Sep 15, 2015 @FilmAndWhisky and I are going to be doing a series that celebrates the filmmakers of various countries. I figured it would be best to start with America since everyone will be able to participate and if the thread gets a lot of traffic then perhaps future threads will garner some more attention and it may allow for people to be introduced to films from other countries. Basically just list or discuss your personal favorite American filmmakers and include your favorite film from each one. I'll start with mine: 1. Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life 2. John Cassavetes - A Woman Under the Influence 3. Martin Scorsese - Taxi Driver 4. Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master 5. James Gray - The Immigrant 6. David Lynch - Mulholland Drive 7. Coen Brothers - A Serious Man 8. Robert Altman - Nashville 9. Harmony Korine - Spring Breakers 10. Richard Linklater - Before Midnight 11. Todd Haynes - Far from Heaven 12. Michael Mann - Blackhat 13. Woody Allen - Annie Hall 14. Stanley Kubrick - 2001: A Space Odyssey 15. Jonathan Demme - Something Wild come at me brehs
Sep 15, 2015 Solid list. Obvious omissions: Orson Welles - Citizen Kane Steven Spielberg - Jaws Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction Howard Hawkes - The Big Sleep George Lucas - Star Wars Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now Do we count immigrants? Chaplin, Wilder, Kazan, etc.
Sep 15, 2015 Word. I mean Wilder is a pretty clear cut American filmmaker to me. Forgot it said favorite, but I don't think I could rank a list anyway. I'd probably throw in Charlie Kaufman.
Sep 15, 2015 1.) Stanley Kubrick - 2001 2.) Paul Thomas Anderson - Magnolia 3.) Terrence Malick - The Thin Red Line 4.) Richard Linklater - Boyhood 5.) Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now 6.) Martin Scorsese - Taxi Driver 7.) Coen Brothers - Fargo 8.) David Lynch - Mulholland Dr. 9.) Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds 10.) Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo 11.) Michael Mann - Miami Vice 12.) David Fincher - Zodiac 13.) Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler 14.) James Gray - Two Lovers 15.) Sidney Lumet - Network
Sep 15, 2015 Woody Allen -Annie Hall/Midnight in Paris Hitchcock (If we're counting him) - Rear Window/ Dial M For Murder Quentin Tarantino - Jackie Brown / Inglorious Basterds Martin Scorsese - Goodfellas Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood Peter Weir - The Truman Show Danny Boyle - Trance David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Stanley Donen - Singing in The Rain Ti West - The House Of The Devil Richard Linklater - Before Sunrise/Dazed & Confused Honorable Mention : Mel Gibson - Passion Of The Christ/ Brave Heart
Sep 15, 2015 I did it in a tiered structure. I've only seen 1 Cassavetes picture, so I didn't count him. I've yet to see a Lynch feature, but an Eraserhead Blu Ray is in my Amazon cart. I counted Kaufman as a writer and Deakins as a cinematographer. Sue me. Robert Altman - Nashville Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master Billy Wilder - Sunset Boulevard Coen Brothers - A Serious Man Richard Linklater - Before Sunrise ------------ Stanley Kubrick - Dr. Strangelove... Charlie Kaufman - Synecdoche, N.Y. Martin Scorsese - Raging Bull Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now Quentin Tarantino - Reservior Dogs ------------ David Fincher - The Social Network Roger Deakins - The Assassination of Jesse James... Wes Anderson - Moonrise Kingdom Terrence Malick - Days of Heaven Haskell Wexler - Medium Cool
Sep 15, 2015 martin scorsese - taxi driver james benning - landscape suicide harmony korine - spring breakers jonas mekas - as i moving ahead occasionally I saw glimpses of beauty stan brakhage - anticipation of the night abel ferrara - new rose hotel peter b. hutton - at sea terrence malick - tree of life michael snow - la region centrale john cassavetes - faces andy warhol - chelsea girls maya deren - at land david lynch - mulholland dr paul w.s anderson - pompeii john carpenter - ghosts of mars michael mann - miami vice
Sep 16, 2015 @Rowjay Stan just won this thread with James Benning, Brakhage, Deren etc. even though I don't know any of them quite well enough to call a favourite. But Pompeii? I guess I can't say anything till I see it. I think filmmakers who are known for an American period make the cut. (Hitchcock, Sirk etc.), but not if they never really assimilated into 'american moviemaking' (Chaplin, Welles, etc.) This order is pretty d--- tentative and sporadic after the first like 5. 1. Terrence Malick - Tree of Life 2. James Gray - The Immigrant 3. Nathaniel Dorsky - August and After 4. Richard Linklater - Boyhood 5. Frank Capra - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 6. Martin Scorsese - Taxi Driver 7. Alfred Hitchcock - Rope 8. David Lynch - Mulholland Drive 9. Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood 10. Stanley Kubrick - 2001: A Space Odyssey 11. Jim Jarmusch - Stranger Than Paradise 12. Douglas Sirk - All That Heaven Allows 13. Derek Cianfrance - Place Beyond the Pines 14. Robert Altman - Nashville 15. John Huston - Treasure of the Sierra Madre 16. Winsor McCay - How a Mosquito Operates 17. The Coen Brothers - Fargo 18. Gus Van Sant - Elephant 19. Michael Snow - Wavelength 20. Howard Hawks - The Big Sleep BONUS: Christopher Nolan - Memento HM: Woody Allen, Billy Wilder, Steven Spielberg, Darren Aronofsky I will also mention Nicholas Ray who I think will one day be a favourite... just haven't seen enough (Only Rebel... haven't seen Johnny Guitar even)... others I haven't seen enough of include Ferrara, Mann, Haynes, Casavettes, etc.
Sep 16, 2015 I don't really have an interesting list to add, as most of my favorites were mentioned (Lynch, Scorsese, PTA, Malick and the Coens are probably tops for me). Since he hasn't been listed, I would add John Ford though (The Grapes of Wrath, My Darling Clementine, The Searchers, etc.) as he is justifiably one of the big names in American cinema. My favorite part of @Rowjay Stan 's very cool list was the Ghosts of Mars pick for John Carpenter over the more conventional choices.
Sep 16, 2015 I thought about adding John Ford, but dude's got so many films I couldn't justify acting like I knew his s--- more than I do (I've seen only The Searchers and Stagecoach, both of which are great) Edit: I've actually seen two more: How Green was my Valley and the Quiet Man. Good call.
Sep 16, 2015 Pretty Much the same directors, what changes are the films 1. Paul Thomas Anderson - Punch Drunk Love 2. Stanley Kubrick - 2001: A Space Odyssey 3. Richard Linklater - Before Sunrise 4. Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds 5. Martin Scorsese - Goodfellas 6. Terrence Malick - The Tree Of Life 7. David Fincher - Se7en 8. Woody Allen - Hannah & Her Sisters 9. Coen Brothers - No Country For Old Men 10. David Lynch - Mulholland Dr 11. Howard Hawks - Bringing Up Baby 12. Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather Wes Anderson & Spike Jonze are great too