Great Directors

Never went to an all-nighter, but I certainly saw some great Scala double-bills in the early '80s -- I think my first was "La Grande Bouffe" (the French film in which four men eat and drink themselves to death) followed by "Coup De Torchon" (Clean Slate).

That was back in those far-off days when Philippe Noiret was the hip name to drop, not Gerard Depardieu. :cool:
 
Well that's the important thing. He does wear his influences on his sleeve but you can tell it's his movie. When a film is described as 'Tarantinoesque', then I guess he's achieved something. Not like that guy who directed Police Academy 5..

A lot of directors are undoubted maestros but I don't like the undertow of their films, their attitudes/worldview whatever. I would include Hitchcock and Scorsese there.
 
Terry Gilliam
Quentin Tarantino
Hideo Nakata (now shamelessly sold out and working for the Yankee $)
John Woo (probably read above)
John Sturges (for 'The Magnificent Seven')
Akira Kurosawa (umm, also for the above, really ;) and 'Yojimbo')
Takeshi Kitano ('Brother' and 'Zatoichi')
Ridley Scott (for too many to mention, not least 'Bladerunner')
Martin Scorcese (but has worked with such talent, was it direction or just great actors?)
 
It was direction. 'Mean Streets' was such an original film for 1973. Even just the way it used music -- e.g. that scene with 'Jumping Jack Flash' playing as De Niro walks through the bar. Scorsese has written and spoken enough on the subject of direction to convince me (for what it's worth) that he had a Definite Vision.
 
True. I've got that one. Harvey Keitel is awesome though. He's one of my favourite actors of all time. It's another film I probably need to get on DVD as I don't watch it enough with it being on VHS.
 
How could I forget Terry Gilliam? Brazil is superb, as is Jabberwocky. And when the Python shows started to go into decline (around series 3), his animations were always still hilarious.

And the Scala all-nighters...oh, yes. I think I went to one of their horror movie nights, but what was far more scary was having to walk through King's Cross at 5am. :eek:
 
Dario Argento - Italian horror director (1970s +)

I brought myself to watch Profondo Rosso last night, and it was great but so scary. There was many styles and techniques (i.e. people popping up in mirrors, think the killer is behind one door but actually outside the window, soundtrack) that are used in modern-day horror films, and i thought "seen it before" until i remembered that this is where much of the genre started. A great director.

I still can't watch the 2nd half of Suspiria - the scariest film ever. I get too creeped out every time. Maybe one day...
 
Richard Brooks, incapable of making a bad film ('cept for maybe his last two), wrote the screenplays as well.



What about GRATE Directors?

Has anybody ever made as much crap as Russell Mulcahy ?
(currently preparing to kill off the Star Trek franchise)
 
Ahem - Jonathan Frakes ?

Wasnt this a thread about great directors though ?
Scorsese (burnt out ) and Tarantino (copycat)

Maybe not . Anyone mentioned Ron Howard yet ?
 
You're absolutely right, it is based on the Thompson novel 'Pop. 1280'. I haven't read the book, so I've no idea how faithful the film was.
 
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