What the Hell?
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16mmRay — 20 years ago(August 23, 2005 01:51 PM)
Capra is too "Americana" for today's wised-up cinephiles. The fact that he was a damn good filmmaker is apparently irrelevant.
Another grotesque absentee is Michael Curtiz. The greatest non-specific (he did EVERY type of picture and gave them a very definite stamp) director of them all. -
Spyder130 — 20 years ago(December 04, 2005 06:42 PM)
I think Chaplin belongs on there too, but cranking out so many cheap films so fast isn't really the best reason. I also think Robert Zemeckis is very deserving. But I absolutely agree that Capra and Curtiz not being on there makes the whole list a farce.
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Hyman_Flomax — 20 years ago(February 13, 2006 02:17 PM)
Well, Capra certainly deserves a spot over Michael Mann. Although, you should keep in mind that Capra wasn't always consistent, especially in his years after "It's A Wonderful Life". The fact that many of his best films are syrupy social comedies, doesn't neccessarily help his chances, as they are often not recognized as being "great films" on the same level as serious dramas. Some critics often pan his sentimental utopian vision for being naive, sappy and one-dimensional.
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goldeye39 — 20 years ago(March 02, 2006 06:50 AM)
they put peter jackson at #7. ingmar bergman was #38. ly5b4nch was at #20. thats not a very good list although the top four are pretty good. only i like kubrick more than spielberg and scorsese.
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Svennisnoken — 20 years ago(April 08, 2006 04:37 AM)
If Carpa is not there, what the h3ll is M Night Shyamalan and Quentin Tarantino doing there??
Don't get me wrong, I love their movies.. but I would consider Carpa as a better movie maker.
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movies_is_cool — 19 years ago(May 18, 2006 09:42 AM)
The reason Capra is one of the top filmmakers on my list is because his movies are sentimental, sappy and uplifting. I like to watch a film that makes me feel warm and optimistic. Capra was also very talented and inovative.
That list looks more like the "top 40 super popular box office smash neato cool directors". A lot of good Directors on it but a lot that aren't and the order is a little messed up. Why is Tim Burton on the list? I really like his movies but one of the top 40 directors? Terry Gilliam? Again I like his films, but are they really that great? Mainly just weird. George Lucus? Come on silly list-makers! -
HellFurby — 19 years ago(May 18, 2006 11:48 AM)
Good to see Lynch made a pretty decent place on the list. As much as I'm gradually warming up to Tarantino, I definitely don't think he's higher than Francis Ford Coppola and a few others. I have another question
Where the HELL are Billy Wilder and Federico Fellini?
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masterofmydomain78 — 19 years ago(July 04, 2006 12:28 PM)
This is one of the crappiest lists ever made
I'm sorry, but in a top 40 of the greatest directors EVER, there's no room for Quentin Tarantino, Sam Raimi, Peter Weir, Brian De Palma, James Cameron, Robert Zemeckis, Peter Jackson, Clint Eastwood, Joel Coen, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, George Lucas, Michael Mann, Tim Burton, Oliver Stone, Terry Gilliam, Ron Howard, Spike Lee and Anthony Minghella.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 40 BEST DIRECTORS EVER
M. Night Shyamalan?, PLEASE!
What about Satyajit Ray, Luis Buuel, Jean-Luc Godard, Preston Sturges, Jean Renoir, F.W. Murnau, Buster Keaton, Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Ernst Lubitsch, Vincente Minnelli, Roberto Rossellini, Jacques Tati, Carl Dreyer, Sergei Eisenstein, D.W. Griffith, Wim Wenders, Roman Polanski, William Wyler, Luchino Visconti, Pedro Almodovar, Abel Gance, Robert Bresson, John Cassavetes, Michelangelo Antonioni, Yasujiro Ozu, Sam Fuller, Andrei Tarkovsky, Carlos Saura, Erich Von Stroheim, Pier Paolo Pasolini, George Cukor, Jean Vigo, Georges Melies, Rene Clair, Elia Kazan and the good Frank Capra?
The cinema of Sam Raimi, Peter Jackson, Tony Scott, Michael Mann, Anthony Minghella and M. Night Shyamalan is better?
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Undead_Master — 19 years ago(October 06, 2006 06:24 AM)
That might be the worst list of this type i've ever seen.
It's been summed up pretty well here by other posters, but there are several names that are just astonishing, especially when you consider some of the people that were excluded.
Sam Raimi? i love his some of his movies, but he hasn't built up that kind of career yet.. He may never end up being worthy of this kind of list. Tony Scott?. Tony scott is really puzzling as a choice for this list. Ron Howard? he's a solid director, and he's made some great movies, but there are probably 100 directors (maybe even 200) that are more important. Anthony Minghella?
It's a pretty strange list.