1) Stanley Kubrick - I would tell him I love the shining and talk to him about other stuff 2) Mel Brooks - I would tell him I love Blazing saddles!!!! 3) James Cameron 4) George Lucas - I would ask him why he destroyed star wars!! (And wouldnt let up until he told me (to my satisfaction)) 5) Steven Spielberg - I would tell him how much I love ET!!
John Ford - The GOAT! Alfred Hitchcock Steven Spielberg Preston Sturges Frank Capra - and NONE of the discussion would involve IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE!
1. Orson Welles (I'd ask him how tf he did the opening scene of Touch of Evil) 2. Wim Wenders (because he seems like a really awesome guy) 3. Akira Kurosawa (I'd ask him who did it in Rashomon lol) 4. Stanley Kubrick (I'd ask him wtf the last 20 mins of 2001: A Space Odyssey meant) 5. tarkovsky (I'd punch him in the face for killing that horse)
the top of that list would be quentin tarantino I'm a really big critic of his films, but he's a creative genius and has immense potential. The audience that he connects with is important.
Well arent as curious why George Lucas fucked up Star wars?? You could get into a heated debate with him!
Mel Brooks is certainly a character, off-set he is exactly the same as in his films. His favorite quote at production meetings was, "Give that boy a lollipop". If people had taken him literally, I would have had more lollipops than a lollipop lady. Fred Zinnemann was my firm favourite, his attention to detail was second to none. His films reflected his own life experiences, particularly during times of war. The oddball, that few people realised that he directed was Oklahoma. He said that every great director needed to direct a musical. Alan Parker directed some great films in his early career, sadly drugs got the better of him. Franco Zeffirelli remains memorable, for bringing 0pera out of the opera house onto location, making it successful in the cinema. His casting of Placido Domingo and Teresa Stratos in La Traviata was excellent, it really worked. I still enjoy that film, despite watching it in the cinema almost 600 times. Not least in my allowed 5, was Richard Attenborough, I worked with him for more than 37 year. Interesting Footnote. Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg, along with Peter Hyams and Gerry Anderson, all refuse to believe that we are the only form of intelligent life in the universe,
Wow. AWESOME question!!! I think the three not up for debate are 1. DW Griffith. He was a racist unfortunately, but he transformed film from essentially a recorded play--with the camera stationary and aimed at the stage--to visual storytelling through editing together different angles. He invented filmmaking as we understand it today. 2. Sergei Eisenstein. He invented the montage, and his "Odessa Staircase" scene not only introduced things like tension and suspense into film, it has been mimicked by countless filmmakers over the years since it can't be topped. 3. James Whale. Remembered as a simple horror movie director, the man was actually a pioneer in LGBTQ+ film. While his queer themes resonated with those of us whose differences got us labeled incorrectly as "monsters," they were lost on mainstream audiences for decades. After that, I don't know. Only two choices left. Spielberg was perfect Duel through Raiders of the Lost Ark, but was largely hit or miss since. I only like two of Tarantino's movies, but I like a lot of the movies he borrows from. I feel like we could have a great conversation about movies--as long as their not his. John Carpenter seems an obvious choice since it was Halloween that not only made me understand what it was a filmmaker did, but made me want to pursue a career in film myself. But he doesn't seem like a very chatty or likeable fella.
