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I happened to glance over the movie list for this series at the Museum Of Arts And Design and thusly...

Poll Results

Option	Votes
The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg. 1964. Directed By Jacques Demy.	3
Pierrot Le Fou. 1965. Directed By Jean-Luc Godard.	2
Breathless. 1959. Directed By Jean-Luc Godard.	2
The 400 Blows. 1959. Directed By François Truffaut.	2
A Woman Is A Woman. 1961. Directed By Jean-Luc Godard.	1
Last Year At Marienbad. 1961. Directed By Alain Resnais.	1
Cleo From 5 To 7. 1962. Directed By Agnès Varda.	1
Jules And Jim. 1962. Directed By François Truffaut.	1
Vivre Sa Vie. 1962. Directed By Jean-Luc Godard.	1
My Night At Maud’s. 1969. Directed By Éric Rohmer.	0
Alphaville. 1965. Directed By Jean-Luc Godard.	0
Les Bonnes Femmes. 1960. Directed By Claude Chabrol.	0
La Collectionneuse. 1967. Directed By Éric Rohmer.	0
And God Created Woman. 1956. Directed By Roger Vadim.	0
Le Bonheur. 1965. Directed By Agnès Varda.	0
Bob Le Flambeur. 1956. Directed By Jean-Pierre Melville.	0

― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 10 August 2009 19:35 (fifteen years ago)

So many choices but "Vivre Sa Vie" is what I'd watch right now. Matter of fact, I think I will!

― Marcus Brody Ta-Dow! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 02:35 (fifteen years ago)

Bob Le Flambeur was zzzzzzz and I fuckin love Melville

― BIG HOOS's wacky crack variety hour (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 03:17 (fifteen years ago)

I know Alphaville has friends here and I think Jules and Jim might make a good showing but I'll be surprised if Breathless doesn't take this. Voted Breathless.

― BIG HOOS's wacky crack variety hour (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 03:18 (fifteen years ago)

My friend has decided to get me into Melville and Godard among others so I will be watching quite a few of these over the next few weeks.

― cockles (country matters), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 03:26 (fifteen years ago)

Between Pierrot le fou and My Night at Maud's for me. It's sort of absurd but not at all surprising that Melville and Chabrol are on this list but Rivette is not.

― C0L1N B..., Tuesday, 11 August 2009 03:32 (fifteen years ago)

Oh, I guess it's just a program rather than a list. Even so, why nothing from between '61 and '65?

― C0L1N B..., Tuesday, 11 August 2009 03:35 (fifteen years ago)

oh that reminds me, he and i are gonna watch Celine Et Julie Vont En Bateau and this time NOT start it at 1 am and thus be rendered physically unable to keep our eyes open a mere 90 minutes in, despite its manifest amazingness

― cockles (country matters), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 03:37 (fifteen years ago)

My gut reaction is to vote for My Night At Maud’s, but want to see Cleo From 5 To 7 before pulling the trigger.

― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 05:29 (fifteen years ago)

no PARIS NOUS APPARTIENT, no tick (but wld pick VIVRE SA VIE from this list)

― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 08:40 (fifteen years ago)

I could narrow it down to The 400 Blows, Cleo from 5 to 7 and Last Year in Marienbad, but no further beyond that.

― sir-mounter (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 04:08 (fifteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

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

― System, Wednesday, 9 September 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

I love Cherbourg but don't particularly consider it nouelle vague!

― A Patch on Blazing Saddles (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 10 September 2009 14:12 (fifteen years ago)

moi aussi.

― history mayne, Thursday, 10 September 2009 14:28 (fifteen years ago)

if you extend it to include demy, there are loads of more viable contenders missing like... can't remember names. kast, mocky. rivette.

― history mayne, Thursday, 10 September 2009 14:30 (fifteen years ago)

I have to guess I ended up voting Marienbad.

― boring movies are the most boring (Eric H.), Thursday, 10 September 2009 14:38 (fifteen years ago)

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