0028: Directors and Their Best Films
Submitted by lbangs on Tue, 03/20/2001 - 03:00
Tags:
- Orson Welles - Citizen Kane
- Alfred Hitchcock - North by Northwest
- Stanley Kubrick - 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Hal Hartley - Amateur
- Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction
- Steven Spielberg - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- John Woo - The Killer
- Steven Soderbergh - Sex Lies and Videotape
- Bob Fosse - Cabaret
- Robert Altman - Nashville (Short Cuts a close second)
- Martin Scorsese - Raging Bull
- David Lean - Lawrence of Arabia
- Mel Brooks - The Producers
- Federico Fellini - 8 1/2
- Sergio Leone - Once Upon a Time in the West
- Sam Peckinpah - The Wild Bunch
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz - All About Eve
- Jean Cocteau - Orpheus
- Billy Wilder - Sunset Blvd.
- John Huston - The Maltese Falcon
- John Ford - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- Howard Hawks - Bringing Up Baby
- Carol Reed - The Third Man
- Fritz Lang - Metropolis
- James Whale - The Bride of Frankenstein
- Frank Capra - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Ingmar Bergman - The Seventh Seal
- Charles Chaplin - City Lights
- Buster Keaton - The General
Author Comments:
Not terribly original, I know, but here are my honest choices.
Ok ...is this a new list? or have I missed this one? Some great choices...some I might disagree though I dont think there is a movie on this list that I do not like a great deal. Well Maybe Cabaret...
This is new; I posted it just this morning. Nailing down a favorite by a great director is difficult. For many great film makers, there is almost a point where you are left staring at three great films. At this point, your choice is almost due to intangible differences. That's why I like these lists. It is fun to see which film people finally land on.
As for Cabaret, ah well. I love it, although Lenny and All That Jazz would have done fairly well also. What can I say? I believe Bob Fosse is an over-looked genius.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Interesting side note - The hardest ones for me to decide were John Ford and Ingmar Bergman. Go figure!
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
I would disagree on the John Ford. I would take the three Calvary movies if I could cheat. Otherwise its a toss up between THe Informer and THe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance or maybe the Quiet Man...damn he is tough. But you got Bergman just right. I might have to clone your list and give some selctions. I think Directors will be tougher than actors.
Oooh, to my shame, I had forgotten about The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
My list will be updated shortly.
I await your list.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
I like Peckinpah's Straw Dogs. I still dont see what you like about the boring Hal Hartley
Straw Dogs is a good film. As to Hartley, well, I've gone on and on on other lists, so I won't repeat myself here. He's one of the only true film genius I am aware of to emerge in the 90s, and time will do him justice.
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
One thing I've noticed is you never mention Jean Luc Goddard. I was wondering what you thought of his work or what his best movie is, I have only seen a few, but I really liked "Contempt"