My Favorite Movie Directors
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Topic: My Favorite Movie Directors
Posted By: DanthraX
Subject: My Favorite Movie Directors
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 00:21
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These are my favorite movie directors and this is a sample of their amazing filmography: - Nolan: Inception, Memento, The Dark Knight - Aronofsky: Requiem For A Dream, Black Swan, The Fountain - Scorsese: The Departed, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas - Eastwood: Mystic River, Gran Torino, Unforgiven - Kurosawa: Seven Samurai, Rashomon, Yojimbo - Tarantino: Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Basterds, Reservoir Dogs - Fincher: Seven, Fight Club, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Forman: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Man On The Moon, Amadeus - Kubrick: A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining - Coens: The Big Lebowski, Fargo, No Country For Old Men - Boyle: 28 Days Later, Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire - Spielberg: Schidler's List, Catch Me If You Can, Munich ------------- I look up, I'm almost blinded by the warmth of what's inside me and the taste that's in my soul, but I'm dead inside as I stand alone... |
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Posted By: EchidnasArf
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 00:25
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Kubrick. Fellini. Wes Anderson. Almodovar. Woody Allen. < my favorites, so from the list, Kubrick. Coens come in at a close second.  ------------- http://didyouseethosebats.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Did You See Those Bats? (a few songs from my band's live radio show) 
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Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 00:30
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In this order: Kubrick Coens Arronofsky Eastwood Spielberg Scorsese
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Posted By: DanthraX
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 00:46
I've been wanting to watch a Wes Anderson movie, can you recommend me one in particular? ------------- I look up, I'm almost blinded by the warmth of what's inside me and the taste that's in my soul, but I'm dead inside as I stand alone... |
EchidnasArf wrote:Posted By: EchidnasArf
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 01:25
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Rushmore Bottle Rocket The Darjeeling Limited The Royal Tenenbaums The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Not necessarily in that order, but I'd say start with Rushmore. His best film IMO. ------------- http://didyouseethosebats.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Did You See Those Bats? (a few songs from my band's live radio show)
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 04:12
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Only Kubrick is among my 20 favorite directors from this list (ok, maybe
Coen brothers. And I'll admit I haven't seen more than one movie by
Kurosawa). Have you seen anything by Herzog, Bergman, Tarkovsky, Lynch,
Truffaut... mm? Btw: I absoluterly hated the three Wes Anderson movies I've seen. |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 04:19
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Kubrick of the ones you've mentioned. Some other favourites include Sergio Leone, Alfred Hitchcock, Nicholas Roeg and Michael Powell. ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 04:24
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Kurosawa from this list. As for my own top, I never managed to break the tie between Fellini and Tarkovsky. My favourite of the currently active directors is Woody Allen. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 04:41
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Kurosawa. Also thumbs up for Milos Forman, he made some hilarious stuff in the 60's. From outside this list Tarkovsky, Bresson, Wenders, Godard, Kieslowski, Borowczyk, Pasoloni, Trier, Kusturica etc.
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Posted By: EchidnasArf
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 15:02
 Did you see his latest Midnight in Paris? I wanted to see it in theaters but never got to it.
