Your 3 favorite directors and their best films. - Page 2

Terrell · 01-23-2002, 05:34 PM

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- The Phantom Menace (Hey I like it!!!)

Me and you both Neil. However, one small correction in your list. Ridley Scott directed Alien. Cameron directed Aliens, my favorite, just slightly ahead of Alien.

Matt Stone · 01-23-2002, 05:44 PM

Wes Anderson
-Bottle Rocket
-Rushmore
-Royal Tenenbaums

Kevin Smith
-Clerks
-Mallrats
-Chasing Amy
-Dogma
-Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Coen Bros
-Blood Simple
-Barton Fink
-Fargo
-The Big Lebowski

Kirk Tsai · 01-23-2002, 05:46 PM

Akira Kurosawa
Seven Samuri
Kagemusha
Ikiru
Dersu Uzala
High & Low

David Lean
Lawrence of Arabia
Brief Encounter
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Great Expectations
Oliver Twist

Alfred Hitchcock
Notorious
North By Northwest
Vertigo
Psycho
Shadow of a Doubt

Josh_Hill · 01-23-2002, 06:23 PM

Speilberg

Jaws
Close Encounters
Schindlers List
Raiders
Hook
E.T.
Empire of the Sun
Saving Pvt. Ryan

John Woo

The Killer
Hard Boiled
Bullit in the Head
M:I2

Kevin Smith (In order from best)

Chasing Amy
Dogma
J&SBSB
Clerks
Mallrats

Special Achievment Award-Best Storyteller:

George Lucas

Chuck Mayer · 01-23-2002, 06:31 PM

As for the director vs. actor...by far the director. In most cases, directors seem to be more intelligent than actors in choosing films. It's like bands, I suppose. How many CD's do you by sight unseen? Very few anymore. Movies are a little better...

I will go to any movie, sight unseen, directed by:

David Fincher - the man is a brilliant visual director. He also has very little fear, so you never know what to expect.

James Cameron - His worst movie (IMO) is True Lies...which is a great movie. While his "style" is less aggressive than Fincher's or Scott's, he is also very accomplished with his camerawork, and his movies are among the most beautiful ever filmed.

Steven Spielberg - Terrell nailed this one above. The man knows audiences, and he knows movies. There's a reason he is at the top of the Hollywood "Power List." Again, tremendously accomplished visually.

Ridley Scott - What can I say that I haven't said above. While his style is consistent, he applies to a variety of genres, always visually surpassing what has been done.

Cameron Crowe - Quite simply, I love every one of his films (yes, including Vanilla Sky). They are almost like...coming home, if that makes any sense. More intimate than the above directors, and would probably be the best one to sit down and talk to. The above directors are raging egomaniacs, although it helps their films.

I am very open to Scorcese, Ang Lee, and Peter Jackson as well (as for PJ, I do enjoy Heavenly Creatures [KATE W!!!] and The Frighteners, but I am nervous to judge him on one trilogy-in-the-making - although I consider him brilliant and a visionary, and FOTR as a landmark film).

Take care,
Chuck

P.S. As for actors - Sir Ian McKellan, Edward Norton, Denzel Washington, and Jodie Foster (although I am tainted by my love of her) will get me to a theater as well.

Andrew 'Ange Hamm' Hamm · 01-23-2002, 06:45 PM

GREAT thread.

Baz Luhrman
Strictly Ballroom
Moulin Rouge

Luc Besson
Leon
The Big Blue

James Cameron
The Abyss
Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Note that in my love of Besson, I omit The Messenger from consideration because it is the worst movie ever made.

Patrick McCart · 01-23-2002, 07:58 PM

Charlie Chaplin

CITY LIGHTS (A perfect movie.)
MODERN TIMES (Enough gags and humor to fill 4 movies.)
THE GREAT DICTATOR (Great blend of humor and serious drama.)

David Lean

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (Perfect in every way.)
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (Just as good as LoA.)

Alfred Hitchcock

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (Fun movie!)
VERTIGO (Perfect movie)
PSYCHO (Perfect, also.)
REAR WINDOW (Perfect.)
ROPE (Excellent, but it's really a filmed play. The use of real-time does add to the suspense. Great movie.)

Ok..I have to add one more...

Mel Brooks

THE PRODUCERS (I'm shocked this didn't make the AFI Top 100 list...but at least it made the Comedy 100 list.)
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Best parody by any director.)
BLAZING SADDLES (My favorite western.

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Steeve Bergeron · 01-23-2002, 07:59 PM

Steven Spielberg:

Raiders of the Lost Ark
E.T.
Jurassic Park
Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan

Ridley Scott:

Alien
Blade Runner
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Gladiator
Black Hawk Down

James Cameron:

The Terminator
Aliens
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
True Lies
Titanic

Steve Christou · 01-23-2002, 08:02 PM

Alfred Hitchcock

Psycho
North By Northwest
Rear Window
Vertigo
Notorious
The Birds
Rebecca
The Lady Vanishes
The 39 Steps
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Martin Scorsese

Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
Goodfellas
Casino
Cape Fear

Steven Spielberg

Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Schindlers List
Saving Private Ryan

Eric Peterson · 01-23-2002, 09:04 PM

I need to furthur split this category into classic directors vs. contemporary. Here goes.

Classic
1. Billy Wilder
The Apartment
Double Indemnity
Some Like It Hot
Stalag 17
Sunset Boulevard

2. Alfred Hitchcock
Rear Window
Vertigo
Shadow of a Doubt
Strangers on a Train
North By Northwest

3. John Ford
The Searchers
The Quiet Man
Stagecoach
The Grapes of Wrath
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Honorary - Howard Hawks, Orson Welles, Frank Capra, Kubrick

Contemporary

1. The Coens
The Big Lebowski
Fargo
Barton Fink
Blood Simple
O'Brother Where Art Thou

2. David Fincher
Se7en
Fight Club
Alien 3
The Game
The Panic Room (I cheated)

3. Tim Burton
Ed Wood
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Edward Scissorhands
Sleepy Hollow
The Nightmare Before Christmas (Actually Henry Selick)

Honorary - Martin Scorcese, Spielberg,
Too soon to tell : P.T. Anderson, Wes Anderson, Frank Darabont

RayG · 01-23-2002, 09:07 PM

Orson Welles:
Citizen Kane
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Lady From Shanghai
Othello
Touch of Evil

David Lynch:
Eraserhead
Dune
Blue Velvet
The Straight Story
Mulholland Dr.

Stanley Kubrick:
Paths of Glory
Dr. Strangelove...
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon

Runner-ups: Hitchcock & Altman