Favorite Directors?
Who are your favorite film directors?
David E. Fincher (of course), [i]Fight Club, The Game, Panic Room, Seven[/i]
Terry Gilliam [i]Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, King Fisher, 12 Monkeys[/i]
M. Night Shamylan [i]The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable[/i] (He should do another with Bruce Wilis to complete the Bruce Wil-ogy)[i]Signs[/i]
Chris Nolan [i]Memento, Insomnia[/i]
Tim Burton [i] Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas,[/i] many others
there probably have been 50- threads on this here saying the exact same thing but I'm a noob so indulge me.
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I think people give directors too much credit. They don't do EVERYTHING. Cinematographers contribute a lot to the look and atmosphere of a film and no one ever talks about their favorite cinematographer. Because we don't even know their names.
I like George Lucas and Steven Spielberg
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Maddetchke Malorkus [/i]
[B]I think people give directors too much credit. They don't do EVERYTHING. Cinematographers contribute a lot to the look and atmosphere of a film and no one ever talks about their favorite cinematographer. Because we don't even know their names.
I like George Lucas and Steven Spielberg [/B][/QUOTE]
Their names are usually Eastern European, even if we new them we probably couldn't pronounce them. You're right though about the look of the film.
I like lots of films and lots of directors, and most of the directors I like a lot some of the time or I like some most of the time, and it'd be sorta pointless to name every favorite director, because it's more favorite films for me, but there are some directors I love everything they have ever made, not just some of their stuff, I mean I like Aronofsky and Requiem for a Dream, but I hate PI, and I hate those fucking ants... anyway, these are but a few... with my favorite of theirs listed...
Jim Jarmusch [Down By Law]
PT Anderson [Boogie Nights]
Joe Berlinger [Brother's Keeper]
Liliana Cavani [The Night Porter]
Guiseppe Tornatine [Cinema Paradiso]
Roberto Benigni [Johnny Stecchino]
John Cassavetes [The Killing of a Chinese Bookie]
Woody Allen [Stardust Memories]
Samuel Fuller [Naked Kiss]
Whit Stillman [Barcelona]
and really, it's useless... this would take forever toname them all, r to name all good directors, but those are good...
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I can go on forever with these kind of threads but right now my favorite directors are:
Hal Hartley
Jim Jarmusch
P.T. Anderson
Todd Solondz
David Cronenberg
Russ Meyers
Takeshi Kitano
David Fincher
Neil LaButte
Bill Plympton
And some others...
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Probably Tarantino at the moment, but I really like Kubrick's take on The Shining and Fincher's work in Seven.
Then again, I might be wrong.
I never liked Kubrick. I don't get the big stink about him.
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-Tarantino (how un-original, eh?)
-Oliver Stone (The People Vs Larry Flint-favourite movie? I like his others too, apart from JFK)
-Fincher (I hear he's a gimp in real life...Se7en and Fight Club)
-Aronofsky
-Spielberg...come on, someone had to say it. E.T....
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by SnowWhite [/i]
[B]-Tarantino (how un-original, eh?)
-Oliver Stone (The People Vs Larry Flint-favourite movie? I like his others too, apart from JFK)
-Fincher (I hear he's a gimp in real life...Se7en and Fight Club)
-Aronofsky
-Spielberg...come on, someone had to say it. E.T.... [/B][/QUOTE]
Fincher's a gimp? This changes everything...
And Milos Forman of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's NEst fame directed The People vs. Larry Flynt. Oliver Stone only wishes he was this talented...
The mind is the limit. I am going to be the best personal trainer to ever exist on this earth. I am going to inspire, motivate, and change lives. I have that power. There is not a doubt in my mind that I can make you have an orgasm just from the power of my mind via the internet. I'm a giver like that. I can heal you. I can make you whole. That's Brock. That's what I do. Moving on...
In no particular order:
Danny Boyle - it all good.
Guy Richie - I loved Swept Away....
