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May 31, 2020 at 12:42 pm #1203510396
If we exclude of course Kubrick, which filmmaker among these options has the greatest body of work overall??
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ReplyMay 31, 2020 at 1:31 pm #1203510415I choose Spielberg
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1973: Mean Streets
1974: Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
1976: Taxi Driver
1980: Raging Bull
1983: The King of Comedy
1985: After Hours
1986: The Color of Money
1988: The Last Temptation of Christ
1990: Goodfellas
1991: Cape Fear
1993: The Age of Innocence
1995: Casino
1999: Bringing Out The Dead
2002: Gangs of New York
2004: The Aviator
2006: The Departed
2010: Shutter Island
2011: Hugo
2013: The Wolf of Wall Street
2016: Silence
2019: The Irishman
Greatest and most versatile filmography in the bunch.
ReplyCopy URLMay 31, 2020 at 2:12 pm #1203510453I’d say Scorsese is more consistent than Spielberg, but Spielberg’s highs are just so high that I’m giving it to him.
ReplyCopy URLMay 31, 2020 at 2:14 pm #1203510455Also, I have no idea what Christopher Nolan (And even Spielberg, I would say) is doing in here.
They’re here because they’re widely acknowledged as two of the greatest directors of all time.
ReplyCopy URLMay 31, 2020 at 2:32 pm #1203510469Dang, this is hard between Nolan and Spielberg. Gotta go with Spielberg, but probably only because he’s been in the game longer.
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May 31, 2020 at 3:51 pm #1203510587I-
Nolan is not widely regarded as one of the greatest directors of all time, though. That’s just a lie. He’s just nowhere near the canon yet…
Anyway, replace Nolan with Godard and then there’s an easy top 3 with him, Scorsese, and Tarkovsky in no particular order. Fellini and Ford would also be worthy of being in a top 3.
ReplyCopy URLMay 31, 2020 at 3:58 pm #1203510593I- Nolan is not widely regarded as one of the greatest directors of all time, though. That’s just a lie. He’s just nowhere near the canon yet… Anyway, replace Nolan with Godard and then there’s an easy top 3 with him, Scorsese, and Tarkovsky in no particular order. Fellini and Ford would also be worthy of being in a top 3.
Okay, but he is. Just because you don’t like him doesn’t mean he’s not a widely beloved and acclaimed filmmaker.
Also, when you google “greatest directors of all time”, he’s literally one of the first names to come up.
ReplyCopy URLMay 31, 2020 at 4:24 pm #1203510663Personally, I love Scorsese’s works the most but Spielberg is just undeniable.
ReplyCopy URLMay 31, 2020 at 4:40 pm #1203510689Billy Wilder. From the choices here, then Hitchcock. If Scorsese hadn’t spent so much time with DiCaprio over the last 18 years he might have gotten it.
ReplyCopy URLMay 31, 2020 at 5:18 pm #1203510738I- Nolan is not widely regarded as one of the greatest directors of all time, though. That’s just a lie. He’s just nowhere near the canon yet… Anyway, replace Nolan with Godard and then there’s an easy top 3 with him, Scorsese, and Tarkovsky in no particular order. Fellini and Ford would also be worthy of being in a top 3.
For what it’s worth, back before I really got into film, I only really knew of three directors: Spielberg, Ridley Scott, and Nolan.
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May 31, 2020 at 5:45 pm #1203510760I think Bergman takes this for me. Even his lesser films are still pretty damn good.
Kurosawa, Scorsese, and Tarkovsky would be close behind.
Spielberg, in my opinion, has far too many middling films in his canon to compare but he has good classics too.
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May 31, 2020 at 5:54 pm #1203510772Bergman probably with Fellini, Ford & Tarkovsky close behind.
Then Kurosawa.
Hitchcock & Scorsese have some great films but Scorsese in particular has a number of low points.
Welles comes next.
Spielberg comes next – the occasional very good film but most of his stuff is fluff.
Nolan???? There are more than 200 better directors than him.
ReplyCopy URLMay 31, 2020 at 6:22 pm #1203510792Scorsese has been very consistent in quality although I’d say he has some sort of comfort zone which is where he excels more at. While New York, New York is good you can’t compare it to Casino or Taxi Driver.
Spielberg has so much variety in filmography which makes him probably the most recognized director ever. He is not as consistent as Scorsese but he has so many highs that probably his lows don’t even matter.
Schindler’s List and E.T to name a few totally overshadow stuff like The BFG. He has also made a name for himself as a producer bit I would like for him to not put his name on something like Cats.Now Nolan, I doubt any director can do what he does, his filmography is not the biggest but I think he does an amazing job. Quality over quantity. And probably does it great since he writes his films which not all directors do. But I understand people that don’t like him, because you really have to pay attention to the movie otherwise you won’t understand the whole thing. He’s very detailed and visual in his films which is something that’s not everyone’s cup of tea. But he really is a great director.
He’s not in the poll but I would like to make a case for Paul Thomas-Anderson, he has a great filmography. Boogie Nights and There Will be Blood ar my favourites from him.
ReplyCopy URLMay 31, 2020 at 7:44 pm #1203510860Spielberg has too many bad films to have the best filmography (1941, Always, Crystal Skull, Amistad, The BFG, Ready Player One)
Scorsese is considered the greatest living filmmaker, he easily has the best and most versatile filmography (right now he’s prepping his first Western).
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This is the guy who did The Age of Innocence and then Casino, The Wolf of Wall Street and then Silence.
He’s unparalleled in terms of versatility, alongside Kubrick, Tarkovsky, and Bergman.
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