Fincher or Nolan for me.
Best contemporary US director?
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Reno
The In Kraut
Allison Anders, Tamara Jenkins, Catherine Hardwicke, Kimberly Peirce, Patty Jenkins, Julie Taymor , Mary Harron and Rose Troche are all succesful female directors working in independent films.
dream_girl
waiting for my ban
David Lynch
Does Terry Gilliam count? He's American - even though his films aren't.
Does Terry Gilliam count? He's American - even though his films aren't.
Reno
The In Kraut
dream_girl
waiting for my ban
TheHoodedClaw
acknowledging ur soup leg
Eastwood.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
They went seriously bad when their first movies were commerically successfull. They had so much money thrown at them for their next films that they were doomed to failure. Sometimes less is more.
If you mean the Coens, I can't disagree more. They made several wonderful films with proper budgets after the likes of Blood Simple and Miller's Crossing.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
The Hudsucker Proxy
Intolerable Cruelty
The Ladykillers
Intolerable Cruelty
The Ladykillers
The Hudsucker Proxy
Intolerable Cruelty
The Ladykillers
The Man Who Wasn't There
Fargo
Oh Brother Where Art Thou
The Big Lebowski.
and The Hudsucker Proxy is ace.
For my money, two bad films doesn't undo the vast majority of their output.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
The Man Who Wasn't There - Haven't seen it.
Fargo - Bored the shorts off me.
Oh Brother Where Art Thou - Miscast, but overall ok. Great soundtrack.
The Big Lebowski. - Liked it. Enjoyed the ironic glimpse into the art world
The Hudsucker Proxy - Dude, you can buy copies of the dvd in the dollar bin.
Fargo - Bored the shorts off me.
Oh Brother Where Art Thou - Miscast, but overall ok. Great soundtrack.
The Big Lebowski. - Liked it. Enjoyed the ironic glimpse into the art world
The Hudsucker Proxy - Dude, you can buy copies of the dvd in the dollar bin.
So you like two, haven't seen one, and dismiss one because it's not popular. Presumably you think Dude, Where's My Car is a better film if it's NOT in the dollar bin?
Doesn't really back up your initial claim then
x 1 million
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
So you like two, haven't seen one, and dismiss one because it's not popular. Presumably you think Dude, Where's My Car is a better film if it's NOT in the dollar bin?
Doesn't really back up your initial claim then
I have a personal movie rating system. You go to the pawnshop, count how many copies of a movie they have. Subtract that number from 10 and you have the a 1 -10 rating system. They must have eight copies of Dude, Where's My Car?
I liked Girl with a Pearl Earring. Not a gigantic hit, but only 1 copy at the pawn shop. So it gets a 9 rating.
There's like 4 copies of The Hudsucker Proxy. YW rating = 6
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
It couldn't carry the original's track shoes.
of course not - it was pointless in that respect.
as a film in it's own right though, it was still pretty good.
Augie March
blahem
Well, I've got:
Wes Anderson
The Coens
Paul Thomas Anderson
Darren Aronofsky
Terry Gilliam
David Lynch
Christopher Nolan
Neil LaBute
Spike Jonze
Sofia Coppola
Brad Bird
Cameron Crowe
Richard Linklater
Rian Johnson (director of Brick, one for the future perhaps)
Wes Anderson
The Coens
Paul Thomas Anderson
Darren Aronofsky
Terry Gilliam
David Lynch
Christopher Nolan
Neil LaBute
Spike Jonze
Sofia Coppola
Brad Bird
Cameron Crowe
Richard Linklater
Rian Johnson (director of Brick, one for the future perhaps)
It's a shit system. By that token, something like, I dunno, Titanic is the best film ever.
Augie March
blahem
Assume you were replying to my Wes Anderson post. My mistake, he was mentioned in the OP. Also, I did edit that post to have a whole list added too.
But yeah, still suprised that he hasn't been mentioned more on here.
jodal
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Thats hilarious.
Johnny Canuck3
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Blood Simple is the Coen Brothers film to catch. Because of it, I endured movies like Hudsucker, Miller's Crossing, etc., to my disappointment.
I've only seen No Country, which I thought was very good, Big Lebowski, which I found quite overrated, some of Hudsucker, which was alright, and Miller's Crossing, which my brother adores but I found a bit boring TBH.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
Its a very useful system.
Its a tad cheaper to buy dvds at the pawn shop and resell any that I don't want to keep, than it is to rent them. If I haven't seen a movie prior to buying it, I need some type of sorting method to avoid spending money unnecessarily.
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breasticles
the smell of life
the man who wasn't there is a GEM of a film. there is one shot (the shot through the doorway of frances macdormand in the bath, for those who've seen it) which is so perfect it brings a lump to my throat every time i see it. the only bad thing about the whole film is scarlett johanssen, who is utterly blank, one- dimensional and pointless as usual.
pt anderson gets my vote. i am so excited about there will be blood i might do a little wee in my knickers when the bbfc certificate comes up. (i probably won't, but i can't make any promises). daniel day lewis chews scenery and pta directs it? move the furniture to the edges of the room, i'm about to have a moviegasm!
pt anderson gets my vote. i am so excited about there will be blood i might do a little wee in my knickers when the bbfc certificate comes up. (i probably won't, but i can't make any promises). daniel day lewis chews scenery and pta directs it? move the furniture to the edges of the room, i'm about to have a moviegasm!
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