Your favourite director
Printed From: Progarchives.com
Category: Topics not related to music
Forum Name: General Polls
Forum Description: Create polls on topics not related to music
URL: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16743
Printed Date: February 22 2025 at 01:50
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 11.01 - http://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: Your favourite director
Posted By: Octamarium
Subject: Your favourite director
Date Posted: December 30 2005 at 07:02
|
I wuold like to know which is your favourite director and why? Which movie you prefer of your favourite? I love (and study) cinema, so, it could be interesting for me to know you preferences! My preference goes to David Cronenberg...I love him!!!! His best movie for me is eXistenZ....but I like all of him (Spider, M.Butterfly, Shivers, The Fly etc etc) ------------- Look in the mirror...my friend! |
Replies:
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: December 30 2005 at 07:06
|
The incomparable Martin Scorsese.My favorite films of his are Goodfellas and Taxi Driver. I am also a big fan of Tim Burton,Terry Gilliam and David Fincher. -------------  |
Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: December 30 2005 at 08:52
| Tarantino... |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: December 30 2005 at 09:32
|
I'm trying to avoid being a smart alec ... my favourite classic director (Alfred Hitchcock) my favourite French director (Francois Truffaut) my favourite comedy director (Gerald Thomas) my favourite contemporary director (Tim Burton) my favourite anime director (Satoshi Kon ... please watch this genius if you can!!!) off this list I think I like Kubrick, Lynch and Polanski
------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
but the omissions include
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: December 30 2005 at 10:10
|
Off the list, it will be Kubrick, with Polanski close behind, but I've also always had a soft spot for Woody Allen ( as most of you know... I won't go through the names that have been omitted, because Martin has already given us a flavour.. ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: December 30 2005 at 10:14
|
Terry Gilliam !
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: December 30 2005 at 11:10
|
From the list I voted Kubrick (probably my number 1) but I missed Fellini, Kurosawa, Buñuel and some others. Anyway the list is full of great directors!
------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: Octamarium
Date Posted: December 30 2005 at 11:40
|
Well...it was impossible for me to include all grat directors of this world.....I admit these ones are the first coming through my mind when I created the poll! However.....a great lack not to keep in Fellini, Allen, Tarantino, Bunuel and Burton (most of all).....I simply forgot it...damn my mind ------------- Look in the mirror...my friend! |
Posted By: Bartvarium
Date Posted: December 30 2005 at 11:45
|
You forgot Tarantino!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think the best is TINTO BRASS WHIT "FALLO" ------------- Raise your sword mighty warrior |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: January 04 2006 at 08:24
|
Kubrick from the list. I also like Scorsese and Coppola. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 04 2006 at 09:33
|
I miss Akira Kurosawa, Jean-Luc Godard and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. From that list I pick Polanski.
-------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: January 04 2006 at 10:11
|
Trotsky wrote:Posted By: Octamarium
Date Posted: January 04 2006 at 10:36
All right....I have to apologize for my omissions!!!Truly....when I made the poll.....these were the first directors passing through my mind!!but however it was impossible for me to put in all great directors of this world!!! I missed also Pasolini, Citti, Griffith, Ejzenstein, Godard, Rohmer, Kieslowski, Haneke, Singer, Kusturica (I love his Underground),Woo, and so on!!! If I could, I'll take away Spielberg (that I dislike sooooo much) or Jackson, and I'll put in some of these (or others like De Sica, Rossellini, Resnais, Renoir, Lang, Peckinpah, Sturges....too much to count)!! Sorry ------------- Look in the mirror...my friend! |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: January 04 2006 at 10:46
|
Hey no worries, Octamarium ... it's impossible to have an all
encompassing poll of this sort, even if you limit to just English
language directors ... It spawned a nice exchange ... that's the worth of your thread! Plus the revelation that fandango, Phil & I have pretty similar tastes ...  can't believe I left out Woody Allen since I've seen 15-20 of his movies ... Play It Again Sam a particular sentimental favourite! ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: Octamarium
Date Posted: January 04 2006 at 10:55
|
Allen is one of my favourite too!! I love Manhattan, Annie Hall, The purple rose of Cairo but most of all Crimes and Misdemeanors!!!! I love him also as a writer (and for his theatrical experiences) ------------- Look in the mirror...my friend! |
Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: January 04 2006 at 11:02
|
Kubrick with honorable mentions for: Spielberg, Gilliam and Tim Burton ------------- http://www.myspace.com/altaic" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/altaic ALTAIC "Oceans Down You'll Lie" coming soon |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: January 04 2006 at 12:48
|
