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post #1 of 38
1/31/03 at 11:22am
Thread Starter 
List your top 10 favorite directors.

Try to base your list on (A) Those who you feel consistently make quality films, or (B) Those who are responsible for making at least 2 of your favorite films.

Mine:

Stanley Kubrick
The Coen Brothers
Terry Gilliam
Ridley Scott
Roman Polanski
David Cronenberg
David Lynch
Akira Kurosawa
Peter Jackson
Quentin Tarantino

Honorable mention: David Lean, Neil Jordan, Peter Weir, Nicolas Roeg, Tim Burton, Woody Allen, Tim Robbins, Federico Fellini, Mike Nichols, Francis Ford Coppola
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post #2 of 38
1/31/03 at 11:29am
John Carpenter
Steven Spielberg
Sam Raimi
Joe Dante
John Woo
Ridley Scott
Peter Jackson
Tim Burton
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post #3 of 38
1/31/03 at 11:44am
David Fincher
Wes Anderson
Kevin Smith
Peter Jackson
Coen Bros.
Alfred Hitchcock
Billy Wilder

*edited because I left off some important names
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post #4 of 38
1/31/03 at 12:06pm
I can't believe I forgot Fincher...
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post #5 of 38
1/31/03 at 12:10pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
fett:
I can't believe I forgot Fincher...
Me too...
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post #6 of 38
1/31/03 at 12:13pm
Oliver Stone
Steven Soderbergh
The Coen Brothers
Martin Scorsese
Cameron Crowe
Steven Spielberg
Quentin Tarantino
John Woo
Sam Raimi
Kevin Smith
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post #7 of 38
1/31/03 at 12:28pm
I disagree with Fincher -- yes, he's responsible for two of my favorite films, but he has also made a guilty pleasure, another one I couldn't be bothered to have seen given the reviews it was receiving (on CHUD), and a true clunker.
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post #8 of 38
1/31/03 at 12:37pm
Quote:
Blofeld and Forwards:
I disagree with Fincher -- yes, he's responsible for two of my favorite films, but he has also made a guilty pleasure, another one I couldn't be bothered to have seen given the reviews it was receiving (on CHUD), and a true clunker.
While I disliked The Game, I still thought his direction was right-on. Alien 3 is a guilty pleasure, and again, he does a good job directing. Panic Room a liked a little less than Se7en or Fight Club, but I still thought it was a quality picture.
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post #9 of 38
1/31/03 at 12:40pm
Hitchcock
Kubrick
Kurosawa
Scorsese
Lean
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post #10 of 38
1/31/03 at 12:40pm
Ridley Scott
Michael Mann
David Mamet
Alfred Hitchcock
Coen Brothers
Stanley Kubrick
Akira Kurosawa
Sam Raimi
William Wyler
Peter Weir
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post #11 of 38
1/31/03 at 12:42pm
Thread Starter 
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Matt Goldberg:
While I disliked The Game, I still thought his direction was right-on. Alien 3 is a guilty pleasure, and again, he does a good job directing. Panic Room a liked a little less than Se7en or Fight Club, but I still thought it was a quality picture.
I'm glad you brought this up, actually. I've noticed a distinct lack of affection for The Game here at CHUD. May I ask why so many Chewers didn't enjoy this? I consider it to be one of his better films, actually. Anyone care to help me out here?

Also, am I the only Fincher fan who was extremely disappointed with Panic Room?
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post #12 of 38
1/31/03 at 12:45pm
I loved The Game and Panic Room.
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post #13 of 38
1/31/03 at 12:45pm
Thread Starter 
Quote:
rabigjb:
Hitchcock
What in tarnation's wrong with me, today?!! How could I leave out Hitchcock?!!

*sigh*

Oh, and Michael Mann, too. Thanks JenGe
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post #14 of 38
1/31/03 at 12:45pm
I actually thought The Game and Fight Club to both be excellent movies, films I have watched more than a few times. However Panic Room was OK, but way way overrated imho.
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post #15 of 38
1/31/03 at 12:48pm
Quote:
Kiteless:
Quote:
rabigjb:
Hitchcock
What in tarnation's wrong with me, today?!! How could I leave out Hitchcock?!!

*sigh*

Oh, and Michael Mann, too. Thanks JenGe
Your brain is in the wrong century??? ..... Or is it mine?
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post #16 of 38
1/31/03 at 1:47pm
John Woo
Takashi Miike
Takeshi Kitano
Ryu Seung Wan
Walter Hill
Quentin Tarantino
David Fincher
Ringo Lam
Tsui Hark
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post #17 of 38
1/31/03 at 2:04pm
Wes Anderson
QT
Kurosawa
Miike
Hitchcock
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post #18 of 38
1/31/03 at 2:27pm
Akira Kurosawa
Alfred Hitchcock
Howard Hawks
Jean Renoir
Jean Cocteau
Jean Pierre Melville
John Woo
John Carpenter
Luccino Visconti
Sam Fuller
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post #19 of 38
1/31/03 at 4:29pm
Richard Kelly looks to be headed in the right direction.
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post #20 of 38
1/31/03 at 10:01pm
Stanley Kubrick
Akira Kurosawa
Martin Scorcese
Ulu Grosbard
Ingmar Bergman
Terry Gilliam
Peter Jackson
Sam Raimi
David Fincher
P T Anderson

