by Glander 24 Replies latest social entertainment
Fakesmile, I agree about "The Postman" I thought it was better than the book. It suffered from having been Costner's next movie following "Waterworld," which was awful. It got you to wondering how many movies he could make about loners.
Frank Darabont - Shawshank Redemption and Green Mile
Robert Aldrich - the original Flight of the Phoenix, The Dirty Dozen, The Longest Yard, The Frisco Kid, Twilight's Last Gleaming, Hush Hush Sweet Charlote, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, and a bunch more.
Sir David Lean was my first favorite, too! (Dr. Zhivago, A Tale of Two Cities and Ryan's Daughter were my first three)
,,, also now, Norman Jewison, David Cronenberg, Paul Haggis, Ivan Reitman (Canadians first, of course ), and John Cassavetes, Michael Mann, Brian de Palma,,, many more ... can't go wrong choosing by director; and sometimes actors.
(let's not forget Terry Gilliam)
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Older, yeah,, Huston, Billy Wilder, Hitchcock, hmmm,,,
oh, and Kubrick, Carpenter, Mike Nichols, Elia Kazan (STELLA!) so many greats.
Gotta go with Lean. Zhivago is my all time favorite. Must be seen on a large screen with a great sound system. Not for the laptop.
Me, too Watson! I've seen it so many times, I couldn't count .... the way he transitions in that film ... it's always through a window .. remember when they were in Faraneeki (sp), and Lara looks through the window and the frost melts and we see the fields of sunflowers? ... or when the pervy (what the bugger is his name?) is abusing the young Lara and she looks at the window ... we see the candles glow, and it transforms into the cavalry marching on the poor? Stunning film, just amazing.
Oh, and Spielberg, can't forget him. :))
Tim Burton
Yeah, the perv, Rod Steiger. Great actor.
I fell in love with Lara.
The cinematic experience, wow.
I don't have a director I always like, and I may like a movie because of
whatever other than the director. I like some things by some of those listed
above and by some of these:
http://www.filmsite.org/directors.html
http://www.filmsite.org/moredirectors.html
http://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-film-directors-since-2000
http://movies.amctv.com/movie-guide/the-50-greatest-directors-of-all-time.php
Yes, Steiger was great in Dr.Z and also as - the Pawnbroker.
That is a great way to put it ... cinematic experience .. that it is. It has it all re story, characters, historical fiction, and the beauty and harmony of the scenery/characters/story is a masterpiece.
Shout out to John Waters - Hairspray! , Pretty in Pink , Cry Baby
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Glander - Bridge on the River Kwai *nods* ... that movie is seared into my mind from childhood, a classic.
No love for Michael Bay :)
Seriously, though. Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, John Huston. In more recent years- Spielberg, Tarantino, Christopher Nolan.
