| Why not? I'll get the ball rolling - Akira Kurosawa Alfred Hitchcock Andrei Tarkovsky Billy Wilder Ingmar Bergman Kenji Mizoguchi Luis Bunuel Robert Bresson Yasujiro Ozu I would say the one name that stands above the rest on this list for me is Ingmar Bergman. That man stole my soul and hid it somewhere, I've been unable to find it after seeing his movies. What I mean by that is I always feel so cathartic and emotionally wrung out afterwards. |
LayedBackMay 19, 2014 8:39 AM
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| Scorsese, Kubrick, Tarantino, and Fincher. Coppola, the Coen Brothers, and Hitchcock are close runners up. |
| I was coming back just to say "goodness me, I seem to have forgotten a man named Stanley Kubrick". But I see he's been mentioned now, thanks. None of those other directors are bad, they've each has at least 1 masterpiece that I can recall. But Kubrick, he's in with the greats. |
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| Errrr: Bernado Bertolucci Stanley Kubrick Alfred Hitchcock Akira Kurosawa David Lynch Clint Eastwood Pier Paolo Pasolini Mel Brooks Lars Von Trier Yasujiro Ozu Stanley Donen George Melies Damn it, I need to check out more Bollywood directors. : |
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| Ah yeah, David Lynch. He's actually my second favorite American director, although the best thing he ever did was a TV show in my opinion (Twin Peaks). Aronofsky is pretty great. As for Clint Eastwood, I'm more enthusiastic about the movies he's acted in, but the dude is seriously a talented man to have made some pretty great movies later in life. Good lists, both of you. |
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| Actually Aronofsy at the lower end of the list, I might take him off of it actually. :| |
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| Despite I have still lots to watch from each of these, I am very fond of Hitchcock, Kubrick, Kurosawa, Buñuel, Bergman, Polanski, Wilder and Welles; and always look forward to watching a movie from them. On more recent directors, everything Bong Joon-ho is on interests me. On anime, Miyazaki and Kon are sacred cows to me. David Lynch should be in the list, but the fact is I haven't given him a decent enough following, even despite he's made my all-time favorite movie. The three movies I watched from Ozu are great, so I'll be looking forward to further explore him. Mizoguchi, for some reason, falls flat on me, with the same number of movies watched as Ozu. |
| For Bergman, here's my favorite movies - First comes the "Faith" Trilogy, a set of 3 movies with common themes that were made one after the other. I'd recommend watching in order - Through A Glass Darkly (personal favorite) Winter Light (personal favorite) The Silence Cries and Whispers (personal favorite) Persona (personal favorite, make sure to read about it after) Above are his most depressing works, below are some things that deal with other themes - Smiles of a Summer Night Wild Strawberries (personal favorite) Autumn Sonata The Magician The Seventh Seal (these 2 movies have a lot in common) He also made 2 "for television" longer movies around 5 hours each that were freakin' amazing - Fanny and Alexander (personal favorite) Scenes from a Marriage Fanny and Alexander is my favorite of the two. I'd recommend watching them once you've seen a majority of Bergman's other works, because they are some of his last works and sort of embody his entire career as a director. One way to go about it would be to just watch the movies I listed in order of release date. Bergman has a huge filmography, and in my opinion he made the most masterpieces of any director. It's important to note that he explores many different themes, and some of his films are quite different from others. Though things like death, illness, psychosis, and tragedy are more common. Also, one last note, the man who did the lighting in most of his movies was a genius as well. |
LayedBackMay 19, 2014 9:21 AM
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| oh, thankyou for the list man. I love some of the directors that work in trilogies, it really shows their love for film and their inner inspirations. Speaking of: Lars Von Trier just completed his trilogy of death: "Antichrist", "Melancholia" and "Nymphomaniac". Loved them all. |
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| There are still a lot of movies I need to see, so it's hard to name names beyond Miyazaki, the Coen brothers, Kubrick, Hitchcock, and Scorsese. I've mainly been trying to watch more movies by Kurosawa and Ozu. I've only seen Seven Samurai and Kagemusha from Kurosawa, but I have Throne of Blood, Rashomon, Yojimbo, High and Low, and Ikiru on my watch list. Ozu's a little more difficult. I thought Tokyo Story was amazing, but I still don't know what to go after next from Ozu. |
| Yep, like people have said, Lynch is one of my favorite directors. Eraserhead remains one of my all time favorite films and Twin Peaks is my top TV show. Yup. More recently I've begun to really like stuff by Denis Villeneuve and Wes Anderson. Jody32 said: Speaking of: Lars Von Trier just completed his trilogy of death: "Antichrist", "Melancholia" and "Nymphomaniac". Loved them all. I thought Antichist was good, Melancholia was okay, but Nymphomaniac was outright garbage. Really an insult to his first film, pretty much copy-pasting scenes he used in Antichrist. Seeing some interviews with the guy, it's hard to tell whether or not he's delusional or an idiot. Popka said: I've mainly been trying to watch more movies by Kurosawa and Ozu. I've only seen Seven Samurai and Kagemusha from Kurosawa, but I have Throne of Blood, Rashomon, Yojimbo, High and Low, and Ikiru on my watch list. Ozu's a little more difficult. I thought Tokyo Story was amazing, but I still don't know what to go after next from Ozu. I'd look into Ikiru. It's probably my second favorite Kurosawa film behind Seven Samurai. If you're looking for other Japanese directors, I'd look into Takeshi Kitano and Takashi Miike. |