Props also to Sidney Lumet, John Schlesinger, Paul Schrader, Quentin Tarantino, Sean Penn, and Hal Hartley.
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post #21 of 38
2/1/03 at 12:46am
Quote:
Laugharn = Bachelor #3:
Miike
Do my eyes deceive me?
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post #22 of 38
2/4/03 at 1:53am
Richard Donner
Steven Spielberg
Sam Raimi
Oliver Stone
John Woo
Ridley Scott
Peter Jackson
Kevin Smith
Paul Thomas Anderson
Quentin Tarentino
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post #23 of 38
2/4/03 at 1:57am
William Wyler
David Lean
Steven Spielberg
Orson Welles
Alfred Hitchcock
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
John Ford
Sergio Leone
Stanley Donen
Billy Wilder
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post #24 of 38
2/4/03 at 2:01am
edited for double post crap...
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post #25 of 38
2/4/03 at 2:23am
Quote:
khitcher:
Do my eyes deceive me?
Audition, Fudoh, Ichi, Katakuris... if that's not consistency, what is?
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post #26 of 38
2/4/03 at 9:53pm
-Spielberg
-Fincher
-Woo
-Tarantino
-Zemmekis(sp?)
-Shamalan(sp?)
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post #27 of 38
2/5/03 at 4:05am
Kubrick
Fincher
Lynch
Coens
Kurosawa
Besson
Stone
P.T. Anderson
Goddard
Hitchcock
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post #28 of 38
2/6/03 at 12:24pm
In no particular order:

Kubrick
Spielberg
Fincher
Tarantino
Peter Jackson
Cameron Crowe
Sam Raimi
Wes Anderson
Steven Soderbergh
P.T. Anderson
And Milos Forman (For the amazing work that is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
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post #29 of 38
2/7/03 at 10:54am
Any one of these names would get me into the theater:

Tarantino
Fincher
Wes Anderson
Soderburg (we have the same birthday)
Kubrick
Terry Gilliam
Kevin Smith
Coens
Lynch
Crowe

Also, Coppola had it. He should be grandfathered in though, because he hasn't done anything worth shit in a long time.
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post #30 of 38
2/8/03 at 6:49pm
1.Terance Fisher
2. Ishro Honda
3.Roger Corman
4.William Castle
5. George Pal
My favorite directors of all time.
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post #31 of 38
2/8/03 at 8:13pm
I am a logical variation of ha-4.
the net is vast and limitless. I have several identities. i have been recently re-formated to a '2rg8^/90Arww' comportment/regular xz.
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The subject of this thread is://-> Favorite/Most Consistent Directors
posted by member # 4776
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according to my perso/memo-retrieval;
It is impossible to reduce my vast & quasi-infinite list of consistent directors into a miserable 'Top 10 list'.
which is why, my regular xz has chosen to impose an approximate percentage of 0,01% in order to respect the original topic of discussion.
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Response
1) Michael Haneke
2) Gaspar Noé
3) Emir Kusturica
4) Lukas Moodysson
5) Lina Wertmüller
6) Giuseppe Tornatore
7) Laurent Cantet
8) Terry Gilliam
9) Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
10) David Lynch
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post #32 of 38
2/8/03 at 8:17pm
No particular order

Steven Speilberg
James Cameron
Paul verhoven
Luc Besson
Robert rodriguez
Mel Gibson(Favourite movie ever)
Tim Burton
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post #33 of 38
8/18/07 at 5:33am
BIGGETY BUMP.

Favorite directors...

Alive:
1. David Fincher
2. Terry Gilliam
3. the Coen Bros.
4. Martin Scorsese
5. James Cameron
6. Ridley Scott
7. Steven Spielberg
8. Quentin Tarantino
9. John Carpenter (mid-70's to late 80's)
10. Oliver Stone

One day?: (no order, need 5 films first)
Edgar Wright
Paul Thomas Anderson
Darron Aronofsky
Sam Mendes

Favorites of the dead:
Kubrick (my all-time favorite director)
Kurosawa

Inconsistent as fuck, but I LOVE some of their work:
John Woo
Tim Burton
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post #34 of 38
8/18/07 at 6:15pm
Woody Allen
Edgar Wright
Judd Apatow
Coen Brothers
David Cronenberg
Stanley Kubrick
Martin Scorsese
Ridley Scott
Spike Lee
Quentin Tarantino
Alfred Hitchcock
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post #35 of 38
8/19/07 at 1:00am
This is harder than it seems, so I'm going with 13. In no particular order:
-Michael Curtiz
-Steven Spielberg
-George Lucas (good outweighs the bad, sorry internet)
-Martin Scorsese
-John Carpenter
-Richard Linklater
-Frances Ford Coppola
-Ridley Scott
-James Cameron
-Stanley Kubrick
-David Fincher
-Quentin Tarantino
-Tim Burton

I love at least two movies from each, I dig their general filmography, and passionately dislike at least one movie each has been involved with.
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post #36 of 38
8/19/07 at 2:40am
The Top 5

Mann
Lean
Scorsese
Kurosawa
Kubrik

The Elite

Wes Anderson
Fellini
Ridley
Bergman
Minelli
Burton
Tarantino
Aronofsky
Leone
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post #37 of 38
8/21/07 at 2:16am
Not sure about the order, but anyway...

Stanley Kubrick
Martin Scorsese
Alfred Hitchcock
Steven Spielberg
The Coen Brothers
David Lynch
Quentin Tarantino
Francis Ford Coppola
Sergio Leone
Terry Gilliam*

*Although his last couple of films have sucked. I so hope he gets his shit back together one of these days.
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post #38 of 38
8/22/07 at 9:42am
James Cameron
Martin Scorsese
Michael Mann
Steven Spielberg
Ridley Scott
Stanley Kubrick
Sam Mendes
John Carpenter
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