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post #76 of 85
3/3/10 at 1:33pm
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Originally Posted by timoteus View Post
My vote goes to Sam Newfield cuz it's all about quantity not quality

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0627864/
He doesn't have anything on D.W. Griffith! And he's actually a very respected director, too.

As for Kubrick's current place in the number one spot, I think everyone decided to vote for the craziest director ever instead of just the best
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post #77 of 85
3/3/10 at 4:37pm
I should clarify - i wasn't holding up Ghost Dog as a paragon of Jarmusch' art - more that it's very accessable, in a way that, oh, lets say Dead Man really isn't.
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post #78 of 85
3/3/10 at 10:01pm
Some good options - Kubrick, Fellini, Kurosawa are all worthy of the title.
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post #79 of 85
3/4/10 at 7:23am
No soviet directors and Antonioni = FAIL
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post #80 of 85
3/4/10 at 3:48pm
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Originally Posted by Nachkebia View Post
No...Antonioni = FAIL
Yeah I totally agree, Eclipse is probably my favorite movie of all time.
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post #81 of 85
3/5/10 at 2:25am
The names listed are big ones in the history of cinema and they have contributed a lot with their ideas.
However, one name doesn't belong on that list: Scorsese.
He has made great movies but he has not contributed to Cinema as much as the others have and I'm sure any professor of cinema would agree.
You could replace Scorsese's name with a lot of others like Louis Brunuel for instance.
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post #82 of 85
3/5/10 at 6:28am
I think Martin Scorsese belongs as much as any other on the list. Certainly, since Sergio Leone is on the list, who I think far less of a talent than Scorsese. Leone never created anything as masterful or genuninely cinematic as "Raging Bull." Scorcese, to me, is the American counterpoint to the French New Wave cinema - albeit a decade later. If I was going to compare him to anyone, it probably would be Truffaut. In fact, Raging Bull and Jules et Jim are stylistically very similar in many ways.
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post #83 of 85
3/5/10 at 1:01pm
How come John Waters isn't on this list? Kidding aside, I happen to love his early movies.
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post #84 of 85
3/5/10 at 1:23pm
My top favorite from that list is kubrik and Scorsese but i need to mention Darren Aronofsky the director of Requiem for a Dream
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post #85 of 85
3/5/10 at 2:29pm
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Originally Posted by Juiced View Post
My top favorite from that list is kubrik and Scorsese but i need to mention Darren Aronofsky the director of Requiem for a Dream
Requiem wasn't particularly good. I utterly fail to recognize what so many people see in it.

In fact, i view it as sort of an egregious abuse of cheap devices.
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