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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    River over the River Kwai? that sounds like quite a feat of physics ;)
    It is, it is indeed....I suspect that I meant "Bridge over the River Kwai" :o
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Michael Mann, is often overlooked I find too. He's more about style, but goddam he's good at it. His films are usually hefty enough to work without the style too.

    i am also a fan of mann's. have been since manhunter. you know going in, if nothing else, his movies will look good. i feel in heat and collateral he seems to have captured LA's sense of dislocation perfectly.

    Spielberg hasn't done a huge amount lately, but his contribution to modern cinema is immeasurable. He invented the summer blockbuster, brought cgi to the fore with JP, and he gave us Indiana Jones!

    i think if you look deep enough you will be able to note the presence of george lucas behind a fair bit of spielberg. having said that i do have to acknowledge that spielberg is responsible for my favouritest scene in cinema history. ever. :)
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  • i think if you look deep enough you will be able to note the presence of george lucas behind a fair bit of spielberg. having said that i do have to acknowledge that spielberg is responsible for my favouritest scene in cinema history. ever. :)

    But then you look at Lucas without Spielberg in front, and sob into your oatmeal.:p
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    i think if you look deep enough you will be able to note the presence of george lucas behind a fair bit of spielberg. having said that i do have to acknowledge that spielberg is responsible for my favouritest scene in cinema history. ever. :)

    and that scene would be? :)
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    cutback wrote:
    and that scene would be? :)


    when the bicycles take flight in ET. it gets me every time. GO KIDS GO!!!


    my second is in that subpar film, revenge of the sith, when vader's mask is lowered onto that pussy anakin's head. i waited over 25 years for that circle to be closed. my childhood is now complete. :D
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    But then you look at Lucas without Spielberg in front, and sob into your oatmeal.:p

    well it is interesting that my favourite star wars film, and the one i consider the best, wasn't even directed by lucas. so you could be right about that my friend. and please don't get me started on his crap dialogue. that's when i truly weep into my oatmeal. :)
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  • samicksamick Posts: 373
    Takashi Miike

    Quentin Tarantino

    robert rodriguez

    Stanley Kubrick

    oh can't forget kevin smith


    Thats all from the top of my head
  • mole1985mole1985 Posts: 1,119
    But then you look at Lucas without Spielberg in front, and sob into your oatmeal.:p

    Did you know that Lucas wanted one of the indiana Jones sequels (can't remember which one) to be set in a haunted house? Oh my god how shit would that have been? Lucky for us Spielberg has some sense and stopped him.
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  • samicksamick Posts: 373
    Linda wrote:
    dont forget Marty McFly......:D


    wasn't that zemekis(sp?)?........or did spielberg have a hand in it too
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    samick wrote:
    wasn't that zemekis(sp?)?........or did spielberg have a hand in it too

    zemeckis wrote(along with bob gale) and directed back to the future. senor spielbergo was one of the producers. :)
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  • samicksamick Posts: 373
    zemeckis wrote(along with bob gale) and directed back to the future. senor spielbergo was one of the producers. :)


    ahh i see
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