Favorite movie director?

[K8teebug]

David Lynch, Gus Van Sant, Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, Christopher Guest

[Bags]

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.

[Shadrach]

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.

[Arlette]

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.

[hostiledm]

FINCHER!

[nkotb]

Fuck the naysayers...
 
 George Lucas.  No matter how lame Phantom Menace was.

Originally posted by Sir HC:
  No love for Gilliam?

He was already mentioned.
 
 
 In addition:
 Stanley Donen
 Brian De Palma

[bearman🐻]

Sofia Coppola has a promising future if you ask me...the Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation were good.

[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?

[markie]

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?

[Shadrach]

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.

[markie]

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.

[Shadrach]

Here's a list that will make you shake your head in disgust:
 
  Top grossing movies of all time.

[ratioci nation]

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.

[markie]

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.