Qui-Gonzalez
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Re: Who is the best Director. Well, in your mind.
Damn...got short sighted enough to forget Hitchcock.
Damn...got short sighted enough to forget Hitchcock.
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Re: Who is the best Director. Well, in your mind.
I was just watching "North by Northwest" Love me some Hitch!
I was just watching "North by Northwest" Love me some Hitch!
Re: Who is the best Director. Well, in your mind.
Let's see 2001, Barry Lyndon, A Clockwork Orange, I would say he is an entertaining storyteller! :lol
Let's see 2001, Barry Lyndon, A Clockwork Orange, I would say he is an entertaining storyteller! :lol
KnightAsylum
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Well if I am having to try and label one as "best" then the only fair way to do it for me is the one who has directed a film (films) with the most impact on my life. And if that is my criteria then it is an easy choice by far - George Lucas.:thumbsup
Well if I am having to try and label one as "best" then the only fair way to do it for me is the one who has directed a film (films) with the most impact on my life. And if that is my criteria then it is an easy choice by far - George Lucas.:thumbsup
Solo4114
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DAMN YOU!! You beat me to it!! Which reminds me...
...You two should both appreciate this little number.
I find North by Northwest to be an EXCELLENT date movie.
DAMN YOU!! You beat me to it!! Which reminds me...
...You two should both appreciate this little number.
I find North by Northwest to be an EXCELLENT date movie.
Paul Andrew
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Re: Who is the best Director. Well, in your mind.
... Kevin Smith
... Kevin Smith
cayman shen
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Kurosawa. Seven Samurai has been described as "a film school in itself."
I hesitate to nominate anybody living, because they can still drift into suck. Like Scott or Speilberg, who used to be great and are now mediocre at best.
Kurosawa. Seven Samurai has been described as "a film school in itself."
I hesitate to nominate anybody living, because they can still drift into suck. Like Scott or Speilberg, who used to be great and are now mediocre at best.
tgreco
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Yojimbo is great, and Seven Samurai, and the most perfect film ever made (in my opinion) Ran. But beyond that, he did have some films that weren't all that ...
such as Roshomon, Throne of Blood, Kugemushu, and Dersu Uzula.
Don't get me wrong, Tishiro Mifune is always amazing to watch, and I enjoy all of Kurasawa's films, but Shakespeare doesn't always translate well to fuedal Japan believably.
I haven't seen every Kurosawa film, but I've seen most of them, and even Kurosawa had varying levels of quality. Even Kurosawa had some mediocrity in him.
Yojimbo is great, and Seven Samurai, and the most perfect film ever made (in my opinion) Ran. But beyond that, he did have some films that weren't all that ...
such as Roshomon, Throne of Blood, Kugemushu, and Dersu Uzula.
Don't get me wrong, Tishiro Mifune is always amazing to watch, and I enjoy all of Kurasawa's films, but Shakespeare doesn't always translate well to fuedal Japan believably.
Cookiee Monsta
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Amish Trooper
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Re: Who is the best Director. Well, in your mind.
What about Ron Howard?
What about Ron Howard?
Solo4114
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Not a fan of Michael Mann, personally. I find his stuff to usually be very visually stylish, but it's like he deliberately guts the scripts or something. Maybe he's trying to use the imagery as narrative, but it doesn't really do it for me. He does sumptuous visuals and directs action pretty well, but his movies always seem to me to be pretty thin otherwise.
Not a fan of Michael Mann, personally. I find his stuff to usually be very visually stylish, but it's like he deliberately guts the scripts or something. Maybe he's trying to use the imagery as narrative, but it doesn't really do it for me. He does sumptuous visuals and directs action pretty well, but his movies always seem to me to be pretty thin otherwise.
darthgordon
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I've also got to go with Hitchcock here.
Kubrick might have gotten great performances from his actors (as long as we forget Eyes Wide Shut), but I believe that you need more than that to be considered great. A great director should also be someone that the actors are comfortable with. The only time Kubrick's actors were comfortable were at the wrap party. The man was insane. Genius does not always make someone great in my book... it's about being a human being as well.
I think Spielberg was great at one time... then he and Lucas went mad with power... not that Lucas was ever a great director.
I've also got to go with Hitchcock here.
Kubrick might have gotten great performances from his actors (as long as we forget Eyes Wide Shut), but I believe that you need more than that to be considered great. A great director should also be someone that the actors are comfortable with. The only time Kubrick's actors were comfortable were at the wrap party. The man was insane. Genius does not always make someone great in my book... it's about being a human being as well.
I think Spielberg was great at one time... then he and Lucas went mad with power... not that Lucas was ever a great director.
EvilRocketeer
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Martin Scorsese !
Martin Scorsese !
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