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Favourite director...

  • 01-11-2015 11:14PM
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    ...no, please don't move to the film forum, with film aficionados waxing on about arthouse types.

    So, seeing as we have had a couple of film threads, is there any director that makes you look forward to his or her next release? A director whose work you "follow"?

    For me it's got to be Alexander Payne. Sideways, Nebraska, About Schmidt and so on, loved all of them. It's that wonderful mix of ordinary everyday Americana with a slice of quirky, the analysis of family and friendship, characters with whom I can empathise, the drama and humour, the scripts, the casting etc.


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  • #2
    Rothko
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    Scorsese. I don't think he's ever had a bad movie.


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
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    Suas11 wrote: »
    Scorsese. I don't think he's ever had a bad movie.

    He is great...but could take or leave Gangs of New York. And even the Departed...though maybe it was Nicholson's overacting that put me off.


  • #4
    Fleawuss
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    Mr Woo. And Mr Evans.


  • #5
    Vinculus
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    That's a tough one, but I'm going to say Jim Jarmusch because the films he's made, make me feel warm and happy.


  • #6
    Duckworth_Luas
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    The guy who made Battleship Pumpkin.

    Yeah, that guy!


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    the groutch
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    those 11850 guys


  • #8
    Dirty Dingus McGee
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    Spielberg and Hitchcock.

    Because they view cinema as entertainment first and foremost and have delivered entertainment on a consistent basis through their careers.


  • #9
    Cienciano
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    For me it has to be Quentin Tarantino. Absolutely love his movies. Followed by Kubrick


  • #10
    osarusan
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    Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, David Lean....but above all, Billy Wilder.


  • #11
    brevity
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    Steven Spielberg & Wes Anderson.


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    Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »
    Spielberg and Hitchcock.

    Because they view cinema as entertainment first and foremost and have delivered entertainment on a consistent basis through their careers.

    They were very entertainment oriented...and for me it's the most important thing in a film...but can't say I was entertained by all of their work. But Spielberg reeled off some thoroughly entertaining films in the first decade or two, Jaws, ET, Close Encounters, Raiders of the Lost Ark...he had a knack for making films where you never looked at your watch. Think he fell off his own high standards a little though.


  • #13
    Canadel
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    Suas11 wrote: »
    Scorsese. I don't think he's ever had a bad movie.
    He has certainly made a terrible movie though; The Wolf of Wall Street.

    Sam Mendes is my answer. And American Beauty and The Road to Perdition are my reasons.


  • #14
    larrykinney
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    Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights; Magnolia; There will be blood)

    Darren Aaronofsky (Requiem for a dream; Black Swan; Pi)


  • #15
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    Jean-Pierre Jeunet

    Alien Resurrection apart, I've enjoyed all his films.


  • #16
    bigroad
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    Nicolas winding Refn . Drive was a masterpiece.


  • #17
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    larrykinney wrote: »
    Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights; Magnolia; There will be blood)

    Darren Aaronofsky (Requiem for a dream; Black Swan; Pi)

    Agree with PTA...but not a fan of Aronofsky at all, in fact it's one of the directors whose name will put me off a film...I think he tries very hard to be deep and meaningful but is almost too...manipulative? A bit like Alan Parker, but not in the same way, Parker almost annoys me with the way he really sets up the "you should like this person and hate that person". Aronofsky tries to tell me me I've seen something very deep, didn't like Requiem at all.


  • #18
    Dirty Dingus McGee
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    They were very entertainment oriented...and for me it's the most important thing in a film...but can't say I was entertained by all of their work. But Spielberg reeled off some thoroughly entertaining films in the first decade or two, Jaws, ET, Close Encounters, Raiders of the Lost Ark...he had a knack for making films where you never looked at your watch. Think he fell off his own high standards a little though.

    He's had some great films this century as well Catch Me if You Can,War Horse,Lincoln and Munich are all great films in my opinion.


  • #19
    Dirty Dingus McGee
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    Canadel wrote: »
    He has certainly made a terrible movie though; The Wolf of Wall Street.

    Sam Mendes is my answer. And American Beauty and The Road to Perdition are my reasons.


    The Wolf of Wall Street is one of the funniest films I've seen in years.It's up there with his best stuff in my opinion.


  • #20
    Turtyturd
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    Uwe Boll.


  • #21
    Azalea
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    Can't pick just one. Whole bunch of the above, and...

    Nicolas Roeg
    David Lynch
    Roman Polanski
    Peter Weir
    Christopher Nolan

    God I love the fillums so I do. :D


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    Azalea wrote: »
    Can't pick just one. Whole bunch of the above, and...

    Nicolas Roeg
    David Lynch
    Roman Polanski
    Peter Weir
    Christopher Nolan

    God I love the fillums so I do. :D

    Don't think Roeg ever came near Don't Look Now again, and Weir never matched Picnic at Hanging Rock. They both have solid cvs, and each of those is just a classic.


  • #23
    john the one
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    What, no Fincher??


  • #24
    Azalea
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    john the one wrote: »
    What, no Fincher??
    Oh yeah him! And the Coens.

    If a film director impresses me enough, a few stinkers in their portfolio won't bother me - the Coens being a prime example (in my opinion).


  • #25
    Dirty Dingus McGee
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    I'm a big fan of Christopher Nolan and Fincher as well.

    Fincher is so good that even the title sequence to Panic Room is brilliant on it's own.

    I love Nolan's ability to make blockbuster films but at the same time make you think.


  • #26
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    Kubrick, Wilder, Tarantino, the Coens, Speilberg and Hitchcock. I'm sure I'll think of more, but when I see those names I know that at the very least I'll have an entertaining couple of hours.


  • #27
    Wibbs
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    Probably David Lean for me. Howard Hawks another. Fellini and Kubrick would be others. Too many to list as a favourite TBH.

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



  • #28
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    john the one wrote: »
    What, no Fincher??

    Surprised his name hasn't come up until page 2.

    Can't say I like all his stuff, thought Fight Club and Seven VASTLY overrated. Fell asleep for Fight Club, having guessed the ending. On the other hand really liked Zodiac. He's a bit like a second rate Spielberg for me, entertaining enough, not sure he'll ever really trouble the Oscars even though he's had a couple of nominations.


  • #29
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    Azalea wrote: »
    Oh yeah him! And the Coens.

    If a film director impresses me enough, a few stinkers in their portfolio won't bother me - the Coens being a prime example (in my opinion).

    The Coens are a bit uneven...but think overall they easily come out on the right side. They are definitely names that will attract me to watching a film.


  • #30
    brevity
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    john the one wrote: »
    What, no Fincher??

    I knew I was missing someone.


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  • #31
    Azalea
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    I think Fight Club is hugely over-rated too, but not Se7en.


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