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What a miserable response, but I would agree that there are other directors as noteworthy as Kubrick!

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Audiophilander

In Reply to: What a miserable list posted by Victor Khomenko on February 03, 2004 at 07:20:01:

Ridley Scott comes to mind:
Duelists
Alien
Blade Runner
Legend
Thelma & Louise
Blackhawk Down
Gladiator
This diverse list of achievements are just his cutting edge ground breakers; this list omits films such as Black Rain, White Squal, 1492 and many more, some well received, others less so.
Other Directors with great track records: James Cameron (Aliens, Terminator's I & II, Abyss, True Lies, Titanic) & Stephen Spielberg (Jaws, Close Encounters..., Raiders of the Lost Ark, Shindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, A.I.); BTW, even though he doesn't have as long a recognized list of accomplishments, I may have to add Peter Jackson to my list just to annoy you. His beautifully envisioned and magnificently filmed LoTR trilogy achievement, the brilliantly executed and disturbing Heavenly Creatures, in addition to the tongue-in-cheek fictional documentary Forgotten Silver is deserving of recognition.
Well Victor, when you've finished writhing on the floor, frothing at the mouth and soiling your Depends over my contribution, I have but one thing left to say: Have a nice day! :o)
Cheers,
AuPh

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You said aplenty yourself... no need to kick someone who dwells on his own misery. (nt) - Victor Khomenko 12:39:07 02/03/04 (0)
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Comparing RS to SK is like comparing Diana Krall to Ella. (nt) - sjb 12:01:31 02/03/04 (0)
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Re: What a miserable response, but I would agree that there are other directors as noteworthy as Kubrick! - patrickU 12:01:28 02/03/04 (0)
Blade runner is a film I really liked, black and poetic.
Ridley Scott? Jesus. LOTR has damaged you! nt - tinear 09:10:54 02/03/04 (7)
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- Ridley Scott? Yes! He's held in very high regard in the film community. - Audiophilander 12:42:37 02/03/04 (6)
  He's a very diverse & talented director, IMHO.
  Other Directors I hold in high regard to a greater or lesser degree for their auteurship (i.e., based on a variety of factors that I'm pretty sure critics, both professional and armchair, would not be in universal accord):
  FW Murnau
  Terry Gilliam
  Erick Von Stroheim
  Charles Chaplin
  John Huston
  Fritz Lang
  Orson Welles
  Paul Verhooven
  Josef Von Sternberg
  ...etc., omitting the aforementioned Peter Jackson, Stephen Spielberg, Janes Cameron, Ridley Scott and numerous deserving European and Asian directors. Obviously this is an incomplete list, but a nice cross section.
  AuPh
  PS: I would've posted this earlier, but the board was apparently down (?) and unavailable for posting for several hours.
  - Re: You left out Lubitsch. Oversight? (nt) - rico 07:16:58 02/04/04 (0)
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  - Among the "young adults", I am sure. He is a lame director, with Gladiator being... - Victor Khomenko 12:46:12 02/03/04 (4)
    ...his limit of incompetency.
    - The limit of his incompentancy? I thought so too... - padreken 14:00:13 02/03/04 (0)
      Then I saw Red Dragon.
      
      "A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them".
      -P. J. O'Rourke
    - Why is it worse to have a fresh "young adult" perspective than a closed minded coprolitic old fart's "tunnelvision"? - Audiophilander 13:31:57 02/03/04 (2)
      Oh, I forgot, you like Tarkovsky's Solaris! (grin) BTW, your stubborn opinions are still too fresh to be coprolitic. ;^)
      Cheers,
      AuPh
      - There is that process called "maturing"... careful - some day it might even catch up with you (nt) - Victor Khomenko 13:39:21 02/03/04 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Why is it worse to have a fresh "young adult" perspective than a closed minded coprolitic old fart's "tunnelvision"? posted by Audiophilander on February 03, 2004 at 13:31:57:
        
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        Well, there's such a thing as "maturing" & then there's over ripe, going to seed & rotting on the vine! - Audiophilander 14:27:03 02/03/04 (0)
        
        In Reply to: There is that process called "maturing"... careful - some day it might even catch up with you (nt) posted by Victor Khomenko on February 03, 2004 at 13:39:21:
        
        Often your withering opinions seem to reflect the latter more than the former, but I suspect that even decaying cinematic compost has some value in nurturing the passion and growth of fresh visionary art. ;^)
        Cheers,
        AuPh

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