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03-04-2009, 04:34 PM | #11 (permalink) |
Dr. Prunk
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That's it?
Well this should be the thread for any movie director related discussion. |
03-04-2009, 05:11 PM | #14 (permalink) |
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I love Aronofsky and Proyas but I would like them to see more movies by them before I put them on a pedestal.
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03-04-2009, 05:18 PM | #15 (permalink) |
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Aronofsky is one of our most gifted modern directors that's for sure.
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03-04-2009, 05:26 PM | #16 (permalink) | |
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Some other directors who might make my list if you asked me on another day: Ridley Scott PT Anderson Jean-Pierre Jeunet Quentin Tarantino Fritz Lang |
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03-04-2009, 05:34 PM | #17 (permalink) |
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For every great Ridley Scott film, 2 crap ones follow. JPJ loses points over Alien:Ressurection (although a lot of blame should be laid at the producers door). Boogie Nights and There Will Be blood are both stellar for PT Anderson but Magnolia was a little cluttered for my tastes (Robert Altman's Short Cuts is a much better similarly themed film) and Punch Drunk Love was an admirable failure. I would have loved to put Lucio fulci into my list but his mid 80's output was terrible!
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03-04-2009, 05:45 PM | #18 (permalink) | |
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03-04-2009, 05:52 PM | #19 (permalink) |
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I agree about the inconsistancy of Ridley Scott.
But I really loved all of Andersons films. Punch Drunk Love included. And in no way is Altman's Short Cuts better than Magnolia. I love Altman, but Short Cuts, while a good and highly original film, was a bit of an excessive exercise for Altman. Magnolia had a similar structure, but it was less self indulgent, it's theme was much more clear and it was much more entertaining, making it's length less noticable. Magnolia is a really good drama that just happens to be 3 hours long. While Short Cuts is basically a collage of Altman-isms with no real point, and with it's length it's a film you can only appreciate if you truly understand Altman's style, otherwise you're gonna find it completely unbearable. I'd say Short Cuts is a 6 and Magnolia is a 9. |
03-04-2009, 05:59 PM | #20 (permalink) |
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I don't think I will ever agree with you on films Booboo! That's what i liked about Short Cuts. It's not neat and all wrapped up in a bundle but different strokes and all that.
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