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Greatest directors of all time
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So I was curious, and I googled to see who people consider to be the greatest film directors of all time. Here is the first list that popped up. What do you think? Who would you add -- or take away?
Martin Scorsese Alfred Hitchcock Steven Spielberg Quentin Tarantino Stanley Kubrick Christopher Nolan Woody Allen Francis Ford Coppola Orson Welles Akira Kurosawa James Cameron Clint Eastwood Charlie Chaplin Sergio Leone David Fincher Ridley Scott David Lynch Peter Jackson Ingmar Bergman John Ford Roman Polanski Federico Fellini Paul Thomas Anderson David Cronenberg David Lean Jean-Luc Godard Terrence Malick Tim Burton William Wyler Wes Anderson Andrei Tarkovsky Werner Herzog Sydney Lumet John Huston Frank Capra Brian de Palma Hayao Miyazaki George Lucas Billy Wilder Elia Kazan Robert Altman Francois Truffault Milos Foreman Michael Mann Jean Renoir Steven Soderbergh Luis Bunuel Joel Cohen Oliver Stone Tony Tarantino Sam Peckinpah
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Darren Aronofsky Terry Gilliam Katherine Bigelow Gus Van Sant Roberto Rossellini
You weren't listing them in order but I was pleased to see Scorcese first. If he wasn't a rapist, I would put Polanski second,
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Re: Greatest directors of all time [Re: Brian Jones]
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Good additions.
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Re: Greatest directors of all time [Re: RebelRMS]
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Charlie Kaufman
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Isn't that every director of all time? List is a joke
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Re: Greatest directors of all time [Re: quinn]
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Richard Linklater is a personal favorite.
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DividedQuantum said: Martin Scorsese Stanley Kubrick Woody Allen Francis Ford Coppola Orson Welles Akira Kurosawa Charlie Chaplin Sergio Leone David Lynch Ingmar Bergman Roman Polanski Federico Fellini Paul Thomas Anderson David Cronenberg Terrence Malick Werner Herzog Sydney Lumet John Huston Brian de Palma Billy Wilder Elia Kazan Robert Altman Joel Cohen
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"Stanley Kubrick wasn't a genius who happened to be a filmmaker. He was a filmmaker who happened to be a genius." --Frederic Raphael
My favorite director of all is Stanley Kubrick. I just think he did it better than everybody. His directing style, his creative vision, his technical gifts, and the films themselves I think are superior.
What are others' thoughts about Kubrick? I'd love to know about some different perspectives.
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Kubrick is definitely great. Imma go with Ridley Scott.
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He's definitely in the top few greatest filmmakers ever. 2001 is in the running for greatest movie ever made. My personal favorite filmmaker is Lynch.
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2001 is my favorite movie. I love Lynch. He is insane.
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Yes, Lynch is definitely on another plane of reality.
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I would say Lynch is probably my second favorite.
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Nice list and i do'nt have any objections, but it's certainly missing Derek Jarman(my personal fave) and Alejandro Jodorowsky. And i'm being biased here as few will know who i'm talking about, but i believe that Richard Stanley is list worthy as well; he just has'nt made enough films to make the cut.
I like and respect both Kubrick and Lynch. Both true visionaries. That Kubrick made the list and is so admired with not all that many films is testament to his greatness. That reminds: i've yet to see eyes wide shut. I need to see more ov Lynch's daughters work too. I thought that Boxing Helena was a great directorial debut.
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Re: Stanley Kubrick [Re: lavod]
#22446262 - 10/28/15 07:23 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Boxing Helena was indeed an interesting debut. Another great director's daughter who had a helluva start was Sofia Coppola. Lost in Translation was very charming.
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DividedQuantum said: "Stanley Kubrick wasn't a genius who happened to be a filmmaker. He was a filmmaker who happened to be a genius." --Frederic Raphael
My favorite director of all is Stanley Kubrick. I just think he did it better than everybody. His directing style, his creative vision, his technical gifts, and the films themselves I think are superior.
What are others' thoughts about Kubrick? I'd love to know about some different perspectives.
Have you ever heard about The Shining Forwards And Backwards, Simultaneously, Superimposed?

Have you ever seen this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_237
Here it is.
Room 237
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Re: Stanley Kubrick [Re: Rocket]
#22449323 - 10/29/15 01:51 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Cool post, Rocket. I'll have to check that stuff out. I did look at the Wikipedia article about Room 237 and one thing I definitely agree with is that the Shining deals in large part with the genocide of the North American Indians. I've always thought that and it's neat to see others did as well.
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Right on, yeah I found it pretty interesting how many observations and theory's viewers of The Shining have made about Stanley Kubrick's directing of the film. Room 236 was full of details I would have never noticed and I enjoyed it although it did get poor reviews. It was nice learning about the appreciation people have of things I never noticed, and probably never would have like the forward backward superimposition of the film, and its remarkable synchronicity.
The Shining Backward, Forward, & Mirrored
Pretty amazing if it was intentional.
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Re: Stanley Kubrick [Re: Rocket]
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Hayao Miyazaki or Wong Kar-Wai, anyone?
