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Post by Erik Rupp on Aug 20, 2009 5:04:35 GMT -5
There have been many great directors over the years - with over 100 years of film, and about 80 years of sound films there have been tens of thousands of films made, many of which have been great in one way or another. Some directors have more great films to their credit than do others.
Some of my picks as, "Great Directors," are...
Akira Kurosawa - Very few directors can come close to touching his body of work. His meticulous attention to detail was only matched by his ability to tell a story and get great performances out of his casts. He helped bring Toshiro Mifune to greatness, but could always rein him in where some other directors could not. Some of Kurosawa's, "Best," films include Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Stray Dog, The Bad Sleep Well, The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, High and Low, Kagemusha, and Ran.
Edward Dmytryk - He had the ability to make the most out of what the script gave him. Even some of his lesser known films, such as the brilliant Western, Warlock, are some of the best films of their genres. He was one of those directors that always seemed to get the best that his cast had to offer. Highlights include Warlock, Murder My Sweet (one of the earliest, and greatest Films Noir), Back to Bataan, Crossfire, The Caine Mutiny, Broken Lance, and the underrated Shalako.
more to come...
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Post by hokeyboy on Aug 20, 2009 16:10:37 GMT -5
Jules Dassin -- one of the, perhaps THE greatest heist/noir director of all time. Brute Force, The Naked City, Thieves Highway, Night and the City, Rififi, and Topkapi are all really good to unbelievable classic movies. My favorite is probably Night and the City... the continuous turning of the screws on Richard Widmark as he descends deeper and deeper into a hell of his own making is nothing short of brilliant filmmaking.
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Post by Erik Rupp on Aug 20, 2009 21:24:49 GMT -5
Jules Dassin -- one of the, perhaps THE greatest heist/noir director of all time. Brute Force, The Naked City, Thieves Highway, Night and the City, Rififi, and Topkapi are all really good to unbelievable classic movies. My favorite is probably Night and the City... the continuous turning of the screws on Richard Widmark as he descends deeper and deeper into a hell of his own making is nothing short of brilliant filmmaking. I love Night and the City, it's a great movie. I wasn't as impressed with Brute Force, though.
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Post by Erik Rupp on Aug 22, 2009 18:49:06 GMT -5
Of course, no Greatest Director thread would be complete without...
Martin Scorsese - The man is a great director, and the list of films that he's directed is just stunning - Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Color of Money, Goodfellas, Casino, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed - and he just keeps on going. He is just an amazing talent behind the camera.
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Sept 6, 2009 20:24:30 GMT -5
Cameron
Kurosawa
John Ford
Hitchcock
In no particular order.
=Bob
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Post by roadrat15 on Jun 26, 2011 5:04:50 GMT -5
Tarantino, Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, Spielberg, Billy Wilder.
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