Lynch is really interesting. I've only seen Eraserhead (which I enjoyed immensely) and Dune (which I feel more or less indifferent towards). What other films would you recommend from him? Wes Anderson seems to be a love or hate sort of director for a lot of people. Which Wes Anderson movies did you see? ------------- http://didyouseethosebats.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Did You See Those Bats? (a few songs from my band's live radio show)
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 15:13
| Eraserhead and Blue Velvet are easily the best Lynch movies if you ask me. Elephant Man is great too but I'm rarely in the mood to watch it. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 15:13
Seeing Midnight in Paris in a Parisian cinema, in a beautiful summer night, was a must, so to say.  I would have been eligible for perfectly justified lynching, otherwise.  |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 15:29
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Posted By: DanthraX
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 15:32
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I'm not familiar with a lot of people you guys (and girls?) name here... I must admit that when I look for movies out of the mainstream I search on IMDb's top 250, and so far thanks to this I have found really good movies and directors I never had the chance to watch before, like One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Kurosawa's, Hitchcock's, Kubrick's, etc... I'm perfectly aware that those ratings means nothing in the end, but when you see a highly rated movie with 120.000 votes there's a high chance you may like it... The same apply here on Progarchives, I had discovered tons of amazing bands thanks to the ratings and the reviews, of course there's always exceptions, for example I never could get into Mike Oldfield or Magma... So from all you have mention here, I think I'm going to start looking for some Tarkovsky's films first... Thanks a lot! ------------- I look up, I'm almost blinded by the warmth of what's inside me and the taste that's in my soul, but I'm dead inside as I stand alone... |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 15:38
Well, I didn't manage anything close to that, but I did recognize every place in the opener's slideshow. No idea where the guy got picked up from, though. ------------- 
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Posted By: EchidnasArf
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 15:54
Jealous. So how was the film? ------------- http://didyouseethosebats.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Did You See Those Bats? (a few songs from my band's live radio show)
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 18:39
These three. The Darjeeling Limited The Royal Tenenbaums The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou To me they seemed very shallow, and just about being stylish. Designed for the indiecrowd or hipsters. Got Rushmore and that Puppet Movie in the house for some reason too, but haven't seen any of them yet. Proggers should enjoy checking out some of Werner Herzog films, and not only for the lovely soundtracks by Popol Vuh. Aguirre is his greatest masterpiece imo. (Fitzcarraldo and Nosferatu are essential as well) I've answered the Lynch question in my previous post. (Lost Highway is another must see). |
Posted By: EchidnasArf
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 23:54
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Well if you've already formed an unfavorable opinion of Wes Anderson, you probably won't enjoy his other films. But honestly, if you own Rushmore and haven't seen it, you should really give it a shot as it is a lot different than the 3 you listed. Don't take his movies too seriously. They're all comedies at heart. Rushmore is gold.  You own it. Watch it. Never seen the Fantastic Mr. Fox and I'm not really interested in seeing it. Never seen a Herzog film. I'll have to check those out. ------------- http://didyouseethosebats.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Did You See Those Bats? (a few songs from my band's live radio show)
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: August 16 2011 at 03:50
| Stroszek is also a masterpiece. |
Posted By: Sheavy
Date Posted: August 16 2011 at 17:03
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None for Taratino yet? I will have to go with him. Love everything he has done except the Kill Bill movies. ------------- 
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: August 16 2011 at 20:41
| Stanley Kubrick |
Posted By: Slaughternalia
Date Posted: August 16 2011 at 23:20
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I'm a big time Coen Brothers fan. Those guys crank out masterpieces like it's going out of style. Scorcese and Tarantino are also up there for me though. You have pretty much taste in directors aside from Fincher who I've always thought to be somewhat overrated ------------- I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 17 2011 at 03:44
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from your list, Eastwood- Forman- Kubrick in no particular order ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: August 17 2011 at 03:54
same her, though I want to add Mulholland Drive, which is very good. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 17 2011 at 03:55
| I am not an animal. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 17 2011 at 03:59
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from this list, Nolan by a big margin-- Eastwood bores me, Tarantino is innovative but overrated, Kubrick and the Coens have enough kudos, and Spielberg's a joke |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: August 17 2011 at 03:59
