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tinear

40 best directors list topped by..... Lynch!

Who's missing? (Open in New Window)

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Where's Ridley Scott ?? - Mike K 16:25:46 01/01/09 (0)
He only made 2 of the best flicks ever.

Mike
Errol Morris in the top ten is a joke. (nt) - semuta 22:29:04 12/31/08 (0)
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Whoever wrote this is a PR - image maker - grhughes 07:59:46 12/31/08 (0)
...very familiar with Madison Avenue technique. We ought to compile our own list of film directors and see who still fares on this list. I am personally tired of mutual admiration societies who gather and applaud one another. I'm tired of the Academy Awards, the Golden Globe or whatever. There needs to be an unbiased group, probably from academia, that bestows such honors. Ray Hughes
"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without an intervening culture." Frank Lloyd Wright
RE: I think they have mixed up.... - patrickU 01:21:02 12/31/08 (0)
Must be the worst list...
errr who wrote it? Malick has made 4 films not 3 - dave c 22:26:10 12/30/08 (1)
And that is the first director I read the blurb on.
I guess they are not cinema goers themselves...
- RE: errr who wrote it? Malick has made 4 films not 3 - tinear 08:21:14 12/31/08 (0)
  It's a few years old.
  I don't think it invalidates it, though. Outside of a couple of Asian directors, I don't know of any superstar directors that have emerged.
It was nice to see Winterbottom right up there. - Harmonia 21:13:15 12/30/08 (0)
And Kiarostami.

But I take issue with some inclusions and exclusions. Lists do that.
For example, I'd have out Alphonso Cuaron on the list.

So it goes.
Greenaway (RIP) should have been in the top 10. * - mr grits 16:32:06 12/30/08 (9)
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- (RIP) ?! What ? - Harmonia 20:50:23 12/30/08 (3)
  As far as I know Greenaway is alive and well. He has a newer movie out too, Nightwatching (Rembrandt's J'accuse).
  
  Edits: 12/30/08
  - Whoops, I thought I heard he had died earlier this year. * - mr grits 21:51:43 12/30/08 (2)
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    - Apparently Tin would like to whack him... - Harmonia 17:05:43 01/01/09 (1)
      ...but last I heard Greenaway is alive and ornery.
      - RE: I heard he had died too; off the Net + may have posted that here - grinagog 01:16:01 01/02/09 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Apparently Tin would like to whack him... posted by Harmonia on January 01, 2009 at 17:05:43
        
        as well
        Turns out rumours of Greenaways demise were somewhat exagerrated...
        Don't at all begrudge him being alive
        GW
        
        Edits: 01/02/09
- For what? nt - tinear 19:00:38 12/30/08 (4)
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  - He is on the same level as Fellini and Lynch. * - mr grits 21:52:57 12/30/08 (2)
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    - Lynch=Fellini??? - The Duke 06:16:07 12/31/08 (1)
      You think David Lynch's work is equal to that of Fedrico Fellini? Amazing! For the most part Lynch is empty-headed surrealism; all flashy visuals. If you want the essence of cinematic surrealism look to Luis Bunuel.
      - You just described Fellini to me. * - mr grits 06:53:56 12/31/08 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Lynch=Fellini??? posted by The Duke on December 31, 2008 at 06:16:07
        
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  - Greenaway is at least as significant a filmmaker... - Harmonia 21:03:11 12/30/08 (0)
    ...as any 12-15 filmmakers on that list, take your pick.
    
    To wit:
    
    The Draughtman's Contract
    A Zed and Two Noughts
    In The Belly Of An Architect
    Drowning By Numbers
    The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
    Prospero's Books
    The Pillow Book
    
    You can have all of Von Trier except for Europa and Breaking The Waves, I'll take Greenaway's short films and the above.
It's outdated. - Prisoners 07:48:02 12/30/08 (0)
Not sure of the publishing date, but it lists the Coen Brother's latest film as "Intolerable Cruelty". That was released in 2003. Also no mention of "The Departed" under Scorcese.
Baba-Booey to you all!
Quite an eclectic and international list - Awe-d-o-file 07:35:03 12/30/08 (0)
I enjoyed going over it but have a few issues.

ET
Question "Authority", the mainstream media sucks - I need music to help forget the reality of today
A sure sign I am getting older - or disinterested in movies... - Eldragon 06:58:26 12/30/08 (0)
Most of these people. I never heard of?
In Life, nothing is wasted:/ either that/ or/ it all is.
Silly list: any of those mpathus points at is much better than most of them. And, where is Clint Eastwood? (nt - orejones 03:51:11 12/30/08 (2)
- I hope your tongue is fully in your cheek. Mpathus's list - tinear 10:30:52 12/30/08 (1)
  points to directors with many popular films but is their true artistic level the highest?
  Outside of "Unforgiven," I think Eastwood's output is mediocre. Scorsese hasn't had even a good film to his credit in ages, though that alone shouldn't disqualify him because of the several masterstrokes.
  It appears that the critics seem to want to educate as well as nominate: the chosen perhaps purposefully exclude the commonly known?
  - Oh, forgot to add Woody Allen... - mpathus 02:34:19 01/02/09 (0)
    ...I never discriminate against pop, only uninspired vision.
    If a director delivers an idea set I've yet to see (or well presented in film), that wins beaucoup points.
    Yeah, the art is sometimes too subtle to grab one the first times around, but given time the films that hold up to be viewed repeatedly have art enough for unsophisticated me.
    (Don't have an art cinema close by to see obscure goodies; rely on the expert opinions like those of Tinear et al. and hope it's on DVD and cheap.)
    
    Edits: 01/02/09 01/02/09 01/02/09
Michael Moore scored higher than Beat Takeshi and no Deepa Mehta, - Tony D. 23:35:43 12/29/08 (0)
to say they missed a few who belong well up on that list is an understatement but it's just a bunch of peoples opinion so...

J.B.
A few missing... - mpathus 23:18:43 12/29/08 (2)
...

Francis Ford Coppola

Steven Spielberg

Terry Gilliam

Ridley Scott

(Quentin Tarantino is awfully low in number, methinks)
- Bertolucci, Antonini..... * - mr grits 18:40:14 12/30/08 (1)
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  - I believe the list is of active filmmakers. - Harmonia 21:05:18 12/30/08 (0)
    Those two Italian greats are no longer upon this mortal coil.

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