0005: Favorite Films By Director
Submitted by AAA on Sat, 03/17/2001 - 12:30
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- Steven Spielberg - Jaws
- Wes Anderson - The Royal Tenenbaums
- Stanley Kubrick - Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- John Ford - Grapes of Wrath
- Kevin Smith - Chasing Amy
- Mike Nichols - Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Bob Fosse - Cabaret
- Roman Polanski - Chinatown
- Ridley Scott - Alien
- Orson Welles - Citizen Kane
- Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction
- Rob Reiner - This is Spinal Tap
- Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather Part II
- Joel Coen - Miller's Crossing
- Jean Luc Godard - Breathless
- James Cameron - Aliens
- Alfred Hitchcock - North by Northwest
- Milos Forman - Amadeus
- Francois Truffaut - Jules and Jim
- Steve Soderburgh - The Limey
- Woody Allen - Manhattan
- Akira Kurosawa - Seven Samurai
- Jonathan Demme - The Silence of the Lambs
- Billy Wilder - Sunset Blvd.
- Cameron Crowe - Say Anything...
- Michael Mann - The Insider
- Mike Leigh - Topsy-Turvy
- David Lynch - Mulholland Drive
- Baz Luhrmann - Moulin Rouge!
- Francois Ozon - 8 Women
- Danny Boyle - Trainspotting
- Carol Reed - The Third Man
- Spike Lee - Do the Right Thing
- Ang Lee - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Lars Von Trier - Dancer in the Dark
- Howard Hawks - Bringing Up Baby
Cool, we agree on all counts except Hitchcock (not sure what I'd pick instead though), Soderbergh (Out of Sight), and *maybe* Speilberg (Raiders or Jaws, perhaps).
I haven't yet seen Out of Sight, but I need to update that choice anyways, The Limey has taken Traffic's place.
I haven't seen much Hitchcock, but this is my favorite so far.
ET is my favorite for sentimental reasons. Its the best of what Spielberg does best.
AAA, have you ever watched a Ken Russell film?
I am ashamed to say that I haven't. Which of his would you recommend for a first viewing?
Well, first let me say that I don't think Russell is a top-tier director but he makes his movies with such interesting subject matter, great visual flourishes and a real enthusiasm for filmmaking in general that a lot of his stuff is worth seeing. I have personally seen, and think they're worth viewing, the following of his films: The Devils (1971), Altered States (1980), Salome's Last Dance (1988), Tommy (1975), The Lair of the White Worm (1988) and Gothic (1986). Women in Love (1969), which I haven't seen, is probably considered his best film and he even received an academy award nomination for Best Director for it. Even though it's not very representative of his work it'd probably be best to start with an Altered States or Tommy type film. I don't think you have to be a Who fan to appreciate Tommy.
All of his movies are pretty prurient in nature and The Devils was actually rated X on it's release. But it's not pornographic. This was under the old X rating system that other X-rated films like Last Tango In Paris and Midnight Cowboy were also rated under. Maybe in a few years if your interest is piqued you can check out some of the edgier stuff.
Had you even heard of Ken Rusell before I mentioned him? I ask because I was comparing our favorite directors lists (here's mine) and we have a lot of directors in common but not always the same favorite film by them. For some Ken Rusell seemed to me like he might be up your alley.
glad to See Wes anderson on there great. But i think Rushmore is his best movies and even bottle rocket is a gem. but tenebaums is great