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> >>i don't have much to add. i agree Speilberg's output is >>incredible, from The Duel to Minority Report or Munich >>(haven't seen any more recent than that) > >Munich was his last release, Indy 4 is next. > >>hmm. the thing with me is, i don't give the directors as >much >>credit as other people give, to me it's more the screenplay >>that's the main thing. with that said, Orson Welles, Elia >>Kazan, and Wayne Wang have all made a few films that have >>affected me more deeply than anything else, but i don't >really >>think in terms of their overall output > >I see. Welles, I can appreciate from a historical standpoint >but I didn't like Citizen Kane the first (and only time) i >watched it.
hmm, with me it was like 'I can't believe this just lived up to the hype'. but i've met quite a few people or recommended it to quite a few people who didn't like it especially
I will give it another go though. Can't really >speak on Kazan and Wang since i'm not familiar with their >work, though I have heard Kazan's name numerous times. Hip me >to it, I may be in agreeance.
Kazan's masterpiece is 'On The Waterfront', it's also Marlon Brando's masterpiece, and Bud Schulberg (screenwriter). tied with citizen kane for my favourite film ever; but where Citizen Kane is more intellectual, this is more emotional. it is so compelling. Kazan is sometimes criticized for not 'framing shots' especially well, but IMO he's just a different breed - the composition of his shots is all about what's in the middle of them, the way great painters arranged the way people stood etc, rather than what's at the edge of them like more photographic minded people think about. Wild River has brilliant photography/cinematography for instance. Other than OTW, East of Eden and Streetcar Named Desire are his two most famous; there's also one called Splendour in the Grass which is supposed to be amazing but i'm finding difficulty getting hold of it
Wayne Wang directed Smoke and The Joy Luck Club, two of the most beautiful celebrations of the human spirit you're likely to find. Smoke is sort of like Pulp Fiction in structure but it's not about seediness, it's very positive. Joy Luck Club, is also a sprawling story with many characters, but have way through the film it will turn you into an emotional wreck and it doesn't let up lol -------------------- Why do you choose to mimic these wack MCs? Why do you choose to listen to R&B?
"There are obviously many things which we do not understand, and may never be able to." Leela
*puts emceeing in a box*
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