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Post by Anasazie on Nov 26, 2008 4:46:53 GMT
Far from it  Care to name someone? |
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Post by svsg on Nov 26, 2008 5:07:55 GMT
I don't have a name and I don't even think it is possible to classify someone as the most irrelevant. Irrelevant to cinema or audience? Relevance to audience is definitely personal - for someone like me, he makes very good comedies. Relevance to cinema should have something to do with influence on others or cinematic style. And his type of comedy is unique and that definitely is a contribution to cinematic style (genre probably is a big word here, but Tarantino and Coens have something in common with him in this genre).
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Post by Blib on Nov 26, 2008 6:29:36 GMT
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Post by Michael on Nov 26, 2008 7:18:43 GMT
Paul Thomas Anderson is probably the most worthless, irrelevant filmmaker on the planet.
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Post by RNL on Nov 26, 2008 15:08:37 GMT
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Post by ronnierocketago on Nov 26, 2008 21:50:22 GMT
What, no nomination yet for Uwe Boll?
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Post by Anasazie on Nov 27, 2008 0:34:49 GMT
I don't have a name and I don't even think it is possible to classify someone as the most irrelevant. Of course, it's a personal thing. He's the not most irrelevant for you, but obviously is for me. I didn't intend it all to be so serious. Of course and we'll see in 10 years if Guy Ritchie's ouvre has influenced a single successful film-maker, I'd guess not. Unique is not the be and end all though, Irreversible is unique, but that doesn't mean it's worth watching even though it gives the medium something it hasn't had before. If i did a shit on screen and filmed it for 3 days and called it cinema it'd be unique too, but that doesn't make it relevant. It would probably be more interesting and contain more substance than a Guy Ritchie film though  |
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Post by svsg on Nov 27, 2008 0:48:39 GMT
BTW, Irreversible is in my top 20 definitely. But that is for a different thread |
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Post by Anasazie on Nov 27, 2008 1:01:44 GMT
What are the other 19?
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Post by svsg on Nov 27, 2008 1:28:17 GMT
I have promised to make a comprehensive list in the top10 films/top 5 directors thread. So this is a very loose list that needs to be edited. And definitely this is not in the order of most to least favorites or otherwise. I am just throwing these here to give you a rough idea. And they are more than 20 In the mood for love 2046 Scenes from a Marriage Autumn Sonata Vertigo Last Year at marienbad Muriel L'avventura La Notte L' Eclisse The passenger The godfather The godfather 2 Apocalypse Now (Redux) Deer Hunter Irreversible Zerkalo Andrei Rublev Deer Hunter I don't want to sleep alone Pather panchali Aparajito Apur Sansar Charulata Requiem for a dream |
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Post by Anasazie on Nov 27, 2008 2:04:53 GMT
Cool, there's two or three on there that would make my list if i ever made one and glad to see you're a big Antonioni fan. Possibly my favourite! The Noe monstrosity and the Aronofsky thing are the only ones i dislike. The Tsai film is the pinnacle of cinema in the last decade in my eyes and glad to see someone else is big on Ray....have you seen The Music Room?
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Post by svsg on Nov 27, 2008 2:12:01 GMT
No, I haven't. I am planning to watch it though. Mahanagar is the closest Ray movie on my netflix now.
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Post by Anasazie on Nov 27, 2008 2:24:37 GMT
It's my favourite, a lot of people find it a bit too slow and laidback, but i really think it's his most complete. Let me know when you see it.
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Post by svsg on Nov 27, 2008 2:28:49 GMT
I heard that the DVD release is of ludicrous quality - you agree?
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Post by Anasazie on Nov 27, 2008 2:40:42 GMT
Wouldn't know, i saw it on TV a few years ago. Most of the prints of Ray or dodgy though.
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Post by Michael on Jan 13, 2010 9:54:46 GMT
1. Sherlock Holmes (2009) ***
2. Snatch (2000) **
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