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Piotr Buendia 
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 02:48 |
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This are my favourite film directors. Tarkovsky for me... is the most spiritual.
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The Whistler
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 02:51 |
Of these? Hmm. Interesting list. Neither little Timmy Burton, nor big Alfie Hitchcock is here...or Roman Polanski for that matter...so I'll say Kurosawa. He's pretty damn good AND entertaining. Yojimbo is rightly recognized as one of the greatest films ever made.
I like Gilliam too, for the record.
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BroSpence
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 04:19 |
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My absolute favorite is Marty Scorsese (although I am disappointed in him doing The Departed), but he is still an incredible director. I voted for David Lynch though. He's a nutjob and I like that. He is able to draw an intense amount of suspense and all sort of....strange things into one big ball while still directing a "normal" film like A Short Story. The only director on that list I don't think I'm too fond of is David Cronenberg. He seems too direct a lot of not so great movies that are more of a showcase for hilarious guts and gizzards and such. Although I was quite fond of Spider (with Ralph Feinnes) and Crash (not the newer one about race relations as you are probably aware).
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Piotr Buendia
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 04:30 |
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From David Cronenberg I also recommand Naked Lunch; is a surreal movie, close to the Lynch style
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Rocktopus
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 04:34 |
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Ingmar Bergman
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thellama73
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 08:07 |
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I voted Lynch out of these, but my real favorite directors (Kubrick, Tarantino, Hitchcock, Raoul Walsh) are not represented.
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IVNORD
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 08:26 |
 Piotr Buendia wrote:
This are my favourite film directors. Tarkovsky for me... is the most spiritual. |
Tarkovsky was brilliant. Absolutely original in his early works (The Mirror, Andrey Rublev), he was heavily influenced by Bergman later, even cast Erland Josephson in The Sacrifice.
Regardless, I vote for Bergman
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Dean
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 09:44 |
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Gillium from yr list, but I'd also rate Tim Burton, Stanley Kubrick, Nick Roeg, Peter Weir, Ridley and Tony Scott, the Cohen Brothers, Terry Jones and Wim Wenders
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What?
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R o V e R
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 09:53 |
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Terry Gilliam,.. and Fellini
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el böthy
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 15:21 |
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From your list Lynch
But Kubrick and Aronofsky (check out my poll... I command you to) would have been my choice also if they were listed
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Bern
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 15:27 |
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From an artistic point of view, Peter Greenaway wins for me hands down.
I also like David Lynch a lot.
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 19:46 |
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I'll take Fellini of these, but comeon no Kubrick?
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 20:13 |
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Park Chan-Wook from this list simply for his excellent Vengeance series.
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An old fart
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 20:20 |
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Stanley Kubrick! The most versatile of film directors. Is there a film genre he did not try and become an instant master on? (Well, there are, but he really operated on a daringly large scale and made several remarkable works.)
From the list, I choose Ingmar Bergman, but I have a soft spot for Terry Gilliam and Lars von Trier as well.
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Piotr Buendia
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Posted: July 03 2007 at 03:16 |
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I don't like Kubrick too much (Dr. Strangelove, 2001 and A Clockwork Orange; and The Killing a little). I prefer the works of Kieślowski, Satyajit Ray or Cocteau... but from those who are in the list I saw their filmography, even 2 times.
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Prog-jester
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Posted: July 05 2007 at 14:39 |
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Lynch
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Niki ( IO )
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Posted: July 06 2007 at 04:06 |
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Among these...L.BUNUEL
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Posted: July 07 2007 at 10:55 |
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Terry Gilliam
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BaldFriede
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Posted: July 07 2007 at 12:41 |
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From the list a tough choice between Bunuel, Greeenaway and Kurosawa; I chose Bunuel. Jean would probably have chosen Kurosawa, since her favourite movie is "Rashomon". I miss Fritz Lang and Rainer Werner Fassbinder on the list. My vote would have gone to Fassbinder, though my favourite movie ("M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder") is by Lang.
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Posted: July 07 2007 at 12:47 |
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From this list Kurosawa without question. He's arguably the most influential director of all time. His pioneering of true action, his clever writing, and just about all of his movies have been copied. Still, I do love Gilliam for Time bandits and Brazil. I agree with most every other person in that Kubrick needs to be an option.
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