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Post by Tyler Smith on Oct 14, 2011 9:03:17 GMT -5
The full list will be revealed this weekend. David and I will be doing an episode on it, as well. Then, starting Sunday, we will be posting blogs about the listed directors for ten days. Lots of fun stuff to look forward to.
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Post by frieaaron on Oct 17, 2011 0:13:52 GMT -5
Can't believe Capra is so low and Wyler doesn't even appear...the top 10 is very solid, though.
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Post by snallygaster on Oct 17, 2011 10:26:17 GMT -5
Quibbling about exact order aside, the top 10 is decent. But... the Coens are probably my favourite directors working today, but 4th greatest of all time? Isn't that a little crazy? Ditto for Tarantino -- he's got decades of work ahead of him and he's already a Great Director, but greater than Bergman/Ford/Godard/Lean/etc? Not yet. Anyway, I think the list is pretty interesting, especially below the top 20 or so. I'd be interested in the margins of victory. Were there a lot of ties? By how much did Spike Jonze beat Michael Mann?
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Post by Bill Thompson on Oct 20, 2011 18:15:12 GMT -5
When you look at the Coens body of work I say they are easily worthy of a top 10 placement. Taratino I don't think is worthy of a top 1,000,000,000 placement, but that's me.
Either way, good job compiling it, I liked the episode on it as well.
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Post by johnnyunusual on Oct 24, 2011 18:21:46 GMT -5
Well, I voted based on who I have seen the works of. Despite the fact that I'm sure that there are people I would have put on my list had I seen their works (or more of them), I didn't feel that it was fair of me to do that based on speculation. Don't get me wrong, I do have a habit of being a poser in that respect (though am usually, thankfully proven right) in regards to comics I try to use only the knowledge I have to make these judgements. Mostly mine was pretty populist (Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Akira Kurosawa), but I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. Quentin didn't make my list but I think he deserves to be on it, even if he work sometimes lacks. Even when it doesn't quite work, it's always interesting.
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Post by bouncingbrick on Oct 26, 2011 7:30:13 GMT -5
The fact that Edgar Write made it as high as 16 based off of three films(!) just makes me weep. Especially when one of those films is Scott Pilgrim, sure, it's a fun theme-park-ride of a movie, but it's about as subtle as a frying pan to the face. Really, voters? Really?!?
I'm just mad that Fellini is only number 22.
Also,don't get me started on how frustrating it is to see Nolan that high.
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Post by johnnyunusual on Oct 26, 2011 9:40:02 GMT -5
First of all it's Edgar Wright. Second of all, I don't think subtlety is necessarily a prerequisite for being a good director (re: Charlie Chaplin).
Still, while it wouldn't make me weep (are you that fragile), I agree that Edgar Wright is way too high. Don't get me wrong, he's an amazing director and makes very good use of tracking shots and editing (maybe it's not subtle, but there is some amazing work in Scott Pilgrim), but there are directors who probably need to come before him and I think though perhaps he could be #16 calibre later in his career, let's wait until he's gotten to his 7th film at least before voting him so high.
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Post by Bill Thompson on Nov 3, 2011 16:31:48 GMT -5
Glad to see today's entry on Murnau. Having just seen Faust I would now feel comfortable placing him in my all time top 10 as I've seen three of his films now.
There is something I was wondering, I know that some people had a self-imposed must have made this "many" films rule when making their list. Did you people include shorts in your number of films, because I know I did, but I'm not sure if a lot of other people did as well.
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Post by johnnyunusual on Nov 4, 2011 9:58:07 GMT -5
If I had thought of that, Chuck Jones probably would have made my list. I don't think a director has to have made many movies to make the list, but considering that Wright is a very fresh director who has a big career ahead of him, plus while he is very impressive, he's not #16 quality yet. However, even if he doesn't improve, if he keeps putting out films with a consistent quality then he might be at that level. Many films is more of a rule of thumb than a hard, fast, set-in-stone rule.
The interesting thing that wasn't discussed is directors who started out weak and then got a lot stronger. Alfred Hitchcock deserves to be #1 (in my opinion) but he did start his career with some relatively weak films before he started turning things around with films like Sabotage and Shadow of a Doubt.
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Post by Tyler Smith on Dec 12, 2011 9:47:45 GMT -5
A quick question: If we were to do another top 100 list, what do you think it should be?
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Post by johnnyunusual on Dec 13, 2011 16:04:26 GMT -5
Actors/Actresses Writers Trailers Fight Scenes Death Scenes Scenes in General Comedies Dramas Adventure Movies Heroes Villains
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Post by Mladen on Dec 13, 2011 21:47:38 GMT -5
top 100 list... hmmm
I wouldn't mind something thats not about actors. Screenwriters would be ideal, but I recognise that for most people, naming screen-writers can be difficult (even though I'd argue that their work is more, or at least as, important as the director in a piece).
You guys talk about comedy enough that a list of comedy/satires would be wonderful.
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