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Chaplin, Hitchcock, Huston, Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, Iñárritu, Eastwood, Coen Bros, von Trier, Bergman ... voted Kurosawa, because few days ago I, once again, saw Red Beard and still liked it so much. |
Posted By: Apsalar
Date Posted: August 17 2011 at 05:00
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Kurosawa by a long way. Couldn't care less about most of the others, then again I usually find it hard to sit through an entire film. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: August 17 2011 at 12:36
| Sergio Leone. Out of these I'll vote for the Coen bros. Scorsese did a lot of fantastic things but he also had a lot of flops IMO. |
Posted By: fusionfreak
Date Posted: August 17 2011 at 13:52
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Stanley Kubrick but my own list is as follows:1 Sergio Leone,2 Stanley Kubrick,3 Sam Peckinpah,4 Sergio Sollima,5 Sergio Corbucci,6 Clint Eastwood,7 Peter Watkins....... ------------- I was born in the land of Mahavishnu,not so far from Kobaia.I'm looking for the world of searchers with the help from crimson king |
Posted By: himtroy
Date Posted: August 18 2011 at 11:50
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I love Nolan, Tarantino, and The Coen Brothers. Nolan has my largest amount of favorites, but the Coen brothers have the Big Lebowski, so I voted them... ------------- Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell? I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 23 2011 at 13:59
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Kubrick is unsurpassed in film-making, when it comes down to imagery and metaphysics - that somehow speaks of the things we cannot. That´s just my opinion of course, but he is my all-time fave. A lot of great directors here though, but I miss Hitchcock... ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: August 23 2011 at 19:21
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Gave Kubrick the edge over the Coen brothers
If you voted for Tarantino you should probably run yourself over with a car. -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: August 25 2011 at 10:52
| Coen brothers. Special mention to David Cronenberg. |
Posted By: tupan
Date Posted: August 28 2011 at 10:34
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Akira Kurosawa is the greatest filmmaker ever. If you don't agree, you are wrong.
------------- "Prog is Not Dead and never has been." (Will Sergeant, from Echo And The Bunnymen) |
Posted By: tupan
Date Posted: August 28 2011 at 10:35
------------- "Prog is Not Dead and never has been." (Will Sergeant, from Echo And The Bunnymen) |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: August 28 2011 at 11:10
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I don't watch many films these days but I think the Coen Bros from the list. I also very much like Guillermo Del Torro and Almodovar too. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: August 28 2011 at 11:42
I don't think you meant Benicio, but Guillermo Del Toro. If it is him, I share your appreciation. I recently saw El Orfanato and loved it to death.
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: August 28 2011 at 11:51
Yes
 Guillermo the one that made Pan's Labyrinth and Devils Backbone------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: catfood03
Date Posted: August 28 2011 at 15:49
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I was going to add Walt Disney, but he didn't actually direct those classic animated films |
Posted By: catfood03
Date Posted: August 28 2011 at 16:20
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I was impressed enough by the following individual films to want to explore more from each director, so perhaps these will become future favorite directors for me... The Red Shoes (Director: Michael Powell) Sweetie (Director: Jane Campion) M (Director: Fritz Lang) Antichrist (Director: Lars von Trier) Naked (Director: Mike Leigh) |
Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: August 28 2011 at 18:18
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Nolan. ------------- I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place |
Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: August 28 2011 at 18:50
| My favorites are Stanley Kubrick, Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, and Guillermo del Torro. |
Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: August 28 2011 at 18:53
Seriously? Maybe over-rated, but definitely not a joke.
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Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: August 28 2011 at 18:56
Definitely. Two of my friends described The Royal Tenenbaums as "unbearable". I then told them pretentiously that in a few years when their tastes mature, they'll appreciate his movies.
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Posted By: tupan
Date Posted: August 29 2011 at 07:48
I think Spielberg is too "family-friendly" sometimes. ------------- "Prog is Not Dead and never has been." (Will Sergeant, from Echo And The Bunnymen) |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 29 2011 at 10:12
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 29 2011 at 11:58
Its actually the other way around. Just wait till your own tastes mature. |
Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: August 29 2011 at 15:00
Ok
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Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: August 29 2011 at 15:01
Those last three are pretty family-friendly though. I can see that. But of course Saving Private Ryan isn't exactly for kids.
