Question:
What is the first movie you saw by each of your top 5 favorite directors?
gouge away
2008-10-05 12:58:21 UTC
Mine:
Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction
David Lynch - Mulholland Drive
Frank Capra - It's A Wonderful Life
Alfred Hitchcock - The 39 Steps
Stanley Kubrick - The Shining

Bonus: Name your all time favorite movie by your 5 directors.

Mine: Pulp Fiction, Eraserhead, Lost Horizon, North By Northwest, Dr. Strangelove.
Thirteen answers:
laurajeanne79
2008-10-05 13:10:09 UTC
E.T.----Stephen Spielberg

Heat----Michael Mann

Heavenly Creatures---Peter Jackson

Grand Illusion----Renoir

The Sixth Sense----Shyamalan (I know, I know)
anonymous
2008-10-12 06:57:26 UTC
My list is also almost identical to yours...



Tarantino- Pulp Fiction

David Lynch-Mulholland Drive

Ingmar Bergman-Autumn Sonata

Alfred Hitchcock-Psycho

Stanley Kubrick-The Shining



Bonus: Pulp Fiction,Eraserhead,The Seventh Seal,Psycho,A Clockwork Orange
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2016-10-16 02:08:03 UTC
Stanley Kubrick- The Shining The Shining Christopher Nolan- The dark Knight The dark Knight Quentin Tarantino- Pulp Fiction Pulp Fiction Alfred Hitchcock- Vertigo Rear Window Tim Burton- Batman Batman
The 8 Bicycle and Jim
2008-10-07 10:35:12 UTC
Francis Ford Coppola - Jack

Stanley Kubrick - The Shining

Steven Spielberg - Raiders of the Lost Ark

Coen Brothers - O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Martin Scorsese - Bringing Out the Dead







The Godfather, Dr. Strangelove, Schindler's List, Fargo, The Departed
anonymous
2008-10-05 13:10:47 UTC
Ooh, let me think..



Francis Ford Coppola - Apocalypse Now

Quentin Tarantino - Pulp Fiction

Stanley Kubrick - Full Metal Jacket

Alfred Hitchcock - Psycho

Martin Scorcesee - The Last Waltz



The liste wasn't intentionally so simliar to yours. XD



Bonus: Apocalypse Now, Pulp Fiction, probably The Shining [or A Clockwork Orange, or Full Metal Jacket], Psycho or The Man Who Knew Too Much, and finally - Taxi Driver.



:)
anonymous
2008-10-05 14:18:48 UTC
Mine



1 James Cameron, The Terminator



2 Ridley Scott, Alien



3 Steven Spielberg, Jaws



4 John Carpenter, The Thing



5 Edward Zwick, Glory



Bonus



Cameron: Aliens

Scott: Alien

Speilberg: Jaws

Carpenter: Escape Fron New York

Zwick: Glory
peppermint_paddy
2008-10-05 13:05:44 UTC
Quentin Tarantino-Reservoir Dogs

Alfred Hitchcock-Psycho

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anonymous
2008-10-09 23:11:26 UTC
Peter Weir - "Witness"

Ridley Scott - "Thelma & Louise"

Frank Capra - "It's A Wonderful Life"

Alfred Hitchcock - The Birds (on TV -- Still Terrifying)

Stanley Kubrick - "Full Metal Jacket" -- When I got older, I saw "A Clocwork Orange" & "Barry Lyndon" -- Much Better !!

David Lynch - "Blue Velvet" ( I was 9 yrs old and we snuck in the back of the Theatre -- I had Nightmares for Weeks !!! )



( 6-way Tie for First...:)

.

Bonus --



"The Magnificent Ambersons" directed by Orson Welles.



what ? He's not on my List ?? Dang !!!!



Okay --



Either "Rope" or "Rebecca" directed by Alfred Hitchcock

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durkin90
2008-10-06 08:34:36 UTC
OK, here's my list:



Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Spielberg

Paths of Glory - Kubrick

Brain Dead - Peter Jackson

New York, New York - Scorsese

The Fog - John Carpenter



Bonus (this one's harder, because I have a plethora of favourite movies!):

A Clockwork Orange - Kubrick

The Lord of the Rings trilogy - Peter Jackson (it's, after all, one single 11-hour plus long movie!)

Raiders of the Lost Ark - Spielberg

John Carpenter's The Thing

Sleuth (1972) - Joseph L. Mankiewicz



And I also love the work of Ridley Scott, James Cameron, John Mctiernan, Paul Thomas Anderson, Francis Ford Coppola, Kathryn Bigelow, Hitchcock, David Lean, William Friedkin, Sergio Leone, Martin Campbell (he directed 2 of the best 007 movies, 'Goldeneye' and 'Casino Royale', plus the 2 'Zorro' films, starring Antonio Banderas), etc. But you asked for only 5, so there you have it!
Jason
2008-10-05 13:10:24 UTC
David Lynch - Blue Velvet and the Twin Peaks Series



Alfred Hitchcock - The Man Who Knew Too Much



John Hughes - The Breakfast Club



Todd Solondz - Welcome To The Dollhouse



Tim Burton - Edward Scissorhands - Sleepy Hollow
clownman70360
2008-10-05 13:21:33 UTC
Paul Thomas Anderson - Punch-Drunk Love.