For a list of greatest directors it does seem rather long... not that I know enough about films to make a fair judgement.
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Terry Gilliam and Kubrick and Lynch and Hayao Miyazaki stand out to me. Ridley Scott did some great stuff but also an equal number of shitty things. I don't know how Peter Jackson can possibly be on that list he's made three good movies total
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I'm sad that no one's mentioned John Carpenter yet.
Him and Kubrick are my top two favourite directors. There's other good ones mentioned in that list. I've liked every film I've seen by Richard Linklater but I'm not sure.
And, I doubt anyone else would agree with this, but Paul Verhoeven is one of my favourite directors of all time. You can call his movies trash, but Starship Troopers and Robocop are classic action films, that should have never had lunchboxes and other kids merchandise made of them.
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Kubrick.
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I think that the absolute greatest directors have to have done some ov their best and most visionary work on a low budget, such as Jarman, Lynch with Eraserhead, etc. Having a low budget to work with makes it necessary to reify one's creativity if one is to be viewed as original and captivating. While a large budget affords less limitations, the direction is only leveraged by the more extensive elements. A great director can craft a fine film without the dog and pony show, or even good acting.
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Kevin Smith's Clerks was a great example of that.
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Two of the best ones i know (and i don't know many) in this day in age right now are Quentin Tarantino and M. Knight Shyamalan
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Movie time. Kubrick, hands down. Different era different time.
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Edgar Wright, perhaps too early to say (only has 4 movies) but everything he has done so far is a piece of fresh sliced gold. Friedkin, Tarantino, Scorsese, Cronenberg , Carpenter, jodorowsky & etc whom I really appreciate have already been mentioned.
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quinn said: Charlie Kaufman
..like srsly list?
Charlie Kaufman has only directed like one movie right? Hes definitely one of the greatest screenwriters ever tho. Spike Jonze should be on the list.
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But that's just me and my 2ยข
M Night Shyamalan is the worst director in hollywood. It is a joke that hes still making movies. I mean lady in the water, the happening, the last airbender... cmon. Hes also an arrogant prick who comments on his many critics saying that he has a european sensibility that most westerners just don't get. gimme a break. and whats with him putting himself in all his movies? like he thinks hes the new hitchcock or something. god I really can't stand the guy.
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I actually watched Lady in the Water last night and, by golly, was it some vile trash! I did kind ov like The Last Airbender to be honest, although that's more ov a guilty pleasure rather than a movie i seriously considered to be good. But is it the work ov a great director? Hells no! Does he actually claim to have a European sensibility? That's a joke. People like Emir Kusturica(who DEFINITELY deserves to be on the list) who can create a hilarious comedy while still interjecting deep Serbo-Croatian political undercurrents have a European sensibility. M Knight makes movies akin to simple fantasy novels targeted for the 9-15y/o age range. So yeah, i agree.
Best is hard to measure and personal. My personal favorite directors who i also consider to be top tier are Jarman, Peckinpah, Jodorowsky, and Kusturica. There are other directors i consider amongst my favorites(like Araki and R. Stanley), but i would'nt consider them top tier, just as there's a bunch ov top tier ones that i would'nt call my favorites.
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On the M Night Shymalalon thing; I liked "Signs", but nothing else held any interest for me. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia had an episode about him. I think M Night peaked early. It brings to mind Michael Cimino, who became a God for the Deerhunter, and then by all accounts destroyed Hollywood big budget forever with Heaven's Gate, a western with some really good actors. They gave him a huge budget, and he lost almost every cent of it. They say Heaven's Gate was the turning point when the big money backers in Hollywood said we will never give this kind of money to a "creative" again and the business was taken over by accountants, which is why big budget movies usually suck. A good example is how Hollywood can't think of any new ideas, or wont fund them, and keep pouring money into remakes of 60's or 70's TV comedies. Independent moviemakers still do some good stuff, but in general, Cable TV series (pay stations or not) are better than movies.
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How about Norman Jewison? I don't think anyone has mentioned him.
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I think the ones I like have been mentioned, but to throw them out there.
Terrence Malick - probably my favorite although this may be the point in my life. Ingmar Bergman. I really enjoyed him just out of college. I got obsessed and started collecting all his dvds. In college, Charlie Kaufmann as a writer or director, not sure which. Being John Malkovich blew my mind the first time I saw it. Now I think I might like other of his movies better. Hayao Miyazaki. Always liked him from when I was a kid, athough I know his name itself is more or less synonomous with great anime. Then there is Stanley Kubrik... And of course David Lynch.
I don't think I am up to date on very current directors. But let's see; I don't want to miss a Christopher Nolan film. On the other hand he is also not making anything too memorable either. Great "concepts" and spectacle though.
The last great movie I saw was in Danish; The Hunt, by Thomas Vinterberg...
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DividedQuantum said: How about Norman Jewison? I don't think anyone has mentioned him.
I didn't know this guy, but apparently I should. And Justice for All and Agnes of God, which I liked and 5 other ones that I know were big.
Thank you for informing me.
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