dedicate a post to your favorite director

atsonicpark · 12.13.2007, 05:29 PM

Shinya Tsukamoto [worst picture ever!]
I have a lot of favorite directors, people like Jodorowksy, Cronenberg, Fukui, Miike, Lynch, etc... but no one to me can top Shinya Tsukamoto in consistency of making amazing films.

Shinya Tsukamoto is best known as the director of Tetsuo: The Iron Man, and admittingly it is one of the best films I've ever seen. But all of his films that I've seen (I've yet to see his short films are his newest ones) are just as groundbreaking. His films are very personal and very minimal, focusing on only a few characters (with usually only one female character to speak of) and filmed.. very strikingly. Indeed, even if you dislike the plot, the cinematogrophy in his films is amazing... yeah.

Not much to say, just wanted to dedicate a post to him... Shinya Tsukamoto.

ALSO, FEEL FREE TO POST UNFLATTERING PICTURES OF THEM AS WELL!

cryptowonderdruginvogue · 12.13.2007, 05:40 PM

Jean-Luc Godard is a god. That's all you need to know.

davenotdead · 12.13.2007, 05:42 PM

Miyazaki's a killer.

nicfit · 12.13.2007, 05:45 PM

multiple italian favs:

I miss you.

racehorse · 12.13.2007, 06:14 PM

ref. to the movie thread "why don't people ask the big questions" - i think these 3 are a good starting point - jean cocteau in le sang d'un poete tells us that "mirrors should reflect more before sending back images" and jean cocteau certainly reflected before being that mirror of ours who sent images back to us from the depths of the sub-conscious - so surrealist in that he explored what lives inside the mirror and that's so exciting.

i love maya deren who is pictured above in a mirror and she holds one up to ourselves and explores what makes us behave in the ways we behave but in a different way to cocteau in that it isn't what is hidden deep inside the mirror or the mind that effects us but the society outside the mind which shapes it ritualistically - it's not about hidden monsters but rhythms and rituals and numbers and patterns - she was an amazing woman, poss. my favourite of all time.

and finally ingmar bergman who dealt with the big questions humans have been asking since we started thinking his films are so emotionally expansive that they touch on every emotional dilemma i can think of and what stories and what cinematography and what characters!

racehorse · 12.13.2007, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by nicfit

multiple italian favs:

I miss you.

wonderful, wonderful choices - saw P.P's Uccellacci e uccellini recently, what a film!!

uhler · 12.13.2007, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by cryptowonderdruginvogue

Jean-Luc Godard is a god. That's all you need to know.

i will have to agree and a woman is a woman is a great film. i think his best are my life to live and weekend.

cryptowonderdruginvogue · 12.13.2007, 07:55 PM

week end is amazing, but une femme est une femme is my favorite

uhler · 12.13.2007, 07:59 PM

godard is my favorite and i will have to include fellini, wes anderson, luis bunuel, john cassavetes and the director of commando to my list.

fugazifan · 12.14.2007, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by cryptowonderdruginvogue

week end is amazing, but une femme est une femme is my favorite

bande a parte is my favorite of his....
i need to see more of his films though
i have seen
breathless
bande a parte
a woman is a woman
alphaville (which i was not crazy about)
and contempt (which was amazing)
favorite directors
http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/24650...30FDCFC4C15FBB

fugazifan · 12.14.2007, 05:40 AM

and also godard
korin
carrol reid (because of the 3rd man)
lynch
greenaway
etc

Crumb's Crunchy Delights · 12.14.2007, 05:52 AM

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Originally Posted by racehorse

i love maya deren who is pictured above in a mirror and she holds one up to ourselves and explores what makes us behave in the ways we behave but in a different way to cocteau in that it isn't what is hidden deep inside the mirror or the mind that effects us but the society outside the mind which shapes it ritualistically - it's not about hidden monsters but rhythms and rituals and numbers and patterns - she was an amazing woman, poss. my favourite of all time.

Meshes of the Afternoon is a beautiful film (the still above is taken from it). Viewed today, it can seem slightly pretentious and a bit cliched, but it is glorious to watch, and has been much copied/parodied.

A huge influence on David Lynch, Martin Scorsese (see his early short films) and many others.

Crumb's Crunchy Delights · 12.14.2007, 05:54 AM

Jan Švankmajer is my own favorite film maker.

nicfit · 12.14.2007, 07:15 AM

I don't know what to write about him, coz saying that he made me think "how beautiful..." while seeing a little girl drowning on a big screen sounds just wrong.
He might be "overrated" (or better, "overknown" if that's a real world) in comparison with other less widely known asian directors, but every scene he shoots is a painting in motion, and I love how he deals with disturbing/hard subjects.

█████████ · 12.14.2007, 07:41 AM

here's one of my favorites,

Brakhage

evollove · 12.14.2007, 08:46 AM

No one ever talks about Godard's 70s work. Or his 80s stuff. His 90s films are marganalized. And although he makes a movie a year, when's the last time you went to a theater to watch one?

