MyPurpleCrayon Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 directors dont get as much attention as they should. Who is your favorite director? What is so special about that specific director? And what movies do they direct so we can check out their stuff? Quentin Tarantino First of all, this guy is a very creepy man. I don't think I have ever known of anyone who likes blood, death, and the F word as much as him. He is a movie genius though! I have never seen a movie with better camera angles than his. He has a very distinct style too. He likes to tell the stories out of order, like the end at the beginning, and then go back and tell how it got there. Or even go to the end right away, then to the beginning, then skip to a different storyline and go to that end.... it's always really confusing, but still awesome! Man, I love this guy. Some movies that he directs are: Reservoir Dogs Kill Bill, Volume 1. Kill Bill, Volume 2. Pulp Fiction Another really cool thing about Tarantino is that he knows a whole lot about music, and he really selects good and appropriate music to go into his movies. He has some of the best soundtracks ever. M. Night Shyamalan Man, he is awesome. His movies make you think soooo much, and they leave you wondering about life... kinda. He has a very mysterious different perspective on everything, and he comes up with ideas no one would ever think of. You can just tell that so much thought goes into the movies he directs/writes, that it's insane. And sometimes after you watch the movies you wonder if he is insane! Movies by M. Night: The Sixth Sense Signs Unbreakable The Village Coming to theaters soon... Lady in the Water David Fencher Ahhh brilliant! Honestly, you have to see his movie to actually understand what he is capable of. He messes with your mind! And it's creepy, and awesome at the same time. Watch all three of these movies, right now. Seven Fight Club (I'm sure most of you have seen this) The Game Well, these are two of my favorites. Do you guys have any preferences like me? :P Ghost: I am prejudice towards ignorance, so that would explain why I appear to be so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LP Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Tim Burton.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyPurpleCrayon Posted June 25, 2006 Author Share Posted June 25, 2006 Tim Burton.... Edward Scissorhands! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! Nightmare Before Christmas! Those are all very awesome movies, and Tim Burton is a very creepy man. But he is indeed a great director. Ghost: I am prejudice towards ignorance, so that would explain why I appear to be so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvw08 Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Tim Burton.... Hands down one of the best. Most of his movies are extremely creepy (Edward Scissorhands) but Very good :mrgreen: Droolman's item Guide | My RuneScape pictures | My barrows videos, with download link!Free Image Hosting! | Free File Hosting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deloriagod Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 M. Night Shyamalan Definitly my favorite :mrgreen: Internet Marketing For Newbies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Uwe Boll. Joking, joking. Probaly Peter Jackson, although I do like Quentin Tarantino as well (liked the kill bills/pulp fiction). :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_k0m0d0_ Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Quentin Tarantino First of all, this guy is a very creepy man. I don't think I have ever known of anyone who likes blood, death, and the F word as much as him. He is a movie genius though! I have never seen a movie with better camera angles than his. He has a very distinct style too. He likes to tell the stories out of order, like the end at the beginning, and then go back and tell how it got there. Or even go to the end right away, then to the beginning, then skip to a different storyline and go to that end.... it's always really confusing, but still awesome! Man, I love this guy. Some movies that he directs are: Reservoir Dogs Kill Bill, Volume 1. Kill Bill, Volume 2. Pulp Fiction Another really cool thing about Tarantino is that he knows a whole lot about music, and he really selects good and appropriate music to go into his movies. He has some of the best soundtracks ever. I just love Quentin, the best one so far! He is just amazing! Even when he is a Invited Director, like in Sin Cities, he does a really great job. I've watched all of his movies, and I have all the soundtracks xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
How2PK Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Hm something like: Stanley Kubrick (Dr. Strangelove, 2001: ASO, A Clockwork Orange) Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai, RashÃÆÃâÃâômon, Sanjuro, Ran) Fedrico Fellini (Otto e Mezzo, La Strada, I Vitteloni) Andrej Tarkovsky (Stalker, Andrei Rublev, Solyaris, Nostalgia) Jean-Luc Godard (Le MÃÆÃâÃâépris, Pierrot le fou, Alphaville, Bande ÃÆÃâÃâàPart (Got it, QT with his Band a Part movies ;), ÃÆÃââââ¬Å¡Ã¬ bout de souffle, David Lynch (Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man, Lost Highway, Mulholland Dr.) Yasujiro Ozu (Banshun, Tokyo Monogatari, Story of Floating Weeds, Bakushu, Ohayo) Fritz Lang (M, Metropolis, Testament of Dr. Mabuse) Orson Welles (Citizen Kane, Le Proces, Touch of Evil, F for Fake) Something like that. They're all great directors and they're all great movies. So you won't waste any time if you'd want to try one of the above. Signature by Maurice SendakWhen the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, that's amore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubsa Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola are up there for me. Not for their gangster films, but for their psychological movies. Apocalypse Now and Raging Bull have some of the best character and plot development I've ever seen. This is how much you all raised for charity. