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Post by TylerDeneuve on Mar 26, 2024 20:19:43 GMT
These men are two of the most revered living directors (THE most? Coppola and Spielberg would be their only real competition, right?). Assessing them based solely on their artistic output, whose films do you personally prefer? Photographed together in Paris, October 2015 (I love Roman's scarf!):  |
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 26, 2024 20:33:11 GMT
Polanski made my favorite movie (Chinatown, have we just met ffs  ) - has 7 movies I may call a masterpiece which is a lot - only Bergman would rival it for me really.....well maybe Chabrol, Herzog.....I dunno........Scorsese has some masterpieces but not 7 (and not Goodfellas thanx!) and is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more consistent Both all timers........now a closer question for me might be who is the better actor!  I love this photo - and what he's telling her .........or not telling her about how his film will now end: 
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Post by pupdurcs on Mar 26, 2024 20:36:04 GMT
Roman Polanski is nowhere near being one of the 4 most revered directors alive ( Marty is).
His reputation is too clouded by the inconvenient fact that he's a convicted peadophile and child rapist.
He is a great director, but I could think of over a dozen directors more revered than him, many of them younger.
Even ignoring the pedo/rapist thing, based on output, it's easily Scorsese.
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Post by TylerDeneuve on Mar 26, 2024 20:51:58 GMT
pacinoyes - Do you like Polanski's adaptation of Oliver Twist? I watched it for the first time last night.  These are my blindspots in both of their feature film filmographies: POLANSKIWhat?
Pirates
The Ninth Gate
Based on a True Story
The Palace
SCORSESEWho's That Knocking at My Door
Boxcar Bertha
Kundun
Bringing Out the DeadAny you'd recommend for me right away? Posing this generally to the forum, not just to pac.
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 26, 2024 21:14:49 GMT
pacinoyes - Do you like Polanski's adaptation of Oliver Twist? I watched it for the first time last night. These are my blindspots in both of their feature film filmographies: POLANSKIWhat?
Pirates
The Ninth Gate
Based on a True Story
The Palace
SCORSESEWho's That Knocking at My Door
Boxcar Bertha
Kundun
Bringing Out the DeadAny you'd recommend for me right away? Posing this generally to the forum, not just to pac. I like Oliver Twist but it's just solid- those missing in Polanski's catalog could stay missing tbh but I have not seen The Palace..............The Scorsese's are all good except Boxcar Bertha is not really essential............ Who's The Knocking At My Door is essential imo.......I quote it all the time - I mean I could have written so many parts of it - the way he says he likes "Mountains" - "No mountains in the city Charlie.........oh well tall buildings - same thing"..........the whole "What do you like / what do you hate?" scene............the way Harvey Keitel pronounces "whore"  .........has a weird arty digression in the middle but a knockout beginning and ending..........."I don't get it.................it's just a bunch of rocks"  |
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Post by ibbi on Mar 26, 2024 22:25:42 GMT
pacinoyes - Do you like Polanski's adaptation of Oliver Twist? I watched it for the first time last night. These are my blindspots in both of their feature film filmographies: POLANSKIWhat?
Pirates
The Ninth Gate
Based on a True Story
The Palace
SCORSESEWho's That Knocking at My Door
Boxcar Bertha
Kundun
Bringing Out the DeadAny you'd recommend for me right away? Posing this generally to the forum, not just to pac. If you've not seen What?, Pirates, and Based on a True Story then you could definitely consider this a close competition. You should watch them as soon as possible, and remove all doubt. I think The Ninth Gate is very good, and definitely worth watching. The Scorsese's are all must see, except Bertha, the only uninteresting movie he's ever made. Still has Babs in though. |
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Post by futuretrunks on Mar 26, 2024 23:14:46 GMT
I think Polanski has been great in more different modes (Rosemary's Baby; Chinatown; Tess), whereas Scorsese has had the richer career. Also, the fallout from his rape scandal has indubitably negatively impacted the breadth of Polanski's career. He's one director who'd have made bigger splashes in the 80s/90s/00s/10s with A-list movie stars, so while he was still remarkably successful for a fugitive, he'd have had way more juice in an alternate reality.
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Post by TylerDeneuve on Mar 26, 2024 23:46:18 GMT
ibbi - I think the director of Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Tess, and The Pianist can withstand a few turkeys.  You know how you (wrongly) think that Julianne Moore is bad in Magnolia and Maps to the Stars, but you love her as a favorite anyway because her greatest performances are just so great? Same thing!  
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Post by Nikan on Mar 26, 2024 23:50:42 GMT
Scorsuzu but I don't mind a Polanski filmography binge(re)watch actually.
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Post by ibbi on Mar 27, 2024 0:12:15 GMT
ibbi - I think the director of Repulsion, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Tess, and The Pianist can withstand a few turkeys. You know how you (wrongly) think that Julianne Moore is bad in Magnolia and Maps to the Stars, but you love her as a favorite anyway because her greatest performances are just so great? Same thing! He can, of course, and he’s one of my ten or so faves too for that very reason, but in this comparison he’s head to head with someone who, call me a crazy fanboy if you will, doesn’t really have any turkeys. Not to that degree anyway. I take back what I said before, you can add Hugo to his pile of two uninteresting movies. Every other thing has got something going for it, however small or crazy that may be. |
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Mar 27, 2024 0:20:06 GMT
I have a strong preference for Scorsese. He's made more films I'd call a favorite and I'm more generally on his wavelength even for his lesser films.
As far as some of the other most revered living filmmakers, I'd throw David Lynch and Woody Allen in there and as far as film culture perhaps Wong Kar-wai as well.
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Post by TylerDeneuve on Mar 27, 2024 0:23:05 GMT
ibbi - He has one true turkey for me: Casino.  Other films of his annoy me, but none is as downright hateful in its repetitious ugliness as that one is... Sharon Stone is pretty. That's all I've got. .jpg)
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Post by forksforest on Mar 27, 2024 2:42:23 GMT
By far Polanski. Always intrigued by his output while as I am often worn out by a Scorsese movie
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Post by franklin on Mar 27, 2024 10:17:28 GMT
Mean Streets
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
The King of Comedy
After Hours
The Color of Money
The Last Temptation of Christ
Goodfellas
Cape Fear
The Age of Innocence
Casino
Bringing Out The Dead
Gangs of New York
The Aviator
The Departed
Shutter Island
Hugo
The Wolf of Wall Street
Silence
The Irishman
Killers of The Flower Moon
What are we talking about here???
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Post by Nikan on Mar 27, 2024 10:41:49 GMT
ibbi - He has one true turkey for me: Casino. Other films of his annoy me, but none is as downright hateful in its repetitious ugliness as that one is... Sharon Stone is pretty. That's all I've got. But sometimes life is downright awful and people can be ugly, some repeatedly.... Maybe it's a good work of art if it drew such a strong reaction out of you? |
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Post by TylerDeneuve on Mar 27, 2024 12:06:45 GMT
"Maybe it's a good work of art if it drew such a strong reaction out of you?" 
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 27, 2024 12:13:19 GMT
"Maybe it's a good work of art if it drew such a strong reaction out of you?" Ngl, using Nik's logic - in this case - for me, Immaculate would be the fncking Decalogue  |
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.........has a weird arty digression in the middle but a knockout beginning and ending..........."I don't get it.................it's just a bunch of rocks" 
Other films of his annoy me, but none is as downright hateful in its repetitious ugliness as that one is... 
