Comments on: 40 best directors? http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2006/12/07/40-best-directors-of-all-time/ Just another Walker Blogs weblog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:51:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Robb Mitchell http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2006/12/07/40-best-directors-of-all-time/#comment-236 Robb Mitchell Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:43:25 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/?p=120#comment-236 Joe: Couldn't agree more -- Morris' visit to the Walker last night was amazing. The film is incredible and the Q&A was probably the best I've ever attended in the Twin Cities. Thanks for the effort all of you made to put this on. I know it was not easy and these types of pre-release films always come together at the last minute with strange requests from the releasing company. Excellent evening though and Morris's film should be well received by the public. Robb Joe:

Couldn’t agree more — Morris’ visit to the Walker last night was amazing. The film is incredible and the Q&A was probably the best I’ve ever attended in the Twin Cities.

Thanks for the effort all of you made to put this on. I know it was not easy and these types of pre-release films always come together at the last minute with strange requests from the releasing company. Excellent evening though and Morris’s film should be well received by the public.

Robb

]]> By: Joe Beres http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2006/12/07/40-best-directors-of-all-time/#comment-233 Joe Beres Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:23:10 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/?p=120#comment-233 bt has it right, Robb. I think that when Paul posted this back in ought-six he too was flabbergasted by those that were included and excluded by The Guardian. It's a bizarre list to say the least. You should be pleased to note though that they did indeed agree with you on Mr. Morris. He's listed at number 7. I can't agree more about Errol Morris, especially after the screening of Standard Operating Procedure last night and the amazing discussion that followed. bt has it right, Robb. I think that when Paul posted this back in ought-six he too was flabbergasted by those that were included and excluded by The Guardian. It’s a bizarre list to say the least. You should be pleased to note though that they did indeed agree with you on Mr. Morris. He’s listed at number 7. I can’t agree more about Errol Morris, especially after the screening of Standard Operating Procedure last night and the amazing discussion that followed.

]]> By: bt http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2006/12/07/40-best-directors-of-all-time/#comment-230 bt Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:30:31 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/?p=120#comment-230 Robb: The Guardian's guest critics created the list. Maybe send them your thoughts? Robb: The Guardian’s guest critics created the list. Maybe send them your thoughts?

]]> By: Robb Mitchell http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2006/12/07/40-best-directors-of-all-time/#comment-235 Robb Mitchell Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:32:36 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/?p=120#comment-235 And in the category of documentary filmmakers you must add: Errol Morris Far and away, Morris is not only an important director/producer if film documentaries, he is also one of the most important minds of our day. He makes Michael Moore seem like a piker. And I like MM. And in the category of documentary filmmakers you must add:

Errol Morris

Far and away, Morris is not only an important director/producer if film documentaries, he is also one of the most important minds of our day. He makes Michael Moore seem like a piker. And I like MM.

]]> By: Robb Mitchell http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2006/12/07/40-best-directors-of-all-time/#comment-234 Robb Mitchell Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:10:20 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/?p=120#comment-234 You've got to be kidding with this list! Okay, not to be disrespectful toward any of these makers but, come on, you've excluded so many critically important filmmakers who had an infinitely more important role in shaping the future of cinema. I am truly baffled that a greater exception has not been made to this list -- I guess we are a more culturally illiterate people here that I could ever have imagined. Andrei Tarkovsky Krzysztof Kieslowski Stanley Kubrick Alfred Hitchcock Ingmar Bergman Roberto Rossolini Bernardo Bertolucci Lois Bunuel Seigi Eisenstein Orson Welles Federico Fellini John Ford Jean-Luc Godard Howard Hawks Akira Kurosawa Sidney Lumet Hayao Miyazaki Otto Preminger Satyajit Ray Jean Renoir Francois Truffaut Michelangelo Antonioni Milos Forman Costa-Gavras Pier Paulo Pasolini Mike Leigh Yasujiro Ozu Abbas Kiarostami Shohei Imamura Just to name a few who clearly should be listed before many of those on this list. I haven't even begun to talk about Eastern European, German, Iranian, and certainly contemporary American filmmakers who would quickly move over half of these 40 from the list. You’ve got to be kidding with this list!

Okay, not to be disrespectful toward any of these makers but, come on, you’ve excluded so many critically important filmmakers who had an infinitely more important role in shaping the future of cinema. I am truly baffled that a greater exception has not been made to this list — I guess we are a more culturally illiterate people here that I could ever have imagined.

Andrei Tarkovsky

Krzysztof Kieslowski

Stanley Kubrick

Alfred Hitchcock

Ingmar Bergman

Roberto Rossolini

Bernardo Bertolucci

Lois Bunuel

Seigi Eisenstein

Orson Welles

Federico Fellini

John Ford

Jean-Luc Godard

Howard Hawks

Akira Kurosawa

Sidney Lumet

Hayao Miyazaki

Otto Preminger

Satyajit Ray

Jean Renoir

Francois Truffaut

Michelangelo Antonioni

Milos Forman

Costa-Gavras

Pier Paulo Pasolini

Mike Leigh

Yasujiro Ozu

Abbas Kiarostami

Shohei Imamura

Just to name a few who clearly should be listed before many of those on this list. I haven’t even begun to talk about Eastern European, German, Iranian, and certainly contemporary American filmmakers who would quickly move over half of these 40 from the list.

]]> By: medo http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2006/12/07/40-best-directors-of-all-time/#comment-232 medo Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:49:54 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/?p=120#comment-232 AND WHAT ABOUT KIM KI-DUK??? !!! AND WHAT ABOUT KIM KI-DUK??? !!!

]]> By: medo http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2006/12/07/40-best-directors-of-all-time/#comment-231 medo Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:47:47 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/?p=120#comment-231 AND WHAT ABOUT KIESLOWSKI ??? !!! AND WHAT ABOUT KIESLOWSKI ??? !!!

]]> By: Centerpoints 4.4 http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2006/12/07/40-best-directors-of-all-time/#comment-229 Centerpoints 4.4 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:56:32 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/?p=120#comment-229 [...] Oh, really? Two more lists to weigh in on: 50 artworks to see before you die and 40 best directors. What best-of list would you like to see? [...] [...] Oh, really? Two more lists to weigh in on: 50 artworks to see before you die and 40 best directors. What best-of list would you like to see? [...]

]]> By: willy schwartz http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2006/12/07/40-best-directors-of-all-time/#comment-228 willy schwartz Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:36:20 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/?p=120#comment-228 what about Akira Kurosawa? what about Akira Kurosawa?

]]> By: Off Center » Centerpoints 4.4 http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2006/12/07/40-best-directors-of-all-time/#comment-227 Off Center » Centerpoints 4.4 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:12:56 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/?p=120#comment-227 [...] • Oh, reallly? Two more lists to weigh in on: “50 artworks to see before you die” and “40 best directors.” What best-of list would you like to see? [...] [...] • Oh, reallly? Two more lists to weigh in on: “50 artworks to see before you die” and “40 best directors.” What best-of list would you like to see? [...]

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