Directors Greatest Director's & their Greatest Films - The Tournament (1 Viewer)

[Brook K]

Robert Wise
Billy Wilder
Luis Bunuel
Orson Welles - tough choice though

Wise and Altman are not exactly comparable though, they are not trying to do the same things with their films. Wise is a product of the studio system and made Hollywood studio films while Altman is the enfant terrible indie auteur type. I won't try to add anything to the argument since I still haven't seen most of Altman's 70's-80's work and dislike both MASH and Nashville.

 

[SteveGon]

Robert Altman
Mel Brooks
Luis Bunuel
Orson Welles

 

[Bill J]

ROBERT ALTMAN - (M*A*S*H)
BILLY WILDER - (Double Indemnity)
LUIS BUNUEL - (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie)
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA - (Apocalypse Now)

 

[Ric Bagoly]

abstain (no Discreet)

Robert Altman

Mel Brooks

Francis Ford Coppola

 

[Chris_Richard]

ROBERT WISE
BILLY WILDER
LUIS BUNUEL
ORSON WELLES

 

[Jim_K]

ROBERT WISE - (West Side Story) over ROBERT ALTMAN - (M*A*S*H) 7-6

BILLY WILDER - (Double Indemnity) over MEL BROOKS - (Blazing Saddles) 10-3

LUIS BUNUEL - (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie) over JAMES WHALE - (Bride of Frankenstein) 6-2

ORSON WELLES - (Citizen Kane) over FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA - (Apocalypse Now) 11-3

next


MICHAEL CURTIZ - (Casablanca)
vs.
FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT - (The 400 Blows)

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CARL THEODOR DREYER - (The Passion of Joan of Arc)
vs.
ANDREI TARKOVSKY - (Andrei Rublev)

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FEDERICO FELLINI - (8 1/2)
vs.
QUENTIN TARANTINO - (Pulp Fiction)

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JOHN FORD - (The Searchers)
vs.
PRESTON STURGES - (Sullivan's Travels)

 

[LukeB]

QUENTIN TARANTINO - (Pulp Fiction)
PRESTON STURGES - (Sullivan's Travels)

 

[Jim_K]

my votes

MICHAEL CURTIZ - (Casablanca)

CARL THEODOR DREYER - (The Passion of Joan of Arc)

QUENTIN TARANTINO - (Pulp Fiction)

JOHN FORD - (The Searchers)

 

[Jan H]

Curtiz
Dreyer
Fellini
Ford

Some seriously tough matchups!

 

[Angelo.M]

TRUFFAUT (very tough)
TARANTINO (also tough)
FORD

 

[Dheiner]

JOHN FORD - (The Searchers)

 

[george kaplan]

MICHAEL CURTIZ - (Casablanca)

FEDERICO FELLINI - (8 1/2)

PRESTON STURGES - (Sullivan's Travels) - it looks like this is going to be a major travesty. Sturges' best directorial effort losing to Ford's worst (IMO of course). :frowning:

 

[Tommy G]

MICHAEL CURTIZ - (Casablanca)
CARL THEODOR DREYER - (The Passion of Joan of Arc)
FEDERICO FELLINI - (8 1/2)
Abstain - as I can't decide between the two. This is truly a tie for me.

 

[Rand]

MICHAEL CURTIZ - (Casablanca)

abstain

QUENTIN TARANTINO - (Pulp Fiction)

JOHN FORD - (The Searchers)

 

[ChuckDeLa]

FEDERICO FELLINI - (8 1/2) ... tough, I hate both

 

[Lew Crippen]

François Truffaut

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Federico Fellini

Preston Sturges


The only easy choice was Fellini.

 

[SteveGon]

Francois Truffaut - Close.
Andrei Tarkovsky - Close again.
Quentin Tarantino
Preston Sturges - The current state of film comedy demands his return!

 

[SteveGon]

Lew, I think you underestimate Tarantino - he really is quite capable as a director. When he matures as a filmmaker, he could be a force to reckon with.

 

[Rich Malloy]

MICHAEL CURTIZ - (Casablanca)
ANDREI TARKOVSKY - (Andrei Rublev) -- most difficult matchup for me, so far. Two of my favorites, head-to-head.
FEDERICO FELLINI - (8 1/2)
JOHN FORD - (The Searchers)

 

[Ric Bagoly]

abstain x4