Kubrick - Full Metal jacket and The shining but NOT 2001
Tarantino - Kill Bill is his Best
Takashi Miike - fun
Luc Besson - Leon/The Professional is my best friend
Kevin Smith - Except Strike Back. It was hella lame
Jackie Chan - I 've yet to see a bad Jackie Chan directed movie
John Carpenter - Everything upto and including They Live (but no futher)
i can't believe no one has mentioned soderberg yet. He's one of the few Directors that truly direct. Behind the camera and all.
Oh, and Spielberg used to be a good director. Now he's shite. Although i have to admidt, Minority Report wasn't bad.
My list
Soderberg
PT Anderson
Aronofski
Tarantino
Kubrick
Kirosawa
Fincher
Solondz
Jarmusch
Linklater
Gilliam
Del Toro
Hitchcock
Scorsese
Bunuel
Wes Anderson
Jonez
Michael Moore
Twiker
Probably kits more that i can't think of
yea, i second the coen bros and almodovar
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Poke [/i]
[B]Martin Scorsese
Coen Brothers
Akira Kurosawa
Alfred Hitchcock
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Fritz Lang
Pedro Almodovar
Stanley Kubrick
David Lynch
Krzysztof Kielowski
Jean-Luc Godard
Francois Truffaut
Tim Burton
John Ford
Miike Takashi
Frank Capra
David Fincher
John Carpenter
Dario Argento
William Friedkin
Kevin Smith
Ridley Scott
Robert Altman
Hayao Miyazaki
Terry Gilliam
Lars Von Trier
Wes Anderson
Andrei Tarkovsky
Werner Herzog
There are more believe it or not. [/B][/QUOTE]
Very nice. This is me:
[u]Orson Welles[/u] and [u]Francois Truffaut[/u]: My top two. These guys knew their shit, that's as simple as I can put it. They [i]knew[/i] how to make movies in a way I'm sure most directors today don't understand. [i]See them!!![/i]
Up to 1970:
Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Buster Keaton, Akira Kurosawa, Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder.
1970-present:
Alfonso Cuaron, Jim Jarmusch, Philip Kaufman, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Ang Lee, Alan Pakula, Roman Polanski, Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg (fuck the haters), Peter Weir, Wong Kar-Wai.
Favorite writing:
Leigh Brackett, Scott Frank, Charlie Kaufman, Neil LaBute, W. D. Richter, James Schamus, Neil Simon, Peter Stone, Robert Towne.
Cinematography:
Gordon Willis, Slawomir Idziak, Emmanuel Lubezki, Janusz Kaminski, Doug Slocomb, Robbie Muller, Sven Nykvist, Caleb Deschanel.
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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Brock Landers [/i]
[B]Fincher's a gimp? This changes everything...
And Milos Forman of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's NEst fame directed The People vs. Larry Flynt. Oliver Stone only wishes he was this talented... [/B][/QUOTE]
My friend's dad went to a party with Fincher once.
Oliver Stone produced The People vs Larry Flint...sorry, got that wrong. I liked Natural Born Killers, Wallstreet, Platoon...kind of... :s
A lot of good directors I like have already been mentioned, so to the mix I'll add George Cukor and Sofia Coppola, even though she's just done two movies so far. I also like some of Lasse Hallstrom's and Mel Brooks' work, too.
A Vendetta production. <3
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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by fullmetalbrak [/i]
[B]A lot of good directors I like have already been mentioned, so to the mix I'll add George Cukor and Sofia Coppola, even though she's just done two movies so far. I also like some of Lasse Hallstrom's and Mel Brooks' work, too. [/B][/QUOTE]
Lasse Hallstrom is very important to me for two reasons and one film... 'My Life as a Dog". My early childhood was exactly like this film, dead mother and all. Also, my father took me to see this film when I was in grade school at a small art theatre on The University of Oregon campus. It introduced me to many things, not to mention one of the greatest things about foreign films, art films, etc... shaping the rest of my life... nudity and sex. It really dealt with it in a forthright manner, very direct yet poignant and sweet...
