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Poll Question: Pick your favorite out of mine
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KUBRICK!
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Originally posted by Pekka Pekka wrote:

I misread the title as My favorite dictators.

Looking at the list, that's not too far off, actually. LOL
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A toss up between Kubrick and Ridley Scott and I eventually went for the former - 2001, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon and Dr Stangelove would be pretty impressive on anyone's CV.

My personal favourites are Alfred Hitchcock, Sergio Leone and Nicholas Roeg. The latter seems to get forgotten a bit but he had an incredible run of unique films with Performance, Walkabout, Don't Look Now and The Man Who Fell To Earth.
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Well Kubrick is amazing, but I'll vote for Lynch, since he is generally an underrated director.Smile
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Originally posted by Jimbo Jimbo wrote:

From your list, it's a toss-up between Lynch and Kubrick...

Has Krzysztof Kieslowski been mentioned yet? Jim Jarmusch?

Also, Asia has been neglected so far, what about:

Wong Kar-Wai, Kim Ki-Duk, Chan-wook Park, Hayao Miyazaki

(I'm not saying you should've put these on your list, just pointing out some of my favorites that haven't been mentioned yet).

Miyazaki is one of my favorites too. I watched Spirited Away (with English subs) and it was great. I think I might watch it again pretty soon now that I think about it.
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I misread the title as My favorite dictators.
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Originally posted by Matthew T Matthew T wrote:

Martin Scorsese...................just saw Gomorrah recentlyThumbs Up


Mm? He was just a presenter for the USA release. Wink
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From your list, it's a toss-up between Lynch and Kubrick...

Has Krzysztof Kieslowski been mentioned yet? Jim Jarmusch?

Also, Asia has been neglected so far, what about:

Wong Kar-Wai, Kim Ki-Duk, Chan-wook Park, Hayao Miyazaki

(I'm not saying you should've put these on your list, just pointing out some of my favorites that haven't been mentioned yet).
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Points: 65760 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 10 2009 at 02:27
I voted Kubrick without reading any of the other director's names, 'cause he's awesome 'n' stuff. 2001 is probably my favorite movie too, but I haven't seen all of his movies, Dr. Strangelove was hilarious though.
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Martin Scorsese...................just saw Gomorrah recentlyThumbs Up
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Roman Polanski 
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Federico Fellini. I like neorealistic Italian movies. Aronofsky , Ridley Scott and Zean Luc Goddard are coming too close.


Edited by inrainbows - October 09 2009 at 18:04
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One more vote for Kubrick, like you my favorite movie is probably 2001.  Good choices though, Lynch was probably my second and Scott my third. 
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David Lynch. I watched Inland Empire this evening for the second time, and it was just as brilliant as the first time. The mood in the movie is so dark and menacing... absolutely fantastic! 
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Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:

Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

I have to add Roman Polanski, Francois Truffaut, Fritz Lang, Akira Kurosawa (who directed my favorite movie "Rashomon"), Rainer Werner Fassbinder and the greatest of all, Charlie Chaplin
Why? They are not my favorites...Wink
 
I MUST watch some Fassbinder, specially Welt amd Draht!!!
Kurosawa, I only saw 7 Samurais... failed to see the hype about it, I will probably watch it again though. And haven´t seen Rashomon... yet!
Fritz Lang would have made it, from what I´ve seen from him, but I´ve seen way to little (Only M and Metropolis)
Truffaut is (in my eyes) a better screenwriter than director, but that´s just me. I prefer Goddard´s iconoclastic style
Chaplin... was a genius, but his directing is not what stands out in my eyes
Polanski... is in my opinion one of the most overrated directors... he is good and has done good movies, but I wouldn´t put him in the top along with the other greats

well, "Rosemary's Baby"! is in my opinion the best horror movie ever.. and "Chinatown" and his first movie, "The Knife in the Water", are great too. and not to forget "The Fearless Vampire Killers".
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Part 2: http://tinyurl.com/7wona8
Part 3: http://tinyurl.com/7x4p4x
Part 4: http://tinyurl.com/7cxrqw
Part 5: http://tinyurl.com/6wowse
Part 6: http://tinyurl.com/8m5lb5
Part 7: http://tinyurl.com/962mdk
Part 8: http://tinyurl.com/8vgrou
Part 9: http://tinyurl.com/7gf68k
sadly sound and picture are asynchronous in part 8 of this youtube version, but I hope you can overlook that; it is my favorite part of the movie. that clumsy and cowardly sword fight. quite the opposite of what the bandit tells in the beginning!



 
The only movie I've seen from Polanski... yep... Rosemary's baby is the finest piece of suspence/horror film ever...
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Tough... I like Welles and Fincher... both are great... Fincher is quite unique in his detail loving so I vot for him... but to be honest... I have to say my favorite is Robert Zemeckis... quite brilliant in visual effects and long and slow shots with realism on developing image... you have seen "Roger Rabbit", "Back to the Future", "What lies beneath", "Contact" and "Cast Away"... yep... I said so...!!!
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Originally posted by 1800iareyay 1800iareyay wrote:

The Royal Tenenbaums is the only Wes Anderson film I've truly loved. I like Life Aquatic and Rushmore, but they're not all that. Bottle Rocket barely even feels like a Wes Anderson film and manages to really stretch its short running time into boredom. And I though Darjeeling Limited was an exercise in facile symbolism and painful unfunniness.
Darjeeling was pretty much a fan-only movie. If you really like Anderson, chances are you´ll love it. If you don´t...chances are you´ll hate it. It´s Anderson´s Tales of topographic oceans jejeje... I of course loved it.
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The Royal Tenenbaums is the only Wes Anderson film I've truly loved. I like Life Aquatic and Rushmore, but they're not all that. Bottle Rocket barely even feels like a Wes Anderson film and manages to really stretch its short running time into boredom. And I though Darjeeling Limited was an exercise in facile symbolism and painful unfunniness.
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Originally posted by TheCaptain TheCaptain wrote:

I picked Wes Anderson in a moment of fiery passion but I wish I could take it back and vote for Kubrick. I've only seen Rushmore and The Life Aquatic by Anderson and I thought they were both wonderful (especially Rushmore). But Kubrick has so many more and better movies. I really don't know why I didn't pick him.

Then you have yet to see my two favorites of him: The excentric Tennenbaums and The Daarjeling Limited (which is my favorite)
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Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:

I liked it far more than Seven samurais, which I will try to see again anyways

*narrows eyes, draws samurai sword cardboard tube*

Oh, and if anyone's interested in Kurosawa, Amazon is having a big deal at the moment on indie and foreign films, and you can get the normally outrageous Criterion DVDs for like 26 apiece (which is a massive steal). Last night I ordered Ran, Ikiru, and High and Low; the first two because I rented them and didn't want to return them and the third because it's acclaimed and, quite simply, because it's Kurosawa.


Edited by 1800iareyay - January 17 2009 at 17:23
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