Great Directors
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seymoure(In no particular order)
John Ford, Fritz Lang, Buster Keaton, Frank Capra, John Huston, Orson Welles, Michael Curtiz, John Sturges, Ernst Lubisch, Preston Sturges, William Wyler, Woody Allen, Chaplin, Spielberg & Vincent Minnelli. I am sure there are more, but if you watch films by these folks you will have a good time. I didn't include Kubrick, Peckinpah, James Whale or Tarantino, because, while I like much of their work they are just not consistent enough to make the list. "Paths of Glory" is one of my favorite films of all time, as if "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Wild Bunch" is (for those that can watch it) a milestone in film making. Both Tarantino and Kevin Smith have done work I like, but the first, I think, is over rated and the second has yet to achieve was I think he is ultimately capable of doing. And, as always, Richard Matheson is my favorite screenwriter of all time. From the better than critiqued Corman Poe films to "Somewhere in Time," "The Incredible Shrinking Man," "Last Man on Earth (I Am Legend)" "The Night Stalker" and "Duel" the man never disappoints. If you are looking for movies (understandably from an old fogie like me) these folks will give you a worthwhile two hours.
John Ford, Fritz Lang, Buster Keaton, Frank Capra, John Huston, Orson Welles, Michael Curtiz, John Sturges, Ernst Lubisch, Preston Sturges, William Wyler, Woody Allen, Chaplin, Spielberg & Vincent Minnelli. I am sure there are more, but if you watch films by these folks you will have a good time. I didn't include Kubrick, Peckinpah, James Whale or Tarantino, because, while I like much of their work they are just not consistent enough to make the list. "Paths of Glory" is one of my favorite films of all time, as if "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Wild Bunch" is (for those that can watch it) a milestone in film making. Both Tarantino and Kevin Smith have done work I like, but the first, I think, is over rated and the second has yet to achieve was I think he is ultimately capable of doing. And, as always, Richard Matheson is my favorite screenwriter of all time. From the better than critiqued Corman Poe films to "Somewhere in Time," "The Incredible Shrinking Man," "Last Man on Earth (I Am Legend)" "The Night Stalker" and "Duel" the man never disappoints. If you are looking for movies (understandably from an old fogie like me) these folks will give you a worthwhile two hours.