I've voted for SPIELBERG but TIM BURTON is the best!!! |
Posted By: ShaunoNoNo
Date Posted: January 06 2006 at 12:58
|
Although I'm a big fan of Kubrick, Coppola and Spielberg; my vote goes to Scorsese. ------------- 
|
Posted By: Page to Squire
Date Posted: January 08 2006 at 09:25
|
What about Takeshi Miike ------------- I talk to the wind... It tells me to burn things |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: January 08 2006 at 11:32
|
Not a connaisseurs choice maybe, but Spielberg is my fav. director. Most of the time his movies are exciting from A to Z. I love Jurassic Park and Schindler's List especially. |
Posted By: Hemispheres
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 15:03
|
I voted for coppela because i love Apocalypse Now i also like Kubrik but he seems to be very popular so i decided to go for coppela ------------- [IMG]http://www.wheresthatfrom.com/avatars/miguelsanchez.gif">[IMG]http://www.rockphiles.com/all_images/Act_Images/TheMothersOfInvention/mothers300.jpg"> |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 15:54
Crimes & Misdemeanors is superb...but don't forget Interiors, Hannah & Her Sisters, Husbands & Wives, Another Woman & even Love & Death...all top drawer stuff! ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: January 09 2006 at 16:42
|
Tarantino...for the incredible dialogue throughout his movies. Spielberg...for Saving Private Ryan ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 15:01
|
Kubrik does it for me 2001 is the most amazing movie I have ever seen!!! where is Burton??? ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
|
Posted By: dralan
Date Posted: January 12 2006 at 19:22
| Kubrick. "A Clockwork Orange" and "Full Metal Jacket" are timeless and seem as fresh now as when they came out. |
Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 07:00
Kubrick 
|
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 07:48
|
Lots of directors missing. Out of the list Polanski. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 08:18
|
It suprised me how many people admire that child molester. ------------- |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 08:59
I separate the work of the artist from his character. Also most of his work, and in my opinion the best, is from the time before he was convicted as a child molester. And he had been the victim of a vicious crime himself (his pregnant wife Sharon Tate was murdered by Charles Manson and his gang). This is not meant to be an excuse of his own crime, but I certainly know what an effect a crime like that has on the psyche of a person. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 09:21
It was terrible what he went through with Sharon's and his unborn childs murder,but it still doesn't excuse his actions. And I just can't seperate the work of an artist from his character,especially when the crime involves the abuse of a child.He should be locked up,not praised for his movies.IMO ------------- |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 09:32
I'd have to agree with you there. Also, while he may technically be a child molester, as I understand it he slept with an underage teenage girl - illegal, and morally wrong, but there is a big difference between that and molesting pre-pubescent children, which as far as I know he has never even been suspected of. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 09:45
So should we actually stop praising the work of any living artist, because he or she may commit an unspeakable crime in the future, which would then invalidate all his efforts? I don't think this is the right approach. Polanski should certainly pay for his crime, just like any other person, but that has nothing to do with his work. This kind of behaviour is in my opinion hypocritical. Do we know about all the skeletons in the closets of other artists? "He who has a clean slate shall throw the first stone". We are all human and all prone to err and misbehave. Just because someone commits a heinous crime does not invalidate anything he did up until this point, nor does it invalidate anything he does afterwards. He should pay for his crime, and that's it. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 09:50
|
Well,I am not trying to argue with you. We just have different points of view,our moral compasses point in different directions I guess. I just can't admire the work of someone who did something I think is morally wrong.And I am no angel,and I understand that no one is perfect and we all have skeletons in our closet,but that's just the way I am. ------------- |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 10:05
|
Just imagine you show a movie like for example "Repulse" to a person who doesn't know who made it, and he says "Great movie!", and then you tell that person it is a movie by Polanski. Do you expect the person to do a 180 degrees turn then and say "Oh, in that case I don't like it?"? I hardly think so.
------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 10:19
|
I don't either. I am just telling you the way I feel.I am not trying to turn anyone against him,if you all like his work,fine.Enjoy his movies. ------------- |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 11:45
|
I go with Kubrick, but as for director still living it's Marty all the way!
|
Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 12:03
|
Marty Balin? ------------- Proud to be an un-banned member since 2005 |
Posted By: marktheshark
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 13:05
Yeah, favorite film was Surrealistic Goodfellas!
|