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| Since I've only gotten maybe a few at most out of any given director's oeuvre, I can't say I have any particular favourites at the moment, but based on my plan to watch list, I'd say the ones that intrigue me are (in no particular order): -Peter Weir (after how sensational Truman Show was) -David Fincher -Pedro Almodovar -Werner Herzog's fictional stuff (saw him on Last Call with Carson Daly which I've caught a few times--cool show btw--and he seemed really fascinating) -Kiyoshi Kurosawa -Joon-ho Bong -Brian dePalma -The Coen Bros -Paul Thomas Anderson -Wes Anderson -Atom Egoyan -Takeshi "Beat" Kitano -John Woo -Wong Kar-Wai (Chungking was interesting, look forward to In the Mood for Love, 2046 and Fallen Angels) -Ingmar Bergman -Andrei Tarkovsky -Hirokazu Koreeda -Terrence Malick -Stanley Kubrick (haven't seen any of his stuff; shocker ;P) - Krzysztof Kieślowski -Jean-Luc Godard -Jean Pierre-Melville -Francis Ford Coppola (mostly for the first 2 Godfathers and The Conversation, seen Apocalypse Now though) -Richard Linklater (for the 'Before' trilogy and Boyhood perhaps) -Kim Ki-duk -Steven Soderbergh -Lee Chang-Dong -Woody Allen maybe (to see if I find something better than Annie Hall which I didn't love that much) -Satoshi Kon (still need to see a Kon work too) -Akira Kurosawa -Yasujiro Ozu (a lot of his stuff is B/W which bothers my eyes a bit, but his style seems right up my alley) -Alfred Hitchcock (why not I guess) syshim said: Jody32 said: Speaking of: Lars Von Trier just completed his trilogy of death: "Antichrist", "Melancholia" and "Nymphomaniac". Loved them all. I thought Antichist was good, Melancholia was okay, but Nymphomaniac was outright garbage. Really an insult to his first film, pretty much copy-pasting scenes he used in Antichrist. Seeing some interviews with the guy, it's hard to tell whether or not he's delusional or an idiot. Yeah, I've heard von Trier's work has become less respected as of late, but I've been curious about Breaking the Waves which people seem to say is his magnum opus and perhaps Dogville too. |
AngelsArcanumMay 19, 2014 11:14 AM
| And don't forget about Kenji Mizoguchi, guys. When talking about the Japanese classic directors he's #3, with great films like Sansho the Bailiff and Tales of Ugetsu. |
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syshim said: Putting aside my love for Lars Von Trier's style of film-making (the way he portrays things fascinates me), but as for actual quality of the film from an artistic, storytelling perspective I agree that each of them do have very notable variances in quality. Nymphomaniac is indeed the worst of the lot, and Anti-Christ is indeed the best,Jody32 said: Speaking of: Lars Von Trier just completed his trilogy of death: "Antichrist", "Melancholia" and "Nymphomaniac". Loved them all. I thought Antichist was good, Melancholia was okay, but Nymphomaniac was outright garbage. Really an insult to his first film, pretty much copy-pasting scenes he used in Antichrist. Seeing some interviews with the guy, it's hard to tell whether or not he's delusional or an idiot. |
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LayedBack said: And don't forget about Kenji Mizoguchi, guys. When talking about the Japanese classic directors he's #3, with great films like Sansho the Bailiff and Tales of Ugetsu. I believe Ugetsu is in my PTW, it looked promising. |
Excelsior said: That shot in "Winter Light" where the camera zooms in on the protagonist's face as the sunlight turns nearly the entire screen white? Jesus. I know what you mean, buddy. Bergman's ability to film a scene with all the right elements, make for such gorgeous and perfect cinematography. It's like on another level from anyone else I've seen. Directors like Kubrick and Kurosawa have a technical perfection, but Bergman has this sort of mastery with lighting in particular, it's especially noticeable in his black and white films. Although movies like Cries and Whispers and Fanny and Alexander make use of colors so well. Especially the former, Also it should be noted, the old guy in that movie about sentimentality and nostalgia (Wild Strawberries) is Victor Sjöström, who happened to direct Bergman's favorite film of all time that highly influenced him, in the silent era, Körkarlen aka The Phantom Carriage. Nowadays, Sweden as a country has an enormous sense of pride about his films. He was well respected in life as well, the whole country was upset when he left and even the prime minister at the time begged him to come back and make his movies. Not many directors have commanded such respect in their lifetimes. |
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jal90 said: Mizoguchi, for some reason, falls flat on me. He is also a hit or miss for me. While I absolutely love The Life of Oharu, I was mostly bored while watching Sansho the Bailiff and Ugetsu really failed to move me even a little bit. |
