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ikilledkenny on 07 October 2008

A movie's director has so much to do with how a movie is made, and their choices can make or break a film. This thread is about discussing why some directors are so amazing at what they do.

1. Stanley Kubrick- Kubrick's films are not merely amazing. Rather, they also make you think about them as you are walking out, and for a long time thereafter. His casting abilities and subtle nuances are phenomenal, be it the gradual insanity of Jack Nicholson's Jack Torrance in The Shining, or Malcolm Macdowell's portrayal of morally ambiguous Alex in A Clockwork Orange. Who can forget Alex "Singin' in the Rain" or Private Pyle's last scene in Full Metal Jacket?

2. Steven Spielberg- Spielberg has been responsible for many of our best movies. Both Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan's gritty, realistic stories tug at your heartstrings. The theme of Jaws is one of our most iconic pieces of movie music ever. He creates art, and his stories captivate our imagination.

3. Martin Scorsese- Raging Bull is amazing. It is the greatest sports movie ever, bar none. He would earn a spot on here solely for that movie. He did not fear controversy, creating movies such as the Last Temptation of Christ. His attention to detail is impecable. Subtle changes are brought out by the black and white filming of Raging Bull, and in The Aviator, Hughes is shown from all angles. Nothing escapes him.

These are my favorites. What are yours? Discuss.


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super_etecoon on 07 October 2008

David Fincher, Darren Aronofsky, Christopher Nolan.



BenKenobi88 on 07 October 2008

Coen Brothers...not all their movies have been perfect, but they're definitely better than most directors out there...each one of their hit movies has been unique, hilarious, and thoughtful. The Big Lebowski, The Hudsucker Proxy, Fargo, No Country for Old Men, O Brother Where Art Thou, The Man Who Wasn't There, and I even liked Burn After Reading.



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akuma587 on 07 October 2008

Akira Kurosawa: So versatile, so accomplished, and so elegant is all I need to say here.

Sir David Lean: Arguably the most important British film director alongside Kubrick. A great "epic" director, but also one who can focus on details or do more intimate kinds of movies, like A Brief Encounter.

Terry Gilliam: One of the great experimental directors along with people like David Lynch and Kubrick (not a true "experimental" director, but close enough). Extremely talented at capturing people's subjective emotions and creating incredibly non-traditional heroes.

Modern directors who still have a lot more to give before their careers are over:

Christopher Nolan

Michel Gondry

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Richard Linklater



We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.  The only thing that really worried me was the ether.  There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke

It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

Onyxmeth on 07 October 2008

Hmmm...Jim Jarmusch, Pedro Almodovar, Quentin Tarantino, Alexander Payne, Spike Jonze, Richard Linklater, Takeshi Kitano, Wes Anderson, Lars von Trier, many others and everybody listed above.



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akuma587 on 07 October 2008

And lets not forget this cinematic genius:



We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.  The only thing that really worried me was the ether.  There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke

It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

akuma587 on 07 October 2008
super_etecoon said:

David Fincher, Darren Aronofsky, Christopher Nolan.

Oh wow, I didn't realize that Fincher had done so many movies I liked, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button looks AWESOME.

I still need to see Pi...but Requiem For a Dream was awesome.

 



We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.  The only thing that really worried me was the ether.  There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke

It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

tarheel91 on 07 October 2008
BenKenobi88 said:
Coen Brothers...not all their movies have been perfect, but they're definitely better than most directors out there...each one of their hit movies has been unique, hilarious, and thoughtful. The Big Lebowski, The Hudsucker Proxy, Fargo, No Country for Old Men, O Brother Where Art Thou, The Man Who Wasn't There, and I even liked Burn After Reading.

 

Seconded, along with Quentin Tarantino.



super_etecoon on 07 October 2008
akuma587 said:
super_etecoon said:

David Fincher, Darren Aronofsky, Christopher Nolan.

Oh wow, I didn't realize that Fincher had done so many movies I liked, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button looks AWESOME.

I still need to see Pi...but Requiem For a Dream was awesome.

 

Did you watch the Fountain?

 



akuma587 on 07 October 2008
super_etecoon said:
akuma587 said:
super_etecoon said:

David Fincher, Darren Aronofsky, Christopher Nolan.

Oh wow, I didn't realize that Fincher had done so many movies I liked, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button looks AWESOME.

I still need to see Pi...but Requiem For a Dream was awesome.

 

Did you watch the Fountain?

 

No, I didn't.  I think the reason I was never motivated to was because of Hugh Jackman.  Now that I know who directed it I will try harder to see it.

I've heard a lot more about Pi than I have about The Fountain, and from what I have heard it is the kind of movie I would like.  Anyone who did a movie like Requiem For a Dream definitely has talent, so I am sure his other films are pretty good.

 



We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.  The only thing that really worried me was the ether.  There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke

It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson