Denis Villeneuve hands down. The guy has never made a bad mainstream film yet. Some would argue Enemy is his worst, and even then it’s not really a bad film.
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Oh yes! Villeneuve is my favorite director working currently. I'd probably agree that Enemy is his worst, but it's still a great film. Dude just doesn't miss.
Enemy was fantastic!
The only dark spot on Terry Gilliam's record is Brothers Grimm. The rest isn't for everyone but it's all quality.
He offers: Brazil Time Bandits 12 Monkeys Barron Munchausen Fisher King Fear and Loathing And Monty Python stuff.
I'm going to have to go back and watch more of Gilliam. I've only seen Monty Python, The Fisher King, and 12 Monkeys. Somehow I missed Fear and Loathing when I was younger and never got around to it. And I've heard great things about Brazil and his recent works.
Brazil is the best Christmas movie. Make sure you watch each of the endings.
Is it??
Will do, thanks for the suggestion!
Wes Anderson and Christopher Nolan. Their movies always are subject to debate, but every single one was stuck in my mind after seeing them.
With you on both. Although, I gotta be in the mood for Wes Anderson sometimes. I love his movies, but if I'm not in the mood, I find I don't enjoy them as much, even on rewatch.
Nolan is always amazing to me. Audio issues aside, I enjoyed Tenet more than most, as well.
Seriously, I loved Tenet! I had to watch it multiple times to finally understand how they moved through time relatively to the opposite side, what happened how, and it was fun and really well thought out. I loved this take on time travel!
Yes, you can understand the movie after watching it once. But there are so many little details that you won't get if you don't watch it multiple times, I had fun puzzling it together!
It's in my top three of the Nolan movies! And the music was great, I did not mind that it was too loud!
Yeah, I'm a cinematography and logistics nerd. I am fascinated by just how they do things in film a lot and Nolan is great for that.
And the music was great, I did not mind that it was too loud!
I think the big issue was the dialogue was too low a lot of the time.
Regarding the dialogue: on my second watch (with subtitles) in the (few) scenes I wasn't able to hear the dialogue clearly I realized it wasn't relevant/important to the story. I believe these scenes were only about atmosphere, that was the moment I did not mind anymore and just enjoyed the bombastic sound scape.
I searched by typing Tenet and found your comment.
The 1st time I viewed Tenet, I didn't think hard. I didn't get it. I disliked Tenet.
Many hours ago I thought I'd rewatch with more focus. I'd try to get everything. Based on Nolan's other flicks, he probably didn't write a dumb plot just for the $. I understood and appreciated Tenet. It's 👍 that Nolan didn't spoonfeed us by directing Tenet so it was easily understandable. I wouldn't get it if I didn't give it much focus. It's 👍 that Nolan directed flicks with bold concepts. Tenet was too complex for some, but I suggest that they rewatch with more focus. They can search for explanations on the Net too. No shame in that.
I look forward to Nolan's next.
David Fincher is pretty rock solid. The Social Network is his best movie; all of his murder thrillers are equally good. Alien3 is his worst and hardly counts because it was a clean up job, and still isn’t a bad movie.
Fincher is one of my favs of all time. I just love how purposeful he is. Every camera angle and dolly move is for a specific reason. Nothing is a mistake in his films.
There's really nothing like a Fincher dolly shot.
Since someone already mentioned Villeneuve, I'll say Wes Anderson.
He has a very distinct style but that's a lot of great, beautiful movies.
First person that sprang to mind for me. I find them to be real visual eye candy.
Darren Aronofsky.
I'll have to go with Edgar Wright for the Corneto trilogy and Scott Pilgrim. Those movies are so dense and well thought out.
Also Baby driver and Shaun of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead is the first of the Cornetto trilogy, FYI.
Thanks, I didn't realize they were tied together
No problem!
I still have to see Baby Driver. For my money, Hot Fuzz was the best of the trilogy. That movie (and Scott Pilgrim) are so densely packed with cleverness, they demand to be rewatched intensely.
Hard agree on the Coen brothers, their filmography is absolutely stellar. Other than them I think Hayao Miyazaki deserves a mention here. Dude basically never missed in his entire carreer as a director.
Oh yeah, I love Miyazaki. I got to visit the Ghibli museum a few years ago and it was amazing.
I own a BUNCH of movies, but there are only a few creators where I feel obligated to a) own ALL their movies and b) group them together as a block.
Coen Brothers
Kevin Smith
Quentin Tarantino
Wes Anderson
The Marx Brothers
Baz Luhrmann
Stanley Kubrick
Federico Fellini
Yasujiro Ozu
Alain Resnais
Martin Scorcese
Marcel Carmé
Fritz Lang
Peter Greenaway. Let the joy commence.
Anything shot by Roger Deakins.
OP is specifically asking about dirs but yeah some DOPs might have filmographies to rival them.
Robert Richardson is another contender. Casino, Kill Bill, Platoon...
OP is specifically asking about dirs but yeah some DOPs might have filmographies to rival them.
Lol, I didn't want to say it. But for sure, especially the ones like Deakins that form basically a partnership with certain directors and do almost all their movies.
Akira Kurosawa
Tarantino
David Cronenberg, especially his stuff in the 90s and 80s. He has made so many movies that just got stuck in my brain. Everything's weird, but memorable-weird. eXistenZ was my favorite movie for years.
I'm a huge fan of body horror and Cronenberg is the king. His son, Brandon, has been doing interesting stuff as well. Highly recommend Possessor if you haven't seen it.
Oh awesome, I hadn't started looking out for Brandon. Thanks for the recommendation
He's going to be great I believe. He's made 3 movies so far, the biggest name being Infinity Pool earlier this year. I liked it, but I can see how people wouldn't. Antiviral is a good, especially for a debut. But I think Possessor is the most interesting, and Andrea Riseborough is so good in everything she does.
George A Romero is definitely worth checking out. He's earned the moniker "Father of the Zombie Film," and for good reason.
If you're into classic movies, I'd suggest starting with Night of the Living Dead (1968). That one really turned heads when it came out. If classic movies aren't really your thing, Land of the Dead (2005) is a very fun romp.
Day of the Dead (1985) is probably my all-time favourite movie. I appreciate that his movies are not only fun zombie movies, but they also have a message behind them. Day of the Dead is full of existential dread, and touches at the meaning or absurdity of life, and how that means different things to different people.
In each of his zombie movies, although the undead do pose a mortal and existential threat, Romero holds up a mirror to humanity and says that its our innate inability to cooperate which dooms us. It's a powerful message, and one that seems to have held up for the past sixty years if you follow the news.
Honestly, George Lucas has made way more good movies than bad ones. And even the bad ones were either massively influential or interesting in some way.
For example, it's not a controversial statement to say Attack of the Clones is a shitty movie, but it was also the first Hollywood movie to be shot entirely digitally, using a camera that he worked closely with Sony to produce. Now basically every movie is shot digitally.
Maybe this is where we need a distinction between "important" and "best"? idk
Yeah, 4 out of the 6 features he's directed have been Star Wars films and at least half of those I'd consider bad. I'm not saying he isn't influential or important when you look at the history of film, but if I'm looking at a the best director filmographies, GL's isn't even in the top 10 for me. Just on variety alone, it's pretty weak.
Not as voluminous as other directors, but Guillermo del Toro is fantastic at realizing movies with dark fantasy elements, giving them equal measures of humor and earnestness to keep audiences invested in the story.
Park Chan-wook and Kubrick
The Wachowskis