The mind is the limit. I am going to be the best personal trainer to ever exist on this earth. I am going to inspire, motivate, and change lives. I have that power. There is not a doubt in my mind that I can make you have an orgasm just from the power of my mind via the internet. I'm a giver like that. I can heal you. I can make you whole. That's Brock. That's what I do. Moving on...
It's hard to come up with original nominations for this catagory... and I kinda agree that director alone don't make a good movie without some good crew etc...
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Brock Landers [/i]
[B]Lasse Hallstrom is very important to me for two reasons and one film... 'My Life as a Dog". My early childhood was exactly like this film, dead mother and all. Also, my father took me to see this film when I was in grade school at a small art theatre on The University of Oregon campus. It introduced me to many things, not to mention one of the greatest things about foreign films, art films, etc... shaping the rest of my life... nudity and sex. It really dealt with it in a forthright manner, very direct yet poignant and sweet... [/B][/QUOTE]
I was going to specifically mention "My Life as a Dog," but obviously didn't. I adore that movie. Your young eyes must have been riveted to the screen as your childhood unfolded before you again. I also find something poignant about the fact this film mirrors your life. That said, I hope the thing with the bottle didn't actually happen, though.
A Vendetta production. <3
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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by fullmetalbrak [/i]
[B]I was going to specifically mention "My Life as a Dog," but obviously didn't. I adore that movie. Your young eyes must have been riveted to the screen as your childhood unfolded before you again. I also find something poignant about the fact this film mirrors your life. That said, I hope the thing with the bottle didn't actually happen, though. [/B][/QUOTE]
Actually my penis never got stuck in a bottle. However, other embarassing situations have arisen. I mean it though. His mom is my mom. I crawled on all fours and barked and bit ankles. I had moments of confused rage spill out like Owen Wilson making silent screaming faces in The Minus Man. I had that wierd uncle into music who had a "special place" away from his family. This movie and the french film Baxter about a talking dog remind me of me, who I really am, on the inside, deep in the dark recesses of my being, the childhood transformed, the shit that never leaves, the stuff that makes me who I am today... and the film me & myself starring Griffin Dunne with the talking penis... wait, it's Me & Him, the film I mean...
The mind is the limit. I am going to be the best personal trainer to ever exist on this earth. I am going to inspire, motivate, and change lives. I have that power. There is not a doubt in my mind that I can make you have an orgasm just from the power of my mind via the internet. I'm a giver like that. I can heal you. I can make you whole. That's Brock. That's what I do. Moving on...
Peter Weir, Lars Von Trier, Woody Allen, Takashi Miike, David Cronenberg, James Cameron, Paul Thomas Anderson, Q.T., Akira Kurosawa, Peter Jackson, Sydney Lumet, George Miller...
Wanna have the pants scared off you in 90 seconds?
Watch 'Laundry Day', my new horror short:
Nick Roeg and Ken Russel
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Dennis [/i]
[B]Peter Weir, Lars Von Trier, Woody Allen, Takashi Miike, David Cronenberg, James Cameron, Paul Thomas Anderson, Q.T., Akira Kurosawa, Peter Jackson, Sydney Lumet, George Miller... [/B][/QUOTE]
Peter Jackson for Lord of the Rings or...Heavenly Creatures? 
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by SnowWhite [/i]
[B]Peter Jackson for Lord of the Rings or...Heavenly Creatures? [/B][/QUOTE]
I liked Heavenly Creatures better, than again I'm a sucker for Kate Winslet's babyfat...
The mind is the limit. I am going to be the best personal trainer to ever exist on this earth. I am going to inspire, motivate, and change lives. I have that power. There is not a doubt in my mind that I can make you have an orgasm just from the power of my mind via the internet. I'm a giver like that. I can heal you. I can make you whole. That's Brock. That's what I do. Moving on...
What about Peter Jackson for Dead Alive?
A Vendetta production. <3
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Heavenly Creatures was a more worthy mention. It was just so weird- I couldn't believe that he directed LOTR, and that. When I asked if my blockbuster stocked it, they were so shocked. They had Lord of the G-Strings and not that?!
