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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2020 19:32:28 GMT
There're a good deal of filmmakers I really love that I hardly ever see brought up on here, and it's always great to check out new artists if one's interested.
None of these guys are particularly obscure or anything (I'm still a novice when it comes to truly little-seen/underground stuff), just MA underappreciated -
Guy Maddin - for fans of silents, surrealism, themes exploring family trauma/memories/recreation Nobuhiko Obayashi - if you want a monumentally singular voice in the medium, look no further Ruggero Deodato - for fans of no-punches-pulled horror that examines exploitation/viewership/"savage" vs "civilized" violence Vincent Gallo - tough to sell this guy's stuff, you either are hit hard by it or you aren't, but I will say he's one of the most vulnerable great filmmakers Lav Diaz - GOAT of slow cinema
How about you?
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Jun 19, 2020 19:57:48 GMT
I guess it depends on what you define as "underappreciated", but here's my own take.
Jerry Schatzberg - Started out as a photographer, and went on to make some of the most intriguing films of The New Hollywood Movement like Scarecrow, and The Panic in Needle Park (both with Pacino). Unfortunately he doesn't seem to be talked about as much compared to his other Brethren, and that might be partially due to his own doing. The second half of his career is a wee rough.
Carroll Ballard - One of the great directors of nature. He would have been perfect for a 1970s version of The Jungle Book. He's only made six movies, but they're almost all worth looking into. Never Cry Wolf is terrific, while Fly Away Home and The Black Stallion are sentimental favorites for me.
Don Coscarelli - Only made ten films, but almost all of them I can recommend. Probably best known for his genre "cult work", his career consists of gems like The Beastmaster, Bubba-Ho-Tep, and The Phantasm Franchise.
Larry Cohen - Both famed as a writer and director. Similar to Coscarelli, he also dabbled in a lot of genre flicks, particularly of the horror variety, but his filmography is much more varied then that. You've got blacksplotation films like his debut Bone, bizarre horror flicks like The It Lives trilogy, and then there's much more fun, more explicit gross comedic affairs like Q. The Winged Serpent, and The Stuff.
Ralph Bakshi - Although I've talked about him on this board, I don't think his actual work is appreciated enough, especially as of the few true auteur animation directors of The New Hollywood era. Bakshi's rotoscopping style is not for everyone, but once you get past that, you've got a lot of variety, and I find his career endlessly fascinating. Social commentary character pieces like Heavy Traffic, and Coonskin, acid trips like Wizards, and big fantasy epics such as his Lord of The Rings film, and Fire & Ice.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jun 19, 2020 19:58:21 GMT
Kiyoshi Kurosawa - who if you watch his best films together they then seem better because it's his vision and all are linked to something more than the individual movies themselves. He is one of the few directors to add anything new at all to the horror genre since the 70s/80s days of Craven/De Palma/Argento/Cronenberg .......he's made some garbage and some great non-horror like Tokyo Sonata but his horror is uniquely his own.......and he can play with it......go away from it and then come back to it.
Fascinating director at his idiosyncratic best ......Pulse, Creepy, Seance, Cure etc.
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Post by JangoB on Jun 19, 2020 20:02:16 GMT
When the term 'underappreciated directors' comes up, I instantly think of Frank Perry. His collaborations with Eleanor Perry are really fascinating and absolutely worth examining and experiencing. I wish Criterion put out a boxset with their joint projects - they beg to be restored. The dialogue about him often gets overshadowed by "Mommie Dearest" (which isn't even THAT bad) but his 60s films are terrific.
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Post by themoviesinner on Jun 19, 2020 20:30:31 GMT
Tsui Hark - No other "commercial" director is so audacious in his vision and choices. His work is bold, he isn't afraid to combine genres that, seemingly don't stick and constantly deconstructs film tropes, even whole genres. GOAT filmmaker for me, probably top 10 of all time.
Miklos Jancso - Another all time great director for me. His style is incredibly unique and his films generally abandon traditional forms of narrative and operate on a much more abstract and theoretical level.
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Post by Mattsby on Jun 19, 2020 20:42:48 GMT
When the term 'underappreciated directors' comes up, I instantly think of Frank Perry. His collaborations with Eleanor Perry are really fascinating and absolutely worth examining and experiencing. I wish Criterion put out a boxset with their joint projects - they beg to be restored. The dialogue about him often gets overshadowed by "Mommie Dearest" (which isn't even THAT bad) but his 60s films are terrific. Great pick. Housewife, Last Summer, The Swimmer, Ladybug Ladybug - all very good to great to better, stinging dissections of American ideals and self-denial and distracted, disturbed games too. That'd make a helluva boxset. Ladybug holds up now powerfully with its do-we-panic despair and how empty spaces can become horrifying...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2020 20:44:56 GMT
Kiyoshi Kurosawa - who if you watch his best films together they then seem better because it's his vision and all are linked to something more than the individual movies themselves. He is one of the few directors to add anything new at all to the horror genre since the 70s/80s days of Craven/De Palma/Argento/Cronenberg .......he's made some garbage and some great non-horror like Tokyo Sonata but his horror is uniquely his own.......and he can play with it......go away from it and then come back to it. Fascinating director at his idiosyncratic best ...... Pulse, Creepy, Seance, Cure etc. Great call! I've only seen Pulse so far but loved it. Definitely eager to check out more
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Post by themoviesinner on Jun 19, 2020 21:00:39 GMT
Another director I'd definitely recommend is Mohsen Makhmalbaf who is probably as important to Iranian new wave as Abbas Kiarostami. His films Salaam Cinema and A Moment Of Innocence are masterworks of combining fiction and nonfiction. He has also made a couple of great impressionist works like Gabbeh and The Silence, which are equally fascinating.
