Greatest Director - Alive or Dead

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1. Oliver Stone
2. Orson Welles
3. Francis Ford Coppola
4. Steven Spielberg
5. Martin Scorcese
6. David Lean
7. James Cameron
8. Alfred Hitchcock
9. Woody Allen
10. Quentin Tarrantino

 

the right footed denilson

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OH!!

i thought u meant albion director!!!!

MR GRIMSDAAALLLLEEE!!!

 

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I have tried to give a balance between new and old. Cinema being my main interest outside of BHAFC I wondered what the good judgement of NSC would have as the ultimate Film Director.

 

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Scorcese

 

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Sorry forgot to include Hitchcock, include him seperately if he gets your vote.

 

the right footed denilson

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in all seriousness it has to be hitchcock or welles doesnt it??

 

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It depends what you want from a director. Pure entertainment, probably Spielberg or Stone. Innovation, maybe Hitchcock or the French new-wave mob. Dialogue, Woody Allen or Tarantino. Effects, Cameron. But I'd pick Coppola over all.

 

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Tooting Gull said:

It depends what you want from a director. Pure entertainment, probably Spielberg or Stone. Innovation, maybe Hitchcock or the French new-wave mob. Dialogue, Woody Allen or Tarantino. Effects, Cameron. But I'd pick Coppola over all.

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define director then.

silly post.

 

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Gareth Glover said:

1. Oliver Stone

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Oliver Stone the best director ever? Are you serious?

Have you SEEN Natural Born Killers?

 

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'Silly post'. I'll frame that, cheers Dwayne.

 

dwayne

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I'd go with Stone aswell then Coppolla, then Spielberg, then Welles then Scorsese. Scorsese doesn't even come close to the top 4 though.

The best directed film of all time is Citizen Kane - Orson Welles

and honourable mention to Roberto Rossellini.

 

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Sam Raimi, his 3d stuff is excellent, am great director,

coloured graphs as well, we are being spoilt !!

 

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I clicked on this thinking it said best dictator

Anywho the genius that is Martin Scorcese gets my vote.

 

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Mr Grimsdale is the Sponsor of my Saturday team.
Hence the name Wisdom Sports.

His son Nick is our Sponsor.
I have even played in a game with Nick in, every time he touched the ball somebody watching said....Mr Grimsdale.....
Got bloody annoying after a while !
Funny though.

 

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Spielberg.

 

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For my money Spielberg is way out in front. Noone even comes close to this man. He is a total genious. He whole repertoir is brilliant. The thing about Spielberg is that one of his weakest films such as Catch me if you can is still better than most directors greatest film. Schindler's List, ET, Close Encounters, Saving Private Ryan are his 4 masterpieces with the rest just merely very good or brilliant.

Jackson , Raimi, Stone and Cameron are the best of the current crop.

 

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80's Seagull said:

I clicked on this thinking it said best dictator

Anywho the genius that is Martin Scorcese gets my vote.

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I often get the two mixed up, and I also thought it was best dictator - expected to see Knight in with Saddam, Hitler, Mussolini et al.

My brother suffers the same problem and went into a Courage pub once and asked for pint of dictators!!

 

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From that list I had to pick Ridley Scott, just 'cos his films are so damn moody. Beautifully shot. The pacing and style of Alien and Bladerunner are impecable. Gladiator is a tour-de-force in how to do an Epic Picture, and Black Hawk Down was a compelling watch.

Spielberg comes a very close second, as he captures the wonder of cinema and tells great stories.

The choice would have been much more difficult if Terry Gilliam and Stanley Kubrick were in the list.

 

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but what about george lucas

 

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And Stanley Kubrick, where's he??

Clockwork Orange , 2001, Full Metal Jacket, Spartacus, The Shining