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Old Nov 15, 04
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your all time favourite DIRECTOR

so, who is the director that always catches you attention. who's movies will you always go and see, just because it's that director?

Tim Burton is my all time favourite director. he has such a dark and twisted style, but it still manages to keep a warm feeling and add quirky comedy.

some of his films: Sleepy Hollow, Edward Scissorhands, Batman, Batman Returns, Big Fish, Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Mars Attacks, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Planet of the Apes (re-make) and he's also doing the re-make of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

runners up:
David Fincher (Fight Club, Panic Room, The Game)
Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Reservoir Dogs)
Stanley Kubrick (Clockwork Orange, Space Oddysey 2001, TheShining)
Roger Avery (Rules of Attraction, American Psycho...i think)
Gus Van Sant (Elephant, Good Will Hunting)
Danny Boyle (28 Days Later, The Beach, Trainspotting)

and i'll also go see any movie written by Charlie Kaufman and Alex Garland.

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the guy who did The Pianist

Roman Polanski
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Stanley Kubrick
Quentin Tarantino
Coppola... APOCALYPSE NOW! Gooooood Movie...
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the guy who did The Pianist

Roman Polanski
he also did a really fucked up version of Macbeth.
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he also did a really fucked up version of Macbeth.
hmm dont remember watching that
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^ omg I saw that version when I was in High School.... We got to see Lady MacBeths goodies. lol
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oh hahahaha now i remember yea i seen it
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im going to have to go with charlie koffman
i dont know many dec directors, but i like all the films he has done
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Tim Burton is my favorite too! I'm seriously in awe of the magic in all of his movies. Other honorable burton mentions: Beetlejuice, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, James & The Giant Peach...


I'd also say Martin Scorsese as well! Taxi Driver & Casino are some of my favorite movies. He's got this way of putting these raw, ugly things into movies, but not just putting it there for shock value. You're never like 'well that was unnecessary!'
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Tim Burton is my favorite too! I'm seriously in awe of the magic in all of his movies. Other honorable burton mentions: Beetlejuice, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, James & The Giant Peach...
i believe he only produced James and the Giant Peach, but it definitly has a touch of Burton on it, that's for sure.

yeah he adds a lot of magical elements into his films, but they're usually filmed in all dark and dreary and twisted-like...i loooove that. :)
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im going to have to go with charlie koffman
i dont know many dec directors, but i like all the films he has done
he's never directed a film, but yeah he's written a whole bunch of really great ones. i never miss one of his movies when they come out.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation, Being John Malkovich, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Human Nature...etc...
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ps- in the charlie and the chocolate factory remake fucking JOHNNY DEPP plays willy wonka
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^i know! so good!@#$
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#1 wes anderson.

wes anderson films:
bottlerocket
bottlerocket short
rushmore
the royal tenenbaums

#2 sofia coppoloa

her films:
virgin suicides
lost in translation
plus two lesser known films.


s7ina on a sunday.
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Tarantino. all the fucking way!!
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#1 wes anderson.

wes anderson films:
bottlerocket
bottlerocket short
rushmore
the royal tenenbaums

#2 sofia coppoloa

her films:
virgin suicides
lost in translation
plus two lesser known films.


s7ina on a sunday.
they're both really good directors.

Wes Anderson has a new film coming out called something about 'aquatic' starring, who else? bill murray and owen wilson...looks good :)
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he's never directed a film, but yeah he's written a whole bunch of really great ones. i never miss one of his movies when they come out.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Adaptation, Being John Malkovich, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Human Nature...etc...
oh, ok

i just recognized his mname from your original post, so i went with that

and the life aquatic with steve zissou looks fucked!
but those are usually the good ones.:)
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Favorite?
Dont think I can do that, but I can barf out a few favorites (plural).

-Cohen brothers are definitely up there
-Don Mckellar (okay, so he's only directed one feature, but he's also a brilliant writer)
-Stanley Kubrick (I mean, come on!)
-and last bot definitely not least David Cronenberg (yes, some of his newer moves like Crash totally Le Suck. But we don't judge a goalie by one game do we?)
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oh shit, how did I forget tim burton?!
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and the life aquatic with steve zissou looks fucked!
but those are usually the good ones.:)
yeah yeah, that's the name. i'll definitly be catching that one in theatres. Royal Tennenbaums is one of my favourite movies and Rushmore is damn good too.

he always seems to bring out the good and quirky side of Bill Murray to it's fullest extent.
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he also did a really fucked up version of Macbeth.
he also did a really fucked up 13 year old girl.
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he also did a really fucked up 13 year old girl.
he's just really fucked up in general.

didn't his wife and kid get murdered?
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Most of my favorites mentioned here. FF mentioned Coen brothers but spelled it wrong, so I get to mention it again!

Blood Simple
Fargo
Barton Fink
Big Lebowski
Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
The Man Who Wasn't There
Intolerable Cruelty
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FF mentioned Coen brothers but spelled it wrong,

OI!

Bite me!
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tim burton for shizzle

runner up: Luc Besson
I loved his creativity that went into the fifth element.

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