Taiko Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Stanley KubrickAlfred Hitchcock David Lynch Takashi Miike Michelangelo Antonioni/Coen Bros/Tarantino/Gaspar Noe/Scorcese and whats your reasoning? ... (am guttered I didnt get to see Gasper Noes most recent film...siiigh I love irreversible) Each of those mentioned above have produced two or more films that have left me with my mouth wide open. Exquisite direction, assured handling of a script, assured handling of actors, stunning cinematography, and the ability to startle and challenge me (amongst other things)... Kubrick: The Killing, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange Hitchcock: Psycho, Vertigo, Rear Window, Rope Lynch: Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Dr., Twin Peaks' first season Miike: Audition, Dead or Alive Pt.1 & 2, The Happiness of the Katakuris, Visitor Q Antonioni: Blow Up, The Passenger Coen Bros: Miller's Crossing, The Hudsucker Proxy, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, No Country for Old Men Tarantino: Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Noe: Irreversible, Enter the Void Scorcese: Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dold Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Needs more tim burton up in these lists! but yeah, mine have pretty much all been mentioned numerous times (coppola, tarantino, kubrick) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducky Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Definitely have agreeableness(thank you spell-check nazo's) with Tim Burton, Wes Anderson, Tarantino & Kubrick. I would like to mention Terry Gilliam for his work on Brazil, 1984 and Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas. He has an uncanny knack for putting the viewer IN the shoes of his main characters. Has done loads of other funny/epic stuff but these 3 are my fav's of his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subverse Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Wong Kar-Wai ! just watched a few of his films - 2046, in the mood for love... exquisite cinematography, just so damn beautiful! great movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_weazel Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 1. Ridley Scott - Blade Runner & Alien 2. Peter Jackson - Bad Taste, greatest NZ movie ever made. Oh, and those movies about that ring. 3. Christopher Nolan - for finally making movies about Batman the way they should have always been instead of camp, cheesy or just weird. (Yea, screw you, Tim Burton fans) 4. Guillermo del Toro - Pans Labyrinth... 'nuff said. 5. Lau Kar-leung - If you dont know, you should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuphoricMilk Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Kubrick - Watched A Clockwork Orange one day on a day off school and was instantly hooked on not only his films but it also made blockbuster films irrelavent to me. Tarantino - Just so damn consistent, all his films are classics. Scorcese - Same reason as above. Coen Bros - So good for a dark and quirky time. Darren Aronofsky - Beautiful, dark, depressing films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobotomy Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 3. Christopher Nolan - for finally making movies about Batman the way they should have always been instead of camp, cheesy or just weird. (Yea, screw you, Tim Burton fans) Still think the tim burton films (batman 1 and returns) were awesome it's the joel schumacher ones that followed that brought on the camp, cheesy and just weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_weazel Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 3. Christopher Nolan - for finally making movies about Batman the way they should have always been instead of camp, cheesy or just weird. (Yea, screw you, Tim Burton fans) Still think the tim burton films (batman 1 and returns) were awesome it's the joel schumacher ones that followed that brought on the camp, cheesy and just weird In all honesty, I liked them... BUT, I thought they were too "Tim Burton" and not enough "Batman". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grind Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Yeah I like the first 2.. I actually think the first Batman was the best one! Not a huge fan of Tim Burton recent stuff but Edward Scissorhands FTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nato Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Yeah I like the first 2.. I actually think the first Batman was the best one! Not a huge fan of Tim Burton recent stuff but Edward Scissorhands FTW. Wait a minute. Do you mean to say that dressing Johnny Depp up in campy goth clothing and putting mascara on him no longer counts as good directing and interesting character portrayal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nato Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grind Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Haha.. Have you heard Fabian Fanboy on 95bFM (the movie buff/reviewer dude) ranting about Tim Burton? Funny shit.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nato Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Hehe yeah. Always miss FFB now that they've mucked about with the drive/breakfast lineup. Also, the snack report, when the fuck is that on these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignition Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Wenerei Drive with Mikey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzp Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 Ben Cooney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thr339z Posted August 8, 2010 Author Share Posted August 8, 2010 Ben Cooney. well? in all my 3 professional directing gigs (soon to be 4) I hardly even sniff at the farts of any of the directors listed , but thank u? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick H Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Great bloody thread ! Stanley Kubrick - Heads should check 'Barry Lyndon' - As elaborate and detailed as 2001, and undoubtedly the most genuine period film ever made in terms of props, costumes and settings Coen Brothers Martin Scorcese James Cameron Peter Jackson (pre LOTR) Honourable mentions also go to: Michel Gondry/Paul Verhoeven/Ridley Scott/Quentin Tarantino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pakage Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 welcome back Dick, havent seen you round here in a while but.. James Cameron really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grind Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 welcome back Dick, havent seen you round here in a while but..James Cameron really? To be fair nobody can fuck with him as he's responsible for these: Though Dick H may have been thinking more along these lines: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pakage Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Though Dick H may have been thinking more along these lines: I knew it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dold Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Such a classic. A must for every collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penco Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 i actually liked that movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dold Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 i actually liked that movie You're not a man till you've cried during Titanic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thr339z Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 Stanley Kubrick - Heads should check 'Barry Lyndon' - As elaborate and detailed as 2001, and undoubtedly the most genuine period film ever made in terms of props, costumes and settings James Cameron Oh yah def agree Barry Lyndon is epic! Kubrick out did him self on that whan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penco Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 i actually liked that movie You're not a man till you've cried during Titanic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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