by minstrel on Sun Feb 05, 2006 6:33 pm
Stanley Kubrick. 2001, Dr. Strangelove, Clockwork Orange ... this man had visionary genius in SPADES.
Sergio Leone. Father of the extreme close-up. And, oh yeah, some of the greatest Westerns ever.
Cecil B. DeMille. Sure, he was pompous and lowbrow and ridiculous. But nobody, and I mean nobody, ever put spectacle on the screen like he did.
Alfred Hitchcock. The master of everything DeMille couldn't fathom. Pacing, tension, the art of making big drama out of small people. I'm not a film student, but if I was, his films would be my textbook.
I haven't seen anything by Bunuel, Cocteau, Fassbinder, or any of the other guys everybody says are great. But I'm sure I'll come up with more for my list.
"Everybody is equally shitty and wrong." - Ribbons