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Added 2020-08-16 19:36:08 +0000 UTCWho is your favorite film director and why?
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David Lynch, because his films are the perfect embodiment of the old creative writing maxim, "Show; don't tell." He's not "telling a story;" he's presenting the audience with a collection of people, events, sounds, images, etc., and it's up to the audience to coalesce meaning from them. His choices on how to present the material of course have a big impact on how the viewer perceives it, but he's never trying to connect the dots for them from A to B to C. So it always means whatever it means to you, and that may be different than the next person. Or it might be multiple things at once, and they all work! To me, a Lynch film is like an exquisitely crafted puzzle box, with different beautiful artwork on each side. You can certainly just enjoy its beauty as a lovely box, and how you experience it will depend on how you're looking at it. But you can also dive deeper into thinking about what you're seeing and hearing, and try to open the puzzle box, which is a fascinating experience itself in a completely different way.
Derek H.
2020-08-18 21:57:41 +0000 UTCAt the moment, Kelly Reichardt. I was really impressed by her stripped down, micro-scale storytelling when I discovered her work in 2009 with WENDY AND LUCY. But she has grown on me so much more over the years as she's developed a distinctive filmmaking style and as I've revisited her past work. She doesn't make many films, but the ones she does make are so intimate, understated, and deeply felt. Her approach of dropping into the lives of her characters and leaving almost unannounced gives a fleeting but poetic resonance to all of her work. And her quiet and patient take on the western frontier, through her masterpieces MEEK'S CUTOFF and recently FIRST COW, chips away at the overly masculine and romanticized vision we've been fed of the West through the "Hollywood Western."
Andrew Reed
2020-08-18 00:31:17 +0000 UTCHe is truly knowledgeable when regarding cinema as well. I enjoy his movies myself and I've always loved that about him!
Wintersnow Pino
2020-08-17 20:40:41 +0000 UTCGaspar Noe is my favorite director. The garish sex and violence, vibrant colors, pounding soundtracks and restless steadicam shots he remains an instantly recognizable spectacle. I really have come to dislike how his reputation is some despised troublemaker producing superficial, disgusting movies. But I think his work is less a childish provocation than a shock treatment, meant to reawaken the senses rather than desensitize. He has balls, his films reward me with an experience. I will always be there to see what he comes out with next.
Wintersnow Pino
2020-08-17 20:39:02 +0000 UTCThe Coen Brothers. I’ll admit they aren’t the most consistent filmmakers, but when they’re on their game, they make utter masterpieces, at least in my opinion: No Country for Old Men, Fargo, A Serious Man, Barton Fink, Miller’s Crossing, and Inside Llewyn Davis. I’ve always been fascinated with the way they combine dark humor, satire, and genuine emotion.
Matthew Mertens
2020-08-17 02:39:26 +0000 UTCQuentin Tarantino. He takes a lot from other movies and yet he mix it into his own unique point of view. His ability to match music to the picture is extraordinary. He always gets 100% from the actors he works with. I love his style and passion for the cinema.
Oskitello
2020-08-16 23:53:25 +0000 UTCOh definitely! Can hardly wait until November 😅
Christian Sanaploianu
2020-08-16 20:16:07 +0000 UTCBilly Wilder. He took the most risks by dealing with a lot of risque every day subject matter that people would be afraid to touch at the risk of public backlash. From Double Indemnity to Sunset Boulevard to Some Like it Hot and The Apartment, his satirical and sometimes sardonic portrayal of American insecurities have only gotten more relevant today. Also, probably the best screenwriter, too.
Wolfman Brandon
2020-08-16 19:56:32 +0000 UTCI can only imagine how jazzed you are for that upcoming Criterion boxset
Tyler Shobe
2020-08-16 19:46:56 +0000 UTCPaul Thomas Anderson His knack for writing incredibly interesting and deep characters as well as his choice of collaborators whether it be actors, composers or cinematographers has create one of the most consistently great and varied filmographies of any modern filmmaker. In my opinion he's still putting out some of his best stuff over two decades into an already remarkable career.
Tyler Shobe
2020-08-16 19:45:35 +0000 UTCFederico Fellini. He was able to created such different and loveable characters throughout all his films. He had his own unique surral style(felliniesque) of filmmaking which made his films so different from any other film. For instance he always had those random characters pop up in the corner of the shots just to simply wave or smile. His sets were bigger than life. His films always held a deep philosophical purpose, specifically La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2 & La Strada. I'd say his most enjoyable films were I Vitelloni and Amarcord.
Christian Sanaploianu
2020-08-16 19:44:15 +0000 UTC
