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Live Poll: Which Kind of Director Would You Be?
Intro: If you were a director, which kind of director would you be? Tell us here. Suggestions: Better highly acclaimed directors, specialized on their special subjects. Please name the subjects like in the examples. I'm aiming for 25 options. List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls084774832/ Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/6bHPbXyGyZM/
Maxence_G
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Is the question "What kind of director would you be?" or "What kind of director would you like to be?" Because I have two different answers. Q: What kind of director would you be? A: I would probably direct movies torture p*rn films. Pretty much the only genre of film that I feel capable of doing without much effort. Q: Which kind of director would you like to be? A: I would like to direct arthouse films. I would also like to direct comedies like they were done during the Hays Code era.
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Tsarstepan
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Why is "science fiction and documentaries are my horse to ride" under one option? How about options that cover animated films, (separately) documentaries, period/costume pieces, experimental films? Something akin to indie director like Wes Anderson? Something akin to the bizarro imagination of Tim Burton? ~ Please capitalize C in "I'd do philosophical chinese movies with action and a historical look." Though that option seems a bit reductive. "To scare the audience is my joy, I'd do that with a favor." What does that latter half of the option mean? "Rockhard spaghetti western are my joy" sounds more like an adolescent take on how Quentin Tarantino would see his genre works.
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jeorj_euler
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I do believe, the word/name "Chinese" should be capitalized. Outside of that, I do also have some concerns about reductionist descriptions, or conversely unspecific descriptions, of the people on the list. Mel Brooks is famous for a specific style of comedic parodies that has served as a source of inspiration for Keenen Ivory Wayans among other film directors. (I just refer to these pictures as Airplane!-style spoofs. So, "Spoofs, spoofs, spoofs!") Steven Spielberg is not the only person on the list whose project styles are diverse, but maybe he is the most like that. Martin Scorsese is somewhat like Spielberg in that regard. Stanley Kubrick is complicated, but I understand how the umbrella term "philosophical" fits. For some reason, it feels somewhat reductionist to leave out Kubrick's extreme attention to detail and his penchant for understanding camera lenses. In an alternate universe, he very well could have been a famous mathematician.
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Breumaster
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4 years ago
Ok, we got 6 directors to go. Why 6? I don't want the list to become too long. I realized that lists below 25 options receive more votes. Maybe it's too long for some people and they lose the overview.
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BonaFideBOSS
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FYC: Quentin Tarantino. - Bloodlust - King of dialogue - Unique style I'd like to make unusual and sinister crime-dramas, with the aesthetic of blood, gore, violence, and skilled use of the camera to create highly tense long sequences of brilliant dialogues, where the characters observe and interact the most routine situation or an object in extensive detail to give the viewers something they have never experienced before and leave them with chills.
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BonaFideBOSS
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FYC: Anurag Kashyap I'd direct movies that will change the film industry. Fact: He has literally changed the Bollywood film industry (Indian cinema). Well, maybe not alone but he was most definitely the one who began the change.
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jeorj_euler
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I had a thought to nominate a filmmaker notorious for sick, twisted shit (as described for lack of a better description), but I'm not sure which among them is most iconic. For every filmmaker who has a long filmography, each is unique. I've not even seen the five or so movies most often referenced as the most disturbing ever.
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Brijesh
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Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin? I'd direct movies where I can show emotions and make fun without words. You can change the text as you want to.
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dan_dassow
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Breumaster, I would aspire to making highly collaborative films. However, ... For your consideration: Edward D. Wood Jr. I would direct movies that are poorly written, quickly made, extremely unprofessional and nearly incomprehensible.
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Breumaster
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4 years ago
Ok, 1 option would be free, but if no one wants to fill it, I would consider the list as ready to go.
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Breumaster
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4 years ago
25 directors reached. Ready to go. :D
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Breumaster
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I've cut Haneke for a Betty White option. ;) Ready to go!
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Corrections: #4: no genre would be safe! #9: "Some pretty good dramas about racism" sounds a bit condescending. It might be fun to say "Not movies, but joints." #10: lone wolves #21: Movies that change the film industry by using polarizing subjects like addiction or violence of all kinds
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dan_dassow
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Congratulations, Breumaster! Which Kind of Director Would You Be? Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/6bHPbXyGyZM/ Please change "Poll Suggestion" to "Live Poll" in the discussion thread title and change the settings so that it appears under "Praise" now, rather than "Idea." FAQ: Updating Threads After Poll Goes Live
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namey35
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I think tarantino is the best director I saw in my life I watched his movies and the direction is always a master piece of every movie.
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