THE ARTS & FAITH 100: Spiritually Significant Films
Round Two Voting: Eligible Titles
(Apr 18, 2004)

Voting is now open, and will close April 23 at midnight PDT.

First, determine how many of the following 181 nominees you have actually seen. This determines the number of votes you will be able to cast.

Second, decide how many of your votes you would like to apportion to which of the nominated films, regardless of whether you have seen the films you vote for or not. You may give from zero to five votes to any given title. (For example, if you have seen thirty of the films, you could give five votes each to six films, or one vote each to thirty films, or five each to two of your favourites and two points each to ten other films. Or...)

Third, send your ballot to me via private message, indicating;
- how many of the films you have seen
- which films you are voting for
- and how many votes you are allocating to each.

Submit your ballot carefully. The first ballot you cast will be final. Because I may receive a fairly large number of ballots, I'm not going to be able to go in and change your voting after registering it in the spreadsheet, even if you have second thoughts about which films you should have voted for.

All registered participants in the Promontory Arts & Faith Conversation are encouraged to submit their votes, regardless of whether or not they were involved in the previous round. This includes anyone who is a registered user of the Arts & Faith conversation. (Are you a registered user? If you can post a message to a thread, you are a registered user.)
This round of voting will add approximately 50 more films to our list. See "The Top 100: The First 32" for a list of the films which have already been placed on the list. For further details about this selection process, see "The Top 100: Selection Process."

If you have questions, please feel free to contact me by Private Message.

