Surely you've heard of Ken Russell? Women In Love, Tommy, The Devils, The Lair of the White Worm, Altered States ??I've not heard of ANY of these directors or films
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I thought Ken Russell was a fairly household name in the UK? Most of the directors would mostly be familiar to those in the advanced stages of cinephilia, except Fassbinder and Ozu maybe.I've not heard of ANY of these directors or films
Sounds like a terminal illness!
Picking Obayashi out, did you happen to see Hanagatami? Saw it last year and it's amazing. So OTT.
Also he died last month
It kinda is!
I consider myself a cinephile, but only when it comes to American and East-Asian productions, primarily from the last 30-40 years. The only director on that list I've heard about actually Ozu.
Some of the films listed seem pretty niche, yeah. I went through them on IMDB and several had only been rated by a few hundred people. Most seemed to have less than 3000 ratings.
I enjoy films from all parts of the world, from any era, in pretty much any genre so my range is pretty wide. Most of them probably have more watches on letterboxd than imdb ratings.
Nothing wrong with that. I just noticed that there are 12 different nationalities in your list of 14 directors!
I reckon you attend the occasional film festival? There's a good one here in Oslo every november(Film Fra Sør). Last year Chan-wook Park was the guest of honor. The year before that I believe it was Hirokazu Koreeda.However, your personal favourites are Will Ferrell comedies. I think it's important to specify this.
And rightly so. It’s no coincidence that Zoolander happens to be Terrence Malick‘s favorite movie.
Nills has out grown me. Even my obscure stuff would be classed as Cineworld by him. But anyway seeing as folk are going Japanese has anyone seen Kaidan and Harakiri by Koboyashi?? I've decided that they're main steam pop corn stuff though.
Harakiri is awesome.
Indeedy. I've only seen those two by Koboyashi but he's got a very good catalogue by all accounts.
Nope. Never heard of him. But if you look at my list, you'll probably understand why
I can't believe you've never heard of Tommy at least?? Never seen an Oliver Reed film?Nope. Never heard of him. But if you look at my list, you'll probably understand why
Nothing wrong with your list.
Must've seen him on Celebrity Big Brother.
I can barely even remember those films anymore, it's been so long and my taste has grown so much.
I toyed with putting him on my list simply for Harakiri, but as it was the only film I’ve seen of his I couldn’t justify it.
Tarkovsky - Andrei Rublev
Fellini - 8 1/2
Coen Brothers - No Country for Old Men
David Fincher - Zodiac
Michael Mann - Collateral
Stanley Kubrick - Dr Strangelove
Martin Scorsese - Goodfellas
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now
Wes Anderson - The Royal Tenenbaums
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Fellini - 8 1/2
Coen Brothers - No Country for Old Men
David Fincher - Zodiac
Michael Mann - Collateral
Stanley Kubrick - Dr Strangelove
Martin Scorsese - Goodfellas
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now
Wes Anderson - The Royal Tenenbaums
Favorites added.
Red State is a fantastic movie too.
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Zodiac was so good I watched it again after mentions in these threads. Have you read Sleeping Lady by Robert Graysmith?
I have not, but I’m looking it up now.
You forgot to fill out your favourite films
Stop it
No and no haha. I think I heard the name Oliver Reed but that's about it. I'm low brow buddy.
Wow ok. Well I know you've seen him as Proximo in Gladiator. Think it was one of his last films before he died.
I think his best trait is capturing the atmosphere of the locations and premises, I'll give you that. Everytime I watch Collateral I feel like I'm back in LA.
Michael Mann
Denis Villeneuve
Alex Garland
Guy Ritchie
Ridley Scott
James Cameron
Danny Boyle
Taika Waititi
Paul Thomas Anderson
Christopher Nolan
Quentin Tarantino
Tony Scott
Denis Villeneuve
Alex Garland
Guy Ritchie
Ridley Scott
James Cameron
Danny Boyle
Taika Waititi
Paul Thomas Anderson
Christopher Nolan
Quentin Tarantino
Tony Scott
FW Murnau would definitly be in my top 5 directors along with Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang (and probably Hitchcock and Scorcese)
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Touch Of Evil is probably in my top 5 films of all time, the opening tracking shot is incredible, the whole film is great, welles is fantastic in it too
No love for George Lucas in this thread.
Sergio Leone
Spielberg
Scorcese
Clint Eastwood
George Lucas
Tim Burton
Akira Kurosawa
Sergio Leone
Spielberg
Scorcese
Clint Eastwood
George Lucas
Tim Burton
Akira Kurosawa
What for? He didn't even direct the best star wars movie!
It’s a trap!
THX1138 and American Graffiti?
Nicolas Winding Refn
Béla Tarr
Paul Thomas Anderson
Alfred Hitchcock
Bong Joon-ho
Coen Brothers
Koreeda Hirokazu
Akira Kurosawa
Jean-Pierre Melville
Béla Tarr
Paul Thomas Anderson
Alfred Hitchcock
Bong Joon-ho
Coen Brothers
Koreeda Hirokazu
Akira Kurosawa
Jean-Pierre Melville
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S. Craig Zahler might just be one of my favourite Directors at the moment, which even surprises myself.