*LOL* Snow. Good gawd. They should fry.
A Vendetta production. <3
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If anyone wants to see what Peter Jackson was like before he got fat and shaggy, see his first film Bad Taste.
He plays a guy whos brain keeps falling out. You wont recognise him without a beard and a gut.
Thats him
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Thats the movie
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Tarantino, because Pulp Fiction is the greatest movie of all time.
Richard Kelly.
... but what a flick!
I'd consider the likes of Steve Buiscemi, Ridley Scott and (to a lesser extent) Robert DeNero and David Fincher decent directors based on their debuts.
aranofski(pi & requiem for a dream kicked ass!)
nolan(not so sure how batmans gonna be though)
gilliam(fear & loathing still brings out a smile)
lynch(just likes fuckin with my head.. & i like that)
fincher(gotta love the lack of light in his movies & he brought fight club alive)
burton(shame that planet of the apes was a piece of shit)
cronenburg(like shaving my eyeballs... but in a good way)
damn! theres too many to think of when you're tired, but i think POKE got alot of them.
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Last Exit [/i]
[B]
cronenburg(like shaving my eyeballs... but in a good way)
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Darn fine line... it describes his style really well. It made me smile too 
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Last Exit [/i]
[B]aranofski
nolan
lynch
fincher
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baz luhrmann, vittorio de sica, woody allen, alfred hitchcock, quentin tarantino, the coens, tim burton, frank capra, terry gilliam, danny boyle, the coppolas, spike jonze, martin scorcese, steven spielberg, spike lee, kevin smith, mel brooks, cameron crowe, federico fellini, paul thomas anderson, julie taymor, and robert altman, among others.
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i smell that pee-pee stink of elitism, dont i.
life's pretty straight without vidalia :You_Rock_
Where there's orange there's fire.
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[B]Steve Buiscemi[/B][/QUOTE]
I love Trees Lounge because of the old guy Bill in the bar.
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Tommy: So Bill, did you kill anyone in Korea?
Bill: Career? What career?
The mind is the limit. I am going to be the best personal trainer to ever exist on this earth. I am going to inspire, motivate, and change lives. I have that power. There is not a doubt in my mind that I can make you have an orgasm just from the power of my mind via the internet. I'm a giver like that. I can heal you. I can make you whole. That's Brock. That's what I do. Moving on...
michael gondry... great director...
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The mind is the limit. I am going to be the best personal trainer to ever exist on this earth. I am going to inspire, motivate, and change lives. I have that power. There is not a doubt in my mind that I can make you have an orgasm just from the power of my mind via the internet. I'm a giver like that. I can heal you. I can make you whole. That's Brock. That's what I do. Moving on...
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by SnowWhite [/i]
[B]Peter Jackson for Lord of the Rings or...Heavenly Creatures? [/B][/QUOTE]
Peter Jackson was already one of my favorite directors before Lord of the Rings even came out. Probably b/c of Meet The Feebles.
But yes, Lord of the Rings the book is one of the greatest things I have ever experienced. I read it almost every year. And so to see what a brilliant job he has done so far adapting it just makes me love him all the more.
Wanna have the pants scared off you in 90 seconds?
Watch 'Laundry Day', my new horror short:
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Wesley Sonck [/i]
[B]i smell that pee-pee stink of elitism, dont i. [/B][/QUOTE]
The thing about elitists, though: they are better than most people.
I like P.T. Anderson, Wes Anderson and Gillian Anderson, but not Paul W.S. Anderson.
.JPG "mugwump's picture")
Cronenberg kicks ass, just saw SPIDER again, man that movies weird.
Kubrick's best movie is CLOCKWORK ORANGE.
Tarantino makes movies with attitude. PULP FICTION is great, but RESERVOIR DOGS might be better.
What?
Akira Kurosawa
Alfred Hitchcock
Orson Welles
There's no one else.
It's not easy having a good time.
Even smiling makes my face ache.