Guest C.H.U.D. Report post Posted November 21, 2002 All my picks have been taken, except for one. David Cronenberg: Rabid, Scanners Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest WrestlingDeacon Report post Posted November 21, 2002 and you don't mention his two most well known films: The Fly and The Dead Zone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted November 21, 2002 Thanks for the nominees. Feel free to nominate more directors until tomorrow afternoon. A few more Sergio Leone: The God, The Bad and The Ugly, and A Fistfull of Dollars. John Sturges:The Great Escpae and The Magnificent 7. Whe I reach 64 I'll try to figure out a different way of seeding the matcups other than Alphabetical. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MDH257 Report post Posted November 21, 2002 Cameron Crowe: Say Anything, Almost Famous Barry Levinson: Diner, Avalon And kudos to the person who nominated John Sayles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MDH257 Report post Posted November 21, 2002 and here's two more... Sam Raimi: Evil Dead, A Simple Plan Terrence Malick: Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 5_moves_of_doom Report post Posted November 21, 2002 Meh, I'll just name off two more, simply because I can... chances are one of these have already been picked, but ah well... David Lynch - Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive Sam Mendes - American Beauty, Road to Perdition Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest WrestlingDeacon Report post Posted November 21, 2002 Goodie, I can put up more names then. John Frakenheimer: The Manchurian Candidate, Seconds William Wyler: Ben-Hur, Wuthering Heights Gene Kelly: Singin' in the Rain, On the Town Vincente Minelli: An American in Paris, Father of the Bride Don Siegel: Dirty Harry, The Killers Richard Donner: Lethal Weapon, Superman, The Omen Hal Needham: Smoky and the Bandit, The Cannonball Run (not fantastic stylistically, but considered to be the best stunt directors of all time) Mel Brooks: The Producers, Blazing Saddles Mike Nichols: Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolff? The Graduate, Working Girl Eric Von Stroheim: Greed, The Merry Widow James Whale: Frakenstein, Bride of Frakenstein Brian De Palma: Carrie, Scarface, the Untouchables John Carpenter: Halloween, They Live Roger Corman: The Terror, The Trip Stanley Kramer: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Stanley Donen: Indiscreet, Charade Terence Young: Dr. No, Wait Until Dark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest LooseCannon Report post Posted November 21, 2002 I just want to make sure Woody Allen is nominated, Annie Hall, and Radio Days. And I'll also throw Sam Peckinpah out there, for Straw Dogs and The Wild Bunch, and Oliver Stone for Natural Born Killers and Platoon. Others I'd pick have already been mentioned, though I'll throw out more if I can think of them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted November 21, 2002 Well i wasn't going to mention him since he has only made two movies thus far, but someone has mentioned Sam Mendes so eh why not. Darren Aronofsky: Pi and Requiem For A Dream He was quickly discussed and Monty Pythoners were mentioned, but he was never actually "nominated" so let me make sure he is. Terry Gilliam: Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas and Time Bandits Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Madmartigan21 Report post Posted November 21, 2002 Cameron Crowe: Say Anything, Almost Famous Barry Levinson: Diner, Avalon And kudos to the person who nominated John Sayles YAY! Kudos to ME! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dmann2000 Report post Posted November 21, 2002 U put up Terry Gilliam and not mentione Brazil? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted November 21, 2002 I've got my 64 directors. I'll either be back later tonight or tomorrow with the seedings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted November 22, 2002 U put up Terry Gilliam and not mentione Brazil? I was actually going to mention it, but i haven't actually seen Brazil so didn't feel right putting it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest C.H.U.D. Report post Posted November 22, 2002 and you don't mention his two most well known films: The Fly and The Dead Zone. Is there some rule that you have to list the director's more "well known" films? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest WrestlingDeacon Report post Posted November 22, 2002 I just think people would know him better by mentioning his most well known films. These are also my two favorites of his and I think are both really good flicks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest J*ingus Report post Posted November 22, 2002 Dammit, don't it yet, I didn't get online all day! Wrestlingdeacon can't take half the votes by himself! What about Atom Egoyan (Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter), Takeshi Kitano (Sonatine, Brother), Buster Keaton (The General, Sherlock Jr.), Lucio Fulci (Zombie, The Beyond), Jackie Chan (Police Story, Drunken Master 2), Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential, Wonder Boys), Werner Herzog (Aguirre the Wrath of God, Nosferatu the Vampire), Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo the Iron Man, Tokyo Fist), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (City of Lost Children, Amelie), Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy), Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust, Ninja Scroll), John Woo (Hard-Boiled, The Killer), Peter Jackson (Heavenly Creatures, Lord of the Rings), John Waters (Serial Mom, Pink Flamingoes), Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner), Andrei Tarkovsky (Stalker, Solaris), Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi, Spy Kids), Woody Allen (Manhattan, Annie Hall), Frederico Fellini (8 1/2, La Dolce Vita), Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant, King of New York), Ron Howard (Willow, Apollo 13), Ingmar Bergman (The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries), Jim Mallon (MST3K The Movie and most episodes), Michael Mann (Last of the Mohicans, The Insider), Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit), Jim Jarmusch (Down by Law, Dead Man), Robert Wise (West Side Story, the Haunting), Kenneth Branaugh (Henry V, Dead Again), Lars Von Triers (Zentropa, The Kingdom), Anthony Minghella (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley), D.W. Griffith (Intolerance, Birth of a Nation), George Lucas (Star Wars, American Graffiti), Carol Reed (The Third Man, Oliver!), James Ivory (Savages, Remains of the Day), Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade, All the Pretty Horses), Otto Preminger (Laura, The Man with the Golden Arm), David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club), Tod Browning (Freaks, Dracula), Warren Beatty (Heaven Can Wait, Bulworth), Jake Kasdan (Zero Effect, Orange County), and Elia Kazan (On the Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire)? (And yes, I HAVE seen all those movies.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest NoCalMike Report post Posted November 22, 2002 Ummm, I think we are missing the point here folks. I could name a gazillion directors that have done approx 2 GREAT movies, but the question is, BEST DIRECTOR, not top 10, 20, 50 etc..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest J*ingus Report post Posted November 22, 2002 Yeah, and there's a few that I've listed that I'd definitely vote for, and a few that others have listed that I don't think should even be considered. Shouldn't we try to include as many as possible? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest WrestlingDeacon Report post Posted November 22, 2002 That was my logic when I posted the ones I did. Going for a lot of off the beaten path guys. Hell, we could finish this poll with only about ten names tops. Great picks from Jingus for the most part, although there's a couple names I wouldn't toss in just to fill things out and I certainly hope Verne sees that and puts a few of yours in, feel free to take some of mine out if need be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest C.H.U.D. Report post Posted November 22, 2002 I just think people would know him better by mentioning his most well known films. These are also my two favorites of his and I think are both really good flicks. Well, if there is anyone who doesn't know who David Cronenberg is without mentioning The Fly and The Dead Zone, then chances are they aren't into movies that much anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted November 22, 2002 george lucas should NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER be in ANY kind of tournament that is even vaguely related to "best director." I can direct actors and create better characters than lucas can. there's no way in hell he deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as werner herzog, elia kazan and ingmar fucking bergman. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest shlidgn90 Report post Posted November 23, 2002 i have two: Greydon clark: Final Justice and lambada: the forbidden dance. Robert Boris: Oxford Blues and Backyard dogs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted November 23, 2002 Sorry Jingus. If it makes you feel any better Elia Kazan is in the tourney. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