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faux Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Steven Spielberg hands down. Even the movies he produces are awesome. :: Guess the Movie Contest Champion: pfilc23 :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 besides for the ones already mentioned (probably my top five have already been mentioned): Alfred Hitchcock Frank Capra Sergio Leone Darren Aronofsky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingUnder Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Yeah I like Quentin Tarantino to, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 are my fav. movies aswell. And the amount of blood is awesome, plus the "fight scenes"[/b] i am a paint noob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Putter Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 You know, I don't really have a favorite director. I don't really think there are any directors which anything they touch turns to gold. However, I enjoy Clint Eastwood, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorcese and Quentin Tarantino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LP Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Fritz Lang (M, Metropolis, Testament of Dr. Mabuse) that guy was killer.... literally.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumpta Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 From the ones already mentioned I pick: David Lynch Fritz Lang (Metropolis! Whoa! Double whoa! I'm so happy to read that others have seen the film too...) Tim Burton Federico Fellini (Roma all the way) Alfred Hitchcock I add: Roman Polanski (with specific mention of the almost forgotten The Fearless Vampire Killers) Milos Forman (Amadeus, The People versus Larry Flint, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Valmont) And perhaps William Wyler (the man behind Ben-Hur, Roman Holiday, but most especially Wuthering Heights, which blew me away with its sheer raw passion... it made me appreciate older films. Quite often they are far more daring, imaginative and surprising than the films today) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyPurpleCrayon Posted June 26, 2006 Author Share Posted June 26, 2006 I was going to say Troy Duffy because he directs my favorite film (Boondock Saints) but it's the only one if his that I have seen. :( Ghost: I am prejudice towards ignorance, so that would explain why I appear to be so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
How2PK Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 I add: Roman Polanski (with specific mention of the almost forgotten The Fearless Vampire Killers) Yay for THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS! Have you seen his first feauture NÃÆÃââââ¬ÃâZ W WODZIE (Knife in the Water). That one's really good as well, and together with Repulsion and Cul-de-sac my favorite Polanski. MPC, Duffy only made one movie. Signature by Maurice SendakWhen the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, that's amore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyPurpleCrayon Posted June 26, 2006 Author Share Posted June 26, 2006 MPC, Duffy only made one movie. Ohhh I thought he made two... and like some series. Ghost: I am prejudice towards ignorance, so that would explain why I appear to be so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumpta Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 I add: Roman Polanski (with specific mention of the almost forgotten The Fearless Vampire Killers) Yay for THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS! Have you seen his first feauture NÃÆÃââââ¬ÃâZ W WODZIE (Knife in the Water). That one's really good as well, and together with Repulsion and Cul-de-sac my favorite Polanski. I haven't seen it, haven't even heard of it. I've seen most of the "mainstream" Polanksi (Bitter Moon, Rosemary's Baby, The Pianist,...) But I'm very curious, I like the Polanski from before the Sharon Tate-trauma. Is it available somehow, somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
How2PK Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 I haven't seen it, haven't even heard of it. I've seen most of the "mainstream" Polanksi (Bitter Moon, Rosemary's Baby, The Pianist,...) But I'm very curious, I like the Polanski from before the Sharon Tate-trauma. Is it available somehow, somewhere? Yea, it's pretty easy available. If you're from the US or Canada it has been released on an amazing DVD from Criterion Collection (Click here with a lot of his short movies made in the period from '57 till '62. If you're from the UK you can order the anchor bay version from play.com (Click here) and in Holland and Beglium it's available in the Roman Polanski collection (Which is pretty hard to get nowadays I believe. It contains: 7 shorts by polansky, Knife in the Water, What?, Cul-de-Sac, Repulsion, Bitter Moon and The Pianist). :) Signature by Maurice SendakWhen the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, that's amore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assassin_696 Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 One of my favourite film directors that hasn't been mentioned is Sergio Leonne. His spaghetti westerns are totally genre defining, and some scenes are simply perfect for effect and tension. "Da mihi castitatem et continentam, sed noli modo" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 One of my favourite film directors that hasn't been mentioned is Sergio Leonne. His spaghetti westerns are totally genre defining, and some scenes are simply perfect for effect and tension. besides for the ones already mentioned (probably my top five have already been mentioned): Alfred Hitchcock Frank Capra Sergio Leone Darren Aronofsky :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmay929 Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Steven Speilberg has made lots of good movies through the years and is one I like. I also like Brian De Palma with his Scarface and Mission Impossible. 122 Combat : 99 Hits : 99 Attack : 99 Strength97/99 Defence : 99 Fletching : 99 Woodcutting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyPurpleCrayon Posted June 28, 2006 Author Share Posted June 28, 2006 Alrighty, well I changed it. Check it out. Ghost: I am prejudice towards ignorance, so that would explain why I appear to be so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyPurpleCrayon Posted August 29, 2006 Author Share Posted August 29, 2006 Ahh well, I'll give this one last try. Ghost: I am prejudice towards ignorance, so that would explain why I appear to be so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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