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List your current top five favorite directors and your favorite films by them.

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freddy47

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Dunno if there is a thread that is similar to this. But for me actors and actresses are cool and all but its the directors that make or break the movie. So here are my current top Five favorites as well as SOME of my favorite films by them.

(this list is in no particular order)

1.) Stanley Kubrick
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A Clockwork Orange
2001: A Space Odyssey
Paths of Glory

2.) James Cameron
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Aliens
The Abyss
True Lies

3.) Ridley Scott
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Blade Runner
Kingdom Of Heaven The Directors cut that is.

4.) David Fincher
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Seven
Zodiac
The Social Network

5.) Martin Scorsese (Had a real hard time choosing between him and Coppola)
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Goodfellas
Gangs of New York
Raging Bull
Taxi Driver

So there you have it for now. My lists of favorite anythings tend to change depending on the phase I'm in so I might change a couple of these.
 
nice thread, nice list, freddy.


not in order:

jean-luc godard (Pierrot le Fou)
paul thomas anderson (Punch-Drunk Love)
the coen brothers (Fargo)
wes anderson (Bottle Rocket)
sofia coppola (Lost in Translation)

sofia comes with an explanation. even though directors like stanley kubric are undeniably greater and more accomplished, sofia is full of exciting potential. her films have the opiate-like fluidity and drift of the old new-wave classics. and without any of their post-modern gimmicks -- though it's not a gimmick when anna is the perpetrator. she already has a few greats under her belt -- Lost in Translation & The Virgin Suicides -- and her misses like Somewhere are still saturated with distinct voice and beautiful style that promise her next hit will be amazing.
 
^Oh I totally agree.

opiate-like fluidity and drift of the old new-wave classics
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I think this is especially true of The Virgin Suicides

Lost in Translation is probably my favorite film she directed. I really connected with the themes in that movie seeing as how I travel a lot on my own and meet people along the way. That and having visited the Hyatt bar in Tokyo where they shot I really feel a strong connection with this film.
 
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Btw what do you think is Paul Thomas Andersons best film besides Punch-Drunk Love which I actually haven't seen yet.

I ask because PT Anderson seems to think that he peaked during Magnolia and although I agree that its a great film I think There Will be Blood tops it and that he has a lot more potential than he gives himself credit for.
 
^Boogie Nights

There Will Be Blood reminds me of Hard Eight. both great movies, but unconventional in that they feel like lengthy character sketches riding on a little bit of story.

i agree that he probably has peaked. but who knows. wild things happen. maybe he will enter some new place in life, and in result refresh his style in some shocking and amazing way. either way, i think he will continue to put out solid movies with a great batting average.
 
david lynch - mulholland drive
stanley kubrick - 2001
gaspar noe - irreversible
darren aronofsky - the fountain or requiem for a dream
oliver stone - born on the fourth of july / platoon.. cuz i'm a sucker for vietnam war films.
 
wes anderson - the darjeeling limited
hayao miyazaki - howls moving castle
quentin tarantino - kill bill
darren aronofsky - requiem for a dream
martin scorcese - mean streets

thats in order aswell
 
ricardo08 said:
david lynch - mulholland drive
stanley kubrick - 2001
gaspar noe - irreversible
darren aronofsky - the fountain or requiem for a dream
oliver stone - born on the fourth of july / platoon.. cuz i'm a sucker for vietnam war films.
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Good list. I love the The Fountain its one of my favorite films.
 
currently...

von trier - melancholia
luis estrada - el infierno
shion sono - cold fish
jee woon kim - i saw the devil
chan wook park - thirst
 
Coen Bros. - No Country for Old Men
Akira Kurosawa - Ran
Paul Thomas Anderson - Magnolia
Wes Anderson - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Ingmar Burgman - The Seventh Seal
 
Coen Bros. - No Country for Old Men
Akira Kurosawa - Ran
Paul Thomas Anderson - Magnolia
Wes Anderson - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Ingmar Burgman - The Seventh Seal
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Nice! Very very good list.
 
Woody Allen
Ingmar Bergman
Werner Herzog
Jean-Luc Godard
Stanly Kubrick

all of them.!
ill have to watch them allll over to chose, i will get back to you...
~ in no particular order
 
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Sorry to deviate but I dont 'do' Top 5's in order...As well as many mentioned already, here's 5 I admire:

Sergio Leone
Lech Majewski
Peter Greenway
Alfred Hitchcock
Krzysztof Kieslowski
 
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Akira Kurosawa (Rashomon)
Stanley Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey)
Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away)
The Coen Brothers (Barton Fink)
David Lynch (Eraserhead)

in no order.
 
Asclepius said:
Sorry to deviate but I dont 'do' Top 5's in order...As well as many mentioned already, here's 5 I admire:

Sergio Leone
Lech Majewski
Peter Greenway
Alfred Hitchcock
Krzysztof Kieslowski
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I was under the impression none of us were doing them in order...
 
... though funnily enough I'm pretty sure mine *are* in order. I must have done that subconsciously. =D
 
Let us bow our heads and fret together about having it in order....then wash our hands compusively til they are RAW!!! Yah! :D ;)
 
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