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THE NOMINEES

13 Conversations About One Thing (Jill Sprecher, 2001)
28 Days Later (Danny Boyle, 2003)
About Schmidt (Alexander Payne, 2002)
Addiction, The (Abel Ferrara, 1995)
After Life (Wandafuru raifu, Hirokazu Koreeda, 1998)
Agnes Of God (Norman Jewison, 1985)
Amadeus (Milos Forman, 1984)
Amateur (Hal Hartley, 1994)
American Beauty (Sam Mendes, 1999)
American History X (Tony Kaye, 1998)
Amistad (Steven Spielberg, 1997)
Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979)
Argent, l' (Robert Bresson, 1983)
Au Hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)
Bad Lieutenant (Abel Ferrara, 1992)
Baraka (Ron Fricke, 1992)
Barcelona (Whit Stillman, 1994)
Becket (Peter Glenville, 1964)
Bedazzled (Stanley Donen, 1967)
Believer, The (Henry Bean, 2001)
Ben Hur (William Wyler, 1959)
Bicycle Thief, The (Ladri di biciclette, Vittorio De Sica, 1948)
Black Robe (Bruce Beresford, 1991)
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
Book Of Life, The (Hal Hartley, 1998)
Brief History of Time, A (Errol Morris, 1991)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (Franco Zeffirelli, 1972)
Bruce Almighty (Tom Shadyac, 2003)
Changing Lanes (Roger Michell, 2002)
Chariots Of Fire (Hugh Hudson, 1981)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977)
Close-Up (Nema-ye Nazdik, Abbas Kiarostami, 1990)
Code Unknown (Code inconnu, Michael Haneke, 2000)
Color Purple, The (Steven Spielberg, 1985)
Contact (Robert Zemeckis, 1996)
Cool Hand Luke (Stuart Rosenberg, 1967)
Cry In The Dark, A (Fred Schepisi, 1988)
Cry The Beloved Country (Darrell Roodt, 1995)
Day of Wrath (Vredens dag, Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1943)
Day The Earth Stood Still, The (Robert Wise, 1951)
Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978)
Dersu Uzala (Akira Kurosawa, 1975)
Do The Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989)
Dogville (Lars von Trier, 2003)
Dolce Vita, La (Federico Fellini, 1960)
Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde (Mamoulian, 1931)
Dreamlife Of Angels, The (La Vie rêvée des anges, Erick Zonca, 1998)
Elephant Man (David Lynch, 1980)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)
Faces (John Cassavetes, 1968)
Far Away, So Close (In weiter Ferne, so nah!, Wim Wenders, 1993)
Fearless (Peter Weir, 1993)
Fiddler On The Roof (Norman Jewison, 1971)
Field Of Dreams (Phil Alden Robinson, 1989)
Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)
Fisher King, The (Terry Gilliam, 1991)
Flowers of St Francis, The (Francesco, giullare di Dio, Roberto Rossellini, 1950)
Freaks (Todd Browning, 1932)
Funeral, The (Abel Ferrara, 1996)
Gandhi (Richard Attenborough, 1982)
Gates Of Heaven (Errol Morris, 1978)
Gladiator (Ridley Scott, 2000)
Godspell (David Greene, 1973)
Grand Canyon (Lawrence Kasdan, 1991)
Green Mile, The (Frank Darabont, 1999)
Green Ray, The (Le Rayon vert, Eric Rohmer, 1986)
Hannah and Her Sisters (Woody Allen, 1986)
Hardcore (Paul Schrader, 1979)
Heaven (Tom Twyker, 2002)
Hell House (George Ratliff, 2001)
Henry Fool (Hal Hartley, 1997)
Henry V (Kenneth Branagh, 1989)
Hiding Place, The (James F. Collier, 1975)
How Green Was My Valley (John Ford, 1941)
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (William Dieterle, 1939)
Ice Storm, The (Ang Lee, 1997)
Ikiru (To Live, Akira Kurosawa, 1952)
In The Mood For Love (Fa yeung nin wa, Kar Wai Wong, 2000)
In This World (Michael Winterbottom, 2002)
Insider, The (Michael Mann, 1999)
Intolerance (D.W. Griffith, 1916)
Iron Giant (Brad Bird, 1999)
Italian For Beginners (Italiensk for begyndere, Lone Scherfig, 2000)
Jean de Florette (Claude Berri, 1986)
Jesus Christ, Superstar (Norman Jewison, 1973)
Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1983)
Last Days of Disco, The (Whit Stillman, 1998)
Last Laugh (F.W. Murnau, 1924)
Life & Passion of Christ (Ferdinand Zecca, 1903)
Life Is Beautiful (La Vita è bella, Roberto Benigni, 1997)
Life Of Brian, The (Terry Jones, 1979)
Lord Of The Rings trilogy (Peter Jackson, 2001-2003)
M (Fritz Lang, 1931)
Malcolm X (Spike Lee, 1993)
Man Escaped, A (Robert Bresson, 1957)
Man For All Seasons, A (Fred Zinnemann, 1966)
Man Without A Past, The (Mies vailla menneisyyttä , Aki Kaurismaki, 2002)
Manon of the Springs (Manon des sources, Claude Berri, 1986)
Master & Commander (Peter Weir, 2003)
Matrix, The (Andy & Larry Wachowski, 1999)
Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)
Milky Way (La Voie lactée, Luis Bunuel, 1969)
Miracle Maker (Derek W. Hayes / Stanislav Sokolov, 2000)
Mirror, The (Zerkalo, Andrei Tarkovsky, 1975)
Miserables du vingtieme siecle, Les (Les miserables, Claude Lelouch, 1995)
Miserables, Les (Bille August, 1998)
Molokai
Monsieur Abraham
Moses (Roger Young, 1996)
My Dinner With Andre
My Night At Maude's (Eric Rohmer)
Nazarin (Luis Bunuel, 1958)
Night Of The Hunter, The (Charles Laughton, 1955)
Nights Of Cabiria (Federico Fellini)
Nostalgia (Nostalghia, Andrei Tarkovsky)
Not Of This World (Fuori dal mondo, Giuseppe Piccioni, 1999)
O Brother Where Art Thou (Joel & Ethan Coen)
On The Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)
Open City (Roma, Citta Aperta, Roberto Rossellini, 1946)
Panther Panchali
Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick)
Perceval (Eric Rohmer)
Pi (1998)
Pickpocket, The (Robert Bresson)
Places In The Heart
Pleasantville (Gary Ross)
Prince Of Egypt (1998)
Pulp Fiction
Punch-Drunk Love (P.T. Anderson, 2002)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)
Rapture, The
Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa)
River Runs Through It, A
Robe, The
Romero
Sacrifice, The (Offret, Andrei Tarkovsky, 1986)
Shadowlands (Richard Attenborough, 1993)
Shawshank Redemption, The (Frank Darabont)
Signs (M. Night Shyamalan, 2002)
Silence, The (Tystnaden, Ingmar Bergman, 1963)
Sixth Sense, The (M. Night Shyamalan, 2002)
Sling Blade
Smoke
Solaris (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1974)
Son Of Man
Songs From The Second Floor
Spitfire Grill, The
Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1974)
Star Wars, the original trilogy (George Lucas, 1977; Irvin Kreshner, 1980; Richard Marquand, 1983)
Stevie (2003)
Sunrise (F.W. Murnau)
Sweet Hereafter, The
Ten Commandments, The (Cecil B. DeMille, 1923)
Ten Commandments, The (Cecil B. DeMille, 1956)
Therese (Alain Cavalier, 1986)
Third Miracle, The
Time Bandits (Terry Gilliam)
Time of the Wolf (Michael Haneke, 2003)
To End All Wars
Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu)
Tree Of Wooden Clogs, The (Ermanno Olmi)
Trip To Bountiful
Truman Show, The (Peter Weir, 1998)
Ulee's Gold
Umberto D (Vittorio De Sica)
Unbreakable (M. Night Shyamalan, 2000)
Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992)
Vanya On 42nd Street (Louis Malle)
Walk To Remember, A
Whistle Down The Wind
Widow of St. Pierre, The
Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
Wind Will Carry Us, The (Abbas Kiarostami, 1999)
Winter Light (Nattvardsgasterna, Ingmar Bergman, 1963)
Wit
Witness (Peter Weir, 1984)
X2 (Bryan Singer, 2003)
Year Of Living Dangerously, The (Peter Weir, 1982)
Yi-Yi
You Can Count On Me

