Favourite director
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Topic: Favourite director
Posted By: Piotr Buendia
Subject: Favourite director
Date 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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Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 02:51
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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. ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 04:19
| 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). |
Posted By: Piotr Buendia
Date 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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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 04:34
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Ingmar Bergman
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Posted By: thellama73
Date 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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Posted By: IVNORD
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 08:26
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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Piotr Buendia wrote:Posted By: Dean
Date 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 ------------- What? |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 09:53
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Terry Gilliam,.. and Fellini
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Posted By: el böthy
Date 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 ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Bern
Date 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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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: July 02 2007 at 19:46
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I'll take Fellini of these, but comeon no Kubrick? ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: sleeper
Date 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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Posted By: An old fart
Date 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. ------------- "Make tea, not love" |
Posted By: Piotr Buendia
Date 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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Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 14:39
| Lynch |
Posted By: Niki ( IO )
Date Posted: July 06 2007 at 04:06
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Among these...L.BUNUEL ------------- IO |
Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: July 07 2007 at 10:55
| Terry Gilliam |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date 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 By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 07 2007 at 12:47
| 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. |
Posted By: Komodo dragon
Date Posted: July 07 2007 at 13:03
i simply hate Emir Kusturica
where’s that other button from the list Bergman is ok and Cronenberg is good ------------- 
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Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: July 07 2007 at 15:53
| Cronenberg from this list. |
Posted By: paolo.beenees
Date Posted: July 07 2007 at 16:05
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FELLINI!!!!!!! You make me want to:
1 - watch his Casanova
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Posted By: Piotr Buendia
Date Posted: July 12 2007 at 16:19
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nobody voted Lars von Trier??? Europa, Breaking The Waves, Dancer in the Dark, Riget etc.etc.etc. I love the Dogma '95 movement => I love Idioterne 
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: July 12 2007 at 16:26
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My favourite von Trier film is The Element of Crime, but I don't like his modern era (since Breaking the Waves). I acknowledge what a huge artist he is, but I can't stand those films. The Element of Crime stands however in my personal top 10 or 15.
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: August 15 2007 at 14:59
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Gilliam from the list, but without Kubrick and Almovadar it's not a great poll. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: August 19 2007 at 23:19
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Gilliam and Kubrick and Speilberg an obvious choice i know but have to give him credit ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/cozfunkel/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Piotr Buendia
Date Posted: August 20 2007 at 02:28
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hey i have already said... for me Kubrick is overratted, very overrated, Spielberg is with the comercial movies and from Almodovar I saw 4 or 5 movies (which I like very much but the way) but I doesen't saw his filmography, so is not one of my favourite.:) ------------- "You are free to do as we tell you."(Bill Hicks in Revelations) |
Posted By: cookieacquired
Date Posted: August 20 2007 at 12:43
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gilliam here, but the list is a bit lacking for overall best director ------------- 
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Posted By: Pablo_P
Date Posted: August 20 2007 at 15:04
 
Well, I know only one movie directed by Kusturica - it's Black Cat, White Cat, I simply love it... 
I even have a photo from that movie in my current signature  ------------- Pablo P. |
Posted By: Piotr Buendia
Date Posted: August 20 2007 at 17:19
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He had very touching movies, with funny lines, but also very complex. Black Cat, White Cat was, in my opinion his last grand piece of art... Life is a Miracle is good, but something missing. About his last movie (which I didn't saw) I heard is in the same category. ------------- "You are free to do as we tell you."(Bill Hicks in Revelations) |