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Re: Top 5 Auteurs of 00s
« Reply #30 on: November 24, 2009, 03:19:10 PM »
Wes Anderson
James Gray
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Claire Denis
Dardenne Bros

I'll change my number 5 to roujin's number 2.

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Re: Top 5 Auteurs of 00s
« Reply #31 on: November 24, 2009, 03:21:26 PM »
Many auteurs change their aesthetic over the years as they change and grow as artists. A director doesn't need to have the same style running throughout every single one of his/her films in order to be considered an auteur. Above all else, they need to have perspective, an apporach to the world. The Coen Brothers are absolutely, unambiguously auteurs.



Good point. It's still interesting that the Coen's are so fluid in their style which in some ways may be part of their auteur-ness.

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Re: Top 5 Auteurs of 00s
« Reply #32 on: November 24, 2009, 03:57:56 PM »
James Gray

Not quite there for me.  Only if I liked either Two Lovers or We Own the Night better than I do...

Still, I love the choice because The Yards is excellent.
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Re: Top 5 Auteurs of 00s
« Reply #33 on: November 24, 2009, 04:42:24 PM »
Not that I have any authority on this thread, but when I created the list, I was thinking about creators-- not necessarily directors-- that created a distinctive style, even if that style is not displayed in every film.  Paul Greengrass, for example, in this decade created two distinctive styles-- that displayed in the Bourne series ("fast edit realistic action") and that displayed in United 93 and Bloody Sunday ("history as documentary"?).  Either one would make him an auteur, but making two makes him brilliant.

The Coens are the same.  At least two directing styles are recognizable, but they certainly have a visual style all their own.  To borrow a phrase, it is like pornography-- hard to describe, but you know it when you see it.

Thus, GVS, although his style in some of his mainstream films is not distinctive, films like Elephant, Gerry, Paranoid Park and others are of a type, and tell a story in a unique way that is more similar to each other than to other films.

I put Charlie Kaufman on the list not because of his directing, but because all of his films have his unique touch, no matter who is directing them.  I even considered putting J.K. Rowling on my list, but didn't because as distinct as she is, I don't care for her work as much as some others.

If my list were 10 and not 5, I certainly would have put Tarentino, the Coens, and Del Toro on my list.  I struggled with Miyazaki, because he is my favorite auteur, and my favorite film by him was in the 00s.  But he created the style outside the 00s and a lot of the distinct works of his style aren't within the timeframe.  But if it were a general list (which should be created), he'd be at the top.

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Re: Top 5 Auteurs of 00s
« Reply #34 on: December 01, 2009, 09:25:57 PM »
I'd say Paul Thomas Anderson is the clear #1 auteur to be active this decade, but the fact that his two best films IMO were done in the 90s could make me say differently. I'd go with the Coen Brothers high on my list, mainly due to them making the best film of the decade (No Country), but they've also had a couple of busts, in Intolerable Cruelty and Ladykillers.

All things considered, I'd probably have to put it between PTA and Sam Mendes. Mendes has done two great films this decade in Road to Perdition and Jarhead, as well as two more good ones, Revolutionary Road and Away We Go. The way he works with tone and how he fits music into his film is just fantastic, and I don't think he gets near the props he deserves.

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Re: Top 5 Auteurs of 00s
« Reply #35 on: December 01, 2009, 09:34:47 PM »
Auteur is such a dirty word.

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Re: Top 5 Auteurs of 00s
« Reply #36 on: December 01, 2009, 09:59:24 PM »
Auteur is such a dirty word.

Yep. I think you have to say it with your face like this:

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Re: Top 5 Auteurs of 00s
« Reply #37 on: December 01, 2009, 10:11:13 PM »
Auteur is such a dirty word.

Yep. I think you have to say it with your face like this:


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Re: Top 5 Auteurs of 00s
« Reply #38 on: December 01, 2009, 10:48:35 PM »
Peter Jackson
Kenny Ortega
Ken Loach
Michael Moore
Alfonso Cuarón

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Re: Top 5 Auteurs of 00s
« Reply #39 on: December 01, 2009, 10:55:05 PM »
I hope at least two of those are very, very bad jokes.

 

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