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People need to catch up with the films of...

Park Chan-wook
3 (4.5%)
The Dardenne Brothers
6 (9%)
Hou Hsiao-hsien
5 (7.5%)
Kim Ji-woon
2 (3%)
Aki Kaurismaki
4 (6%)
Abbas Kiarostami
5 (7.5%)
Kim Ki-duk
3 (4.5%)
Satoshi Kon
4 (6%)
Emir Kusturica
4 (6%)
Guy Maddin
6 (9%)
Tsai Ming-liang
4 (6%)
Gaspar Noe
4 (6%)
Lynne Ramsay
1 (1.5%)
Alain Resnais
4 (6%)
Jacques Rivette
4 (6%)
Bela Tarr
3 (4.5%)
Johnny To
2 (3%)
David Yates
1 (1.5%)
All of Them
2 (3%)
None of Them
0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 18

Author Topic: [Various] The Top Directors Working Today: Need To Catch Up With...  (Read 3653 times)

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Now that I've gone through the list A-Z (mostly), I wanted to give Special Mention to some acclaimed directors whose work remains mostly unwatched.  Of course any list of the Top Great Directors is going to be a list of familiar faces, so here is one more shout out to some people we all need to spend a little more time on.

For the record, I myself need to catch up with 8 of them.

[Note: I'm asking you to vote for directors you'd like to see OTHERS pay attention to, not people YOU need to catch up with.]
« Last Edit: October 28, 2010, 05:45:56 PM by pixote »

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Re: The Top Directors Working Today: Need To Catch Up With...
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2008, 12:49:34 AM »
All of them.

Hou Hsiao-hsien and Abbas Kiarostami are top of the list.

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Re: The Top Directors Working Today: Need To Catch Up With...
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2008, 01:14:29 AM »
Haven't seen a single film from:

Lynne Ramsay
Emir Kusturica
Johnny To
Aki Kaurismaki
Kim Ji-Woon

I'm interested in catching up with them in that order.

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Re: The Top Directors Working Today: Need To Catch Up With...
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2008, 01:24:49 AM »
I'd say everyone should catch up with Guy Maddin.

Personally, I have to catch up with most of them (except Park Chan-Wook).

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Re: The Top Directors Working Today: Need To Catch Up With...
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2008, 01:32:17 AM »
I voted just for Kiarostami, even though I feel very strongly about individual films by a few of the other names.

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Re: The Top Directors Working Today: Need To Catch Up With...
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2008, 02:54:38 AM »
Note: I'm asking you to vote for directors you'd like to see OTHERS pay attention to, not people YOU need to catch up with.

Bumped, in case people missed the edit.

pixote

Oops. Ok then:

The Dardenne Brothers 
Satoshi Kon 
Lynne Ramsay 

Fun.
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Re: The Top Directors Working Today: Need To Catch Up With...
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2008, 03:10:56 AM »
Note: I'm asking you to vote for directors you'd like to see OTHERS pay attention to, not people YOU need to catch up with.

Bumped, in case people missed the edit.

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Re: The Top Directors Working Today: Need To Catch Up With...
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2008, 03:27:26 AM »
Note: I'm asking you to vote for directors you'd like to see OTHERS pay attention to, not people YOU need to catch up with.

Bumped, in case people missed the edit.

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Yeah, that changed my vote. I voted for others, but most importantly Alain Resnais.
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Re: The Top Directors Working Today: Need To Catch Up With...
« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2008, 05:23:43 AM »
Um... whoops. Cancel my vote. Unfortunately I haven't seen any so...

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Re: The Top Directors Working Today: Need To Catch Up With...
« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2008, 07:00:05 AM »
Then just check out the Dardennes.

 

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