Top 5: Director Series

[Naïve Old Fart 9,733]

Er... excuse me. Everybody.

The thread is Top 5 Directors, and not Top 5 Authors 

[JTN 2,255]

1. Steven Spielberg

2. Stanley Kubrick

3. Woody Allen

4. Adrian Lyne

5. Peter Jackson

[Glóin the Dark 1,229]

Stanley Kubrick:

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Dr. Strangelove...
3. Barry Lyndon,  Paths of Glory  and  The Shining
6. A Clockwork Orange,  Eyes Wide Shut  and  Full Metal Jacket
9. The Killing  and  Lolita
11. Killer's Kiss  and  Spartacus
12. Fear and Desire

[Naïve Old Fart 9,733]

Woody Allen:

1/ MANHATTAN

2/ ANNIE HALL 

3/ LOVE AND DEATH 

4/ A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY

5/ STARDUST MEMORIES

 

 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, JTN said:

1. Steven Spielberg

2. Stanley Kubrick

3. Woody Allen

4. Adrian Lyne

5. Peter Jackson

 

Right, you!

Two can play at that game

 

1/ Steven Spielberg

2/ The Archers

(Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger)

3/ Andrei Tarkovsky

4/ Stanley Kubrick

5/ Francis Ford Coppola

[JTN 2,255]

Woody Allen:

1. Annie Hall

2. Midnight in Paris

3. Small Time Crooks

4. Match Point

5. Café Society

[mrbellamy 6,348]

Anyone else remember Thor's old Jack Torrance avatar? 

[JTN 2,255]

Here’s Thorie!

[Schilkeman 1,015]

I’m not real sure what this thread is about, but top 5 directors? Sure, why not.

 

1. George Lucas

2. Steven Spielberg 

3. David Lean

4. Coen Brothers

5. Francis Ford Coppola 

[JTN 2,255]

4 hours ago, Schilkeman said:

1. George Lucas

THX 1138 and AMERICAN GRAFFITI are masterpieces.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,733]

Here's my 6 - 10:

 

6/ David Lean 

7/ Woody Allen 

8/ Fritz Lang 

9/ François Truffaut 

10/ Billy Wilder

 

[Schilkeman 1,015]

1 hour ago, JTN said:

THX 1138 and AMERICAN GRAFFITI are masterpieces.

I agree, and while I can't in good conscience say Lucas is a better director than Spielberg, I find his films more interesting.

 

Spielberg is so good, it's easy to put him no. 1, but he's also so good it's easy not to, if that makes any sense. He's like Stephen King, or the Beatles. His influence is so pervasive, it's easy to overlook the craft behind the fun. That last BFI list was amusing.

[Mr. Hooper 1,988]

14 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

3/ Andrei Tarkovsky

His films are definitely on my list of Top 5 Sleep Aids. 

[GerateWohl 4,490]

I just realized, I think there exist just two directors of which I actually saw every movie they directed:

David Cronenberg and Quentin Tarantino.

These I think, I can rank.

 

For Cronenberg:

1. Dead Ringers
2. A History of Violence
3. Naked Lunch
4. The Fly
5. Eastern Promises
6. Crash
7. M Butterfly
8. Maps To The Stars
9. Videodrome
10. The Brood
11. Crimes of the Future
12. The Dead Zone
13. Cosmopolis
14. A Dangerous Method
15. Spider
16. Shivers
17. Rabid
18. Scanners
19. eXisTenZ
20. Fast Company

Tarantino ranking will follow.

[JTN 2,255]

Of the Cronenberg-films that I've seen, the only one I truly liked was THE FLY. 

I can't even say that about Tarantino. 

[Thor 7,670]

I adore Tarantino. Cronenberg, I've never really been a fan of, despite growing up with his films and perfectly able to recognize the qualities in them. I think I've seen them all, except for FAST COMPANY and STEREO.

 

Where's THE DEAD ZONE on your list, G?