SetsukoHara said: jal90 said: Mizoguchi, for some reason, falls flat on me. He is also a hit or miss for me. While I absolutely love The Life of Oharu, I was mostly bored while watching Sansho the Bailiff and Ugetsu really failed to move me even a little bit. I didn't think too highly of Ugetsu either, but I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt because it seems one of these cases when simply not being in the mood can make a huge difference. However my actual big disappointment came, funnily enough, with Life of Oharu. It has elements I usually love in movies, but it was just too irregular. The overall growth of Oharu throughout was effectively portrayed, but the specifics failed. I felt that I coud have a general view of her suffering but whenever it came to describing the weight each of these situations had, or simply the immediate feel they could generate, the result wasn't very convincing. Still, Osaka elegy was surprisingly solid and effective, so I hope I'll come to better terms with the director. On Bergman, I just wanted to add that the first film I watched from him was The seventh seal. The reason why I hold this director in such a high regard has to do in part with this first experience. I think it was the first time I could put myself in the eyes of a person whose viewpoint was very different than mine, in a movie. Usually, I would understand but not share, or even adapt the discourse to a situation I can feel more immediate in order to get an attachment. But in this case I could even see the world with the eyes of the main character and Bergman's viewpoint in comsequence. I am personally not religious, I don't believe nor care for trascendence in life, or what comes after death, but this movie managed to make me feel the religious and metaphysical doubts of the main character as if they were mine. If only for this tremendous display of eloquence and ability to make me empathize with a scenario that is so far from my reality and how I perceive life, I will always respect Bergman. |
jal90May 20, 2014 12:40 PM
| After watching Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, and The Apartment, I can safely say that Billy Wilder also belongs on my list of favorite directors. I have no trouble counting Double Indemnity and The Apartment among my all-time favorite movies and Sunset Boulevard was just good in every department. |
| Favorite directors? Miyazaki Takahata Oshii Anno Kurosawa Ozu Kubrick Tarkovsky Coppola James Cameron (of course!) |
LayedBack said: Why not? I'll get the ball rolling - Akira Kurosawa Alfred Hitchcock Andrei Tarkovsky Billy Wilder Ingmar Bergman Kenji Mizoguchi Luis Bunuel Robert Bresson Yasujiro Ozu I would say the one name that stands above the rest on this list for me is Ingmar Bergman. Among the directors you mentioned I like Bresson, Tarkovsky, Ozu, Mizoguchi and Kurosawa more than Bergman. That man stole my soul and hid it somewhere, I've been unable to find it after seeing his movies. What I mean by that is I always feel so cathartic and emotionally wrung out afterwards. I found most of his movies a bit on the cold side but that's a matter of taste. |
| I should probably add Powell and Pressburger to the list of directors I love, considering I've thought every movie I've seen from them was really good. Now my list would probably look like this: Hayao Miyazaki Joel & Ethan Coen Stanley Kubrick Billy Wilder Alfred Hitchcock Martin Scorsese Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger I'm not sure where I stand on Terrence Malick, although I did love Badlands and Days of Heaven. Bergman is still a big blind spot for me. I'm also waiting to see Inherent Vice before I decide where I stand on Paul Thomas Anderson, although so far he's been very good. |
| Just adding these directors to my lists: Ingman Bergman Vittorio de Sica Tarkovsky Sergio Leone Federico Fellini |
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| Sidney Lumet is my absolute favorite, but of course, there are many others I love; Lina Wertmüller George Roy Hill Johnnie To Billy Wilder Coen Brothers Sergio Leone Andrzej Wajda Sung-su Kim Akira Kurosawa Federico Fellini Chan-wook Park |
| Dear Kubrick explains my thoughts quite well: February 9, 1960 Dear Mr. Bergman, You have most certainly received enough acclaim and success throughout the world to make this note quite unnecessary. But for whatever it’s worth, I should like to add my praise and gratitude as a fellow director for the unearthly and brilliant contribution you have made to the world by your films (I have never been in Sweden and have therefore never had the pleasure of seeing your theater work). Your vision of life has moved me deeply, much more deeply than I have ever been moved by any films. I believe you are the greatest film-maker at work today. Beyond that, allow me to say you are unsurpassed by anyone in the creation of mood and atmosphere, the subtlety of performance, the avoidance of the obvious, the truthfullness and completeness of characterization. To this one must also add everything else that goes into the making of a film. I believe you are blessed with wonderfull actors. Max von Sydow and Ingrid Thulin live vividly in my memory, and there are many others in your acting company whose names escape me. I wish you and all of them the very best of luck, and I shall look forward with eagerness to each of your films. Best Regards, (Signed, ‘Stanley Kubrick’) Stanley Kubrick |
| It seems a lot of the ones I like have already been mentioned, so I will go ahead and list great ones that haven't been yet: Masahiro Shinoda Hiroshi Teshigahara Jim Jarmusch Mikhail Kalatozov Ivan Dixon Mario Monicelli Mario Bava Dario Argento Gillo Pontecorvo Nagisa Ôshima Kinji Fukasaku Alejandro Jodorowsky Pier Paolo Pasolini Masaki Kobayashi Kihachi Okamoto Herman Yau |
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