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Mar '17 *
Anyone have a favorite directors list? Or any directors they tend to watch a lot of?
These are a bunch I like/love and a few of them I am still trying to watch their complete filmographies:

Larry Cohen
Monte Hellman
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alfred Hitchcock
Roman Polanski
Sergio Martino
Sam Peckinpah
Mario Bava
Abel Ferrara
Martin Scorsese
Jeff Lieberman
Michelangelo Antonioni
Barbet Schroeder
Dario Argento
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Won Kar-wai
David Lynch
Jacques Tourneur
Tobe Hooper
Fernando Arrabal
Roger Corman
Peter Weir
George Romero
Samuel Fuller
John Carpenter
Don Siegel
Pete Walker
Gerard Kargl
Saul Bass
Lucio Fulci
Hal Ashby
Jim Jarmusch
Walter Hill
Luis Bunuel

...and I'm curious what some of the newer ones do next:

S. Craig Zahler
Brian O'Malley
Aharon Keshales/Navot Papushado
Ana Lily Amirpour
Panos Cosmatos


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#1

Mar '17
I don't have a list but I've been thinking about creating one.

From your list here's my favorites: (I've starred my absolute favorites)
Larry Cohen *
Monte Hellman *
Alejandro Jodorowsky *
Alfred Hitchcock *
Roman Polanski
Sergio Martino - haven't seen much but liked it and want to see more
Sam Peckinpah *
Mario Bava *
Abel Ferrara
Martin Scorsese
Michelangelo Antonioni
Barbet Schroeder
Dario Argento *
Jean-Jacques Beineix *
Wong Kar-wai
David Lynch
Jacques Tourneur *
Tobe Hooper *
Roger Corman *
Peter Weir - in the 80s i was really into Weir but I've lost interest since then.
George Romero *
Samuel Fuller *
John Carpenter *
Don Siegel *
Pete Walker - just getting into Pete - He's a lot better than I expected.
Saul Bass - love the title sequences but I guess I've only seen Phase IV
Lucio Fulci *
Hal Ashby
Jim Jarmusch *
Walter Hill *
Luis Bunuel *

A few you didn't list
Howard Hawks *
John Ford *
Anthony Mann *
Budd Boetticher *
Takeshi kitano *
Kenji Fukasaku *
Yasujiro Ozu *
Kurosawa *
Takashi Miike
Leos Carax *
Claude Chabrol
Jean Renoir
Eric rohmer *
Agnes Varda
GODard
Truffaut
Louis Malle
Robert Bresson
Carl Dreyer
Ingmar Bergman
Kieslowski *
Tarkovsky
Satyajit Ray
Sternberg
Fritz Lang *
FW Murnau *
Kathryn Bigelow
Antonio Margheriti *
John Woo (mostly for his HK films)
Jesus Franco *
Stuart Gordon
Alex Cox
Robert Altman *
Coppola - Francis & Sofia *

That's the tip of the iceburg plus - I'm sure I've forgotten some of my major ones. It's a long list, if I ever get around to compiling it...


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#26, Reply to #13

Mar '17
From Peckinpah I would reccomend: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (I really think you will dig this one, peeps), The Wild Bunch, Ride the High Country and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. He has some other great films but those four are essential viewing. I'm torn between who gave Warren Oates the best roles - Peckinpah or Hellman.

Don Siegel was soild throughout his career. The films he directed with Clint Eastwood as a star are a great starting point - I especially think you would like Coogan's Bluff (tagline: Clint Eastwood gives New York 24 hours to get out of town" or something like that). Aside from the Eastwoods, my other favorites are The Shootist, Telefon, Charley Varrick, The Killers (1964) and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, of course. By the way, Peckinpah appears in that one in a bit part. Siegel also had a great run of noirish films in the 40s & 50s.

I think both directors are better appreciated with a little reading. There are many fine bios/critical reviews of Peckinpah but If They Move Kill 'Em & Peckinpah: A Portrait in Montage are a great start. There's not as much in print on Siegel, but his autobiography, A Siegel Film, goes film by film through his career and is very informative and fun reading. Your local library should have those books or they suck as librarians.

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#34, Reply to #33

Mar '17
Don't hold Avalanche Express against Hellman. emoticon

Some other Hellman's to see: Ride in the Whirlwind (shot back to back with The Shooting), Iguana, & Cockfighter (although I think you've seen this one already). I also like Back Door To Hell, Flight To Fury & Beast From Haunted Cave. This is really turning into a plate of shrimp because Peckinpah also appears in a Hellman film: China 9.

In addition to the Peckinpahs we've already mentioned - don't overlook Junior Bonner, Major Dundee and his shortlived TV show, The Westerner (although it is harder to see - I think I saw it on TV Land). I also really like The Killer Elite - in my view a black comedy with tons of action and possibly my second favorite Bo Hopkins role (after The Wild Bunch). And although i already mentioned it, I cannot stress enough how terrific Ride The High Country is.

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#42, Reply to #35

Mar '17
Plate of shrimp was a reference to Repo Man which I seem to recall you haven't seen. I heartily recommend that too - and I think you would dig Alex Cox' movies in general.

I did have a good St. Paddy's Day - how 'bout you, peeps?


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#48, Reply to #44

Mar '17
"confirmed that through 23 & me actually"

I don't drink even half as much as I used to but I must have destroyed some braincells because I don't even remotely understand what that means. But definitely agreed on "It's all good."

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#50, Reply to #49

Mar '17
Did you find any family? I mean besides us Horror Board types.


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#52, Reply to #51

Mar '17
As someone who can't afford to go to the doctor i certainly wouldn't want to know that! emoticon emoticon


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#54, Reply to #53

Mar '17
I am healthy - or so it seems. I just dread the cost of medical care and know that I need to visit the dentist.

Don't let running fool you though. In the past year I've had a long distance runner I know pass out for some mysterious reason and drown in about two inches of water and another suffer two heart attacks near the beginning of a marathon. The first guy is still dead emoticon, but the second just ran his first race six months after the heart attacks and it was a 50K. That's the real advantage to running - it tends to speed your recovery time.


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#56, Reply to #55

Mar '17
Sleep? what's that? emoticon


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#3, Reply to #2

Mar '17
Carpenter, Bava & Cronenberg are my top three horror directors.


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#27, Reply to #21

Mar '17
He's one of my top ten favorite contemporary directors in any genre. I agree that Shivers is long overdue a good DVD/BLU release.



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