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Made a list of 64 of the top filmmakers of all time and put them in four 16-person brackets. I'm sure I'm missing some good ones, especially from older directors that I'm probably not as familiar with, but there's no way to get everyone. Rankings/seeding is pretty arbitrary and no doubt some personal bias may have come into play on a few, but it doesn't really matter since you're voting for your personal favorite filmmaker anyway.
I guess I'll leave round 1 voting up for a few days or until enough votes come in before moving on. Again, vote for your personal favorite, not who you think may be the most influential, significant, ect.
A lot missing from here besides Kurosawa and Bergman.
As much as this board loves Aster, Eggers, and Peele, those guys have only 2 titles each and only from the last 5 years, while guys like Danny Boyle, Robert Altman, Sergio Leon, Brian De Palma, John Huston have decades of work recognized by film history as true classics.
If enough people think someone was really snubbed, I'll gladly replace them with one of the newer filmmakers. I didn't spend a lot of time on selection so there was bound to be misses. Only reason I included newer people like Peele, Eggers, Aster, Zhoa, ect was because they're definitely talented up-and-comers with some good work done already.
As far as seeding goes, like I said, its kinda arbitrary. Might be some tough early round matchups but at the end of the day only one person wins anyway.
If enough people think someone was really snubbed, I'll gladly replace them with one of the newer filmmakers. I didn't spend a lot of time on selection so there was bound to be misses. Only reason I included newer people like Peele, Eggers, Aster, Zhoa, ect was because they're definitely talented up-and-comers with some good work done already.
As far as seeding goes, like I said, its kinda arbitrary. Might be some tough early round matchups but at the end of the day only one person wins anyway.
My post was more about SupeЯfuЯЯyanimal being pretentious and hating Nolan (like really hating Nolan) than anything to do with the bracket.
call it recency bias but Denis's top 5 > Spielbergs top 5
and Spielberg has taken a major nosedive in the last decade
Because it is lol.
Jaws, Raiders, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, E.T. is bananas. Next five of like Close Encounters, Munich, SPR, Minority Report, Last Crusade. Doing it that long counts. Spielberg has settled into this thing of alternating between Oscar-bait and big four-quadrant stuff that does make him less appealing to me, but Spielberg pretty much invented modern cinema.
call it recency bias but Denis's top 5 > Spielbergs top 5
and Spielberg has taken a major nosedive in the last decade
Because it is lol.
Jaws, Raiders, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, E.T. is bananas. Next five of like Close Encounters, Munich, SPR, Minority Report, Last Crusade. Doing it that long counts. Spielberg has settled into this thing of alternating between Oscar-bait and big four-quadrant stuff that does make him less appealing to me, but Spielberg pretty much invented modern cinema.
grew up with Jaws, Raiders, Jurassic Park, E.T. as MAJOR staples of my childhood. All incredible and truly iconic, inspired so much of what would come after, but strictly on a quality level, i can't let nostalgia drive me to the point that i say they're better films than Prisoners, Sicario, or Arrival. Schindlers list is its own thing though.
yes Spielberg invented modern cinema, but i truly believe guys like Denis have improved upon it.
Post by Pepe Silvia on Aug 3, 2021 20:15:32 GMT -5
its kinda apples and oranges, different eras and trying to do completely different things. Arrivals concept, themes, twist, and overall message just hit harder for me than Jaws or Jurassic Parks.