As I said before, I will leave no opinions about Hitchcock as this thread could turn into something of a war.
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chopper-9 — 9 years ago(September 12, 2016 03:45 PM)
If your argument against Welles being the best is lack of productivity then you can scratch Kubrick off the list immediately. I 5b4think that Welles is one of the greatest but I would base this on quality rather than quantity. Citizen Kane, The Trial, Touch of Evil, The Magnificent Ambersons, Othello, Three Cases of Murder, Confidential Report and F For Fake are all fantastic movies. He also has more than 100 acting credits. It's a rarity to find a Director who is prolific and consistent. Hitchcock, as you've mentioned, made some of the greatest movies of all time. As did Akira Kurasawa. David Lean is my all time favourite Director and he only made 16 movies.
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adamwarlock — 9 years ago(September 18, 2016 06:05 AM)
Kubrick took his time to make each film of high quality so his lack of productivity is made up for. Wells made some sloppy, low bu5b4dget films that were beyond his ambitions. Still made some great stuff and we've got all his acting work and radio too so quite the career.
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chopper-9 — 9 years ago(September 20, 2016 12:04 PM)
Sergio Leone only made seven movies. Yet he defined a genre. I think that Welles also had some extremely bad luck and difficulty with financing his work due to his bad reputation.
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