I was checking out the new season of Fargo, which made me want to rewatch the 1996 movie and I got to thinking, the Coen Brothers have a fantastic filmography. They have way more hits than misses and they make some of the most interesting movies out there. No Country for Old Men is probably one of my favorites of all time. So who’s filmography do you celebrate the most?
Not as voluminous as other directors, but Guillermo del Toro is fantastic at realizing movies with dark fantasy elements, giving them equal measures of humor and earnestness to keep audiences invested in the story.
George A Romero is definitely worth checking out. He’s earned the moniker “Father of the Zombie Film,” and for good reason.
If you’re into classic movies, I’d suggest starting with Night of the Living Dead (1968). That one really turned heads when it came out. If classic movies aren’t really your thing, Land of the Dead (2005) is a very fun romp.
Day of the Dead (1985) is probably my all-time favourite movie. I appreciate that his movies are not only fun zombie movies, but they also have a message behind them. Day of the Dead is full of existential dread, and touches at the meaning or absurdity of life, and how that means different things to different people.
In each of his zombie movies, although the undead do pose a mortal and existential threat, Romero holds up a mirror to humanity and says that its our innate inability to cooperate which dooms us. It’s a powerful message, and one that seems to have held up for the past sixty years if you follow the news.
Stanley Kubrick
Federico Fellini
Yasujiro Ozu
Alain Resnais
Martin Scorcese
Marcel Carmé
Fritz Lang
Darren Aronofsky.
Park Chan-wook and Kubrick
I own a BUNCH of movies, but there are only a few creators where I feel obligated to a) own ALL their movies and b) group them together as a block.
Coen Brothers
Kevin Smith
Quentin Tarantino
Wes Anderson
The Marx Brothers
Baz LuhrmannThe Wachowskis
Peter Greenaway. Let the joy commence.
Tarantino
Wes Anderson and Christopher Nolan. Their movies always are subject to debate, but every single one was stuck in my mind after seeing them.
With you on both. Although, I gotta be in the mood for Wes Anderson sometimes. I love his movies, but if I’m not in the mood, I find I don’t enjoy them as much, even on rewatch.
Nolan is always amazing to me. Audio issues aside, I enjoyed Tenet more than most, as well.
Seriously, I loved Tenet! I had to watch it multiple times to finally understand how they moved through time relatively to the opposite side, what happened how, and it was fun and really well thought out. I loved this take on time travel!
Yes, you can understand the movie after watching it once. But there are so many little details that you won’t get if you don’t watch it multiple times, I had fun puzzling it together!
It’s in my top three of the Nolan movies! And the music was great, I did not mind that it was too loud!
Yeah, I’m a cinematography and logistics nerd. I am fascinated by just how they do things in film a lot and Nolan is great for that.
And the music was great, I did not mind that it was too loud!
I think the big issue was the dialogue was too low a lot of the time.
Regarding the dialogue: on my second watch (with subtitles) in the (few) scenes I wasn’t able to hear the dialogue clearly I realized it wasn’t relevant/important to the story. I believe these scenes were only about atmosphere, that was the moment I did not mind anymore and just enjoyed the bombastic sound scape.
I searched by typing Tenet and found your comment.
The 1st time I viewed Tenet, I didn’t think hard. I didn’t get it. I disliked Tenet.
Many hours ago I thought I’d rewatch with more focus. I’d try to get everything. Based on Nolan’s other flicks, he probably didn’t write a dumb plot just for the $. I understood and appreciated Tenet. It’s 👍 that Nolan didn’t spoonfeed us by directing Tenet so it was easily understandable. I wouldn’t get it if I didn’t give it much focus. It’s 👍 that Nolan directed flicks with bold concepts. Tenet was too complex for some, but I suggest that they rewatch with more focus. They can search for explanations on the Net too. No shame in that.
I look forward to Nolan’s next.
Denis Villeneuve hands down. The guy has never made a bad mainstream film yet. Some would argue Enemy is his worst, and even then it’s not really a bad film.
