best modern director
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Mr_Cinema8 — 17 years ago(June 30, 2008 03:53 AM)
Wes Anderson doesn't hold a candle to Jarmusch. And I think the Poster was referring to modern in the chronological sense, not the philosophical one. Best American directors working today: Jarmusch, PT Anderson, The Coen Brothers, James Cameron, Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan. Done
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smiley_b81 — 17 years ago(September 18, 2008 02:21 PM)
Depends on how you define 'Modern'. IMO.
Best Modern Director: Orson Welles (since I think in some ways, "Citizen Kane" invented what we think of today as the modern sound film). Runners-up: Stanley Kubrick (thee modern visionary) & Elia Kazan (cuz what we see as modern film acting would be different if he wasn't there).
Best Post-Modern Director: Jean-Luc Godard (he is to cinema what Brecht is to literature).
And since Hollywood hasn't caught up to people like Godard or Fassbinder, (and I do consider Jarmusch to be Hollywood, cuz "Broken Flowers" and the very star-studded "Coffee and Cigarettes" were both made within the system), I'd say Terrence Malick is easily the best director working in America.
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wesleyjones-1 — 16 years ago(September 17, 2009 09:40 PM)
Hi Smiley,
Just wondering, how do YOU define Modernism and Post Modernism in film?
This isn't a loaded question that I plan to pounce on once you've answered. I'm just really interested in the various ways these terms are perceived across different mediums and disciplines. -
whowhatwherewhenwhy — 14 years ago(August 15, 2011 03:42 PM)
Jarmusch isn't even in my top 30 of living directors, never mind all time.
He is interesting, I appreciate his choices and the way he sticks to his artistic instincts, but for what it's worth it doesn't translate into entertainment or introspection for me.
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desperateliving — 17 years ago(September 23, 2008 04:24 AM)
Jarmusch is good, I think Wes Anderson is a hard pill to swallow.
But there are hundreds of great directors still making great work Rodrigo Garcia, Paul Cox, Michael Haneke, Wong Kar-Wai, Claire Denis, Catherine Breillat, Todd Haynes, the Dardenne brothers, Ken Loach, Vincent Gallo, Mike Leigh, Gus Van Sant, Billy Ray, Richard Linklater, Michael Winterbottom, Gregg Araki, John Cameron Mitchell, Danny Boyle, etc etc.
Then there are all the Kiarostamis, Hous, Rivettes, etc that never actually play in theaters. -
TheDarkChrisKnight — 17 years ago(January 26, 2009 10:05 PM)
Wait a minute there Maverick. What about the Holy Trinity of modern-day directors. That's right, Uwe Boll, Paul WS Anderson and Michael Bay. Simply the best. Just like Rick Astley.
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Writer01603 — 16 years ago(February 01, 2010 01:42 AM)
If we're talking modern, as in current time, I wouldn't put him at the top of my list of best directors, but he'd be on the list of best directors, if we're talking Modern, as in Modernist directors, he would be at the top of my list of any Modernist movement in story telling.
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monsieurhalifax — 15 years ago(July 25, 2010 11:59 AM)
One of the best for sure.
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