Sight and Sound 2022: The Bridesmaids Poll

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Here are all the movies that came in (or tied for) second place in their respective polls. Which of these 20 contenders will achieve ILX redemption?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
THE COLOUR OF POMEGRANATES (Sergei Paradjanov; USSR; 1968)	4
DUCK SOUP (Leo McCarey; USA; 1933)	4
TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (David Lynch; USA; 1992)	4
WHERE IS THE FRIEND’S HOUSE? (Abbas Kiarostami; Iran; 1987)	4
L’ARGENT (Robert Bresson; France; 1983)	3
TAXI DRIVER (Martin Scorsese; USA; 1976)	3
FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI (Hou Hsiao-hsien; Taiwan; 1998)	3
CASABLANCA (Michael Curtiz; USA; 1942)	3
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (Powell & Pressburger; UK; 1946)	3
ALL ABOUT EVE (Joseph L. Mankiewicz; USA; 1950)	2
CHUNGKING EXPRESS (Wong Kar Wai; Hong Kong; 1994)	2
LA RÈGLE DU JEU (Jean Renoir; France; 1939)	2
NASHVILLE (Robert Altman; USA; 1975)	2
SHERLOCK JR. (Buster Keaton; USA; 1924)	2
BARRY LYNDON (Stanley Kubrick; UK; 1975)	1
A TOUCH OF ZEN (King Hu; Taiwan; 1969)	1
THE RED SHOES (Powell & Pressburger; UK; 1948)	1
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (Preston Sturges; USA; 1941)	1
WILD STRAWBERRIES (Ingmar Bergman; Sweden; 1957)	1
A MAN ESCAPED (Robert Bresson; France; 1956)	1

― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Friday, 8 September 2023 13:34 (two years ago)

A dull cliche´!

― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 September 2023 13:40 (two years ago)

Nashville forced to, once again, watch Barry Lyndon eat its lunch

― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Friday, 8 September 2023 13:41 (two years ago)

Voting Kiarostami, natch

― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Friday, 8 September 2023 13:41 (two years ago)

Touch of Zen still tagged with the wrong year!

― School of RAAC (Noodle Vague), Friday, 8 September 2023 13:42 (two years ago)

That makes sense; I cut-and-pasted from the prior polls

― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Friday, 8 September 2023 13:42 (two years ago)

Damn, Sherlock Jr vs Duck Soup is a tough call.

― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Friday, 8 September 2023 13:44 (two years ago)

L'argent

― Chris L, Friday, 8 September 2023 13:48 (two years ago)

Extremely tough. 9 of my all time faves here

― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Friday, 8 September 2023 13:52 (two years ago)

voting for A Man Escaped because already voted for my other two faves on here on other polls

― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Friday, 8 September 2023 13:55 (two years ago)

Went for Pomegranates

― xyzzzz__, Friday, 8 September 2023 13:56 (two years ago)

went for Zen, story of my life

― School of RAAC (Noodle Vague), Friday, 8 September 2023 13:56 (two years ago)

Had some more Pomegranates

― Ward Fowler, Friday, 8 September 2023 14:00 (two years ago)

At least four in my own top 50:

Sherlock Jr.
Duck Soup
The Rules of the Game
A Man Escaped

― jmm, Friday, 8 September 2023 14:02 (two years ago)

Flowers of Shanghai over Pomegranates and Lyndon. Haven't seen Sullivan's Travels.

― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 8 September 2023 20:55 (two years ago)

For me, it's a tough choice between Duck Soup and Casablanca.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 8 September 2023 20:56 (two years ago)

I love a lot of these, but am voting for Taxi Driver. Wild Strawberries is a close second

― Dan S, Friday, 8 September 2023 22:18 (two years ago)

L'Argent just beats The Red Shoes and Barry L

― or something, Friday, 8 September 2023 22:25 (two years ago)

two weeks pass...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 28 September 2023 00:01 (two years ago)

Where is the Friend’s House

― 50 Best Fellas (Eric H.), Thursday, 28 September 2023 01:09 (two years ago)

Flowers of Shanghai over Pomegranates and Lyndon.

Last week I watched Flowers of Shanghai for the first time in more than 20 years. One thing that it and Barry Lyndon have in common is the highly rigid and controlled camera work which gets disrupted by scenes of explosive anger and violence; another is shooting by candle or lamp light.

― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 28 September 2023 16:17 (two years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 29 September 2023 00:01 (two years ago)

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