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May 8, 2021 at 3:17 pm #1204247241
Mind you, i’m not asking who do you think is the better or greater filmmaker, but who, in terms of quantity, did more great films/masterpieces??
Vote and comment.
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May 8, 2021 at 11:08 pm #1204247714I voted for Ingmar Bergman. It’s close between him and Scorsese.
ReplyCopy URLMay 9, 2021 at 1:16 am #1204247776Bergman has a few movies I love (Persona, Cries and Whispers, Scenes From A Marriage, Fanny and Alexander) as well as a lot of movies that I really like (Sawdust and Tinsel, Wild Strawberries, The Virgin Spring, The Seventh Seal, Smiles of a Summer Night). But he made so many movies between the 50s-70s. It almost feels unfair to compare his catalog to others, because a lot of those other movies were iffy at best.
With Hitchcock you have Vertigo, North By Northwest and Psycho. But I’m not really sure I see any of his other movies beyond those as “great” (yes, I’m including Rear Window). Once again, a lot of really good movies though.
I really like Rashomon and Yijimbo but don’t love anything beyond that.
I consider Raging Bull, Goodfellas and Taxi Driver three of the absolute top tier movies ever. And Scorsese has had a handful of movies I’ve liked beyond that. But I don’t think the volume of greatness of greatness is there.
Never been a Fellini fan, though I respect his work.
I guess I’d have to go with Bergman with Hitchcock and Scorsese right behind.
ReplyCopy URLMay 9, 2021 at 4:24 am #1204247863If we’re strictly speaking in terms of quantity, then I’m not sure how you can say anyone other than Ford or Ozu, unless you truly do not like their work (blasphemous!).
ReplyCopy URLMay 9, 2021 at 8:33 pm #1204248686This post was found to be inappropriate by the moderators and has been removed.May 9, 2021 at 8:38 pm #1204248688In the history of cinema, there is simply no equal to Hitchcock’s scope and longevity. The amount of straight-up masterpieces he created over sixty decades is breathtaking, and even his non-masterpieces are unfailingly fascinating and visionary.
ReplyCopy URLMay 10, 2021 at 3:59 am #1204248917I voted Bergman because he’s actually my choice for best director of all time.
However, Kubrick would’ve been my second choice.
Close behind would be Ozu and Kurosawa. I feel like Ozu never gets mentioned as much and I adore many of his films so I loved seeing him mentioned on this list.
Truthfully, the only one here that I’m truly a bit iffy on is Spielberg.
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May 10, 2021 at 7:59 am #1204249116I vote Hitchcock due to his longevity and invention. These are all first-class filmmakers, but no one could control an audience’s emotions and reactions as completely and effortlessly as Hitch. I would count his “great” pictures as The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, Shadow of a Doubt, Notorious, Strangers on a Train, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, and Frenzy.
Many would not include the latter, but I find it to have some of Hitch’s most striking storytelling and at least three terrific set-pieces. And the way he was still playing with sound, even in the 1970s, was fascinating. I personally would list Rebecca, Spellbound, and The Birds as good but not great.
For someone who made 54 pictures, he had remarkably few outright duds. I would say only Jamaica Inn, The Paradine Case, Stage Fright, and Torn Curtain completely failed. Even misfires like I Confess, Marnie, and Topaz have fascinating elements.
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