You're right. I'll try to describe why I love Michael Haneke's work. I've never watched films by another director, in which the camera was more honest and more 'intrusive' towards its subject matter. Haneke is able to transform the camera into a living observer of its surroundings, and the viewer is forced (effortlessly and relentlessly) to see things through this living observer (the camera). This makes the characters palpably, almost uncomfortably real, like you're not actually watching a staged work but are intruding in the lives of real human beings. Add to this the fact that he generally works with themes that are almost too human, too close to our unconscious fears and anxieties, and does so unflinchingly. His movies rarely have scores, making the silence a deliberate intensifier of what we're observing on screen; silence is often a character itself in his movies. There's just nothing quite like a Michael Haneke work.BonsaiK said:
your favourite movie directors
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Hayao Miyazaki-Studio Ghibli films such as My Neighbour Totoro, need I say more?
James Cameron for his early work such as Aliens.
Steven Speilberg for Saving Private Ryan alone, add his other films and you get an even better director!
Peter Jackson for Lord of the Rings and Braindead
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George Lucas for StarWars.
Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction.
Of course these great people directed more films but these are the ones I liked the most.
James Cameron for his early work such as Aliens.
Steven Speilberg for Saving Private Ryan alone, add his other films and you get an even better director!
Peter Jackson for Lord of the Rings and Braindead
.George Lucas for StarWars.
Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction.
Of course these great people directed more films but these are the ones I liked the most.
Quentin Tarantino is easily the best all round director working today in my opinion. His sense of style is possibly greater than any other film maker ever with all of his films I've seen beingf effortlessly inventive yet still being filled with homage to the history of film.
Stanley Kubrick, one of the best directors ever. All of his films (or at least all I've seen) are landmarks classics in their respective genres. The main word I associate with Kubrick is perfect because thats what all his films are, or at least they're as close to perfection as is possible within their genre.
Terry Gilliam I love because while his films are far more hit and miss than either of the above he manages to infuse everything in his films with brilliant visuals and a very quirky, inventive feeling. His early work in Monty Python is some of the best comedy ever made and then films like Brazil and Twelve Monkeys are powerhouses of what film can do as a medium showing just how complex themes and plots can be in film without needing to rely on other media to be understood.
Now there are other directors I like and many other films I love by other directors but these three are the ones I feel bring the most to their films as directors and deliver truly brilliant films consistently.
Stanley Kubrick, one of the best directors ever. All of his films (or at least all I've seen) are landmarks classics in their respective genres. The main word I associate with Kubrick is perfect because thats what all his films are, or at least they're as close to perfection as is possible within their genre.
Terry Gilliam I love because while his films are far more hit and miss than either of the above he manages to infuse everything in his films with brilliant visuals and a very quirky, inventive feeling. His early work in Monty Python is some of the best comedy ever made and then films like Brazil and Twelve Monkeys are powerhouses of what film can do as a medium showing just how complex themes and plots can be in film without needing to rely on other media to be understood.
Now there are other directors I like and many other films I love by other directors but these three are the ones I feel bring the most to their films as directors and deliver truly brilliant films consistently.
