Film Your favourite directors

[HTG]

That's nuts. I saw 8.5 again recently and it's still as brilliant as ever. Wasn't as keen on La Dolce Vita but it's still a very good, and influential, film.

Don't think Truffaut has been mentioned either actually.

Maybe Fellini is so obvious everybody just forgot about him.
Completely agree on 8 1/2.

The lack of Truffaut is crazy. The 400 Blows is basically the perfect hipster movie.

 

[broccoli]

Not enough love here for Michael Mann: The Insider, Heat, Manhunter, Last of the Mohicans, Collateral.

You forgot to mention his best work, Miami Vice

 

[VorZakone]

The opening tracking shot from that film is total genius. Very good film.

Just looked it up. Damn, that's amazing, especially for a 1958 movie.

 

[HTG]

I'd also like to mention Carl Theodor Dreyer. I only saw two of his movies, which is obviously very little, but those two are good enough get him on that list. Michael and especially Ordet are great. Would love to see more from him.

 

[ThinkTank@Cafe]

1. Frank Darabont
2. Robert Zemeckis
3. Takeshi Kitano (love yakuza politics)
4. Quentin Tarantino
5. James Cameron

 

[2 man midfield]

Does anyone else just watch a film without giving a shit who the director is?

 

[ThinkTank@Cafe]

Nah it's just another name-dropping, I sound important because I named this obscure director thread.

But if I had to list a few directors that have put out stuff that I have frequently enjoyed, I would have to go with:

Paul Verhoeven
James Cameron
Robert Rodriguez
Timur Bekmambetov
Gareth Evans
Zach Snyder
Sammo Hung
Jackie Chan
Steven Spielberg
Michael Bay
Lars von Trier

appreciate inclusion of fellow Kazakh but don’t think he’s worth mentioning in the same list with Bay, Spielberg and Cameron. In my opinion his best movie was Nochnoi Dozor. Then he became money addIcted. His Yolki franchise and Ben Hur are shame

 

[VorZakone]

Does anyone else just watch a film without giving a shit who the director is?

I do.

 

[ThinkTank@Cafe]

I do.

Where’s “v”, Vor?

 

[FrankDrebin]

Luis Bunuel

 

[HTG]

Luis Bunuel

I always thought of him as a mostly comedic director. Than I saw Los Olvidados. Never expected that the director I got to know as a strange surrealist, could create something so brutally honest and real. Good mention.

 

[Zen]

Is name your favourites or just a load you like?

Either way - I could kinda repeat Coppola in the 70's forever if I really really had too, not sure anyones had a run that good so close together. Shame it broke him, worth it mind. Rest of his stuff is mostly garbage with the odd acceptable inclusion, Rumble Fish

If I were stranded on a island with one full back catalogue - possibly the Coens or Kubrick I guess.

 

[RedPed]

appreciate inclusion of fellow Kazakh but don’t think he’s worth mentioning in the same list with Bay, Spielberg and Cameron. In my opinion his best movie was Nochnoi Dozor. Then he became money addIcted. His Yolki franchise and Ben Hur are shame

We won't mention the Yolki stuff agreed but I think he peaked with Night Watch and Day Watch and was hoping he'd continue with the franchise. I do like his style though.

 

[VorZakone]

Where’s “v”, Vor?

I don't understand your question?

 

[Shakesy]

If I were stranded on a island with one full back catalogue - possibly the Coens or Kubrick I guess.

If you're stuck on an island, best go with Zemeckis' Cast Away...

 

[adexkola]

I read the title as "Your Favorite Dictators"

 

[Eckers99]

Just looked it up. Damn, that's amazing, especially for a 1958 movie.

Yeah it's brilliant. Especially when, as you've said, you consider the physical limitations of the old, heavy equipment they were using.

 

[FrankDrebin]

Cant believe I forgot Chaplin.

 

[Rooney in Paris]

Not enough love here for Michael Mann: The Insider, Heat, Manhunter, Last of the Mohicans, Collateral.

No love for Miami Vice? One of his best, if not the best, for me.

 

[VorZakone]

No love for Miami Vice? One of his best, if not the best, for me.

Forgot that one. However, it's low on my list of favorite Mann movies to be honest. I prefer Manhunter, Collateral, The Insider, and Heat.

 

[ThinkTank@Cafe]

I don't understand your question?

your nick means «вор в законе», post-Soviet/Russia criminal title? It reads VorZakone, not VorVZakone as it should be. I might be wrong though...

 

[Grinner]

I always enjoy a David Cronenberg movie.

 

[ThinkTank@Cafe]

I read the title as "Your Favorite Dictators"

that would be a great thread. My favorite is Kim.

 

[2 man midfield]

that would be a great thread. My favorite is Kim.

Kardashian? She's really more of a dicktaker.

 

[VorZakone]

your nick means «вор в законе», post-Soviet/Russia criminal title? It reads VorZakone, not VorVZakone as it should be. I might be wrong though...

Oh haha. It was a deliberate choice to leave out the V.

 

[lsd]

Does anyone else just watch a film without giving a shit who the director is?

Well if Tarentino is the director i know not to watch it as it will be long, overrated , racist and way to full of itself for no reason

 

[ThinkTank@Cafe]

Kardashian? She's really more of a dicktaker.

and this is another great thread. I’ll stick with Kim.

 

[Dirty Schwein]

Considering I've been a student of film, my list is quite embarrassing! But it DID say favourite and not who I think are the best...

