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Fan Area => The Hydlaa Plaza => Topic started by: Parallo on November 05, 2008, 03:16:08 pm
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Whom is your favourite film director and why?
Right now I'm torn between Gaspar Noé and Darren Aronofsky. They are, from what I have seen, the pinicle of technical and creative talent.
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Kar Wai Wong, Ki-duk Kim, Andrei Tarkovsky.
I still have to think about others... but I also like Aronofsky & Roberto Benigni. Well Roberto I like more as an actor :)
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Hard to say... Possibly Sergio Leone, Terry Gilliam and Tsui Hark.
and Peter Jackson, Takeshi Kitano, the Coen Brothers, Henri-Georges Clouzot and Clint Eastwood.
Not one movie to throw away from these guys.
There are a few more, but they just don't come to mind right now.
[EDIT]
I forgot Guillermo del Toro
(and I stick with favorite directors, not favorite movies)
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Requiem for a Dream can atone for countless sins.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Henson
Entertainment genius.
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Steven Spielberg for:
Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
Jaws
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Jurassic Park
Close Encounters
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones
Gremlins
[That is all I can remember. I think this were all his. I most likely missed a few]
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Steven Spielberg for:
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Gremlins
Gremlins, that was Joe Dante
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opps, sorry khoridor, you are correct. After the movie came out everyone wanted one. They were so cute.
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I'd be remiss not to take this opportunity to call you a muppet without fear of recrimination. ;D
I send you to the Labyrinth!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJGQY5LyRWk
You have no power over me!
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My favorite is Pedro Almodovar, a genius
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George Lucas!
. . .
Yes, I am joking.
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I have to agree with Mathy, Steven Spielberg is definitely one of my favorites. Mostly because he always chooses John Williams to write the music for his movies and John Williams is my absolute FAVORITE composer. :D
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Love him or hate him, Wes Anderson is still one of my favorites.
Proof of talent --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl6FbeoXeHQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl6FbeoXeHQ)
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Christopher Nolan. No contest. He's able to have intricate plots while not forgetting his characters in the process.
People know him for the new Batman movies, but Memento and The Prestige easily beat them.
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Ridley Scott: Blade Runner, Kingdom of Heaven
Antonia Bird: Ravenous, Face
Kevin Costner (that's right...): Dances with Wolves, Open Range( go watch it and try to disagree with me ; ))
James Cameron: Alien(s), T-2
John Carpenter: The Thing, They Live
My most favorite:
Terrence Malick: Thin Red Line
David Cronenberg: The Fly, A History of Violence, Eastern Promises
Andrei Tarkovsky: Stalker
Michael Mann: Heat, The Last of the Mohicans, Manhunter
Werner Herzog: Aguirre: Der Zorn Gottes
Wolfgang Petersen: Das Boot
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I'm going with Spielberg for Shindlers List. Probably the most depressing movie I've seen ever... Yeah that didn't sound like a good thing, but it is.
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Christopher Nolan. No contest. He's able to have intricate plots while not forgetting his characters in the process.
People know him for the new Batman movies, but Memento and The Prestige easily beat them.
Memento was a bit too gimmicky to be truly great. Nolan: Look! A non-linear narrative! Audience: Genius!
Irreversible employs the same technique to make both a riveting film but also make a serious moral point.
Love him or hate him, Wes Anderson is still one of my favorites.
Proof of talent --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl6FbeoXeHQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl6FbeoXeHQ)
I love him, but he needs to stop remaking the same film time after time. Hopefully the Fantastic Mr. Fox will change that. It actually seems unique and quirky, as was his intention with every film.
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Christopher Nolan. No contest. He's able to have intricate plots while not forgetting his characters in the process.
People know him for the new Batman movies, but Memento and The Prestige easily beat them.
Memento was a bit too gimmicky to be truly great. Nolan: Look! A non-linear narrative! Audience: Genius!
Irreversible employs the same technique to make both a riveting film but also make a serious moral point.
Uh, the entire plot lends itself to the structure of Memento. It's the only way you really get the sense of confusion the main character is going through. And if you don't sit for a while afterward thinking about the implications of the movie...well....
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Don't get me wrong, I liked the film. But it just wasn't great. This (http://www.the-editing-room.com/memento.html) illustrates my thoughts on it in a rather funny way.
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Don't get me wrong, I liked the film. But it just wasn't great. This (http://www.the-editing-room.com/memento.html) illustrates my thoughts on it in a rather funny way.
It's cool if you don't think it was great, dude, I just take issue with saying it's "too gimmicky". It has a gimmick, sure, but it is very obviously not just a random decision on Nolan's part to create a buzz for the film. I've never seen Irreversible, though I will try and check it out at some point now, but I highly doubt it's non-linear structure has a direct relation to the way the main character's mind works.
There is a way to watch it in chronological order, and it's still a good movie that way, but it doesn't have nearly the same impact.
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It would just seem to me that the character was invented just to fit a style of narrative. It seems to rely very heavily on what should be a small part of a signifigant whole while generally lacking in others. Still, very good film. Irreversible is highly recomended, but only if you're over 18 and do not have a weak stomach.
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It would just seem to me that the character was invented just to fit a style of narrative. It seems to rely very heavily on what should be a small part of a signifigant whole while generally lacking in others. Still, very good film. Irreversible is highly recomended, but only if you're over 18 and do not have a weak stomach.
I guess that makes sense. However, the character actually comes from a short story written by his brother.