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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: palahniukkubrick on March 27, 2006, 06:28:00 pm
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How about it? My vote goes to Stanley Kubrick. He never made the same film twice, and was the master of interesting camera angles. His use of music in his flicks was wonderful as well.
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Would you really say any of Jarmusch's movies have really been masterpieces?
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Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
Would you really say any of Jarmusch's movies have really been masterpieces?
i don't really like masterpieces. but yes, i would consider "dead man" to be a masterpiece.
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Billy Wilder or Sidney Lumet.
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Probably Zhang Yimou, but Stanley Kubrick, Quentin Tarantino, Akira Kurosawa, Kim Ki-Duk, Changwook Park, Terry Gilliam, the Coen Brothers, David Lynch, Wong Kar-Wai, Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, Wes Anderson, Paul Thomas Anderson, Alfred Hitchcock, David Gordon Green, Krzysztof Kieslowski, George Lucas, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Preston Sturges, Pedro Almodovar, Ridley Scott, Hayao Miyazaki, John Woo, Orson Welles, Buster Keaton, and Tim Burton are close runners-up. :)
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Ron Howard!
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Kubrick and Truffaut
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"dead man" is DEFINITELY a masterpiece, and jarmusch's best film.
for me:
kubrick
herzog
godard
tarkovsky
fellini
bunuel
jodorowsky
cassavetes
leigh
altman
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Here are a few that Team Dupek feels deserve mention:
John Ford
Robert Aldrich
Terrence Young
Sam Peckinpah
Richard Brooks
John Boorman
Robert Wise
Blake Edwards
Ken Annakin
Lindsay Anderson
Nicholas Roeg
John Irvin
Roman Polansky
Terrence Mallick
William Friedkin
David Cronenberg
John Carpenter
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No love for Gilliam?
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Originally posted by Sir HC:
No love for Gilliam?
He made my list...
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you all are a bunch of elitist pricks ... i like watching michael bay movies whilst listening to angels and airwaves and drinking natty light
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Originally posted by Sir HC:
No love for Gilliam?
I'm anxious to see Tideland but it can't get US distribution... very frustrating
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kevin costner.
seriously though, if you look at somebody's whole career, it is hard to top kubrick.
no mention of scorsese on anyone's? have you seen taxi driver or raging bull or goodfellas? i mean the guy has made some steaming piles of shit, to some extent, for the last 15 years, but he has made some great films as well.
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David Lynch, Gus Van Sant, Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, Christopher Guest
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Originally posted by Darth Ed:
Originally posted by Sir HC:
No love for Gilliam?
He made my list... [/b]
I cannot stand Gilliam.
For me, Mike Nichols, the Coen Brothers and Scorsese. All have made so-so (if not outright bad) films, but the classics from each I think are top-of-the-line moviemaking.
And by the by, for Nichols, I believe "Carnal Knowledge" is his masterpiece.
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Joel and Ethan Coen.
Look at their body of work:
Blood Simple
Raising Arizona
Miller's Crossing
Barton Fink
The Hudsucker Proxy
Fargo
The Big Lebowski
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Man Who Wasn't There
The Ladykillers
I've excluded Intolerable Cruelty because this was a studio film they were paid to direct and a couple others that the brothers didn't team up on.
All in all though that is a nearly flawless list of films.
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Not one person named Tarantino. Thank ya lord.
Scorsese yes, he'd probably be in my Top 3. King of Comedy is very underrated.
I'd also say Speilberg. Jaws is an all-time great, Raiders, Schindler's List, ET, Munich this year. Like a lot of others, he for sure has some duds, but he also has some exquisite films.
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FINCHER!
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Fuck the naysayers...
George Lucas. No matter how lame Phantom Menace was.
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Originally posted by Sir HC:
No love for Gilliam?
He was already mentioned.
In addition:
Stanley Donen
Brian De Palma
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Sofia Coppola has a promising future if you ask me...the Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation were good.
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Originally posted by FREE RANDY CUNNINGHAM:
Here are a few that Team Dupek feels deserve mention:
Roman Polansky
I thought it was team Dupek that boycotted Polanski (or is Ploansky a porn star director of stars like Mary Carey?) because of trouble with young girls?
Oh were is that search function, GGW?
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Originally posted by pdx pollard:
Ron Howard!
His work is of such consistant quality. What would you say was his masterpiece? It must be hard to ignore the greatest Director teaming up with the worlds greatest living actor, Tom Cruise, so Far and Away?
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Originally posted by bearman:
Sofia Coppola has a promising future if you ask me...the Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation were good.
So then is she your favorite director?
I enjoyed Lost In Translation, but felt Virgin Suicides was just an okay debut. Let her make a few more films and if she continues to impress she might crack my top 20.
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Originally posted by Shadrach:
Originally posted by bearman:
[qb]I enjoyed Lost In Translation, but felt Virgin Suicides was just an okay debut. Let her make a few more films and if she continues to impress she might crack my top 20. [/b]
Two films, both style over substance and instantly forgettable. Compard to Tarantinos first two movies nepotism looks likely.
