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In no particular order:
Alfred Hitchcock
Jean-Luc Godard
David Lynch
Stanley Kubrick
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LittleWing sometime in July 2007 wrote:
Unfortunately, it's so elementary, and the big time investors behind the drive in the stock market aren't so stupid. This isn't the false economy of 2000.
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1. Stanley Kubrick
2. Roman Polanski
Elia Kazan
Hayao Miyazaki
Paul Thomas Anderson
Quentin Tarantino
Alexandre Aja
Joel Coen
Dario Argento
Francis Ford Coppola (Early, anyway.)
Wes Anderson
David Fincher
Sergio Leone
Takashi Miike
David Lean
Brian De Palma
Danny Boyle
Jim Jarmusch
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Speaking of Coppola, have you seen any of his post 1980 films? Do they suck?
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LittleWing sometime in July 2007 wrote:
Unfortunately, it's so elementary, and the big time investors behind the drive in the stock market aren't so stupid. This isn't the false economy of 2000.
Chan-wook Park
Takashi Miike
Martin Scorsese
David Cronenburg
John Carpenter
EDIT: I thought it was just our current top 5. I'll add:
Takeshi Kitano
Kurosawa
John Ford
Fellini
Fritz Lang
Jodorowski
Tarantino
Romero
David Lynch
Argento
Bava
Michelle Soavi
Powell and Pressburger
Coen Bros
etc, etc.
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Mann
De Palma
Tarantino
EDIT: Forgot PT Anderson and Scorcese.
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glorified_version wrote:
Speaking of Coppola, have you seen any of his post 1980 films? Do they suck?
A few of them were good. Rumble Fish, Tucker: The Man and His Dream and The Rainmaker were all pretty good movies. They don't compare to his 70's work, but they're still good.
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ericd102 wrote:
glorified_version wrote:
Speaking of Coppola, have you seen any of his post 1980 films? Do they suck?
HAHAHAHAH
I nearly puked laughing at that one.
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LittleWing sometime in July 2007 wrote:
Unfortunately, it's so elementary, and the big time investors behind the drive in the stock market aren't so stupid. This isn't the false economy of 2000.
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glorified_version wrote:
Speaking of Coppola, have you seen any of his post 1980 films? Do they suck?
I really enjoy Dracula. It isn't a great film by any means, but it is a beautiful film, and has some really impressive moments. Keanu is so bad in it, and the acting is extremely over the top, but it works in a very strange way. Oldman kicks ass as usual. The Rainmaker is decent. Not a bad film, but there is nothing really compelling about it. Jack is just to confused to really be enjoyable. It seems to be aimed at children, but has these really strong adult themes, and is really a mess in the end. Not a complete disaster, but I would never reccomend it to anyone. The Outsiders is a must see, as is Peggy Sue Got Married. Again not classics, but definetly very good films. And of course the Godfather 3. The worst Godfather, and Sophia Coppola almost single handidly ruins the entire film with her shit acting, but still a very good movie. None of them really compare with his pre 80 films, but Jack is the only one that I have seen that I wouldn't recommend.
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Hayao Miyazaki
Isao Takahata
Akira Kurosawa
Wong Kar Wai
Pedro Almodovar
Ingmar Bergmann
Francois Truffaut
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Frank Capra
Alfred Hitchcock
Roman Polanski
Terrence Malick
Ken Loach
Mike Leigh
Hayao Miyazaki Isao Takahata Akira Kurosawa Wong Kar Wai Pedro Almodovar Ingmar Bergman Francois Truffaut Krzysztof Kieslowski Frank Capra Alfred Hitchcock Roman Polanski Terrence Malick Ken Loach Mike Leigh
This is a list I can live with, though I'd have to exclude Takahata and Almodovar because I haven't seen any of their films, and Polanski because I haven't really connected with any of his films I've seen.
I would add:
Robert Bresson
Yashujiro Ozu
Satyajit Ray
Andrei Tarkovsky
Charlie Chaplin
Buster Keaton
F.W. Murnau
Fritz Lang
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Quentin Tarantino
David Lynch
Stanley Kubrick
George Romero
David Fincher
Rob Zombie
Sam Raimi
Oliver Stone
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