David Zucker - Scary Movie 4.



Paul Weitz - American Dreamz.



Spike Lee - Inside Man.



Cameron Crowe - Elizabethtown.
migh
2008-10-13 07:01:38 UTC
david lynch- 'wild at heart'

peter jackson- 'bad taste'

tim burton-' beetlejuice'

coen brothers- 'raising arizona'

alex de la iglesia- 'accion mutante'



my faves are (in the same order of directors...);



'blue velvet' (probably my faovourite film ever)

'forgotten silver' (LOTR trilogy a close second)

'edward scissorhands'

'barton fink'

'el dia de la bestia' ('the day of the beast')
anonymous
2008-10-12 02:58:40 UTC
This is not an easy question to answer, because I've seen a lot of great movies I've liked a lot from a lot of great directors. So I'll try my best to narrow it down. I don't know if seeing a movie on satellite TV, regular TV or rentals counts or if seeing them at the theaters only counts, but I'll try to remember as best I can, because some movies I've forgotten where I first saw them. Which my top 5 directors doesn't necessarily mean my most top favorite movies are done by them though, because I'm also going by the volume of a lot of movies they've done of a lot of movies I've liked.

Tim Burton--"Batman" or "Edward Sissorhands"

Oliver Stone--"Wall Street" or "Platoon"

David Lynch--either "Dune" or "Wild at Heart"

Stanley Kubrick--"2001, A Space Oddyssey"

Darren Aronofsky--"π"(Pi)

Favorite movies by my favorite directors?--

Tim Burton--"Big Fish"(My favorite movie to date, probably the most romantic film ever, but still strange. Definitely about loving someone so much you live & breathe monogamy. I think part of the story comes from the story of Jacob from the Bible--weird huh?)

Darren Aronofsky--my favorite by him has been "Requiem for a Dream" for a long time, but even though I haven't seen it yet, from what I've heard about it, I think my favorite film directed by him will probably end up being "The Fountain", because even though it's a science fiction/ fantasy type film, I've heard it's incredibly romantic like "Big Fish".

Oliver Stone--definitely "Born on the 4th of July"

Stanley Kubrick--Favorite movie of his is a lot harder to decide, because I loved "Clockwork Orange", "Full Metal Jacket" & "Dr. Stranglove" although "The Shining" & "2001 A Space Oddyssey", I liked a lot too. For now I'll say..."Dr Strangelove" for political & anti nuclear war & anti biological warfare reasons, because I think no country should be allowed to wipe out 90% or so of the population of the world with nuclear weapons, because that's insanity, even though I'm sure the current (2nd) Iraq gulf war hasn't really been about that now. Although "Clockwork Orange" & "Full Metal Jacket" comes close too, because I don't trust governments or authorities completely in any country to date with all the corruption & brutality in governments, their agencies & police forces as far as in reference to "Clockwork Orange" & "Full Metal Jacket" is a good depiction of the Vietnam war & the scene of the boot camp sergeant getting shot by a beserk recruit is a classic scene that's easy to remember, it makes one want to avoid nuts with guns.

David Lynch--My favorite film of his so far, is also hard to decide, because while I like films I've seen of his so far like "Eraserhead", "Blue Velvet", "Fire Walk With Me", "Elephant Man" & "Lost Highway"--while I like those films a lot & "Mulholland Drive", I wasn't impressed by so much, even though most guys & even some women these days, drooled over the scenery/imagery of women in it, I've been with lots of beautiful women, so the story line I paid attention to more than the majority I guess of people who's seen it. Anyway I wasn't impressed by "Mulholland Drive" so much, because it reminded me of soap operas & while not having to do with how I thought of "Mulholland Drive" for what I think is harmful about soap operas, I think soap operas subconsciously program unrealistic expectations on relationships & subconsciously cause divorces as well by saying that's how to settle disagreements all the time in marriages--while I like those of Lynch's a lot, my top 2 favorites of his is "Dune" & "Wild At Heart". "Dune" to me is the best science fiction film of all time--tragic, sad, heroic, biblical almost somewhat too, even romantic somewhat & the depth of the characters & the story blows away the Star Wars movies/stories. "Wild At Heart" however while an obviously wild story it's a great romantic story, so I'll say "Wild At Heart" is my favorite Lynch film.


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