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Re: :) (Reply to this comment)
by jeff_wilder78
Thanks Jason. Looking forward to your list.
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Dec 23, 2009
6:34 am PST
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Re: Marty... (Reply to this comment)
by jeff_wilder78
Yes he definitely is Steve. Among the greats who came along at the same time he did, we've lost Altman. Coppola never quite matched the great run he had in the 70s, although he did make a few good ones since then. I can't quite see Tetro or Youth Without Youth as comebacks, more like attempts. I'm not sure what happened to Spielberg. Polanski may very well end up spending a good majority of the rest of his life in prison.
Agreed on Malick (despite his extremely long breaks between films. But then again so did Kubrick) and Gus Van Sant (who's uniformly great. I've only been disappointed with Psycho and Finding Forrester because they felt too much like he was trying to be commercial at the expense of his talent. Van Sant is at his best when he's taking risks). To that list I would add a few directors from the 80s (The Coen Brothers and David Lynch) and 90s (Paul Thomas Anderson, Richard Linklater, Quentin Tarantino and Wes Anderson). I'd also count Spike Lee and Oliver Stone, except they both need to get back to writing their material themselves.
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Dec 23, 2009
6:33 am PST
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Re: haven't seen many (Reply to this comment)
by jeff_wilder78
Hey Jan. Sure I'd be glad to enter it in the Peregrine Top 10. Will definitely do so.
Yes, After Hours would fall directly into the dark comedy category.
If you want to dig deeper, definitely start with Goodfellas. It is violent yes, albeit not quite as violent as Taxi Driver. The Departed is great, albeit very graphically violent. However the violence is different from the violence in let's say the Saw movies.
Definitely check out Raging Bull. However do not go in expecting something like Rocky.
Thanks.
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Dec 23, 2009
6:22 am PST
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:) (Reply to this comment)
by JiggyJay
Beat me to the punch, good sir! Either way, great list :O) makes me rethink my own personal list...
Jason
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Dec 22, 2009
8:30 pm PST
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Marty... (Reply to this comment)
by thevoid99
He is definitely in that list of the Great Directors whose Film Should Always Be Seen.
Among the American directors out there. Only he, Terrence Malick, and Gus Van Sant are the last great ones left. Spielberg lost his mind with disasters like Indy 4 and his attempt to remake projects like Marty and Oldboy. Francis Ford Coppola chose to go arthouse. George Lucas got greedy. Brian de Palma hasn't made a good film in years. There's not much left as far as old-school American directors are concerned. That's why I'm grateful for guys like Marty, Terry, & Gus.
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Dec 22, 2009
8:22 pm PST
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haven't seen many (Reply to this comment)
by jankp
Taxi Driver was too bloody for my taste and I prferred After Hours (a black comedy, right?). Last Temptation sure showed restraint from violence on his part, but didn't seem brilliant to me. I'll have to watch more of his work. Hey, if you want you could enter this in my Peregrine 10 write-off.
Jan
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Dec 22, 2009
6:35 pm PST
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