[GerateWohl 4,490]

17 minutes ago, Thor said:

Where's THE DEAD ZONE on your list, G?

Right! Forgot that one. Added.

 

I don't like all of his movies. But about half of them made such a big impression on me, that I call him my favourite director. 

21 minutes ago, Thor said:

STEREO

Stereo and the old Crimes of the Future I don't really count. As these are rather student art films. 

[JTN 2,255]

1 hour ago, Thor said:

I adore Tarantino.

To me he’s a scam artist. Sorry.

The only film by him that I kind of like is Inglorious Basterds. That’s where he came the closest to making a real, serious film. 

[Naïve Old Fart 9,733]

3 hours ago, Mr. Hooper said:

His films are definitely on my list of Top 5 Sleep Aids. 

 

Not funny 😐

[JTN 2,255]

No, he seriously falls asleep from his films.

18 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

3/ Andrei Tarkovsky

Which one of his movies is your favourite?

[Thor 7,670]

I'm not NOF, but Tarkovsky is GREAT! Shame he was taken from us way too soon. Love the classics, of course -- SOLARIS, STALKER, THE MIRROR. But you can't really go wrong with the other four either. And those Artemiev scores! Man, goosebumps galore.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,733]

1 hour ago, JTN said:

 

Which one of his movies is your favourite?

 

SOLARIS

STALKER

MIRROR

 

 

47 minutes ago, Thor said:

I'm not NOF, but Tarkovsky is GREAT! Shame he was taken from us way too soon. Love the classics, of course -- SOLARIS, STALKER, THE MIRROR. But you can't really go wrong with the other four either. And those Artemiev scores! Man, goosebumps galore.

 

THIS!!! 

[Glóin the Dark 1,229]

Woody Allen:

1. Hannah and Her Sisters
2. Deconstructing Harry
3. Manhattan
4. Annie Hall  and  Manhattan Murder Mystery
6. Another Woman,  Crimes and Misdemeanors  and  Sleeper
9. Bullets over Broadway  and  Stardust Memories
11. Husbands and Wives,  Interiors  and  The Purple Rose of Cairo
14. Blue Jasmine  and  Sweet and Lowdown
16. Broadway Danny Rose  and  Love and Death
18. Radio Days  and  September
20. Cassandra's Dream,  Shadows and Fog  and  Zelig
23. Celebrity,  Match Point,  Midnight in Paris  and  Vicky Christina Barcelona
27. Anything Else,  The Curse of the Jade Scorpion,  Everyone Says I Love You,  Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex (but Were Afraid to Ask)  and  Wonder Wheel
32. Mighty Aphrodite,  Scoop  and  Take the Money and Run
35. Irrational Man,  Magic in the Moonlight,  Melinda and Melinda,  Rifkin's Festival  and  To Rome with Love
40. Café Society,  A Rainy Day in New York,  Whatever Works  and  You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

[Thor 7,670]

I've gone from 'hate' to 'indifference' in regards to Woody Allen films over 30+ years, so that's some progress, but one of these days, I'm going to attempt again. I do like SEINFELD and CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, so presumably there should be something to build on there -- in that nervous, existential Jewish humour, the awkward situations and all that. I'm more curious to see if there are any visual ideas that stand out, though, that I've previously overlooked due to my distaste of the dialogue-heavy material and the frenzied characters.

 

I did watch COUP DE CHANCE last year, which was okay. A finely tuned romance triangle that neither blew me away nor bored me.

[A24 4,370]

6 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

 

SOLARIS

STALKER

MIRROR

 

 

So far I only like Solyaris, even though Tarkovsky himself was not so happy with it. Last time I watched it, I saw a lot of Blade Runner in it, thematically that is. The film's ending is heartbreaking. 

[JTN 2,255]

I liked Steven Soderbergh's version. And Stanisław Lem's book is great. 

39 minutes ago, A24 said:

So far I only like Solyaris, even though Tarkovsky himself was not so happy with it.

