In no particular order, mine are
Sidney Lumet
John Frankenheimer
Orson Welles
Don Siegel
John Carpenter, Alex Proyas, Guillermo del Toro and Alfred Hitchcock.
Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, Federico Fellini, Orson Welles
can't think of any directors who've made more than 2 films that I genuinely adore.
Spielberg for DUEL and JAWS
Coen Bros for FARGO and BIG LEBOWSKI
Scorcese for GOODFELLAS and CASINO
Lynch for WILD AT HEART and MULHOLLAND DRIVE
feel like all these guys have a superior directors' touch, but at the same time I could haplily live without all their other films tbh
Stanley Kubrick
David Lynch
Mario Bava
Ed Wood Jr. (Hey- I enjoy his films!)
Call out to Martin Scorcese, Tod Browning, Al Adamson, Roger Corman, James Whale, early George Romero.
Of the past -
Spielberg
Carpenter
Miyazaki
Ralph Bakshi
Current year -
Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Northman)
Denis Villeneuve (Dune, Arrival)
Makoto Shinkai (Your Name, Suzume)
Mamoru Hosoda (Wolf Children, Summer Wars)
OH! I really like Takashi Miike too!
Stanley Kubrick, Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan and Charlie Chaplin
Adrian Lyne, Chin-Ku Lu (Shaw Brothers director), Kubrik, Todd Solondz
Cripes! I fergot Tarintino! I like him too.
1.) Quentin Tarantino
2.) Kevin Smith
3.) Wes Craven
4.) Christopher Nolan
There's others I like. Like The Russo Brothers.
Quote from: HappyGilmore on May 16, 2024, 09:23:52 AM
1.) Quentin Tarantin0
2.) Kevin Smith
3.) Wes Craven
4.) Christopher Nolan
There's others I like. Like The Russo Brothers.
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DAM! How could I forget Hitchcock?!
JACQUES TOURNEUR
DAVID LEAN
FEDERICO FELLINI
LUCHINO VISCONTI
This is not an easy question as there are many directors who made a few movies I love, but others which I haven't liked at all. Directors who's work I generally like across many movies:
Christopher Nolan
John Woo
Michael Bay
Alex Proyas
Christopher Nolan needs no explanation; of all the directors, his movies consistently make me think, 'I wish I had directed that' rather than, 'what a great movie'. John Woo has made so many awesome movies, both in Hong Kong and America. His Mission Impossible II is my favourite of the franchise. Michael Bay gets a lot of flack, but his movies are generally really high quality and heaps of fun. Alex Proyas has directed so many cool movies like The Crow, Dark City, and Knowing.
Runners up:
Wong Kar Wai (2046, The Grandmaster)
Russel Mulcahy (only Highlander and The Shadow, not very fond of his others)
Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle)
Jackie Chan - yeah, I love them all
James Cameron - NOT Titanic, Avatar or any of that predicable drivel, but the good stuff like Terminator and T2
Ridley Scott - I generally enjoy his movies but I never feel like, 'wow, I wish i had done that'.
You can laugh, but I think there is no better director than Tarantino.
Quote from: MauriceNorton on June 21, 2024, 04:36:26 PMYou can laugh, but I think there is no better director than Tarantino.
well you're not the first to mention him in this thread, or even to put him top!
personally I do think PULP FICTION stands apart from all his other work though
This isn't a debate thread, so I'm not arguing against Tarantino. Instead (compulsively) I'll say that I entirely admire several of his films, and then he's got several where there is evidence of him being a "Top 4" director and profoundly compelling evidence against him qualifying for that honor in the same darn movie. It really frustrates me and that's why I couldn't include him in a Top 4. At the same time, he obviously goes out of his way to frustrate viewers like me, and yet if he's completely satisfying to viewers such as yourself, cheers to your opinion!
^..... and then theirs the HATEFUL EIGHT. Tarintino is good, but I think much of his work is just homage to other BETTER directors and films. I like his films, but if I want to see an old 1970's film, I'll watch one; because after PULP FICTION, he seems to just be remaking old 1970's films.
Quote from: RCMerchant on June 22, 2024, 10:58:37 AMI like his films, but if I want to see an old 1970's film, I'll watch one; because after PULP FICTION, he seems to just be remaking old 1970's films.
I recently watched the 1970s INGLORIOUS BASTARDS...he stole the whole title. however the film is only vaguely similar in plot to Tarantino's, and not at all in tone. I actually really liked it. cheesy in a nice old 70s grindhouse way
the opening scene of Tarantino's is one of the most tense scenes in movie history
Okay, now we've turned this into a Tarantino thread, but ah well!
:cheers:
FTR I think ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, DJANGO UNCHAINED, RESERVOIR DOGS, JACKIE BROWN, and PULP FICTION all pretty much work, and work well - at least for me. Of all of them, PULP FICTION has aged the least well. DOGS plays a lot better than PULP these days.
There's almost exactly half of DEATH PROOF and both KILL BILLs that work and are brilliant, and exactly half of each that fail for me.
BASTERDS and H8FUL... masterful sequences... completely flawed construction - like, deep integral structural problems. Again, just one man's two cents.
yeah I really dug the 1st half of DEATHPROOF. fell apart in 2nd half, not sure why it had to go in that direction
I want to see him try a giallo. or at least a flat out horror
apparently he was slated to direct the 1995 HALLOWEEN: CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS sequel
Quote from: zombie no.one on June 22, 2024, 03:18:12 PMyeah I really dug the 1st half of DEATHPROOF. fell apart in 2nd half, not sure why it had to go in that direction I want to see him try a giallo. or at least a flat out horror
^^^ This 100%. I know the guy loves to upset viewer expectations and I know he loves FASTER, p***yCAT! KILL, KILL! If he really had to make those two disparate halves, he should've really committed to the true "Grindhouse" experience of layabouts wandering in and out of the theater w/ no regard for the films....... and started GRINDHOUSE w/ the second, inferior half of DEATHPROOF... play some trailers... play the entirety of PLANET TERROR... more trailers... then the first half of DEATHPROOF through "Hang Tight"....... have the film "get caught in the gate" and burn/melt... end of double feature! Lights come up, everyone leaves satisfied. :smile:
Tough call, but I'll throw these out there (in no particular order):
* Martin Scorsese
* Alfred Hitchcock
* Billy Wilder
* Sam Peckinpah