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Re: Who are the Best Film Directors at this very moment?
« Reply #70 on: September 25, 2008, 09:57:49 PM »
So..I might be loosing track here but is Peter Weir gonna get a poll too? He did come up on your list somewhere and the man could surely should be mentioned more often on the boards.

I have 6 directors to go.  2 of them already appear on my Far East Super Death Match.  Another 2 are kind of obscure unless you're familiar with British cinema and television.  The last director on the list is a Blockbuster American (and pretty easy to figure out.)

That leaves tonight... and you will not be disappointed.

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Re: Who are the Best Film Directors at this very moment?
« Reply #71 on: September 25, 2008, 10:02:54 PM »
So was Wong alphabetized under Wai?  :P

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Re: Who are the Best Film Directors at this very moment?
« Reply #72 on: September 25, 2008, 10:06:28 PM »
So was Wong alphabetized under Wai?  :P

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Yeah.  It's always tricky with Asian names.  I try to go by their most common spellings and WKW usually appears without any hyphen.  The real tough one is Chan Wook-park, who I frequently see as Park Chan-wook and Chan-wook Park.  I don't claim to be perfect or consistent with the grammar, but I pick one way and stick with it.

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Re: Who are the Best Film Directors at this very moment?
« Reply #73 on: September 25, 2008, 10:10:13 PM »
Hmm, interesting.  I always assumed it was Park.  Is it really Chan?

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Re: Who are the Best Film Directors at this very moment?
« Reply #74 on: September 25, 2008, 10:11:53 PM »
Oh yeah, if you look through the list of Far East Bracket films, you'll see I tried to be consistent for a while, but eventually just gave up and cut-and-pasted from whatever source I happened to be looking at.

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Re: Who are the Best Film Directors at this very moment?
« Reply #75 on: September 26, 2008, 12:09:28 AM »
Hmm, interesting.  I always assumed it was Park.  Is it really Chan?

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Nope.  It's Park Chan-wook.

It really isn't all that hard to figure out.  For example, this is the first statement on his wikipedia page:

"This is a Korean name; the family name is Park."
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Re: Who are the Best Film Directors at this very moment?
« Reply #76 on: October 14, 2008, 11:36:27 AM »
Michel Gondry and Guy Maddin. And did I mention Christopher Nolan?
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Re: Who are the Best Film Directors at this very moment?
« Reply #77 on: October 14, 2008, 01:11:28 PM »
Michel Gondry and Guy Maddin. And did I mention Christopher Nolan?

Wow, did you just find this thread?  This is what led to all those Director Polls.  (FYI, 2 of yours are in the final Top 20 with a Special Mention to Maddin, who shouldn't be penalized because not enough people have seen his work.)

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Re: Who are the Best Film Directors at this very moment?
« Reply #78 on: October 14, 2008, 04:58:38 PM »
Michel Gondry and Guy Maddin. And did I mention Christopher Nolan?

Wow, did you just find this thread?  This is what led to all those Director Polls.  (FYI, 2 of yours are in the final Top 20 with a Special Mention to Maddin, who shouldn't be penalized because not enough people have seen his work.)

Actually. I have seen this thread and I was making a joke. Specifically with Nolan. I had mentioned him twice on this thread before and now a third time.
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Re: Who are the Best Film Directors at this very moment?
« Reply #79 on: October 14, 2008, 05:00:53 PM »
Michel Gondry and Guy Maddin. And did I mention Christopher Nolan?

Wow, did you just find this thread?  This is what led to all those Director Polls.  (FYI, 2 of yours are in the final Top 20 with a Special Mention to Maddin, who shouldn't be penalized because not enough people have seen his work.)

Actually. I have seen this thread and I was making a joke. Specifically with Nolan. I had mentioned him twice on this thread before and now a third time.

You can sleep at night knowing he made the Top 20.