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Post by mortsahlfan on Feb 6, 2018 14:45:59 GMT
Orson Welles
Sam Peckinpah
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Feb 6, 2018 16:04:18 GMT
For me, Tarantino. It's always interesting to hear him talk shop, but I don't like most of his films.
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Post by politicidal on Feb 6, 2018 17:16:22 GMT
Terence Malick
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Post by movielover on Feb 6, 2018 17:29:35 GMT
For me, Tarantino. It's always interesting to hear him talk shop, but I don't like most of his films. Same here. |
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 6, 2018 18:31:50 GMT
Offhand… Tod Browning Fritz Lang Otto Preminger ( Laura excepted) John Huston Victor Fleming For better or worse, I don’t many modern directors or their work very interesting. And, mortsahlfan, I’m wondering why you think Welles fits in this category. |
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Post by movielover on Feb 6, 2018 18:41:41 GMT
Otto Preminger ( Laura excepted) You didn't like Anatomy of a Murder or Advise & Consent? |
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Post by Nalkarj on Feb 6, 2018 18:43:55 GMT
movielover I don’t hate Anatomy of a Murder or Advise and Consent, but I’m not especially a fan of them either. I do hold that Laura is Preminger’s only lasting masterpiece; on the whole, his work just leaves me cold (which may be part of the point, as Sarris argued, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it).
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Post by dirtypillows on Feb 7, 2018 2:03:18 GMT
Orson Welles Sam Peckinpah Otto Preminger Ed Wood (though, of course, his movies are interesting, too! |
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Post by mortsahlfan on Feb 7, 2018 14:10:11 GMT
Orson Welles Sam Peckinpah Otto Preminger Ed Wood (though, of course, his movies are interesting, too! I like some of his movies (Otto, and Ingo)... I don't know much about him other than the fact he wasn't afraid that Trumbo wrote "Exodus" Any interviews in particular to search? Etc? |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Feb 7, 2018 15:43:20 GMT
I find Scorcese much more interesting in interviews than as a director. I think he steals the scene from DeNiro in Taxi Driver!
Welles--yeah, I cant say I am crazy about his films but what a personality.
Huston--I like several of his films-(Maltese Falcon-Sierra Madre, Moby Dick, Kremlin Letter) -and I don't think I have heard him speak in an interview--as an actor he was a strong presence though. Someone said he actually didnt do much directing on set--he just used professional actors and they did what was required.
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Post by bravomailer on Feb 7, 2018 15:57:23 GMT
Merian C Cooper: In addition to co-directing King Kong (1933), Cooper was a WW1 pilot, Soviet POW (he escaped), founder of Pan Am, and colonel during WW2 in which he helped organize the Doolittle Raid.
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Post by koskiewicz on Feb 7, 2018 17:27:10 GMT
...though I love most of his films, Werner Herzog is an enigmatic man.
Another quirky one is Jim Jarmusch...
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Post by Isapop on Feb 7, 2018 17:49:54 GMT
Huston--Someone said he actually didnt do much directing on set--he just used professional actors and they did what was required. Yes, for Huston a great performance comes from simply casting the right actor. On The African Queen he gave Katharine Hepburn only one piece of direction, when he felt that her "Rose" was a little too severe. He told her to think of Rose as a great lady, like Eleanor Roosevelt. That clicked with her, and Hepburn said it was the single best direction she ever got. With his stars in The Man Who Would Be King Huston again had just one direction, for Michael Caine: "You can talk faster; Peachy's an honest man." Huston was always confident that if the casting is right, he could trust that the actors won't need him.
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Post by Archelaus on Feb 7, 2018 18:38:43 GMT
Howard Hughes
Joss Whedon
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Post by angel on Feb 14, 2018 13:49:43 GMT
Vincent Gallo
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Post by mortsahlfan on Feb 14, 2018 15:38:02 GMT
"Buffalo '66" is one of the greatest movies (although his second movie totally sucked).. I only saw him on Stern and another show, and he's definitely an interesting guy, but there doesn't seem to be much on him. I'll check again - there are always new uploads on YouTube, etc. |
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