Favorite Movie Director

[rug]

Poll question: Favorite Movie Director

[SidDithers]

1. Not Sergei Eisenstein?...nt

Sid

[rug]

3. The Potemkin redeemed him.

[YOY]

18. Didn't like Alexander Nevsky???

I saw inspirations for Lord of the Rings and Conan the Barbarian in that movie...

[eleny]

2. akira kurosawa now cut the crap

:spank:

[rug]

4. Geez.

:yoiks:

[eleny]

37. lol, you little rascal!

[paulsby]

5. ridley scott

stanley kubrick, william friedkin, coppola, scorcese, etc.

polanski is a good director. and he is my favorite in the "child rapist piece of shit director" category :)

[rug]

8. Was Leni a close second?

[paulsby]

11. i am honest

thus i admit i have never seen any of her work.

i have read ABOUT her, and know she is respected (despite her pimpin' for the fuhrer) as a very talented director.

but since i have never seen any of her work (i've seen nearly everything by scott), i can't intelligently comment on her.

of course, i could UNintelligently comment on her :)

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

6. Ingmar Bergman. On edit, he was so good that Woody Allen

went through a Bergman era in his work.

[Blue_In_AK]

7. None of the above?

Although I did like Rosemary's Baby. Can't stand Woody Allen and I haven't seen any of the Nazi lady's work.

[AsahinaKimi]

9. No Micahel Moore?

:cry:


Actually my favorite is Akira Kurosawa

[PSzymeczek]

24. No Sidney Lumet

or Steven Spielberg?

[dsc]

10. all three are sensational directors

of the three Leni might well be best. She was an important director before she directed Hitler's propaganda but for good reason she was never used after WW2.

[k agathon]

30. Ugh, those are the only choices. I would rather read a book.

Woody Allen, was he ever funny? Nazi Chick, uh.... no thanks. Roman Polanski I watched Chinatown way back when, but I stopped watching his stuff years ago.

[dsc]

38. The Pianist is an amazing film

as was Rosemary's baby. Pulanski is not a terribly prolific director but he directed quality films. Allen has had some brilliant films, Sleepers, Bananas, and Annie Hall to name three. Since he also writes his work as well as directs he is pretty much entirely responsible for his films. Leni was the most accomplished female director of not just her day but for decades after. Even now, it is very hard to name even ten female directors who are as good as she was, now 70 years ago. She sadly earned her NAZI lady label but that doesn't change her pioneering status of talented female director.

[RidinMyDonkey]

12. I don't like any of them

I pick Robert Wise.

[Rick Myers]

13. Kubrick, followed by Ridley Scott

[Captain Hilts]

14. CORRECTION: "Favorite Movie Director with 'Issues'."

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

15. A poll on DU with over 100 views, and no votes.

Is this a first?

Tried to rec, but got zero.
LOL.

[asdjrocky]

16. Not any of them.

[saltpoint]

17. I like Redford's treatment of populations which do not receive

nearly adequate or respectful attention from the Hollywood movie machine.

I like THE MILAGRO BEANFIELD WAR, and JEREMIAH JOHNSON especially. He starred in the second and I think directed the first.

Also I could watch Robert Altman's films just about any time at all. I surely do miss him.

Many of the indie experimental directors are excellent as well. I love that many regional film festivals are now giving a good deal of time and attention to the indies. More of that, please.

[johnaries]

19. HItchcock, period. No one has matched him. Not even close.

[YOY]

20. Emir Kustirica...and he ain't on your list.

n/t

[ProgressiveProfessor]

21. Not even close to the top

[CBGLuthier]

22. Favorite Cheap Shot?

[rug]

25. Jim Beam.

[saltpoint]

23. He's done fewer films than some bigger-name directors, but Bogdanovich

was just about perfect with THE LAST PICTURE SHOW.

Did anyone see that film? It blew me away.

[rucky]

26. Jerry Lee Lewis

or Fatty Arbuckle

Can't decide.

[rug]

27. Well, Jerry Lee was never accused of murder.

[saltpoint]

28. For the classics, it seems difficult to ignore Zefferelli's ROMEO AND JULIET.

The play has been done to death in every venue for centuries but Zefferelli kisses the corpse and the play is brought back to life, vibrant and colorful and absolutely viscerally real.

There must have been high schoolers who groaned and groaned and whined and whimpered when their English teachers assigned this play to read but who went out and saw Zefferelli's film version and had their lives re-arranged by it, had their hearts squeezed and reshaped by it, felt the blood rushing through their veins as never before by it.

There is so much beauty in this film that it hurts.

[tucsonlib]

29. I Guess Nobody Here Ever Heard Of.....

MARTIN SCORSESE??


:shrug:

[saltpoint]

31. Scorcese was slated to do one of the Alexander films but became

contract over-extended.

It would have been interesting to see how he treated that subject.

A lost chance.

[Touchdown]

32. Neither. John Waters!

They may do nasty things, but John puts it all on film!:P

Actually, my favorites truly are Martin Scorcese (Getting the mood right every time)..
Goodfellas
Taxi Driver
Mean Streets
Casino
The Aviator
The Departed

David Fincher (Master of humanity/being alive/existentialism)...
The Game
Fight Club
Alien 3
Zodiac
Benjamin Button
Se7en

James Cameron (for his meticulous action films)
Terminator & 2
The Abyss
True Lies
Aliens
Avatar
Titanic

Brian DePalma (Some say he's a hack, oh' well)...
Body Double
Carrie
The Fury
Femme Fatale
Mission Impossible
The Untouchables
Blow Out
Dressed To Kill
Carlito's Way
Scarface

John Lassiter (Brought good stories back to animation)...
A Bug's Life
Toy Story
Finding Nemo
Cars
The Incredibles
Monsters Inc.
Toy Story 2

[marmar]

33. What expansive choices !!!

nt

[Gwendolyn]

34. Of your "bad directors" list I chose Woody Allen, but only because he's been more prolific.

Polanski has made some excellent films, including Chinatown, the Tenant, Repulsion, Fearless Vampire Killers, the Pianist... they've all been good, except maybe Bitter Moon. I've seen Leni R.'s propaganda work, but that's it.

[ixion]

35. Stanley Kubrick or Robert Altman

neither of which I see on your list.

[panader0]

36. Not sure which of the Coen brothers directs, or if they share

but I love their offbeat feel.

[Brother Buzz]

42. They write, direct and produce their films jointly...

despite what the credits say. Period. I love their work too.

[NNN0LHI]

39. Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin

[rug]

40. Ooh, I forgot about Oona.

Good one. :thumbsup:

[Liberal_in_LA]

41. uh...you need an 'other' in this poll