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Post by Mattsby on Jun 19, 2020 21:08:53 GMT
Kiyoshi Kurosawa - who if you watch his best films together they then seem better because it's his vision and all are linked to something more than the individual movies themselves. He is one of the few directors to add anything new at all to the horror genre since the 70s/80s days of Craven/De Palma/Argento/Cronenberg .......he's made some garbage and some great non-horror like Tokyo Sonata but his horror is uniquely his own.......and he can play with it......go away from it and then come back to it. Fascinating director at his idiosyncratic best ...... Pulse, Creepy, Seance, Cure etc. I think Pulse is straight up one of the scariest movies, also might be the earliest/best "internet horror" - Cure is deeply eerie and almost like Haneke in meticulous shot setups and pace. I like Creepy too. It's funny how he started out so playfully - Sweet Home ('89) is a big goofy Hill House esque horror that you could picture Guillermo Del Toro eating up. Also in the 80s, it's interesting looking back that he'd even make The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl, a Godardian absurdist sex-farce musical, which at least shows he already had a knack for artful visual compositions.
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Post by Film Socialism on Jun 19, 2020 21:58:08 GMT
this thread has really nice choices so far
jon jost whose takes on americana and blue collar woes are some of the most emotionally trying ones out there, a maverick that i always admire. i hope i get to produce his next flick
jem cohen i have only seen a couple things from but his work is quiet and can be either warm as in Museum Hours or dreary as in Chain, definitely someone i wanna see more from
people know who ida lupino is but i genuinely see her as among the best classic directors of her era, just unending empathy on the screen
adam curtis is a fantastic storyteller through documentary and knows more about montage than just about anyone living today, i only watch him with my gf but we gotta delve into his filmo more
tobe hooper is a name everyone knows but the man seriously has like 10 good movies under his belt and was not a one hit wonder at all, crazy how he could use camp like few others
sharon lockhart is someone i like throwing on sometimes when i need a movie where nothing happens and i can just watch bodied in motion, she is great for that
not really a huge fan of any of his works but albert serra is worth mentioning to because he has a great sense of humor and his shit is all very different from each other
finally TAKASHI MAKINO please people he is the best to ever do experimental cinema there is nobody at his level
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Post by cheesecake on Jun 19, 2020 22:23:52 GMT
Larry Cohen - Both famed as a writer and director. Similar to Coscarelli, he also dabbled in a lot of genre flicks, particularly of the horror variety, but his filmography is much more varied then that. You've got blacksplotation films like his debut Bone, bizarre horror flicks like The It Lives trilogy, and then there's much more fun, more explicit gross comedic affairs like Q. The Winged Serpent, and The Stuff. Love this shoutout.
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Post by Mattsby on Jun 19, 2020 23:51:07 GMT
people know who ida lupino is but i genuinely see her as among the best classic directors of her era, just unending empathy on the screen Great pick. The Hitchhiker and The Bigamist are really solid, and The Trouble with Angels is marvelous. Also a ton of TV work to root thru - the only female to dabble around Twilight Zone, Hitchcock Presents, and Karloff's Thriller.
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Post by pendragon on Jun 20, 2020 0:16:09 GMT
Carroll Ballard - One of the great directors of nature. He would have been perfect for a 1970s version of The Jungle Book. He's only made six movies, but they're almost all worth looking into. Never Cry Wolf is terrific, while Fly Away Home and The Black Stallion are sentimental favorites for me. Ballard is usually the first to come to mind when I think of underappreciated directors. It's a shame he hasn't made a film in a while.
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Post by stephen on Jun 20, 2020 0:27:17 GMT
Nicolas Winding Refn's Pusher trilogy comes to mind.
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Post by finniussnrub on Jun 20, 2020 0:31:00 GMT
Masaki Kobayashi
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Post by BlackCaesar21 on Jun 20, 2020 1:21:24 GMT
Not sure how much love Jonathan Demme gets outside of Silence of The Lambs
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Post by Kings_Requiem on Jun 20, 2020 3:44:27 GMT
William Eubank
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Post by Mattsby on Jun 22, 2020 17:51:38 GMT
Not sure how much love Jonathan Demme gets outside of Silence of The Lambs He's fascinating to look at - how he's dipped into many different modes, styles, tones. I really like his electric, fun Crazy Mama - as far as "Corman quickies" go, it's impressive. Also... Swing Shift is underrated and many defend Demme's original cut but not thattt much was even changed.
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