Comments on: Sight And Sound Top 250 By The Numbers: And The Auteur With The Most Films Is… https://staging2.theplaylist.net/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-20120817/ Fri, 13 May 2016 11:44:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 By: StephenM https://staging2.theplaylist.net/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-20120817/#comment-70984 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:44:43 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-107028/#comment-70984 I believe Jean-Luc Godard has the most films mentioned by voters overall, at 27. John Ford is second with 22. I think Hitchcock is third with 19. (Though I'm remembering this from counting late last night, so you probably ought to check my numbers.)

]]> By: Paul https://staging2.theplaylist.net/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-20120817/#comment-70992 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:44:43 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-107028/#comment-70992 Geez. It's just a list, why hold it up on such a holy grail to dissect endlessly? Can't believe you waste this much time with it, so many useless features.

]]> By: Forrest Cardamenis https://staging2.theplaylist.net/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-20120817/#comment-70991 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:44:43 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-107028/#comment-70991 Hawks does have a film (Rio Bravo) in the top 100, at #63. There are also a number of titles that also tied at #235 but aren't displayed on the top 250 that should get their due (and factor into the count for films from each decade), receiving as many votes as some that did appear. Among them are Weerasethakul's "Willfully Yours," The Big Lebowski, The White Ribbon, two Kiarostami's (Where Is My Friend's House and The Wind Will Carry Us), Hou's "The Puppetmaster," Belle De Jour, Flowers of Shanghai, All About My Mother, Throne of Blood (which ties Kurosawa with his compatriots), a pair of Cassavetes films, and more.

]]> By: Fitra https://staging2.theplaylist.net/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-20120817/#comment-70990 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:44:43 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-107028/#comment-70990 I think all of Malick's films are featured on the list, including one mention for The New World. Maybe he's the only filmmaker in history of cinema whose total oeuvre is selected by at least one participant. But then again, he only has five films, though it will eventually change soon!

The more films he makes, we are all the richer for it. More power to him.

]]> By: Forrest Cardamenis https://staging2.theplaylist.net/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-20120817/#comment-70989 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:44:43 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-107028/#comment-70989 The search is broken, but if you look up the director of any of those other films I mentioned, after you click and get to the page where it says how many votes there are, there should be a mini-scroller on the right side where you can see all the films that tie for #235. There's probably 20 or 30 more that could be displayed in the top 250 but aren't because of lack of room.

]]> By: Duddi https://staging2.theplaylist.net/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-20120817/#comment-70988 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:44:43 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-107028/#comment-70988 Wow, i just noticed what a GREAT movie they've missed – "AMADEUS" – is not included, that makes the list kind of weak ' : – (

]]> By: wes https://staging2.theplaylist.net/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-20120817/#comment-70987 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:44:43 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-107028/#comment-70987 I only see six films listed for Bresson and the Archers… Did I miss something?

]]> By: Wes https://staging2.theplaylist.net/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-20120817/#comment-70986 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:44:43 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-107028/#comment-70986 I need to see more Luis Buñuel (I've seen 3) and Roberto Rosselini (I've seen 1).

]]> By: Brian Z https://staging2.theplaylist.net/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-20120817/#comment-70985 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:44:43 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-107028/#comment-70985 Wasn't the ET re-release with the changed footage 2002?

]]> By: Dale Lloyd https://staging2.theplaylist.net/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-20120817/#comment-70976 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:44:43 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-107028/#comment-70976 I noticed this error on the list: Cries and Whispers (1957). Should be 1972.

]]> By: Steve Crook https://staging2.theplaylist.net/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-20120817/#comment-70983 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:44:43 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-107028/#comment-70983 Michael Powell got 7 titles in the Top 250 because Peeping Tom is in there as well.

Steve

]]> By: Leo Farah https://staging2.theplaylist.net/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-20120817/#comment-70982 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:44:43 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-107028/#comment-70982 Manuel de Oliveira is the oldest director on the list, with his 1978 film Amor de Perdição.

]]> By: Dood https://staging2.theplaylist.net/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-20120817/#comment-70981 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:44:43 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-107028/#comment-70981 I see no Snow White, the first animated feature ever made, and no Toy Story, the first computer animated feature made. Animation is represented only by a few films. Never gets enough respect. It seems that a lot of these films are chosen only to recognize movements and figures in film rather than the films themselves. I know it is a type of populist vote, but I think some other filmmakers and medium of films could be better represented.

]]> By: Bill Blackwell https://staging2.theplaylist.net/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-20120817/#comment-70980 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:44:43 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-107028/#comment-70980 5 Oldest Living Directors:
Second should be eighty-eight year old Stanley Donen (Singin' in the Rain).
Dancing, Elaine May, and the will to outlive Debbie Reynolds keep him vital.
If you're going to list Man with a Movie Camera and Histoire du cinema as "documentaries," shouldn't Sans Soleil join them?

]]> By: Edward Copeland https://staging2.theplaylist.net/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-20120817/#comment-70979 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:44:43 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-107028/#comment-70979 Unless they've fixed it since, on the day they announced the critics' list, they had Singin' in the Rain as a 1951 release. Pretty unforgivable since it's not like its 60th anniversary this year hasn't received any press.

]]> By: Michael Koller https://staging2.theplaylist.net/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-20120817/#comment-70978 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:44:43 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-107028/#comment-70978 So how come Joseph Von Sternberg with NINE films in the list isn't listed at all????

]]> By: Fry https://staging2.theplaylist.net/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-20120817/#comment-70977 Fri, 13 May 2016 11:44:43 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/sight-and-sound-top-250-by-the-numbers-and-the-auteur-with-the-most-films-is-107028/#comment-70977 How many female filmmakers made it to the top 100?: Only two. Chantal Akerman (36 with Jeanne Dielman) and Claire Denis (78 with Beau Travail). And out of the 250 films?: Six more, Maya Deren (though she shares credit Alexander Hammid, 102 with Meshes of the Afternoon), Vera Chytilová (202 with Daisies), Agnès Varda (202 with Cleo from 5 to 7), Barbara Loden (202 with Wanda), Jane Campion (235 with The Piano), Forough Farrokhzad (235 with The House is Black). Total number of women in the entire list: 8.

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