Lamont Cranston · 12.14.2007, 10:04 AM

Orson Welles!

Chimes at Midnight, his best IMO (and last completed

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mangajunky · 12.14.2007, 10:08 AM

Unflattering pics of Terry Gilliam? Hmm let me see if I can find any...

He's currently working on The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus starring Tom Waits and Heath Ledger. Seeing Time Bandits in the theater as a kid really changed the way I view reality. Its ending really confused me and inspired many frustrating conversations with my pop.

LifeDistortion · 12.14.2007, 11:12 AM

Many of the directors I would have posted have been already, but I don't believe Krzysztof Kieslowski has.

LifeDistortion · 12.14.2007, 11:21 AM

Seijun Suzuki

12.13.2007, 05:29 PM	#1
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Shinya Tsukamoto [worst picture ever!] I have a lot of favorite directors, people like Jodorowksy, Cronenberg, Fukui, Miike, Lynch, etc... but no one to me can top Shinya Tsukamoto in consistency of making amazing films. Shinya Tsukamoto is best known as the director of Tetsuo: The Iron Man, and admittingly it is one of the best films I've ever seen. But all of his films that I've seen (I've yet to see his short films are his newest ones) are just as groundbreaking. His films are very personal and very minimal, focusing on only a few characters (with usually only one female character to speak of) and filmed.. very strikingly. Indeed, even if you dislike the plot, the cinematogrophy in his films is amazing... yeah. Not much to say, just wanted to dedicate a post to him... Shinya Tsukamoto. ALSO, FEEL FREE TO POST UNFLATTERING PICTURES OF THEM AS WELL! __________________
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cryptowonderdruginvogue invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: the party Posts: 10,281	Jean-Luc Godard is a god. That's all you need to know.
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davenotdead invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 7,784	Miyazaki's a killer. __________________
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nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	multiple italian favs: I miss you. __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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racehorse 100% Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 784	ref. to the movie thread "why don't people ask the big questions" - i think these 3 are a good starting point - jean cocteau in le sang d'un poete tells us that "mirrors should reflect more before sending back images" and jean cocteau certainly reflected before being that mirror of ours who sent images back to us from the depths of the sub-conscious - so surrealist in that he explored what lives inside the mirror and that's so exciting. i love maya deren who is pictured above in a mirror and she holds one up to ourselves and explores what makes us behave in the ways we behave but in a different way to cocteau in that it isn't what is hidden deep inside the mirror or the mind that effects us but the society outside the mind which shapes it ritualistically - it's not about hidden monsters but rhythms and rituals and numbers and patterns - she was an amazing woman, poss. my favourite of all time. and finally ingmar bergman who dealt with the big questions humans have been asking since we started thinking his films are so emotionally expansive that they touch on every emotional dilemma i can think of and what stories and what cinematography and what characters! __________________ She holds the room up by talk alone
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cryptowonderdruginvogue invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: the party Posts: 10,281	week end is amazing, but une femme est une femme is my favorite
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uhler invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 3,615	godard is my favorite and i will have to include fellini, wes anderson, luis bunuel, john cassavetes and the director of commando to my list.
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fugazifan invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,816	and also godard korin carrol reid (because of the 3rd man) lynch greenaway etc __________________ If there's been a way to build it, There'll be a way to destroy it, Things are not that out of control www.myspace.com/dellilahtheband www.myspace.com/lecirquedesvampiresmusic
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Crumb's Crunchy Delights expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: okie's in the pokie Posts: 1,352	Jan Švankmajer is my own favorite film maker.
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12.14.2007, 07:15 AM	#14
nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	I don't know what to write about him, coz saying that he made me think "how beautiful..." while seeing a little girl drowning on a big screen sounds just wrong. He might be "overrated" (or better, "overknown" if that's a real world) in comparison with other less widely known asian directors, but every scene he shoots is a painting in motion, and I love how he deals with disturbing/hard subjects. __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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12.14.2007, 07:41 AM	#15
█████████ expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,736	here's one of my favorites, Brakhage
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evollove invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,879	No one ever talks about Godard's 70s work. Or his 80s stuff. His 90s films are marganalized. And although he makes a movie a year, when's the last time you went to a theater to watch one?
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Lamont Cranston 100% Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 725	Orson Welles! Chimes at Midnight, his best IMO (and last completed)
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mangajunky expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Englewood, NJ Posts: 1,247	Unflattering pics of Terry Gilliam? Hmm let me see if I can find any... He's currently working on The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus starring Tom Waits and Heath Ledger. Seeing Time Bandits in the theater as a kid really changed the way I view reality. Its ending really confused me and inspired many frustrating conversations with my pop. __________________ -Franky Don't let yer meat loaf.
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LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457	Many of the directors I would have posted have been already, but I don't believe Krzysztof Kieslowski has.
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LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457	Seijun Suzuki
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