Lem said that none of the two films - Tarkovsky's and Soderbergh's - reflected the book's thematic emphasis on the limitations of human rationality.

[Glóin the Dark 1,229]

Andrei Tarkovsky:

1. Andrei Rublev
2. Mirror
3. Ivan's Childhood
4. Stalker
5. The Sacrifice
6. Solaris

[Mr. Hooper 1,988]

12 hours ago, GerateWohl said:

Crimes of the Future

I somehow managed to sit through the whole movie, just to see how it would end.

 

It was an exercise in patience, and I'm not sure my goodwill towards Cronenberg will extend to his next bizarro venture.

 

14 hours ago, Mr. Hooper said:

His films are definitely on my list of Top 5 Sleep Aids. 

 

And I say this as someone who owns 'Andrei Rublev' on physical media. 

[Glóin the Dark 1,229]

Charles Laughton:

1. The Night of the Hunter

[mrbellamy 6,348]

Bo Welch:

1. The Cat in the Hat

[Edmilson 7,648]

Zack Snyder:

1. Watchmen;
2. Dawn of the Dead;
3. Zack Snyder's Justice League;
4. Man of Steel;
5. 300;
6. Theatrical Justice League (even though most of that was Whedon);
7. Batman v Superman;
8. Legend of the Guardians;
9. Army of the Dead;
10. Sucker Punch

Haven't seen (nor I intend to see) Rebel Moon.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,733]

Christopher Nolan 

 

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[Mr. Hooper 1,988]

3 hours ago, Edmilson said:

Haven't seen (nor I intend to see) Rebel Moon.

Might be worth watching so you can scream to the heavens—or your upstairs neighbour, as the case may be—"Why do they keep giving this guy obscene amounts of money to make crap?!"

 

Is anyone still stuck in the noughties and calling Zack Snyder a "visionary"?

[Naïve Old Fart 9,733]

"Visionary"? They're still saying that, about Michael Bay, ffs 

[filmmusic 1,903]

Haven't really understood this thread.

Is it about our favorite director and our favorite top 5 films of his?

 if it is:

 

Steven Spielberg

1. E.T

2. Schindler's List

3. Jurassic Park

4. Indiana Jones and the temple of doom

5. Hook

[Glóin the Dark 1,229]

It was originally supposed to be about our top five Martin Scorsese films, but now we’re just making it up as we go along. Tomorrow I’m doing my thirty favourite colours.

[Edmilson 7,648]

Denis Villeneuve:

1. Prisoners;
2. Arrival;
3. Blade Runner 2049;
4. Dune: Part Two
5. Sicario;
6. Enemy;
7. Dune;

But I like all of them to various degrees, some more (Prisoners), others less (Dune 1). Haven't seen his early independent movies, but I do wish to watch Incendies one of these days.

 

Fun fact: Denis has a daughter who is also a filmmaker. She did a short movie about her childhood:

 

https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/salome-villeneuve-venice-1235367691/

[A24 4,370]

7 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

Christopher Nolan 

 

1/ Interstellar

2/ Insomnia

3/ Memento

4/ The Prestige

5/ TDK

 

 

 

Is that about right, Richard?

[Naïve Old Fart 9,733]

Just about... except please remove number 5.

 

 

[A24 4,370]

Aha! So you do prefer BB?

[Naïve Old Fart 9,733]

Let's just say that I find BB less offensive than TDK.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

On 1/5/2024 at 8:17 PM, Schilkeman said:

I’m not real sure what this thread is about, but top 5 directors? Sure, why not.

 

1. George Lucas

2. Steven Spielberg 

3. David Lean

4. Coen Brothers

5. Francis Ford Coppola 

The version of the board that existed when I first joined had the ability to add subtitles to threads. I had spammed out Top 5 threads for several directors and composers way back then. This thread was supposed to be about your Top 5 Scorsese films.