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: August 29 2011 at 16:41
People actually liked Antichrist? Huh. Coens brothers for me, I don't care much about most of the others. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: August 29 2011 at 16:42
You may have just picked from the list, still: no Paul Thomas Anderson? -------------
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: August 29 2011 at 16:49
I like the Coens more than PTA. Just because I have this name doesn't mean it's my favorite movie of all time. ;-) ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: August 29 2011 at 16:55
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: August 29 2011 at 16:57
There were some nice scenery shots, that's true. But nothing else about it was remotely good. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: August 29 2011 at 16:58
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 29 2011 at 16:59
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You guys need to watch his old stuff. He has been copycatting his own work for a long while now. Check out Riget or Idioterne(The Idiots) - so much better, and Idioterne actually starts his whole love affair with fragile/insane women. It´s just original in this case... ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: catfood03
Date Posted: August 30 2011 at 20:22
I think I liked enough of Antichrist to be interested in seeing what else this director does, but I would not call it an excellent movie either. Like I said I was impressed enough with the direction to be interested further. I'd same the same for Sweetie from my list above. |
Posted By: tupan
Date Posted: August 31 2011 at 21:02
The ending of Minority Report could be better. ------------- "Prog is Not Dead and never has been." (Will Sergeant, from Echo And The Bunnymen) |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: September 04 2011 at 06:16
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First Kubrick then Spielberg
then Tarantino ------------- 
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Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: September 04 2011 at 08:38
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Love a lot of those guys, but I threw a vote to Fincher as he looked lonely. But Alfred Hitchcock is probably my favourite off the list. Kubrick and Spielbergo get a mention too ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - JazzMusicArchives. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: September 04 2011 at 11:54
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Stanley Kubrick takes my vote: People like Orson Welles, Fellini, Bernardo Bertolluci, Martin Scorsese, Cronenberg, Einsenstein, Luis Buñuel, Francis Ford Coppola, Brian de Palma, Lina Wertmuller (Seven Beauties is a masterpiece), Francois Truffaut and Wiliam Friedkin should also be mentioned among many others . Iván
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: September 04 2011 at 12:15
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^Hey Iván. I voted for Kubrick too, but then again I don´t find it particularly strange that Stanley is winning at a forum, that dwells in metaphysics, weird pictures and perhaps even more absurd stories about hares without spectacles and furry animals on Broadway. Some of the scenes in 2001, The Shining, Clockwork and Eyes Wide Shut practically screams for proggers to make into some sort of epic. Just food for thought. I also think he was one of the first directors that did without the movie orchestras (which infuriated them as hell), because why should they bother to make stuff up, when he just as well could use some of the best music that already was at his disposal? He has a fantastic way of interconnecting what´s happening on the screen to the moods and tempers of the sometimes powerful music he chooses for the scene. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: DanthraX
Date Posted: September 04 2011 at 12:20
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In just moments I'm going to watch one of the movies I haven't seen so far from Mr Kubrick, Barry Lyndon (only Paths of Glory left), 3 hours epicness here we go... ------------- I look up, I'm almost blinded by the warmth of what's inside me and the taste that's in my soul, but I'm dead inside as I stand alone... |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: September 04 2011 at 12:29
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^It moves slowly, but let me tell you - you´re in for a real treat if you´re into dramatic classical music. Again they work very well with the movie, and especially the fight scenes become so terrifyingly absurd, that you have to laugh once in a while. This is so weird to watch! ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: September 04 2011 at 17:35
| Kubrick isn't one of my absolute favourites, but he's the only director I can think of who successfully changed genre with practically every film he made. |
Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: September 27 2011 at 21:46
| Its good to see Kubrick is getting well deserved acclaim and consideration here! Kurosawa comes second. |
Posted By: Anthony H.
Date Posted: September 27 2011 at 22:52
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Tarantino.
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Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: September 27 2011 at 22:56
go to hell.
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Posted By: MillsLayne
Date Posted: October 03 2011 at 11:37
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David Fincher for me. I love pretty much every film he has directed (minus Panic Room) and that includes my all time favorite film, FIght Club. I'm really looking forward to his adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. ------------- http://gamercards.exophase.com/xbox/user/MillsLayne/" rel="nofollow">  ht |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: November 14 2011 at 04:48
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Kubrick! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxiMEousMVo&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL2A0B8AA14FF1DBF4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxiMEousMVo&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL2A0B8AA14FF1DBF4 -------------
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