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Scorsese, not just because he makes good kino but also because one comment he made like 3 years ago is still pissing off Marvel fans to this day and I think that's beautiful
It's funny his movies seem erudite and so precisely stylised you'd think he'd be an annoying uptight Hollywood Elite director irl, but he has a great sense of humour
Gotta be Verhoven. He has a better grasp of what Americans are like than any other director.
grasp of what americans are like
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:fry: jk hes a based dinosaur
I've had a rough time with him imo, I've seen all his movies since Hellboy but only Pans Labyrinth and Pinnochio have hit for me. Such a shame cause he seems like such a cool dude
Currently Robert Eggers. The Lighthouse, northman, and VVitch are gigantic bangers for a guy who has only directed those 3 lmao
And next up is fuckin nosferatu! Christ!
Northman didn't get the attention it deserved on release imo. I also think a lot of people were concerned it was going to be a movie Nazis gravitated towards because of their Viking obsessions.
It was, of course, amazing though and that culture was presented as absolutely irredeemable and brutal and fucking fucking insane. I really liked that movie
I really hated the trailer because it just looked like all period-aesthetic and violence. I really liked The Lighthouse though, so I assume this is still worth a watch?
Yeah, its great. It's for sure more 'commercial' and outside of what Eggers had been doing but its still very much him.
brutal sure, but i felt like it was kind of presented without judgement?
like Eggers' strength is he gets that history is an alien place, where people's motivations and actions might not map cleanly onto modern understanding
plus the conclusion kind of implied the protag had fulfilled his 'destiny' within the context of his understanding, his worldview
so idk i could totally see fash finding it fulfilling ("he's just like me fr")
i liked it but i think i would have liked it better if they had found a way to convey that worldview stuff without the world tree segments, felt kind of cheesey to me
I guess my personal view of viking culture is pretty negative, so to see it without nobleizing all the brutality was rad
I haven't watched the full portfolio of any director but bong joon-ho, edgar wright, and guillermo del toro stand out to me as having made very good movies
in the prime timeline, Del Toro got to make The Hobbit movie. We're living in a bastard offshoot, the mirror universe.
damn finishing a portfolio is hardcore. i haven't even done that for my absolute favs
Watching all of a director's films in order can be super informative. Of course my favorites are Lynch who's made I think 10 films and Eggers who is up to three so far and I saw all of his stuff near release makes it easier.
ive had a hell of a time finding the early work of non english directors. wdym nobody digitized a 100 minute trash spag western because the director got nommed for an oscar 30 years later :juche-tears: ?
it is really neat to see a director find their style though, i may be obliged to attack WesAnderson if i see him on the street but Bottle Rocket and Rushmore are fascinating prototypes
I'm into silent Era stuff, so similarily there's just a lot of lost films.
One more for Eggars. And I haven't even seen the VVitch yet, the Northman and the Lighthouse were just that good.
The VVitch is a top 10, perfect atmosphere of isolation. Haven’t sat down for the Northman but if it’s up to the lighthouse’s quality I’m sure it’ll be great
Joss Whedon & Dan Schneider :troll:
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Hideaki Anno for directing the original NGE, Nicolas Winding Refn because I Drive.
Well uh, I was gonna pick Francis Ford Coppola since most of my other picks had been mentioned but I decided to go on his wiki page and.
CW: Child Sexual Abuse
Apparently he financially and publicly supported Victor Salva, a movie director who abused a 12 year old actor during the filming of a film that Coppola produced, when he was charged and convicted for doing and filming the abuse. Also quoted as calling Victor "practically a child too" and claiming that the difference in age was very little, when Salva was fucking 29 years old.
Apparently Coppola also directly threatened the victim with never working within film again and sued him for breach of contract.
I'll stick with seconding Eggers and Wright.
Probably Robert Eggers as well, but he's neck and neck with Ari Aster for me
Excited for Beau is Afraid. Hereditary was a horror masterpiece and Midsommar, though I've only watched it once, has stuck with me unlike any other movie since maybe requiem for a dream.
Favorite might not be the right word, since his films don't like make me feel good or anything. But him and Eggers are basically the only directors I'm guaranteed to watch their films as soon as they come out.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_State_Security_(China)#Directors
