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Poll Question: Who is the greatest director ever?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 17 2005 at 13:23
I've gone for Kubrick...he was like a Chameleon, as through his 12 movies, he covered just about every genre of film, and they all range from highly accomplished to masterpieces.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 17 2005 at 13:27

Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

where are all the Italians? Fellini, Pasolini, Bertolucci, de Sica.... and how about Akira Kurosawa? ("Rashomon" is my all time favorite movie). Rainer Werner Fassbinder? how about Truffaut? Jean Renoir? Jean-Luc Godard? to name just a few French directors. I could go on and on...

that was the thought which first crossed my mind too...especially as you had bothered to include Bergman....

...and you also missed one of my faves off...Woody Allen...

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 17 2005 at 14:03
Kubrick is my all time favourite director by far. Ignmar Bergman comes in a close second, if his movies werent so often difficult to watch he would have won out.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2005 at 18:10
Ford
Wylder
Welles
Griffith
Hitchcock
Fellini
Godard
Resnais
Murnau
Kurosawa
Mizoguchi
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 19 2005 at 12:22
Stanley Kubrick.

I also enjoy the works of Frank Darabont, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Sam Mendes, Peter Jackson, Bryan Singer, David Cronenberg, David Lynch, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Tim Burton.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 19 2005 at 14:23
Most of those listed learned much of their trade from the great Hitchcock.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 19 2005 at 14:37

My vote goes to Orson Welles, but you're missing Charlie Chaplin, who was Hitchcock's biggest influence.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2005 at 14:54

Definitely, Stanley Kubrick

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2005 at 15:43
Wasn't able to vote because Woody Allen isn't an option.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2005 at 21:01
David Lynch!!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2005 at 21:04
Kubrick.

runners up include:
Terry Gilliam
Tim Burton
David Fincher (Fight Club is the best movie ever, hands down.)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2005 at 00:52
from the list:Kubrick
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 02 2005 at 15:24
TIM freaking BURTON. that man is a mad genius

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2005 at 14:58

For me it would have to be

  • Spielberg (no laghing)
  • Tarantino
  • Luc Besson
  • Tim Burton
  • Peter Jackson

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2005 at 19:37

I voted for Ridley Scott.  Scott always uses the most impressive camera angles.  He's made sci-fi films like Blade Runner and more historical epics like Gladiator and Kingdom of Heaven, which is a very underrated movie. 

Stanley Kubrick had a very authentic style.  He was very graphic and very blatent, both of those character traits seem to be missing nowadays.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2005 at 00:07

Stanley Kubrick tops this particular list for me, followed closely by Hitchcock, Ridley Scott, Francis Ford Coppola and Scorcesse

David Lynch; Quentin Tarantino; Ken Russell; Tim Burton; Peter Jackson; Ang Lee ; Akira Kurosawa and Luc Besson are among the many of my favourite directors that are not on this list. I Think Jean and Friede summarized nicely the best of European directors not here.


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