It’s free to anyone to name also every SW director you would have included in a top 10 list. I did by naming a certain Sergio beneath my list.
Here are my favourite films by my top directors:
- Orson Welles (Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons)
- John Huston (The Maltese Falcon, Moby Dick)
- Sergio Leone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West)
- Alfred Hitchcock (Vertigo, Strangers on a Train)
- Stanley Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey, Dr. Strangelove)
- David Lean (Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai)
- Fritz Lang (The Big Heat, Metropalis)
- Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, I know it’s the only film I’ve seen by him, but it is simply amazing)
- Howard Hawks (His Girl Friday, Only Angles Have Wings) /Ingmar Bergman (The Seventh Seal, ditto Sidney Lumet)
- George Lucas (Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back) /Carol Reed (because of The Third Man) /Billy Wilder (Some Like it Hot, Double Indemnity)
I guess I should write that negative review of this movie
I discussed the movie with Autophex a while ago (we both disliked it very much), and rewatched the movie in order to pick up the controversial movie thread, but there was hardly a reaction to our rejection of the movie, so I didn’t bother …
Normally it’s not allowed, but for you we make an exception
[quote=“autephex, post:59, topic:2038”]Its just like Antlion said, Leone is really a given for any of us… so its for the sake of discussion
would like to add a name I had not previously thought of but would have included if I did-
Kenneth Anger[/quote]
Exactly…
Maybe people mention Sergio Leone exclusively for “Once Upon a Time in America”? 
Only 1 film from Bergman!? :o
No surely its Colossus of Rhodes
[quote=“scherpschutter, post:63, topic:2038”]I guess I should write that negative review of this movie
I discussed the movie with Autophex a while ago (we both disliked it very much), and rewatched the movie in order to pick up the controversial movie thread, but there was hardly a reaction to our rejection of the movie, so I didn’t bother …[/quote]
Was wondering about this
[quote=“Antlion, post:46, topic:2038”]You should really watch some films from Benjamin Christensen, Carl Th. Dreyer, Holger-Madsen etc. - especially Dreyer’s “La passion de Jeanne d’Arc”, “Ordet”, Vampyr", and “Vredens dag” are essential in his filmograpy!
I didn’t meant anything negative with the word ‘controversial’, on the contrary. Look at my list, it includes several controversial directors; Luis Buñuel, Peter Greenaway, Rainer Werner Fassbinder - and if I had to leave out Fellini, I would probably pick Pier Paulo Pasolini instead.
“Antichrist” was a mesmerizing piece of art, and in my opinion his finest film next to “Europa”! Without Trier modern cinema in Denmark would be pretty boring. We also have Bille August, Christian Braad Thomsen, Christoffer Boe, Nils Malmros (I don’t think his films has been released outside Denmark? - If they are, then watch “Kundskabens træ”!), Ole Bornedal and of course Anders Thomas Jensen for top entertainment + a few others![/quote]
- This was maybe wrongly formulated by me. “Whose films” was only related to Christensen, whose films are not easy to get here. I would watch them if they were on TV, but I wouldn’t try to get them on DVD (if there is one).
Dreyer’s 5 classics I have of course seen. 3 of them even in a cinema.
Not sure if I ever read something about Madsen. I’ll check him.
- I also think that being controversial is a good thing.But von Trier is a director many people can’t stand for very different reasons.
The other director’s are not controversial anymore, they were in their heydays, but now there films are mostly accepted.
- Bille August is not so interesting. He made some very bad films with big budgets. Froken Smillas is one of the worst films I have ever seen. One of these serious films which are so bad that there was plenty to laugh.
But maybe the fault of producer Bernd Eichinger (the inverse King Midas), who has a hand for turning interesting books into lousy films.
[quote=“scherpschutter, post:63, topic:2038”]I guess I should write that negative review of this movie
I discussed the movie with Autophex a while ago (we both disliked it very much), and rewatched the movie in order to pick up the controversial movie thread, but there was hardly a reaction to our rejection of the movie, so I didn’t bother …[/quote]
Didn’t had the time then. And at least it didn’t pop up in the CMT.
