Top 10 Living American Directors
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supernintendochalmers11 — 16 years ago(July 17, 2009 09:46 PM)
- Harmony Korine
- Jim Jarmusch - this is filmmaking
- Gus Van Sant - beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Martin Scorsese - rollercoaster of a director
- Sofia Coppola - fine art
- Sidney Lumet - Classic films coming out on a conveyor belt (i mean that in a good way)
- Bob Rafelson - hypnotic
- Terrence Malick - this guy is the king of filmmaking
- Michael Cimino
- Terry Gilliam - movie magic
- Tobe Hooper - this is what horror movies are all about
- David Lynch - this list 2000is not in order
- Arthur Penn - filmmaking wouldnt be what it is without this man one of my favorites
- James Grey
- Elaine May
- Godfrey Reggio
- John Hughes
- Errol Morris
- Quay Brothers
- Jerry Shatzberg
- Peter Bogdonavich
- Terry Zwigoff
- Mel Brooks
- Sam Raimi
- Coens
- Vincent Gallo
- Spike Jonze
- Todd Solondz
- Jonathon Demme
- Paul Thomas Anderson
honorable mentions :
Ivan Reitman - Ghostbusters is the best film ever made
David Fincher - badass visionary Panic Room is the shiz
Tim Burton - what happened to this man his older films are amazing and now he just coughs up remakes like its nobudys bidness
i wanna see more Kenneth Anger his films are very interesting ive only seen like one and some of another though they were very good though i think he would make the list i just wanna see more.
i also wanna see more Monte Hellman - Two Lane Blacktop is amazing
James Cameron was awesome in the 80's- T2 is goods too
also wanna see films of all the directors EnsconcingCloakSwaddler listed that i havent seen or even heard off you have awesome taste dude
Woody Allen i need to see more hes hit and miss for me i like his zany comedies but thats about it i dont like him when hes serious but i still give anything he makes a chance i just dont like Annie Hall or Manhattan but i wanna see Interiors and Hannah and Her Sisters still
Ill watch any Aronofsky hes awesome
I really need to see some Michael Snow, Matthew Barney, Hal Hartley, Kirby Dick, and Les Blank.
Paul Auster seems interesting too.
im probably forgetting some
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zill_o_the_wisp — 15 years ago(July 25, 2010 09:08 PM)
I'm getting back to this so late because IMDb never sent me an email, and I forgot about it!
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James Cameron was awesome in the 80's- T2 is goods too
also wanna see films of all the directors EnsconcingCloakSwaddler listed that i havent seen or even heard off you have awesome taste dude
Woody Allen i need to see more hes hit and miss for me i like his zany comedies but thats about it i dont like him when hes serious but i still give anything he makes a chance i just dont like Annie Hall or Manhattan but i wanna see Interiors and Hannah and Her Sisters still"
Yeah,
Terminator
and a couple other 80's things were cool, but he's no Walter Hill.
Thanks for the kind words. Have you seen
The Purple Rose of Cairo
?
I must make a change in my "overrated" list, too:
Inglourious Basterd
was good enough to nullify that statement, and make me want to put someone else there. I dunno, George Marshall. Judd Apatow. Whoeverthehell.
There's some mistake. I'm not a member of the
Columbian Record Club
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zill_o_the_wisp — 16 years ago(August 05, 2009 07:12 PM)
"Walter Hill: Come on this guy has not directed one good movie. And his name is attached to the awful alien sequels. It is an embarrasment to see him on this list. "
Anyone who writes that is an embarrasment to the
world
of film lovers. Hill's only made a couple bad movies. And Aliens is somewhat better than the first one. -
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SamCHANGEID — 16 years ago(July 26, 2009 01:59 PM)
- Woody Allen
- Clint Eastwood
- Coen Bros.
- Speilberg- overrated sure but Schliners list and Saving private ryan are masterpieces
5.Paul Thomas Anderson
6.Gus Van Saint - Spike Lee
8.David Fincher - Tim Burton- movies are okay but always visually impressive.
- Sidney Lumet
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ryderdvs — 16 years ago(April 08, 2010 07:12 AM)
Alexander Payne.
James Cameron - prior to that AVATAR thing.
Robert Zemeckis used to be a true visionary.
Scorsese is overrated. He hasn't made a decent film since CASINO.
And the fact that you included KEVIN SMITH into your list renders it bogus. -
ZildjianDFW — 15 years ago(April 14, 2010 11:49 PM)
In alphabetical order:
Allen - He's Woody Allenenough said.
Aronofsky - Consistently the most imaginative film-maker in America these days.
Burton - Imaginative and visually brilliant.
Coen Brothers - Brilliant, imaginative, artful but also entertaining.
Eastwood - Many, many great films, especially over the past decade.
Fincher - Love this guy; brilliant work.
Mann - Some truly great films.
Scorsese - A true giant, and a hugely influentialy figure.
Spielberg - Art-housers like to bash him, but he's a real visionary.
Tarantino - Never a dull moment, to be sure. Brilliant and witty.
Now, as for some of the other directors people have mentioned:- I admire Lynch for his imagination and visual sensibility, but I can't say I enjoy watching his movies, overall. "Elephant Man" was his best, imo.
- Paul Thomas Anderson is talented, but not the deity some people make him out to be, in my book.
- Kevin Smith is a funny guy, and "Clerks" was interesting, but I wouldn't call him one of the greats.
- Coppola: Some masterpieces in the 70s, but aside from that, very rocky career, very inconsistent.
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bongkong1 — 15 years ago(May 05, 2010 08:46 PM)
Favorite or Best?
Well i would say that my favorite's are
1.Quentin Tarantino
2.Martin Scorsese
3.The Coen Brothers
4.Paul Thomas Anderson
5.Francis Ford Coppola
6.Clint Eastwood
7.Woody Allen
8.Steven Spielberg
9.George Lucas
10.Christopher Nolan
I think it's funny to be delicate with subjects that are explosive.
Jerry Seinfeld -
whatsthisnow — 12 years ago(March 01, 2014 09:47 AM)
Favourite is subjective, whereas best is objective. Or at least that's my feeling. For instance, just because a given director's work isn't for me, that doesn't mean I believe they're a bad director; they may simply not appeal to my personal tastes. I'd feel arrogant arguing that my personal favourites in any contextmusic, films, TV shows, games, etcare what constitutes "the best".
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whatsthisnow — 12 years ago(March 03, 2014 05:43 AM)
It would more be a matter of
attempting
to be objective, because as you say, you can't remove your strictly personal preferences altogether when judging such matters. If I'm asked who my favourite ten directors are, I'd probably just list them based on how much I enjoy their films. If I'm asked who the ten
best
are, I'd be more considerate of the feelings of others, artistic merits, how well they work with actors and choose their casts, how much range they have with regards to genres, and so on.
Like I say, though, it's really just my own feelings on the matter; I don't think it's a "right" or "wrong" approach, per se Just my own one, and I'm content enough with it. -
GoNinjaGo — 15 years ago(May 12, 2010 06:12 AM)
@mrpioneer7 -Kubrick would be at the top of most lists if he were alive,because the post is "Top 10 Living American Directors"
1.George Lucas
2.Steven Spielberg
3.Quinten Tarantino
4.Martin Scorsese
5.David Fincher
6.Kevin Smith
7.Clint Eastwood
8.Spike Lee
9.Judd Apatow
10.Woody Allen
"I'm Not Even Suppost To Be Here Today"
-Dante Hicks (Clerks)