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Favorite Filmmakers
moremojo:
--- Quote from: ekeby on August 15, 2006, 06:16:54 pm ---wow! couldn't agree more. I've always thought The Magnificent Ambersons the most satisfying of Welles' films, even in its (allegedly) butchered state . . . And Ozu's Tokyo Story . . . one of the best films with one of the best lines of all times . . . .
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Yeah, Robert Wise, a talented filmmaker who I admire and respect, apparently was engaged to modify Welles's original edit, while the great man was in Brazil working on the never-to-be completed It's All True. Still a great film, despite Wise's unwise interpolations.
From Tokyo Story, paraphrasing from memory: "Life is very disappointing, isn't it?" "Yes, it is" (said with a smile). Setsuko Hara was so inutterably beautiful. I like Ozu's The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice, an overlooked comedy from one year earlier (1952), even more than Tokyo Story, which is still probably Ozu's most famous movie.
ekeby:
--- Quote from: moremojo on August 15, 2006, 06:24:12 pm ---From Tokyo Story, paraphrasing from memory: "Life is very disappointing, isn't it?" "Yes, it is" (said with a smile).
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"Yes, it is" . . . that's the line, and it comes so quickly after the preceding line . . . directly at you from the screen like a spear thrown at your heart . . . truly an amazing moment . . . I've put off seeing other Ozu for too long and intend to see them this year . . . . guess I shouldn't be surprised that somebody else on this board knew this and could quote it! . . . but I AM!
ednbarby:
I love "The Magnificent Ambersons" and it's my favorite of Welles' films, too. And my limit of five is silly. Especially since I've added almost twenty more since I first started the poll. Vote for all your favorites, and I'll gladly keep adding more as they're suggested. :)
SFEnnisSF:
David Lynch is not on the list... ???
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: sfericsf on August 16, 2006, 02:57:45 pm ---David Lynch is not on the list... ???
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Oh, my goodness! It's been so long since I've watched any of his movies, I completely forgot him. Same goes for Jonathan Demme. And Ted Demme, for that matter. And - good grief - Roman Polanski.
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