Best film directors

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  • gleemonex
    gleemonex Posts: 848
    A quality director that isn't among the best, but is still very good is Bryan Singer. The Usual Suspects and the first two X-Men movies are good films.
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    BrotherLoveBone wrote:
    Many good ones have been said already but i would add Sergio Leone to the list.

    For a Few Dollars More,The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,Once Upon a Time in the West and Once Upon a Time in America (full version) are all amazing films

    how could i forget sergio? definitely one of the all time greats.
  • comfortably numb
    comfortably numb Posts: 188
    a few you all have left off:

    woody allen
    sidney lumet
    federico fellini
    ingmar bergman
    jean-pierre melville
    saw things so much clearer
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    David Lean...only did a few films, but "Lawrence of Arabia", "River over the River Kwai," and "Doctor Zhivago" make up a nice resume. :D
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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,165
    AKIRA KUROSAWA

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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    comfortably numb wrote:
    a few you all have left off:

    woody allen
    sidney lumet
    federico fellini
    ingmar bergman
    jean-pierre melville
    Bergman > life
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • BustedDownThePretext
    BustedDownThePretext Posts: 330
    paul thomas anderson. and he is also a great writer!
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  • KosmicJelli
    KosmicJelli Posts: 1,855
    Cameron Crowe
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    tybird wrote:
    David Lean...only did a few films, but "Lawrence of Arabia", "River over the River Kwai," and "Doctor Zhivago" make up a nice resume. :D
    River over the River Kwai? that sounds like quite a feat of physics ;)
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    My favs are:

    1. David Lynch
    2. David Fincher
    3. Joel Coen
    4. Martin Scorsese
    5. Spike Lee
  • tybird
    tybird 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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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    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.

    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    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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  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    catefrances wrote:
    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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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    catefrances wrote:
    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? :)
  • catefrances
    catefrances 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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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    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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  • samick
    samick Posts: 373
    Takashi Miike

    Quentin Tarantino

    robert rodriguez

    Stanley Kubrick

    oh can't forget kevin smith


    Thats all from the top of my head
  • mole1985
    mole1985 Posts: 1,119
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    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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  • samick
    samick Posts: 373
    Linda wrote:
    dont forget Marty McFly......:D


    wasn't that zemekis(sp?)?........or did spielberg have a hand in it too
  • catefrances
    catefrances 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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