A question would be if there is still this version around which was wrongly named The Fearless Vampire Killers. Are we talking about the US version (which I haven’t seen) or the Polanski version?
I watched the newest DVD version available over here, which as far as i Know is not cut or anything…
Here is an articel I just came across about the versions: DVD Savant: THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS: A Tale of Two Versions
And here is the version I watched: http://www.horrortalk.com/reviews/TFVK/TFVK.htm
[quote=“Stanton, post:68, topic:2038”]Didn’t had the time then. And at least it didn’t pop up in the CMT.
A question would be if there is still this version around which was wrongly named The Fearless Vampire Killers. Are we talking about the US version (which I haven’t seen) or the Polanski version?[/quote]
No idea, I found the DVD in the library here, running time was under 2 hours, so if the Polanski version was over two hours, this at least wasn’t his version. But I can’t imagine some extra scenes, or scenes edited in different order, would make all the difference. The film is, in my eyes of course, unsalvable.
[quote=“autephex, post:69, topic:2038”]I watched the newest DVD version available over here, which as far as i Know is not cut or anything…
Here is an articel I just came across about the versions: DVD Savant: THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS: A Tale of Two Versions
And here is the version I watched: horrortalk.com
Very interesting. I read the DVDBeaver article quickly, will read it more attentively tomorrow
Let’s continue the discussion on this movie on the CMT (if we can retrace it)
Yeah, that’s the Polanski film. The Runtime is 107 min, not over 2 hours. They should have skipped the US title too in favour of the beautiful original title.
It’s an intelligent and well made film with a clever combination of slapstick, parody and a typical 60s new-rules-for-the-genre attitude including an unhappy ending. Strong doses of erotic and real horror (for it’s time) too.
[quote=“Stanton, post:72, topic:2038”]It’s an intelligent and well made film with a clever combination of slapstick, parody and a typical 60s new-rules-for-the-genre attitude including an unhappy ending. Strong doses of erotic and real horror (for it’s time) too.[/quote]amen, like i’ve said before one of Polanski’s best films.
Switching to TCM thread…
Buñuel, Fassbinder and Pasolini are long dead, and indeed, they’re respected in any posible way nowadays (a great lack of common knowledge about the two latter mentioned though). But Greenaway? He still has a controversial reputation when a new film of his is coming up, just like Trier. It has definitely been more neutral in this decade, since he isn’t quiet as well-known as Trier for instance (at least not among the average filmgoer), but there are still people who repetively bashes his film being hack, while others (often me incl.) praises them as works of a genius!
[quote=“Stanton, post:67, topic:2038”]3. Bille August is not so interesting. He made some very bad films with big budgets. Froken Smillas is one of the worst films I have ever seen. One of these serious films which are so bad that there was plenty to laugh.
But maybe the fault of producer Bernd Eichinger (the inverse King Midas), who has a hand for turning interesting books into lousy films.[/quote]
To be honest, I have only watched his earlier films: “Busters verden”, “Pelle erobreren”, “Tro, håb og kærlighed”, “Zappa”, and it was probably rather misleading to place him among the other mentioned. Although those, especially “Pelle erobreren”, are quiet interesting films.
What about the cultural king of Denmark, Erik Balling? He’s also worth mentioning, when we’re talking about Danish cinema!
I’m afraid here comes the Erik Who? question …
Greenaway. His newer films seem to become very obscure. I’m thinking of him as being part of the past.
Somehow his newer films aren’t released anymore in Germany, and therefore they are also hardly discussed. I know he is still doing stuff, but I’ve no clue what he does nowadays.
Some of my favourites are great directors, and some are not. But they all appeal to me, because 90% of the time they come / came up with stuff I enjoy one way or another.
Here goes, in alphabetical order:
Coen, Ethan and Joel
Corbucci, Sergio
Fidani, Demofilo
Franco, Jesus
Hawks, Howard
Ho, Godfrey
Jodorowsky, Alejandro
Leone, Sergio
Lynch, David
Miike, Takashi
holy crap, i figured i’d be the only one to include Fidani if we include SW directors in our top 10
I would include aswell ;D .
Haven’t heard so far about it. The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus will be released next Year in Austria and I’ll try to watch it.