James Wan
Quentin Tarantino
Ari Aster
Bong Joon Ho
Gareth Evans
Taika Waititi
Mike Flanagan
David Fincher
Steven Spielberg
Martin Scorsese

 

[Organic Potatoes]

Tarkovsky
Fellini
Coen Brothers
David Fincher
Michael Mann
Stanley Kubrick
Martin Scorsese
Paul Thomas Anderson
Francis Ford Coppola
Wes Anderson

 

[FrankDrebin]

What's your favourite film by your favourite listed directors ?

 

[balaks]

My all time favorite directors with my favorite films they have made:

Steven Spielberg - Jaws (my favorite movie of all time probably)
Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction
Martin Scorsese - Goodfellas
Paul Thomas Anderson - There will be Blood
Stanley Kubrick - The Shining/2001
Christopher Nolan - Batman Begins

 

[OleBoiii]

What's your favourite film by your favourite listed directors ?

Satoshi Kon - Millennium Actress

Hayao Miyazaki - Porco Rosso
Quentin Tarantino - Reservoir Dogs or Django Unchained
Chan-wook Park - Oldboy

Kar-Wai Wong - In The Mood For Love
Stanley Kubrick - Full Metal Jacket
Danny Boyle - 127 Hours

 

[FrankDrebin]

Andrei Tarkovsky - Stalker
Lynch - Mullholland Drive
De Sica - Bicycle Thieves
Cronenberg - Crash
Kurosawa - RAN
Kieslowski - Blue
Wim Wenders - Wings of Desire
Ozu - Good Morning
Alex Cox - Walker
Abel Ferrara - Bad Lieutenant
Audiard - A Prophet
Lar Von Trier - Antichrist
Bergman - Persona
Herzog - Fitzcarraldo
Philip Ridley - The Reflecting Skin (Kermode "masterpiece")
Kubrick - 2001
Verhoeven - RoboCop
Obayashi - Hausu (House)
Lynne Ramsey - We Need To Talk About Kevin
Carpenter - They Live
Ridley Scott - Blade Runner
Leone - Once Upon a Time in the West
Friedkin - Sorcerer
Wajda - Ashes and Diamonds
Tornatore - Cinema Paradiso
Julie Taymor - Titus

 

[Dirty Schwein]

James Wan - Insidious
Quentin Tarantino - Reservoir Dogs
Ari Aster - Hereditary
Bong Joon Ho - Parasite
Gareth Evans - The Raid
Taika Waititi - What We Do In The Shadows
Mike Flanagan - Oculus
David Fincher - Se7en
Steven Spielberg - Jaws
Martin Scorsese - King Of Comedy

 

[lsd]

Has no one mentioned Kevin Smith as Clerks alone puts him on my list ? Or Soike Lee ?

 

[R.N7]

Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
Aki Kaurismäki - Ariel
Éric Rohmer - The Aviator's Wife
Hong Sang-soo - On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate
João César Monteiro - The Last Dive
Jean Epstein - Le Tempestaire
Mikio Naruse - Two in the Shadow
Yasujirô Ozu - An Autumn Afternoon
Franco Piavoli - Voices Through Time
Raúl Ruiz - City of Pirates
Abel Ferrara - The Blackout
Jean Rollin - The Nude Vampire
Ken Russell - Mahler

 

[HTG]

Kubrick - Barry Lyndon
Tarkovsky - Andrei Roublev
Kurosawa - Ran
Bergman - Persona
Fritz Lang - M
Paul Thomas Anderson - There will be Blood
Scorsese - Taxi Driver
Von Trier - Dogville
Herzog - Aguirre
Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now

 

[Eckers99]

What's your favourite film by your favourite listed directors ?

Hitchcock - Rear Window
Wilder - Sunset Boulevard
Kubrick - Dr Strangelove
Tarkovsky - Mirror
Lynch - Mulholland Drive
PT Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Haneke - The White Ribbon
Scorsese - Goodfellas
Linklater - Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight
Leigh - Secrets and Lies
Almodovar - All About My Mother
Spielberg - Jaws
Coens - The Big Lebowski

 

[Dirty Schwein]

Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
Aki Kaurismäki - Ariel
Éric Rohmer - The Aviator's Wife
Hong Sang-soo - On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate
João César Monteiro - The Last Dive
Jean Epstein - Le Tempestaire
Mikio Naruse - Two in the Shadow
Yasujirô Ozu - An Autumn Afternoon
Franco Piavoli - Voices Through Time
Raúl Ruiz - City of Pirates
Abel Ferrara - The Blackout
Jean Rollin - The Nude Vampire
Ken Russell - Mahler

I've not heard of ANY of these directors or films

 

[RedPed]

Paul Verhoeven - RoboCop / Total Recall / Starship Troopers
James Cameron - Aliens (S.E.) / Terminator 2: Judgement Day / Avatar
Robert Rodriguez - Desperado / Sin City / Alita: Battle Angel
Timur Bekmambetov - Night Watch / Day Watch
Gareth Evans - The Raid / The Raid 2
Zack Snyder - 300 / Watchmen
Sammo Hung - Winners & Sinners / Wheels On Meals / The Millionaire's Express
Jackie Chan - Police Story / Armour Of God
Steven Spielberg - Close Encounters of the Third Kind / Raiders Of The Lost Ark / A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Michael Bay - Pearl Harbor (Directors Cut) / Transformers / 6 Underground
Lars von Trier - Nymphomaniac I & II (Directors Cut) / The House That Jack Built