Guest Anorak Report post Posted February 12, 2002 Is there any particular director whose films you would go out of your way to see? What makes them stand out for you? Directors i especially like.... Martin Scorcese: Made some enduring classics over a long career,an institution in American cinema. Robert Altman: From M'A'S'H to Gosford Park,the man has proved his talent over and over again.'Nashville' was an influential film and after experiencing a rut he came back stronger than ever in the 90's with 'Short Cuts' & 'The Player'. John Carpenter: He should have called it a day by now but he made some distinctive films in his time with 'The Thing' & 'Halloween'.(Also Roddy Piper in 'They Live'!!) Ridley Scott: 'Alien'/'Bladerunner'/'Gladiator'.He has certainly made some commercially and critically acclaimed films. Jim Jarmusch: Not everyones cup of tea really but i always find his films interesting and entertaining in an offbeat way. Wes Anderson: 'The Royal Tenenbaums' has not been released in England yet but 'Bottle Rocket' & 'Rushmore' were two very good films which had a lot going for them in many ways i thought. Shane Meadows: Young British director who has made just two films,'Twenty-Four-Seven' & 'A Room for Romeo Brass'.He fits into the British tradition of 'social realism'/'kitchen sink styles of filmmaking and is from the same area of the country as myself so i can relate to it to an extent.There is always a lot of humour in his films so they are never too depressing. David Lynch: You either love him or hate him i suppose(or are completely indifferent of course).I like almost everything he has done.I loved 'The Straight Story' especially as it was a change of pace for him. Any thoughts? I apologise if this topic has been done before but feel free to at least say what you think about these particualr directors. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest dreamer420 Report post Posted February 12, 2002 Here are mine and the movies I love of theirs: Tim Burton: Ed Wood, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Quentin Tarantino: Reservior Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown Robert Rodriguez: El Mariachi, Desperado Oliver Stone: Natural Born Killers, Platoon, JFK, Nixon Martin Scorsese: Casino, Goodfellas Edward D. Wood Jr.: I have my reasons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CoreyLazarus416 Report post Posted February 12, 2002 Kevin Smith, Ridley Scott, James Cameron, Peter Jackson, George A. Romero, Tom Savini, Sam Raimi, John Carpenter, Quentin Tarantino Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Banky Report post Posted February 12, 2002 Kevin Smith, Martin Scorcese, Richard Linklater, Francis Ford Copalla, David Fincher, and Spike Jonze are some of my favs Spike Jonze has only made Being John Malkovich but his work with the Beasties has been great Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TUS_02 Report post Posted February 12, 2002 Peter Jackson and David Fincher. There's probably a lot more, but These two always come immediately to mind Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Army Eye Report post Posted February 12, 2002 Terry Gilliam, David Fincher, James Cameron, Martin Scorsese, and Quentin Tarantino. All of 'em kick ass Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ArkhamGlobe Report post Posted February 12, 2002 Okay, let's this over with, in alphabetical order: Woody Allen, Dario Argento, John Carpenter, Claude Chabrol, Joel Coen, Francis Ford Coppola, Brian De Palma, Terry Gilliam, Jean-Luc Godard, Howard Hawks, Werner Herzog, Alfred Hitchcock, Jim Jarmusch, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Stanley Kubrick, Akira Kurosawa, Sergio Leone, David Lynch, Sam Peckinpah, Roman Polanski, Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott, Francois Truffaut & John Woo. Current guys who might make it up there when they've made a couple of more films: David Fincher and Brian Singer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted February 12, 2002 Billy Wilder, John Huston, Howard Hawkes, Martin Scorcese, and Alfred Hitchcock. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted February 14, 2002 orson f'ing welles. you can't top the original. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest KidPW Report post Posted February 19, 2002 Kevin SMith and Quentin Tarantino, and Ridley Scott Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest jedisrm Report post Posted February 27, 2002 george lucas and steven spielberg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest areacode212 Report post Posted February 27, 2002 What do you guys think makes a good director? I've never really been able to articulate what exactly it is I like about certain directors. Your thoughts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest J*ingus Report post Posted February 28, 2002 The following directors are, in my opinion, so good that I've never seen a bad movie from them: Akira Kurosawa, Sam Raimi, James Cameron, Takeshi Kitano, Buster Keaton, Ingmar Bergman, Wolfgang Peterson, Quentin Tarantino, Woody Allen, Peter Jackson, and Alfred Hitchcock. Some directors might've made better movies than the above (Francis Ford Coppola comes to mind), but the ones I've listed always consistently entertain and/or inspire me, without ever having made a move that I didn't like. Also, Edward D. Wood Jr. is a favorite director of mine, even though I couldn't call him "best" in good conscience. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MDH257 Report post Posted March 1, 2002 Kevin Smith, Quentin Tarentino, David Fincher, and John Sayles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bps "The Truth" 21 Report post Posted March 1, 2002 I'm big on Kevin Smith Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