The following have have voted;
For various reasons, some of you have some extra votes you may still cast if you wish: if so, the number of remaining votes is noted in brackets after your name. Get 'em to me by midnight tonight (Pacific Time) and I'll incorporate them.

(M)Leary
ALAN
Alvy
ANDREW (4)
Anne
ASHER
BA (6)
BethR (5)
CHRISTIAN
Clint M
DARREL MANSON (3)
DIANE
Doug C
douggimmick
JASON BORTZ
Jeffrey Overstreet (13)
John
M Dale Prins
MattPage
Mike Hauser (32)
mike h
NEZPOP
Peter Veugelaers
Rich Kennedy
robdolan (33)
Ron
Russell Lucas
schilleriana
SDG
seth
solishu:
SoNowThen
stef
Tim Willson
WhyFjord

Voting closes midnight Friday.

FWIW, I sent out a mass e-mail to all board users reminding them of this deadline.

Oh, and I've also got the attached MS-Excel spreadsheet that might be helpful for those still figuring out how to vote. Just use it, putting a "1" in the first column next to every movie you've seen. Then cast votes (0-5) for each movie you've seen, keeping the votes remaining 0 or higher.

It was already decided, gang: the trilogies are all combined, including the Three Colours films, as is/are Dekalog. And I think it makes perfect sense to combine Manon and Jean. That only affects a couple voters: in one or two instances that results in someone now having some extra votes to cast, in which cases it's noted in the tally of voters posted above.

Thanks for sending out the email reminder, Alan - much appreciated! Definitely seems to have precipitated a new round of ballots.

How do you know your votes have been counted? Check the voter tally above: if your name's not there, I maynot have received your ballot. In such cases, feel free to re-send your list and/or temporarily post it to this thread.

Mostly, this thread isn't for discussion - normally it's locked, I just unlock it to refresh the data, which is why I've deleted a few of the preceding posts. So I encourage you to post discussion of other questions within the regular forum, but I will leave it open until midnight for anyone who wants to temporarily post their ballot here.

One other point: I've started receiving ballots where people are piling huge numbers of votes on specific films. No can do. Up to five votes per title, gang - that's all.

Having fun,

Ron

Here are the results of our Round Two voting, to select as many as fifty more films to add to the thirty-two selected by our first round panel. Thirty-five ballots were received and counted: forty-nine films received 18 votes or more, and have been added to the A&F Top 100.

The number preceding the title is the ranking of the film in the Round Two ballot: many selections were tied, receiving an equal number of votes. The number following the title represents the number of votes received by that film.