There's a real brutal,grungy,violent honesty in his work that harks back to those cheap 70's and 80's straight to video nasty films but one with more directorial finesse.
Cinematography wise his films look crisp and he has a real good eye in developing roles from ,usually in low budget movies, quite blandly written characters.
All his characters have a good rugged depth to them even if some look visually satirical at times,which is also said of the violence. Though,similar to someone like Verhoeven (easy comparison, granted), Zahler is clearly self aware in this respect. I mean, it'll be hard not to be.
The trepidation in Zahler's work is also undeniable. Much like David Lynch,his work in building tension throughout the course of his movies is excellently effective.
The build-up of the unknown is still a effective weapon in film but,like most, it really boils down to the execution and Zahlar has shown he's exceptionally good at it.
On his influences, without delving deep into a cluster of interviews, he clearly takes inspiration from those particular video nasty films and the likes of the somewhat blue-collar productions of Get Carter,Dirty Harry and the silly bombastic Death Wish series but he's not so much bound to them,nor overly steeped in nostalgia like most directors, and is clearly adapt at adding his own touch to this murky genre.
Really,in some ways Zahler sits comfortably between Refn and Rodriguez.
He's not as pretentious ,or someone who makes the visuals the sole identity of film, as Refn (Only God Forgives and Neon Demon are still two of the best looking films I've seen in recent times, though the dialogue in both is largely irritable) but his execution of settings and tone is comparable.
And Zahler's not as overtly operatic as Rodriguez regarding action and set-pieces (The Mexico trilogy being the example) but still has unrealistic elements sprinkled in for humour ,though Zahler's characters still have their feet planted on more realistic grounding while with Rodriguez there's a sense of lite footed flamboyance beauty to his action set-pieces. 'like Leone on acid' as one film reviewer remarked many moons ago. But ,like Rodriguez, both are clearly looking and taking notes from the same influences.
Overall, It's refreshing to see these films still being produced and,importantly, made by competent filmmakers who clearly have a love and respect for this genre.
So I will continue to take great interest in Zahler's future works
There's a real brutal,grungy,violent honesty in his work that harks back to those cheap 70's and 80's straight to video nasty films but one with more directorial finesse.
Cinematography wise his films look crisp and he has a real good eye in developing roles from ,usually in low budget movies, quite blandly written characters.
All his characters have a good rugged depth to them even if some look visually satirical at times,which is also said of the violence. Though,similar to someone like Verhoeven (easy comparison, granted), Zahler is clearly self aware in this respect. I mean, it'll be hard not to be.
The trepidation in Zahler's work is also undeniable. Much like David Lynch,his work in building tension throughout the course of his movies is excellently effective.
The build-up of the unknown is still a effective weapon in film but,like most, it really boils down to the execution and Zahlar has shown he's exceptionally good at it.
On his influences, without delving deep into a cluster of interviews, he clearly takes inspiration from those particular video nasty films and the likes of the somewhat blue-collar productions of Get Carter,Dirty Harry and the silly bombastic Death Wish series but he's not so much bound to them,nor overly steeped in nostalgia like most directors, and is clearly adapt at adding his own touch to this murky genre.
Really,in some ways Zahler sits comfortably between Refn and Rodriguez.
He's not as pretentious ,or someone who makes the visuals the sole identity of film, as Refn (Only God Forgives and Neon Demon are still two of the best looking films I've seen in recent times, though the dialogue in both is largely irritable) but his execution of settings and tone is comparable.
And Zahler's not as overtly operatic as Rodriguez regarding action and set-pieces (The Mexico trilogy being the example) but still has unrealistic elements sprinkled in for humour ,though Zahler's characters still have their feet planted on more realistic grounding while with Rodriguez there's a sense of lite footed flamboyance beauty to his action set-pieces. 'like Leone on acid' as one film reviewer remarked many moons ago. But ,like Rodriguez, both are clearly looking and taking notes from the same influences.
Overall, It's refreshing to see these films still being produced and,importantly, made by competent filmmakers who clearly have a love and respect for this genre.
So I will continue to take great interest in Zahler's future works
I like George Miller. A man whose got a wide variety of films ranging from post apocalyptic action of Mad Max to a whimsical comedy-drama of Babe.
Speaking of Mad Max, Mel Gibson’s directed movies are pretty neat too. Say what you want about him but he knows how to direct a movie. Apocalypto is a criminally underrated movie which unfortunately came out not too long after he had his personal problems which probably overshadowed the movie at the time.
Speaking of Mad Max, Mel Gibson’s directed movies are pretty neat too. Say what you want about him but he knows how to direct a movie. Apocalypto is a criminally underrated movie which unfortunately came out not too long after he had his personal problems which probably overshadowed the movie at the time.