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el böthy 
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 Topic: My favorite directors
Posted: October 31 2008 at 21:27 |
So here are some of my all time favorite directors. I must say before I go any further that I haven´t seen that much of Hitchcock, and what I´ve seen (the Birds, Rear window, The rope) are not that exciting for me... well Rear window kinda is, but I want to see more of him before shuffing him with my other favorites... and see if he deserves it  I invite you not only to choose your favorite from my list but to also let the forum know which, if not on this list, is your favorite director. Also, if you want, a top 5... those are always fun. AND, if you want to add your favorite movie of each director... that would just be dandy! So, here I go... - Stanley Kubrick - (THE director among directors, perfection in every second) 2001, A space odyssey (my all time favorite movie)
- David Lynch - (Twisted, artistic, weird, avant garde and genius) Mullholland drive
- Darren Aronofsky - (A technical monster with some really interesting ideas) The Fountain
- Orson Welles - ( Someone just too ahead of it´s time, there is a before and after in cinema history because of him) Citizen Kane
- David Fincher (The new perfectionist, a visual virtuoso with the darkest atmosphere and interesting twisted stories) The Fight Club
Edited by el böthy - November 08 2008 at 13:17
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Posted: October 31 2008 at 21:31 |
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Although Eraserhead is burned clear into my skull I don't think I can vote for anyone but Kubrick in this poll. Just finished watching "A Life In Pictures", actually!
Although Michel Gondry and Lynch get big honorable mentions
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Posted: October 31 2008 at 21:47 |
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Two of my favorite directors are Frank Darabont and Christopher Nolan.
From your list, I chose Ridley Scott.
By the way, has anyone seen the only movie Jake Scott (his son) directed? It's called Plunkett and Macleane, starring Robert Carlyle and Johnny Lee Miller, with Ken Stott and Liv Tyler. That is my absolute favorite funny movie of all time (perhaps tied with the Coen brothers' remake of The Ladykillers).
Edited by Epignosis - October 31 2008 at 23:39
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Posted: October 31 2008 at 22:10 |
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from your list I'd have to say Woody by far-- incredibly prolific, absolutely brilliant, and both funny and dark at any given moment.. best ones; Crimes and Misdemeanors, Zelig, Radio Days, Love and Death, Broadway Danny Rose, Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
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Posted: October 31 2008 at 22:24 |
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No Coens Brothers love? :( Fargo may be my favorite movie ever, although of course I cannot deny that The Godfather is better.
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Posted: November 01 2008 at 01:40 |
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Marty is a brilliant director and its bullsh*t he won the Oscar for a poor remake. Woody is great too. People don't give Woody the respect he deserve for his directing work. All the others listed are mostly great. Can't stand that lame-o Francis Ford. The guy makes three great movies (The Conversation, Godfather I & II) and suddenly he is mr. popular and highly acclaimed? He hasn't done much worthwhile since Godfather II and he was a producer for the turd pile known as "Supernova".
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Posted: November 01 2008 at 02:35 |
 BroSpence wrote:
Marty is a brilliant director and its bullsh*t he won the Oscar for a poor remake. Woody is great too. People don't give Woody the respect he deserve for his directing work. All the others listed are mostly great. Can't stand that lame-o Francis Ford. The guy makes three great movies (The Conversation, Godfather I & II) and suddenly he is mr. popular and highly acclaimed? He hasn't done much worthwhile since Godfather II and he was a producer for the turd pile known as "Supernova". |
I haven't seen Apocolypse Now yet, but if it sucks I'm blaming Marlon Brando for being a jerk, not him.
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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Posted: November 01 2008 at 07:03 |
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I couldn't vote here because Ed Wood, the greatest Hollywood director who ever graced a movie set with his magical vision is not on the list.