1 Lord Of The Rings 62
2 Chariots Of Fire 53
3 13 Conversations About One Thing 43
4 Stalker 35
5 Au Hasard Balthazar 34
5 Night Of The Hunter 34
7 Ikiru 31
8 Dogville 29
8 Signs 29
8 Bicycle Thief 29
8 Shadowlands 29
12 Stevie 28
13 Matrix, The 27
13 Mirror, The ("Zerkalo") 27
13 Sacrifice, The ("Offret") 27
13 Shawshank Redemption, The 27
17 Day of Wrath 26
17 Prince Of Egypt 26
19 Blade Runner 25
19 Man Escaped, A 25
19 Truman Show, The 25
22 Changing Lanes 24
22 Life Is Beautiful 24
22 Man For All Seasons, A (1966) 24
25 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 23
25 Hell House 23
25 Unforgiven 23
28 Close-Up 22
28 Days of Heaven 22
28 My Night At Maud's 22
28 Sunrise 22
28 Tokyo Story 22
33 Elephant Man 21
33 Fearless 21
33 Punch-Drunk Love 21
33 Year Of Living Dangerously, The 21
37 Amadeus 20
37 Sixth Sense, The 20
37 On The Waterfront 20
40 Bad Lieutenant 19
40 Code Unknown 19
40 Fight Club 19
40 Solaris 19
40 Wild Strawberries 19
40 Grand Canyon 19
46-49 Wind Will Carry Us, The 18
46-49 Witness 18
46-49 Henry V 18
46-49 American Beauty 18

Runners Up:
Heaven 17
Bruce Almighty 17
River Runs Through It, A 17
Ben Hur 16
Do The Right Thing 16
Dolce Vita, La 16
Green Mile, The 16
Jean de Florette / Manon of the Springs 16
Nostalgia (Nostalghia) 16
Pulp Fiction 16
Fisher King, The 16
Miserables du vingtieme siecle, Les 16
Third Miracle, The 16
Addiction, The 15
Iron Giant 15
Metropolis 15
Rashomon 15
Miracle Maker 15
Amistad 15
Green Ray 14
Miserables, Les 14
Vanya On 42nd Street 14
Romero 14
28 Days Later 13
Apocalypse Now 13
Life Of Brian, The 13
O Brother Where Art Thou 13
Songs From The Second Floor 13
Star Wars 13
Sweet Hereafter, The 13
Unbreakable 13
Winter Light 13
Yi-Yi 13
Fiddler On The Roof 13
About Schmidt 12
Contact 12
Dersu Uzala 12
Pickpocket, The 12
Sling Blade 12
Hardcore 12
Places In The Heart 12
Believer, The 11
Freaks 11
Hannah and Her Sisters 11
Open City (Roma, Citta Aperta) 11
Time of the Wolf 11
Becket 11
Hiding Place, The 11
How Green Was My Valley 10
Koyaanisqatsi 10
Man Without A Past, The 10
Not Of This World 10
Spitfire Grill, The 10
Wit 10
You Can Count On Me 10
Cry The Beloved Country 10
Malcolm X 10
Barcelona 9
Gandhi 9
In This World 9
Memento 9
Pleasantville 8
American History X 8
Gladiator 8
Italian For Beginners 8
Jesus Christ, Superstar 8
Nazarin 8
Nights Of Cabiria 8
Raiders of the Lost Ark 8
Ten Commandments, The (1956) 8
Whistle Down The Wind 8
Widow of St. Pierre, The 8
Xmen II 8
Smoke 8
Dreamlife Of Angels, The 7
After Life 6
Bedazzled 6
Day The Earth Stood Still 6
Flowers of St Francis, The 6
Gates Of Heaven 6
Hunchback of Notre Dame 6
Last Laugh 6
My Dinner With Andre 6
Walk To Remember, A 6
Life & Passion of Christ 6
Molokai 6
Cool Hand Luke 5
Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde 5
Field Of Dreams 5
Ice Storm, The 5
In The Mood For Love 5
M 5
Perceval 5
Pi 5
Time Bandits 5
Tree Of Wooden Clogs, The 5
Trip To Bountiful 5
Therese 5
Argent, l' 4
Baraka 4
Faces 4
Intolerance 4
Master & Commander 4
Panther Panchali 4
To End All Wars 4
Umberto D 4
Agnes Of God 3
Book Of Life 3
Color Purple, The 3
Monsieur Abraham 3
Son Of Man 3
Black Robe 2
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 2
Far Away, So Close 2
Godspell 2
Insider 2
Moses 2
Rapture, The 2
Robe, The 2
Cry In The Dark, A 1
Funeral, The 1
Paths of Glory 1
Silence, The 1
Ulee's Gold 1
Amateur 0
Brief History of Time 0
Brother Sun, Sister Moon 0
Henry Fool 0
Last Days of Disco, The 0
Milky Way 0
Ten Commandments, The (1923) 0

For a complete listing of all films selected to date, check out The Top 100: The First 81