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Here's a list that will make you shake your head in disgust:
Top grossing movies of all time. (http://www.imdb.com/boxoffice/alltimegross)
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Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
His work is of such consistant quality. What would you say was his masterpiece? It must be hard to ignore the greatest Director teaming up with the worlds greatest living actor, Tom Cruise, so Far and Away?
hard to say, every time he releases a new one it becomes my favorite
I actually had not even realized that he directed "The Missing" did anybody even see that?
My real list would look something like:
Coen Brothers (minus Ladykillers and Intolerable Cruelty)
Fincher (although the last one sucked and it has been a while)
Terry Gilliam
Mike Leigh
Kubrick (except for Barry Lyndon)
David Cronenberg
Wes Anderson
probably forgetting others
I saw somebody mention David Gordon Green, I really liked All The Real Girls but could not stand George Washington and didnt really care for Undertow.
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Can you be considered a great movie driector if you have only made 1 great and 1 really good movie?
Benjamin Button (2007) (announced)
Zodiac (2006) (filming)
Video Hits: Paula Abdul (2005) (V) (videos "Straight Up", "Forever Your Girl" and "Cold Hearted")
Panic Room (2002)
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 (1999) (V) (video "Bad Girl")
Fight Club (1999)
... aka Fight Club (Germany)
Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (1999) (V) (video "Freedom '90")
The Game (1997)
Se7en (1995)
The Best of Sting: Fields of Gold 1984-1994 (1994) (V) (video "Englishman In New York")
Aerosmith: Big Ones You Can Look at (1994) (V)
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (V) (video "Who Is It")
... aka Michael Jackson - Dangerous: The Short Films (USA)
Alien³ (1992)
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection (1990) (V) (videos "Express Yourself", "Oh Father" and "Vogue")
The Beat of the Live Drum (1985)
Nice Paula Abdul video though.
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Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
The Game (1997)
i thought this movie was really underrated ... it was well-constructed and a lot of fun, definitely not on the level of fight club and se7en though
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Originally posted by Bags:
I cannot stand Gilliam.
I wouldn't say he's my favorite or anything, but he's one of my favorites. He's not consistently great, but I really like Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, and 12 Monkeys, not to mention his Monty Python films.
Originally posted by nkotb:
Fuck the naysayers...
George Lucas.
Rock on, my brother! May the Force be with you!
Originally posted by Shadrach:
I enjoyed Lost In Translation, but felt Virgin Suicides was just an okay debut. Let her make a few more films and if she continues to impress she might crack my top 20.
I'd agree with that assessment. I'm looking forward to seeing how she does with her new film, Marie Antoinette. The trailer with it's '80s pop soundtrack was cool.
Originally posted by pdx pollard:
I saw somebody mention David Gordon Green, I really liked All The Real Girls but could not stand George Washington and didnt really care for Undertow.
That was me! Curiously, I have the exact opposite reaction as you; I loved George Washington and Undertow and only mildly liked All the Real Girls.
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There's nothing to read here. Move along. Move along...
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Saw his name mentioned briefly before, but one of my current favorites has to be Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
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Hughes (who doesn't love Ferris Bueller?),
Polanski,
Hitchcock,
Coen Bros.,
(Kevin) Smith,
(Wes) Anderson...
Scorcese - of course! Gangs of New York blew the Aviator out of the water. (and my cousin has been co-producer on many of his films;))
I did like Ang Lee's work on Brokeback.
And I dug the direction of Good Night, Good Luck...however, I might have more an affection for the lighting director for that movie.
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David Cronenburg
Gaspar Noe (he'll probably overtake first after a few more films)
David Lynch
Aaron Woodley
in that order.
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Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
Originally posted by FREE RANDY CUNNINGHAM:
Here are a few that Team Dupek feels deserve mention:
Roman Polansky
I thought it was team Dupek that boycotted Polanski (or is Ploansky a porn star director of stars like Mary Carey?) because of trouble with young girls?
Oh were is that search function, GGW? [/b]
Hate the sin, not the sinner.
In addition:
Irvin Kershner
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Woody Allen
Others would include Fellini, Kazan, Kubrick, Kurosawa, Stone, Bergman, and Winterbottom.
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Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
Can you be considered a great movie driector if you have only made 1 great and 1 really good movie?
Fight Club (1999)
The Game (1997)
Se7en (1995)
forgetting Alien 3, I think these 3 were a pretty good start to a career
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Originally posted by pdx pollard:
Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
Can you be considered a great movie driector if you have only made 1 great and 1 really good movie?
Fight Club (1999)
The Game (1997)
Se7en (1995)
forgetting Alien 3, I think these 3 were a pretty good start to a career [/b]
Have you got a chance to see the extended cut of that flick? It really is a much different movie. They cut everything that fleshed that movie out when he walked off the project.
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Originally posted by Mike Rohsopht:
David Cronenburg
i just saw "the brood" for the first time last weekend. i will be forever scarred.
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