to see Rear Window in there, its one of my favourite films, and it still astounds me how tense I get while watching it, I have never felt that with any other movie and it is a family film..
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Hitchcock too! A perfectly made film.
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