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Posted: November 01 2008 at 07:11 |
Great list,here is my top 3:
1 Sergio Leone
2 Stanley Kubrick
3 Sam Peckinpah
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el böthy
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Posted: November 01 2008 at 12:13 |
Henry Plainview wrote:
BroSpence wrote:
Marty is a brilliant director and its bullsh*t he won the Oscar for a poor remake. Woody is great too. People don't give Woody the respect he deserve for his directing work. All the others listed are mostly great. Can't stand that lame-o Francis Ford. The guy makes three great movies (The Conversation, Godfather I & II) and suddenly he is mr. popular and highly acclaimed? He hasn't done much worthwhile since Godfather II and he was a producer for the turd pile known as "Supernova". |
I haven't seen Apocolypse Now yet, but if it sucks I'm blaming Marlon Brando for being a jerk, not him. |
I donñy know who I should slap harder in the face, BroSpence for saying Ford never did anything more than three movies and not including Apocalypse now, which is the greatest war movie ever made and his achievement as director (along with Godfather 2) or Henry Plainview for saying that Apocalypse might suck, even if he did not see it, because of Marlon Brando... who is genius in that movie... please know what you are bashing before bashing it!
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Posted: November 01 2008 at 14:59 |
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Gona have to be Ridley. The first Alien film was incredible and possibly one of the greatest films of all time. The atmosphere is so dark and the whole film is unnerving most of the way through, the suspense is yet to be touched. And Ridley managed to get all this out of n extremely low budget. He is, in the true sense of the word, a genius.
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Posted: November 01 2008 at 15:08 |
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Posted: November 01 2008 at 15:32 |
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I'm a big fan of lot of those directors (especially Kubrick, Allen and Lynch) but I just have to vote for Orson Welles. If only for Citizen Kane.
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Posted: November 01 2008 at 15:42 |
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I'm far from a movie buff, but the works of David Lynch never fail to entice and engross me in every way.
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Posted: November 01 2008 at 20:10 |
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Stanley Kubrick is the MASTER. He's ahead of every one, not only the ones in this list. The second preferred from this ones, is Ridley Scott, the third is David Lynch.
Edited by Philip - January 07 2009 at 17:33
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BroSpence
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Posted: November 02 2008 at 02:49 |
Henry Plainview wrote:
BroSpence wrote:
Marty is a brilliant director and its bullsh*t he won the Oscar for a poor remake. Woody is great too. People don't give Woody the respect he deserve for his directing work. All the others listed are mostly great. Can't stand that lame-o Francis Ford. The guy makes three great movies (The Conversation, Godfather I & II) and suddenly he is mr. popular and highly acclaimed? He hasn't done much worthwhile since Godfather II and he was a producer for the turd pile known as "Supernova". |
I haven't seen Apocolypse Now yet, but if it sucks I'm blaming Marlon Brando for being a jerk, not him. |
Whoops! I forgot about Apoc Now. That was a good film indeed. Best war film? I don't know about that (I'm partial to Full Metal Jacket), but it was certainly worthwhile to see and own (I have it on one those high tech boxes known as VHS). MY MISTAKE!
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Posted: November 02 2008 at 03:18 |
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from the list, David Fincher, overall, Tim Burton, though my fave movie ever is "American History X"...
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-music is like pornography...
sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more...
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Posted: November 02 2008 at 05:35 |
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Ed Wood. And that's my final answer.
Edited by Vibrationbaby - November 02 2008 at 05:35
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el böthy
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Posted: November 02 2008 at 08:43 |
BroSpence wrote:
Henry Plainview wrote:
BroSpence wrote:
Marty is a brilliant director and its bullsh*t he won the Oscar for a poor remake. Woody is great too. People don't give Woody the respect he deserve for his directing work. All the others listed are mostly great. Can't stand that lame-o Francis Ford. The guy makes three great movies (The Conversation, Godfather I & II) and suddenly he is mr. popular and highly acclaimed? He hasn't done much worthwhile since Godfather II and he was a producer for the turd pile known as "Supernova". |
I haven't seen Apocolypse Now yet, but if it sucks I'm blaming Marlon Brando for being a jerk, not him. |
Whoops! I forgot about Apoc Now. That was a good film indeed. Best war film? I don't know about that (I'm partial to Full Metal Jacket), but it was certainly worthwhile to see and own (I have it on one those high tech boxes known as VHS). MY MISTAKE! |
Full Metal Jacket is incredible also, specially the first part for me. But Apocalypse now is just so epic and ends up taking such an unexpected turn unlike any war movie I´ve ever seen... and Brando is incredible
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Posted: November 03 2008 at 13:41 |
Well you forgot the Coen brothers
so my vote get to them
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