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"This 15 Directors meme originally started on Facebook and has now found a life of its own in the blogosphere."J.D. put together one pretty fantastic list in his 15 Directors Meme post of today. As usual, this blogger never fails to inspire. So, I'll be partaking (natch). We share some directors in our own lists, including the one headlining this post. No surprise in that this blogger had an extraordinarily successful John Carpenter Week blogathon of his own a short while back.
Here then are the simple rules for anyone who'd like to join in:
- List off the first 15 directors that come to your head that have shaped the way you look at movies. You know, the ones that will always stick with you.
- Don't take too long to think about it.
This post has been updated and moved to my current blog, which can be found here.
A fantastic list! I just checked out J.D.'s and you've both created beautiful and interesting catalogues here that provide tantalizing insight into your individual psyches. Very intriguing...
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See, this is what I love about these things - the incredible pictures (the Howard Hawks one is awesome) and seeing which directors just slipped my mind (how could I have forgotten Sergio Leone!). A fantastic list, and based on the few posts I saw below it, a blog I'm going to have to come to and read more!
ReplyDeleteAh, Tim Burton and Ridley Scott! I knew I had forgotten those guys and it took your excellent selection to remind me. I also forgot Sidney Lumet, another fave of mine. Thanks for the kind words, sir!
ReplyDeleteYou bring up a great point as how this meme is an insightful method into a individual's psyche. Thanks very much, John.
ReplyDeleteGreat to have to stop by, Chris. I very much enjoyed your list, as well. Thanks much for the kind words and comment.
ReplyDeleteAh, yes... Sidney Lumet. I very much associate him with best films that incorporate New York City through the decades. You put together a great list directors, J.D. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteBeing a visual guy Leopard13, loved your unified look on the images. Beautiful! Loved your choics
ReplyDeleteI hit submit by accident. I was curious about William Wyler. I don't know him. Take care. SFF.
ReplyDeleteYeah, tried for a certain look in the images. Thanks very much, SFF.
ReplyDeleteWilliam Wyler was the director for such film as Ben-Hur, The Big Country (a very majestic western), Friendly Persuasion, The Westerner, Wuthering Heights, and Roman Holiday. He even did the original Memphis Belle Flying Fortress documentary during WWII. Thanks, SFF.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I'd love to see the 15 directors that shaped the way you look at films, SFF.
ReplyDeleteInteresting list there. Mine, in no particular order bar the first few, would probably be:
ReplyDeleteJohn Ford
Orson Welles
Billy Wilder
Fritz Lang
Alfred Hitchcock
Sergio Leone
Howard Hawks
William Wellman
Preston Sturges
Robert Siodmak
Steven Spielberg
Michael Mann
Anthony Mann
Martin Scorsese
F W Murnau
When I saw you were going to list yours, I thought about John Ford. It's good to see his name appear in one of these lists, Colin. Also great to see Preston Sturges in there, too. Thanks my friend for adding to this with a fine list of your own.
ReplyDeleteActually I'd have loved to squeeze Peckinpah and James Whale in there too - but rules is rules.
ReplyDeleteI hear you, Colin. After putting mine down, there were so many I'd have loved to also put there. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteNot sure I know 15 directors' names. But here's my list:
ReplyDeleteHitchcock
Michael Curtiz
Howard Hawks
Spielberg
Michael Mann
Orson Welles
George Cukor
George Roy Hill
Martin Scorsese
Whether or not you have 15, that's a mighty impressive list of directors, Naomi. It's also great to see George Roy Hill making it on to someone's roll. Thanks so much for joining in on this.
ReplyDeleteHere's mine:
ReplyDeleteMichael Bay
Brett Ratner
Oh, wait, this isn't the worst directors list?
OK, for real now. Not only do I fall way short of 15, I'm going to steal from everyone else:
Hitchcock
Hawks
Wilder
Wyler
Spielberg
Nolan
And add:
John Woo
Ang Lee
George Lucas
Yes, I know Lucas made a mess of the prequels but the original Star Wars and American Graffiti left indelible impressions on me.
I love Ratner... oh, wait. That's me if George Bailey never existed. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteI love your list, Elyse (and not because we share some of these selections). Woo and Lee are inspired picks, as well. And I definitely see your point about Lucas (especially in his earlier variant). He made an impression on me, too. Thanks for joining in!
Great list, leopard. Carpenter, Hitchcock, Tarantino, Hawks, DePalma, Leone and Kurosawa would definitely make mine. And each of the other choices have directed at least one film, and in most cases multiple films, that would be in my personal cannon of favorites.
ReplyDeleteps I noticed you are listening to the audio book of Sissy Spacek reading Carrie (speaking of DePalma). I never even knew that existed. How is it?
ReplyDeleteThank you, Colonel. I love to see a full meme list of yours, my friend.
ReplyDeleteThe Carrie in audiobook only came out in 2008. I only read it once decades ago so it's a bit of wonderful re-discovery. Plus, having Sissy Spacek as the narrator was a spot-on bit of casting. She's terrific, here. I recommend.
ReplyDeleteOooh, good list! I don't know much about judging their directing, but I know that several on your list were involved in some of my favorite films. So that's my primary criterion. That being said, I consistently like Ron Howard's films.
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot to like in Ron Howard's filmography, Christine. Thank you for the compliment and your comment.
ReplyDeleteThese posts always awe me, Michael. I don't know if I could have given you 15 directors off the top of my head. I'd have to have researched movies that affected me, then see common denominators, and then reported back. But you know all these inside and out. It's amazing to me.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for the very kind words, Jen.
ReplyDeleteYou, too, Christine.
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