RNL
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Post by RNL on Jan 27, 2006 18:29:07 GMT
a) To emerge in the last decade or so (most promising).
b) Currently working.
c) Of all time.
And why?
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Post by johndav on Jan 27, 2006 19:23:38 GMT
a) Samira Makhmalbaf Hirokazu Kore-eda Tsai Ming-Liang- extending the timescale a little Dardenne bros Andrei Zvyagintsev (on the basis of The Return)
b) Eric Rohmer Theo Angelopoulos Manoel de Oliveira Hayao Miyazaki David Lynch
i'll cheat now + add Wong Kar-Wai
(i'd like to be able to pick some younger ones to replace the old masters- Oliveira's almost 100 and Rohmer + Angelopoulos are hardly spring chickens)
c) Kenji Mizoguchi Andrei Tarkovsky Jean Renoir Alfred Hitchcock Stanley Kubrick
+ Ozu Eisenstein Max Ophuls Dreyer ...
sadly, most of the true greats are dead.
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Post by Capo on Jan 27, 2006 22:29:37 GMT
Simply going off the top of my head, there's plenty of room for mistakes here.
A) Jacques Audiard - Sur mes lèvres, or Read My Lips, was a clever, genre-twisting noir thriller, and his follow-up, The Beat that My Heart Skipped, an acknowledged remake of James Toback's Fingers, was one of the five films I nominated for best film of last year; I can't wait to see more.
Wes Anderson - need to revisit The Royal Tenenbaums now that I've adapted to his style; an original, assured filmmaker who seems to be getting better as he goes.
Sam Mendes - proved with the sumptuous, gorgeous Road to Perdition that American Beauty wasn't a one-off; I'm seeing Jarhead on Sunday.
Vincent Gallo - my kind of director; masturbatory, confident, unique, and makes films that, given the chance, I'd gladly claim as my own.
Shane Meadows - a down-to-earth filmmaker with one mis-hit out of four so far; I shall wait until I see This is Britain until deciding whether he needs Paddy Considine to make masterpieces.
(I'd like to include Gondry, but hesitate having only seen one of his two features; same goes for Noé.)
B) Tough one, this, since it depends what you mean by "working". I mean, could Altman and Bergman pass?
For safety reasons, I'll stick with filmmakers who do not fit into the first bracket and who have a film due out in the next few years or so. And I am, for the most part, judging them by current form -- ie. which directors are most in form right now?
David Lynch - Mulholland Dr. becomes more of a masterpiece with every rewatch, Rabbits remains disappointingly underseen brilliance, and the visuals from Inland Empire are tasty indeed.
Gus Van Sant - has made three masterpieces this decade; alas, with a dive back into mainstream cinema on the cards, my hopes of calling this decade Van Sant's remain dubious.
Peter Jackson - I've not seen any of his earlier stuff, but judging by this decade, he's made four masterpieces already; that says something about current form, at least.
Wong Kar Wai - two of the best films so far this decade, and there's no reason to expect anything different.
Lars von Trier - I like everything he directs, and loved Dear Wendy, which he wrote. He's confident enough to try different things and push boundaries with every film he makes, and discards ideas as quick as he thinks of them, much like Godard.
(If Munich turns out to be a masterpiece, Spielberg may deserve a mention here. And, save for Ghost Dog and Broken Flowers, I've not seen enough of Jarmusch's recent films.)
C) Judging by personal influence on me, and consistency over their career:
Jean-Luc Godard - packs more energy into one frame than most filmmakers struggle over an entire career. Unsubtle, mighty clever, and a profound philosopher with whom I'm in tune all the way.
David Lynch - nobody frightens me, makes me laugh, or makes me want to make films more than Lynch. I'm currently in pre-production for a short very much in his vain.
Werner Herzog - Aguirre is in easily in my top ten; but besides that, his documentaries are better than his feature films. Omar said recently that his features feel like documentaries at times; I feel that his documentaries feel more like features. Compelling, interesting, and highly influential to me.
Martin Scorsese - I feel like I need to revisit most of his films, at least fiev of which are masterpieces. His enthusiasm for both cinema and music is evident in all of his work.
Alfred Hitchcock - again, I'm due a rewatch of most of his stuff (like Scorsese, all of the films I've seen I thankfully own). Use of colour is brilliant; the greatest visual storyteller I can think of.
(Had I seen more from Roeg, I'd certainly put him in ahead of Hitch. Perhaps when I watch Bad Timing.)
