Posted by Booty Princess at 166.61.234.69 on March 03, 2003 at 16:56:36:
In Reply to: POLL: Best film by (director)??? posted by etav on March 03, 2003 at 16:19:36:
Are there no great female directors in Hollywood? Seriously. I don't know.
: Mel Brooks?
History of the World, Part I.
: Brian DiPalma?
I don't much care for his stuff. But "Femme Fatale" was very stylish.
: Robert Zemeckis?
Back to the Future
: Steven Speilberg?
Ugh. The Color Purple, I suppose.
: Tim Burton?
The Nightmare Before Christmas. Nobody recognizes that movie, man, and it is a work of patient genius.
: Francis Ford Coppola? (gee...)
Apocolypse Now, Redux version.
: Oliver Stone?
Tough. I'm really love/hate about Oliver. All his stuff is well done, but he's just so frickin' misogynistic and historically inaccurate, he inserts his own persona so much into his movies. THE DOORS is a sentimental favorite even if he did butcher Jim Morrison's legacy. But I'm going to go with HEAVEN AND EARTH because it's so underrated, it expresses a viewpoint that most other filmmakers wouldn't dare to touch, and it's the least tainted by Oliver's ego.
: Spike Lee?
BAMBOOZLED, definitely. The final montage alone is worth its own movie.
: John Carpenter?
Don't follow his work enough to say.