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visitor q
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 Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:23 am Post subject: Why Are The Greatest Filmmakers All Italian? |
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| Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci - Hollywood has nothing on these gods. |
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visitor q
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| Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 9:25 am Post subject: |
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| I didnt even mention Sergio Leone - how sick is that? Why are Italians the best makers of film? George Romero, anyone? |
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canuckistan
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| Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:18 am Post subject: |
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| Michelangelo Antonioni |
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visitor q
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| Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:25 am Post subject: |
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| canuckistan wrote: |
| Michelangelo Antonioni |
Thank you.
I'm not Italian, by the way - just telling it like it is. |
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canuckistan
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| Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:45 am Post subject: |
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Other obvious ones: Frederico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini, Roberto Benigni (funny actor too)
As well as: Ermanno Olmi, Vittorio Taviani, Luchino Visconti.....
These are not filmmakers that rely on special effects and flash; it's all about the stories they tell.
Good stuff. |
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Destroyer
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| Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:09 pm Post subject: FAW! |
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| Italian filmmakers the best? Why is yr. username a homage to a Japanese director then? The Italians made some good gore/slasher flicks a long time ago. Nowadays, Japanese cinema kicks all contenders in the nuts. |
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Hollywoodaction
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| Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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| What about Atom Egoyan? He's Armenian-Canadian. François Truffaut and Jean Luc Godard? French. Charlie Chaplin? British. Ingmar Bergman? Swede. Louis Bunuel? Spaniard. Denys Arcand? Canadian/Quebecois. Akira Kurosawa? Japanese. And let's not forget the many great American film makers, too. |
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Bo Peabody
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| Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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... or what about the great Germans like Lang, Murnau, Lubitsch or Riefenstahl?
... and the Russians? You can't make a list of all time greats without the least bit of mentioning Eisenstein and Vertov. |
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Fat Sam
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| Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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This thread is so pretentious. Oh, look at me! I know more than one European director. They are great because I know about them and you don't.
Can anyone argue against of my top three directors; in no particular order, Kubrick, Scorcese, Hitchcock? |
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itaewonguy
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| Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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many of greats have been mentioned.. but!
lets not forget Bernardo Bertolucci, Franco Zeffirelli, Vittorio De Sica..
and well a wierd director but stilll a master in his own right..
Paolo Pasolini
there are more ,, but these are all I can name from memory!
ohhhhhhhhh and of course how can we forget!!
Giuseppe Tornatore ,, damn how did I almost forget this guy!!! |
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Junior
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:14 am Post subject: |
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I don't tink so..
here are the official top 10 filmmakers of all time...in order of the most successful movies ever.
http://www.scaruffi.com/cinema/best.html
1)Welles
2)Lang
3)Kazan
4)Hitchcock
5)Bergman
6)Altman
7)Chaplin
8)Bunuel
9)Kurosawa
10)Polanski
No Italians among them.. |
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visitor q
Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Location: The epitome of altruism - Oh Obese Newfoundler, I Am Going To Throttle Your Neck, Kaffir
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:19 am Post subject: |
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| Junior wrote: |
I don't tink so..
here are the official top 10 filmmakers of all time...in order of the most successful movies ever.
http://www.scaruffi.com/cinema/best.html
1)Welles
2)Lang
3)Kazan
4)Hitchcock
5)Bergman
6)Altman
7)Chaplin
8)Bunuel
9)Kurosawa
10)Polanski
No Italians among them.. |
Some of us are quite capable of forming our own opinions, thank you. There's no Asians in that list, either. No Kurasawa, no Miike, no Tsui Hark, etc, etc. |
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:32 am Post subject: |
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| visitor q wrote: |
| Junior wrote: |
I don't tink so..
here are the official top 10 filmmakers of all time...in order of the most successful movies ever.
http://www.scaruffi.com/cinema/best.html
1)Welles
2)Lang
3)Kazan
4)Hitchcock
5)Bergman
6)Altman
7)Chaplin
8)Bunuel
9)Kurosawa
10)Polanski
No Italians among them.. |
Some of us are quite capable of forming our own opinions, thank you. There's no Asians in that list, either. No Kurasawa, no Miike, no Tsui Hark, etc, etc. |
Are you blind? Kurosawa, Japanese is at number 9.
Either way..I'm not asian so i wouldn't care 
(My debut incarnation here as a K-female was a joke btw).
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| Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci - Hollywood has nothing on these gods. |
-never heard of them, they can't be all that.
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visitor q
Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Location: The epitome of altruism - Oh Obese Newfoundler, I Am Going To Throttle Your Neck, Kaffir
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:37 am Post subject: |
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| Ha ha! Yeah, I must be blind, or stupid! That was funny - sorry about that! |
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Junior
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| Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:40 am Post subject: |
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| visitor q wrote: |
| Ha ha! Yeah, I must be blind, or stupid! That was funny - sorry about that! |
Haha No worries visitorq- I thought it was funny when my inbox filled up with outrageous PM's, haha
yes, I'm actually a guy...  |
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