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Post by Jenson71 on Jan 30, 2006 4:51:13 GMT
a. Wes Anderson. Funny and orginal. He's characters are some of the most memorable around. Sam Mendes. On the whole, his productions are beautiful. Sound, music, lighting, cinematography especially. P.T. Anderson. Productions are similar to Mendes, but the scripts are strikingly original. Sofia Coppola. 2/2 in great movies.
b. Wes Anderson. Big fan. Clint Eastwood. Throws back to the good ol days and pays homage to them magnificently. Terrance Malick. Very close to my all time. His quiet films send messages about men vs nature and men vs. men just as loud than any other directors, and definitely more beautiful looking. M Night Shamalayn. Has many great ideas and very smooth photography.
c. Fellini Bergman Scorsese Ford Allen
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Post by jrod on Jan 30, 2006 7:09:57 GMT
a. NEW: PT Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Christopher Nolan, Sam Mendes, Wes Anderson
b. CURRENT: Steven Soderbergh, Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Peter Jackson, Quentin Tarantino
c. ALL TIME: Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen, Alfred Hitchcock
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Post by Boz on Jul 22, 2006 1:52:02 GMT
A. PT Anderson, Mendes, Payne, Fincher, Aronofsky B. Scorsese, Coen, Mann, Soderbergh, Tarantino C. Scorsese, Coen, PT Anderson, Kubrick, Coppola
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Post by Valenti on Jul 22, 2006 8:29:03 GMT
A. -Aronofsky -Tommy Lee Jones -Wes Anderson -Sofia Coppola -Sam Mendes
B. -Jim Jarmusch -Shane Black -David Lynch -Tarantino -PT Anderson
C. -David Lynch -Sam Peckinpah -Stanley Kubrick -Roman Polanski -Frederico Fellini
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Post by Boz on Jul 22, 2006 10:09:21 GMT
a) To emerge in the last decade or so (most promising). Spike Lee and Jim Jaramusch have each been directing for over 25 years. I wouldn't exactly qualify them as "new" directors.
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Post by Valenti on Jul 22, 2006 12:31:01 GMT
Argh...must edit.
Thanks for making me look like a fool. Ass.
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Post by jake on Jul 22, 2006 13:43:47 GMT
To have emerged;
Lynne Ramsay Bruno Dumont Wes Anderson Claire Denis
Currently working;
Wong Kar Wai Michael Haneke (can't believe I forgot him) Terrence Malick David Lynch
Of all time ;
Sergei Eisenstein Michelangelo Antonioni Andrei Tarkovsky Jean Renoir Stanley Kubrick
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Post by jon on Oct 24, 2006 22:32:23 GMT
I can only comply with section c, alas, but for what it's worth:
Jean Renoir Douglas Sirk John Ford Ernst Lubitsch Jacques Becker
Incomparable elegance, imagination and prime examples of style and substance being totally inseparable within a body of work.
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Post by Michael on Oct 24, 2006 23:09:29 GMT
Yeah, I can only do C for now:
1. Andrei Tarkovsky 2. John Cassavetes 3. Jean-Luc Godard 4. Michelangelo Antonioni 5. Michael Haneke
Welcome to the boards, Jon.
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Post by RNL on Oct 25, 2006 2:12:49 GMT
Oh, I never even contributed.
The five most promising new filmmakers with only a few movies bahind them are probably Gaspar Noé, Harmony Korine, Michel Gondry, Darren Aronofsky and... hmm... Spike Jonze. They're probably future greats.
Best currently working: David Cronenberg, Béla Tarr, David Lynch, Michael Haneke, Atom Egoyan.
Of all time: Bergman, Tarkovsky, Cronenberg, Greenaway, Lynch.
Maybe...
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Post by Michael on Oct 25, 2006 18:08:25 GMT
These don't reflect my favorites, but who I think are the best irregardless of how close or not they reflect my ideals. What does this mean exactly? Welcome to the board, by the way.
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Post by Michael on Nov 9, 2006 0:32:27 GMT
(In response to a deleted post):
Cool, thanks for explaining. (I say that a lot don't I?)
If you don't mind, I'm interested in seeing your 5 "favorite" filmmakers.
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Post by Capo on May 28, 2007 17:50:42 GMT
Always under revision, this, for me...
Last ten decades or so: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Alfonso Cuáron Sofia Coppola Michel Gondry Christopher Nolan
Currently working: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Michael Haneke David Lynch Christopher Nolan Béla Tarr
Of all time: Ingmar Bergman Jean-Luc Godard Werner Herzog Alfred Hitchcock David Lynch
For once, I've decided on an overlap between the first two categories. For the second, currently working, I'm going by current form, ie. the last few films they've made. I've not seen enough of Roy Andersson, Vincent Gallo, Gaspar Noé to judge, and Terrence Malick simply isn't prolific enough.
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Post by bobbyreed on May 28, 2007 18:50:19 GMT
Cheater.
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Post by Capo on May 28, 2007 19:27:18 GMT
lmao!
Just another example of my recent spiral into mixing meanings.
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Post by Kino on Feb 3, 2008 20:13:32 GMT
a) To emerge in the last decade or so (most promising). Do you mean give or take since the year 1990? "Emerge" as in first notable film (short or feature-length) or debut film (short or feature-length) that falls in your timeline? People that didn't say "why," please do so.
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Post by Capo on Feb 3, 2008 20:22:11 GMT
I treated "emerge" to mean impression made since coming on the scene. Not necessarily a single film, though it might be. Ceylan comes to mind. Gondry, too.
My current top five filmmakers whose tone, style, formal qualities, etc., I'd like to resemble in my own work:
David Lynch Terrence Malick Nuri Bilge Ceylan Claire Denis Béla Tarr
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