The_Rat_Who_Would_be_King

I just watched A Scanner Darkly, and demand Richard Linklater be let on the list. NOW!

I spent the shittiest day of my summer in Amsterdam. Alone in that city, the day after your birthday, just walking around. Not so fun. But the park is very pretty. Also, when people offer you drugs int he red light district, don't say anything. If you say no then they just keep bugginf you about it, sometimes to the point where it gets scary.

Layer Cake was very enteraining. I usually hate movies that are that itentionally cool, but that one was so well written, and...cool, that I loved it. I can't wait to see Casino Royale. I might go this weekend, but since I'm stuck at school, I might have to watch it by myself, because I'm so cool.

I don't remember if anyone has said him yet, but I'd like to add Richard Linklater. Of the films that he's both written and directed (which is what I think really matters and sets auteurs apart from plain old directors), I just saw Waking Life for the first time and thought it was amazing. Dazed and Confused was a very entertaining movie. The other films that he's written and directed look good from what I can tell (A Scanner Darkly) and fom what I've heard (Fast Food Nation, Slacker, which I recall being a very influencial independant film, which seems to have been forgotten after the 90s). AD HIM!

projection is tastiest.

Chronic masturbation and carbs.

I thought this show was hilaruous. I wonder if it was meant to actually get picked up. I don't think so.

Mike, I've got Metropolis on VHS and need to watch it, so let's.

I wouldn't have any clean pants that day. I like some Burton films, but I don't really like him. Take something like Willy Wonka, any art school drop out could take that story and make it dark and weird. In fact I'm sure most people who gre up with that movie thought about it before Burton actually did it. I remember pulling an all nighter with my friends in grade 8, and one of the things we talked about were different ways of adapting that movie. I think too many people like his stuff just because it fits so well with that cool/not-quite-cool aesthetic that's not always relevant to the film, but appeals to the pseudo-transgressive tastes of a large portion of the audience. The reason he ever got such a following was because in his prime, it was cool to be dark and weird, wear black, listen to strange music, and like Witkin. I should also point out that if you've ever watched An Evening With Kevin Smith, it's hard to take Burton seriously. But good call on the German expressionist stuff. I remember watching The Cabinet of Dr Caligari in class, and people loved it just because it reminded them of Burton. I liked it, but it just made me annoyed at Burton because they did it so much better than he did with wooden sets before they even had sound in film. So he's not hot shit. But damn can he make a good movie. How confusing. I love The Professional, so I'm going to set out to see his other stuff so he can pfficially be added to The List. But Kubrick and Hitchcock aren't contemporary, mainly because they are dead, and they aren't underappreciated, in certain crowds anyway. BUT! since they rock so much face, you get points if you can trace their influence to a contemporary director. Big, self-fellating post. I'm the coolest.

I sicken myself a little bit when I follow that link and can't help but be a little interested. And I almost want to talk to people about it but if I do I know it'll show up on my suicide note.

Cool, that thing on Zodiac says they are using Final Cut Pro, which is I think what Roger Avery used to edit Rules of Attraction. I will pay someone in blood if they can get me that program. NOW!

I think Sixth Sense and Unbreakable were very good, and I really liked Signs, but that got the same treatment The Village got where people just turned on him, ignoring the fact that his stories are still some of the most unique ones you can find in a Hollywood film, and he has an incredible eye for direction.

Oooh good call on those ones. I love Danny Boyles directing. And I'm pretty keen on seeing what J.J. Abrams does with Star Trek. I haven't seen enough of the other ones, but M. Night is a great one, but does anyone know if he managed to break his formula with his most recent one?

Assholery and calling people on idiocy are two entirely different things. And you make a good point with Fincher. I think that his movies are all very well and uniquely directed. Although Alien3 did not stand up to the test of time in my opinion, it still has a really cool feel to it that makes it stand out from the others.

I liked how it was one that had already been not just mentioned on the list, but talked about as well. I was also quite amused by the second upper case A. I really like this thread now.

I don't count one hit wonders unless they did something really special, and as much as I love Boondock Saints, actually I change the direction of the sentence to Yay Troy Duffy. And Good call on George Clooney, the direction in Confessions of Dangerous mind was amazing. As for Eastwood getting awards, that doesn't make a good director. But I really haven't seen enough to judge. But I think a lot of people confuse good grasp of standard film techniques and good, usually epic stories as 'good direction'.

Way to participate.

Yeah, I feel the same way, but I think Avalanche worked well as an album title.

Hahaha, this is nuts. I think Dallas Green must have broken up with every member on the Bored before he went to her or something. Let's all just find a real answer to the music related question that was posted in the music section.

I love Wong Kar-Wai and need to see more. Consistency important, yes. I hear Darkman is THE Sam Raimi film to see, but from what I've seen the best part about his career is Bruce Campbell.

There are female directors around, such as Kathryn Bigalow and Marry Haron (sp), but they aren't anything special. It's not the list or the audiences that are biased, but the industry, as well as the way our culture has come to be. For the same reasons that there aren't as many females in the sciences, there aren't as many 'great' female directors, because there aren't as many female directors to begin with. But I'm surprised we forgot Sophia Copolla. And I also want Shane Carruth added to the tentative list. He just needs to do more than one movie.

I heard he was then realized I didn't care and forgot. Also, what glassjaw just said. Was this thread moved or was someone on the rag?

The Shaggy Dog (shudder)

Let's just hope it's nothing close to soft blue on an angle just off to his left enough that you don't notice at first.

That's way cool.