best modern director
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monsieurhalifax — 15 years ago(July 25, 2010 11:59 AM)
One of the best for sure.
My vote history
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polysicsarebest — 15 years ago(November 18, 2010 03:33 PM)
- Jon Jost
- Takeshi Kitano
- Aki Kaurismaki
- Ryan Trecartin
- Damon Packard
something like that.
LIMITS OF CONTROL is one of the best films of the last decade though.
pretentious: characterized by assumption of dignity or importance.
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mobocracy — 14 years ago(January 28, 2012 09:42 AM)
he's always stayed true to his art
Which is kind of euphemism for "one trick pony."
Jarmusch was groundbreaking as an American indie filmmaker in the early to mid-80s, defying any kind of American expectations of what a "movie" was and attracting widespread interest in a pre-Internet era of art houses, film society screenings at the dawn of "indie" cinema in the US.
My problem with him is that he doesn't seem to have grown or changed since then and he hasn't really produced many films that are both "true to his art" and accessible to a more mainstream audience.
I think the kind of arty, inaccessible films he's famous for are good, but I also think it's a pretty narrow artistic space in which to operate and if you stay there you kind of make the same film over and over again. You begin to seem limited, not cutting edge.
Christopher Nolan, Steven Soderbergh, Darren Aronofsky, Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino all managed to make movies with lots of indie cred, but they all also managed to climb out of that slot and make accessible movies with more diverse themes. -
spyretto — 11 years ago(May 30, 2014 03:34 PM)
You picked some very systemic directors to compare Jarmusch to. I doubt Jarmusch can be compared to these people because he may be using his art to reach a wide audience but not as a means to an end. He's not in to make as much money in as little time as possible from his films and he's not part of the movie industry like the people you have mentioned. That is probably why he makes a film every 3 or 4 years.
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npagano05 — 11 years ago(July 14, 2014 02:22 AM)
He is most certainly part of the movie industry and if he could he would definitely want to be as successful as the Coens and Tarantino, neither of whom are in it "to make as much money in as little time as possible from his films". They both make films because they love film and also happen to be very good at it, while still being able to explore interesting, controversial ideas AND entertain those who watch their films.
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aftermik — 11 years ago(July 30, 2014 03:54 PM)
he totally lost what made him one of the very best director of the 80's & 90's.
what he did then was art (Dead Man, Ghost Dog, Down by Law). smart, beautiful, touching, UNTEMPORAL (like without the need to be modern, attached to an era : it was about universal human feelings & questions about existence & how to be, painting characters with smart words & situations rather than make-up & some ramble about tesla). His cinematography then was much more sober, the stories he was telling deeper (stranger than paradise !) & the character multi-layered, and you would observe those layers unfolding as the movie was progressing.
his "art" now is dead, empty, a waste of films & money.
OLLA or Limit of Control are two pieces of rubbish with no substance whatsoever except for a few ok tunes or maybe for that now grown up twilight egocentric generation.
does anyone know if JJ has children ?