Favourite Directors
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Oh yeah, Guy Ritchie and Hayao Miyazaki are awesome too. I watched a whole bunch of Studio Ghibli movies in a row once, and the only one I didn't like was directed by some other guy. (In case you're curious it was Only Yesterday, and it's so boring if anyone says they like it, it's proof they're a pretentious jerk.)
No order.
- George Lucas for star-wars.
- Steven Spielberg for Indiana Jones/ etc..
- Michael Bay for all of his movies xD.
- Peter Jackson for LoTR.
- James McTeigue for V for Vendetta.
Finally, Gore Verbinski for Pirates of the Caribbean.
- George Lucas for star-wars.
- Steven Spielberg for Indiana Jones/ etc..
- Michael Bay for all of his movies xD.
- Peter Jackson for LoTR.
- James McTeigue for V for Vendetta.
Finally, Gore Verbinski for Pirates of the Caribbean.
Jean-Pierre Melville, just for his sense of style. I've only seen Le Cercle Rouge yet, but all it does is hit plot point after plot point without ever increasing or decreasing its intensity. It sounds like it'd make for a really dull movie, but it's oddly hypnotic. I'll be trying to see Le Samourai and Army of Shadows next.
The Coen brothers are awesome. I haven't seen a movie of theirs yet that I've disliked. No Country for Old Men is sure to be a classic (though Ridley Scott's Blood Meridian will probably bite the big one), Fargo is great, and Blood Simple, their first feature, deserves far more exposure.
The Coen brothers are awesome. I haven't seen a movie of theirs yet that I've disliked. No Country for Old Men is sure to be a classic (though Ridley Scott's Blood Meridian will probably bite the big one), Fargo is great, and Blood Simple, their first feature, deserves far more exposure.
Faves:
David O. Russell (Three Kings, I Heart Huckabees)
Howard Hawks (Bringing Up Baby, Twentieth Century, His Girl Friday)
Hayao Miyazaki (Princess Mononoke, Kiki's Delivery Service)
Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill)
Runners-up:
Brad Bird (The Incredibles, Ratatouille)
Tim Burton (Big Fish, Edward Scissorhands)
David Fincher (Fight Club)
Agnieszka Holland (The Secret Garden, The Third Miracle)
Hou Hsiao-hsien (In the Hands of a Puppet Master)
Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovitch)
Wong Kar-Wai (2046)
Jake Kasdan (Zero Effect)
Abbas Kiarostami (A Taste of Cherry)
Akira Kurosawa (Ikiru)
David Lynch (Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire)
Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Prestige, Batman Begins)
Carol Reed (The Third Man)
Robert Rodriguez (Sin City)
Makoto Shinkai (The Place Promised in our Early Days)
David O. Russell (Three Kings, I Heart Huckabees)
Howard Hawks (Bringing Up Baby, Twentieth Century, His Girl Friday)
Hayao Miyazaki (Princess Mononoke, Kiki's Delivery Service)
Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill)
Runners-up:
Brad Bird (The Incredibles, Ratatouille)
Tim Burton (Big Fish, Edward Scissorhands)
David Fincher (Fight Club)
Agnieszka Holland (The Secret Garden, The Third Miracle)
Hou Hsiao-hsien (In the Hands of a Puppet Master)
Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovitch)
Wong Kar-Wai (2046)
Jake Kasdan (Zero Effect)
Abbas Kiarostami (A Taste of Cherry)
Akira Kurosawa (Ikiru)
David Lynch (Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire)
Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Prestige, Batman Begins)
Carol Reed (The Third Man)
Robert Rodriguez (Sin City)
Makoto Shinkai (The Place Promised in our Early Days)
Favourite directors:
Andrei Tarkovsky;
Jean-Luc Godard;
Yasujiro Ozu (the greatest!);
Carl theodor Dreyer;
Alexander Dovzenko;
Kenji Mizoguchi.
Andrei Tarkovsky;
Jean-Luc Godard;
Yasujiro Ozu (the greatest!);
Carl theodor Dreyer;
Alexander Dovzenko;
Kenji Mizoguchi.
Try some of his silent comedies, those are much better than his sound works.saganaw said:Why am I not surprised that a guy named Alphavillain likes Jean-Luc GodardAlphavillain said:?
Can you recommend a good movie to watch to get into Ozu's work? I've read about him and it seems like his movies would be kind of dull and difficult to watch.
For Ozu, the best place to start is the Noriko Trilogy, which is basically Tokyo Story and, uh, two others I've forgotten the names of. Get them from Tartan UK DVD for about £20/$40. Ozu's silent stuff is hard to get, but keep an eye out for "I Was Born But" (1932; good luck if you can find it), and also "Floating Weeds" (1934; available through Criterion US DVDs, packaged with the remake).
I'm loving my Ridley Scott at the minute. Alien, Gladiator, American Gangster, all brilliant films.
God just killed a kitten because of you. I hope you are proud of yourself.romitelli said:
Hmm.. I am not sure. Most of his stuff is just batshit crazy. I mean, I can sit and watch a film, but I need to be able to follow some kind of coherent plot. Dwarfs riding purple unicorns don't really cut it for me. On the other hand, he did direct *that scene from Mullholland Drive*.j-e-f-f-e-r-s said:
I am not sure if he actually directed the first bunches of Star Wars films. Even if he did, he more than made up for their goodness with the soul-shattering badness of the prequels.DuoM said:
We had a poll on him not so long back [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.80724?page=1]. He makes nice explosions but doesn't really know how to do likeable characters.Shadow Link said:
Darren Aronofsky
Pi-Surreal and awesome
The Fountain-Cerebral and creative
Requiem for a Dream-I actually don't really like this movie because of the crushing depression imparted by watching it, but there sure is EMOTION in it.
The Wrestler-I think a better title may be THIS MOVIE IS BLEAK AND WILL PUSH YOUR HUMANITY BUTTONS
Tomas Alfredson for Let the Right One in. It's in Swedish (I think) but is very worth the 114 minutes of reading. It's about vampires and based on a novel, but it's a hell of a lot better than that other vampire movie based on a novel that came out in 2008.
If you don't know what I'm referring to here, you may want to check and see if you live in a soundproof cave.
Pi-Surreal and awesome
The Fountain-Cerebral and creative
Requiem for a Dream-I actually don't really like this movie because of the crushing depression imparted by watching it, but there sure is EMOTION in it.
The Wrestler-I think a better title may be THIS MOVIE IS BLEAK AND WILL PUSH YOUR HUMANITY BUTTONS
Tomas Alfredson for Let the Right One in. It's in Swedish (I think) but is very worth the 114 minutes of reading. It's about vampires and based on a novel, but it's a hell of a lot better than that other vampire movie based on a novel that came out in 2008.
If you don't know what I'm referring to here, you may want to check and see if you live in a soundproof cave.
My favourite directors are
Stanley Kubrick-
2001: A Space Odyssey, Dr. Strangelove, The Killing, Eyes Wide Shut, Lolita, Barry Lyndon, Fear and Desire, Flying Padre, Full Metal Jacket, Paths of Glory, A Clockwork Orange, Day of the Fight, Day of the Fight, The Seafarers, The Shining, Spartacus
Danny Boyle-
Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, Slumdog Millionaire
Stanley Kubrick-
2001: A Space Odyssey, Dr. Strangelove, The Killing, Eyes Wide Shut, Lolita, Barry Lyndon, Fear and Desire, Flying Padre, Full Metal Jacket, Paths of Glory, A Clockwork Orange, Day of the Fight, Day of the Fight, The Seafarers, The Shining, Spartacus
Danny Boyle-
Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, Slumdog Millionaire