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Post by pendragon on Sept 8, 2018 20:19:20 GMT
#29 (Tie) : Krzysztof Kieslowski Points: 118 No. of Ballots: 8 Highest Ranking: 8th on four ballots “If I have a goal, then it is to escape from this literalism. I'll never achieve it; in the same way that I'll never manage to describe what really dwells within my character, although I keep on trying.” #29 (Tie) : Carl Theodor Dreyer Points: 118 No. of Ballots: 7 Highest Ranking: 3rd on one ballot “Nothing in the world can be compared to the human face. It is a land one can never tire of exploring. There is no greater experience in a studio than to witness the expression of a sensitive face under the mysterious power of inspiration. To see it animated from inside, and turning into poetry. ” #28: Werner Herzog Points: 120 No. of Ballots: 9 Highest Ranking: 2nd on one ballot “Every gray hair on my head I call Kinski.” #27: David Fincher Points: 129 No. of Ballots: 11 Highest Ranking: 4th on one ballot “You're supposed to have an idea of what it is you're trying to do, right? Aren't you being overpaid to have that? My job is to know what the fuck I want. ” #26: Brian De Palma Points: 132 No. of Ballots: 8 Highest Ranking: 3rd on one ballot “I like stylization. I try to get away with as much as possible until people start laughing at it.” That's a great group there...and Brian De Palma. |
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 8, 2018 20:20:56 GMT
Hmmmmmm.......again talented names but Herzog, Kieslowski and De Palma are personal faves and the first 2 especially are more than just guys who made movies I liked, they are rather 2 of the most talented, unique and daring artists period. Like there is no one like them in film history.
It's gonna be sad that they are behind mere craftsmen but good names on the list no doubt.......
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Sept 8, 2018 20:21:39 GMT
#25: Michael MannPoints: 138 No. of Ballots: 10 Highest Ranking: 2nd on two ballots  “I don't think you can be good or even aspire to be good, unless you're prepared to push everything aside in your life and just drive to execute your vision of that movie, in such a way that it really communicates to an audience. It's a very difficult thing to do. ”
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Post by Viced on Sept 8, 2018 20:21:47 GMT
#50: William Friedkin Points: 57 No. of Ballots: 5 Highest Ranking: 6th on one ballot “I consider myself just another member of the crew, the highest paid member of the crew. ” #49: Denis Villeneuve Points: 59 No. of Ballots: 6 Highest Ranking: 12th on two ballots “Film is pop art. It's not whether it's auteur cinema or not, that's a false distinction. Cinema is cinema. ” Fuckin Villeneuve over Hurricane Billy? Atrocious start. |
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Post by stephen on Sept 8, 2018 20:22:52 GMT
Mann's too hit-and-miss for me to justify him being this high, but Collateral and Thief are goddamn works of art.
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Post by urbanpatrician on Sept 8, 2018 20:23:02 GMT
Mann is too low. But #25 is about where he has always been ranked in IMDB history. Goddamn old Hollywood fanboys taking his reputation down though - only types of film buffs I ever heard bad word from him on.
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Post by Viced on Sept 8, 2018 20:23:42 GMT
De Palma and Mann are criminally low! Fuck...
Literally just finished watching Mission to Mars. Made me cry tbh.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Sept 8, 2018 20:26:30 GMT
#24: Quentin Tarantino Points: 143 No. of Ballots: 10 Highest Ranking: 3rd on one ballot  “When people ask me if I went to film school, I tell them, "No, I went to films". ”
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Post by Viced on Sept 8, 2018 20:27:06 GMT
Deserves to be here... but glad he's not any higher than this.
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Sept 8, 2018 20:27:16 GMT
Ugh, too high for Tarantino
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Sept 8, 2018 20:28:12 GMT
Happy with Tarantino's placement. He doesn't need to be in the top 20.
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Post by stephen on Sept 8, 2018 20:29:37 GMT
I'd bump Tarantino down a bit, but I can't complain too much. Guy is a champion re-mixer of style and panache from cinema of old.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Sept 8, 2018 20:29:54 GMT
Tarantino only made it back into the Top 25 right at the death, having spent a lot of time in the 26th - 28th region.
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Post by pendragon on Sept 8, 2018 20:31:39 GMT
Inevitable, but still...  |
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Sept 8, 2018 20:32:20 GMT
#23: Terrence Malick Points: 147 No. of Ballots: 10 Highest Ranking: 5th on one ballot  “I film quite a bit of footage, then edit. Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you can't. My attitude is always let it keep rolling. ”
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Post by pendragon on Sept 8, 2018 20:35:38 GMT
That's a great group there...and Brian De Palma. Yikes... must be rough having such bad taste. Appreciate the concern. Somehow, I get by. |
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Post by stephen on Sept 8, 2018 20:36:09 GMT
Malick would be much higher, I bet, if his recent output didn't exist.
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Sept 8, 2018 20:36:13 GMT
Tree of Life is in my top 10 of all time, but I didn't include Malick on my list because that's the only film of his that I have any real passion for (maybe Days of Heaven too). Still, his placement here isn't unexpected...
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Sept 8, 2018 20:37:51 GMT
#22: Christopher Nolan Points: 149 No. of Ballots: 12 Highest Ranking: 1st on two ballots  “Every film should have its own world, a logic and feel to it that expands beyond the exact image that the audience is seeing. ”
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Sept 8, 2018 20:38:07 GMT
Malick is WAY too high.
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 8, 2018 20:38:47 GMT
He's a weird one, gifted but overrated director, but would have made a helluva painter. I like Badlands very much ........and some of his others too but he didn't come close to my top 25.
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Sept 8, 2018 20:38:49 GMT
I mean I love Nolan, and I think I'm probably a bigger fan of his than most people on this board, but even I didn't include him here...
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Sept 8, 2018 20:38:57 GMT
Nolan too high of course, but thank god he isn't higher.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Sept 8, 2018 20:40:06 GMT
I mean I love Nolan, and I think I'm probably a bigger fan of his than most people on this board, but even I didn't include him here... Same here. |
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Sept 8, 2018 20:44:01 GMT
#21: Hayao Miyazaki Points: 156 No. of Ballots: 11 Highest Ranking: 1st on one ballot  “My process is thinking... thinking... and thinking. If you have a better way, please let me know.”
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