wasted Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 for me probably Oliver Stone. Always produces high quality cinematic experience. Entertaining but also deeper sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 John Cassavetes, cuz he was a visionary, his style was deeply American (which is the kinda cinema i like), he was the father of independent cinema, he pioneered techniques, his stories were always always always deeply human and about human interactions and human relationships (the way i like em), they had a ramshackle improvisatory quality to it.To quote the man himself 'my movies are about love...and the lack of it'. That sentence on it's own explains to me 100% the nature of the human condition and the impetus behind our actions and behaviour throughout lifes journey. There is literally no fuckin' comparison to this man, his films are brilliant and beautiful and powerful and human and....they leave a lasting impression. There is no man like John Cassavetes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lithium Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I'm getting more and more into Ingmar Bergman as of late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEXzilla Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Martin Scorsese, James Cameron or John Carpenter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Akira Kurosawa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhead74 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Alfred Hitchcock.Genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelica Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 (edited) Woody Allen and Robert Altman. Edited September 18, 2013 by Angelica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlfan88 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 (edited) Guy Debord Edited September 18, 2013 by axlfan88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forsaken Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Tino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlisOld Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I thought I was gonna have to be that guy.Tarantino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabberwocky Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Tough one but it's a three way tie between David Lynch, Daisuke Yamanouchi, and John Waters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Scorsese, Spielberg, Kurosawa, Giuseppe Tornatore, Charlie Chaplin and Polanski 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forsaken Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Lynch does come in a very close 2nd for me and would be 1st if he'd be more consistent with making films. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhead74 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 John Cassavetes, cuz he was a visionary, his style was deeply American (which is the kinda cinema i like), he was the father of independent cinema, he pioneered techniques, his stories were always always always deeply human and about human interactions and human relationships (the way i like em), they had a ramshackle improvisatory quality to it.To quote the man himself 'my movies are about love...and the lack of it'. That sentence on it's own explains to me 100% the nature of the human condition and the impetus behind our actions and behaviour throughout lifes journey. There is literally no fuckin' comparison to this man, his films are brilliant and beautiful and powerful and human and....they leave a lasting impression. There is no man like John Cassavetes.I'm hearing ya Len, but I still love Hitchcock more. His films mesmerise me, intrigue me and fascinate me. I can analyse each one frame by frame. He's really the only director that has ever had a lasting impression on me. His film are not about realism or anything as deep as the human condition but for me when I watch a film I want to be removed from those things most of the time. Despite the fact that Hitchcock's films are not realistic they are still deeply profound for me. He always depicts a regular person in the grips of a traumatic experience and at some point in our lives we can relate to that. His films have also had a strong impression on me from a stylistic perspective, to the point where I would say that he has influenced me more in that regard than any other fashion designer. Designers are rarely inspiration to other designers, and I find it interesting that an overweight film director who died when I was just a kid in school has influenced me more than any other living or deceased fashion designer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Oh I think Hitchcock is amazing too and it'd be unfair to compare the two because they looked to do different things, Hitchcock was 100% cinematic whereas Cassavetes was a little more into like, cinema verite type stuff. Hitch' was the fuckin' bollocks though and one of my favorites and at LEAST in the top 5 of all time, Cassavetes too but if I had to nail down and commit to a statement regarding who was the more important it's gotta be Hitchcock. Not that Cassavetes wasn't important it's just he was important to a different strain of cinema. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzygirl Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Tarantino and Tim Burton. I like that someone mentioned Chaplin and Bergman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 Tinto Brass maybe the no.2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JONEZY Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 I'll go with Stanley Kubrick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedalus Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 David Fincher, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Guy Ritchie, Quentin Tarantino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDRE Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Mason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Lahey Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Kubrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Tarantino. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 thought this said "favorite dictator" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted September 20, 2013 Author Share Posted September 20, 2013 Borat had a certain savoire faire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mao5 Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 john fordpier paolo pasoliniluis buñuelluchino visconti (ludwig is such a great movie)luigi comencini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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