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They are Abbas Kiarostami (Iran), Fridrik Thor Fridriksson (Iceland), and Hirokazu Koreeda (Japan).
Unlike some "arty" directors, these three filmmakers are "traditional" in that they primarily are storytellers. Also, they do not adhere to radical camera techniques, avant garde use of music, or film stock treatments.
Like artists of old, it is their vision, the power of the story itself and the skill in its telling (the seeming disappearance of a narrative force), that carries films such as Cold Fever, The Wind Will Carry Us, and Nobody Knows to the summit of modern films.
If you are unfamiliar with their works, I envy you.
You have wonderful discoveries ahead.
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I like to read these postings on Film because there is just no subtle opinion voiced and little equivocality.Should you think about the top 3 most pompous asylum movie reviewers?
And yes, I'll tuck my tail between my legs and wander back to vinyl and tubes...we just play much more nicely over there.
Some actual civil discourse on film would be welcome here.Not that *I'm* opinionated or anything ;-)
And in this case I get two such birds (t. and E.B.) with one stone.Posted by tinear ( A ) on September 17, 2005
In Reply to: "What is the best/your favorite performance of...?" posted by clarkjohnsen on September 16, 2005:One understands that there is no "greatest" or "best" when one is rating at a certain level of excellence, or one is not to be trusted.
The Clark of today scoffs at the Clark of yesterday, and certainly will at the Clark of tomorrow. I agree with them all.
No "best", I am scolded, whenever the writer is of that particular turn of mind. Yet now we have his "three best". And best of all (sorry!), *he* gets scolded in turn: "First, it's a ludicrous notion that there's a definitive best, and second, it tells me nothing of substance."
People who genuinely respect the opinions of others don't get into such messes.
clark
My dear Clark, specificity and context are all in these types of discussions.
Your deliciously hysterical post gushed on about how some young unknown lout's Beethoven sonata attempts were the GREATEST EVER RECORDED!
Not among the greatest or best, mind you, but THE BEST.
I would never, for instance, say you're THE thickest and most pompous poster. No. But you are certainly AMONG them.
Shirley, you understand the difference?
Naming a best is okay where music is concerned, but where film is concerned? Funny, you did not qualify your response to Clark in another forum to a certain "context". Why do you now feel the need to qualify a comment you previously wrote on another forum, when apparently you did not feel the need to qualify your statement in the first place? Because when someone lifts the rocks, and next thing the little buggies will do is scatter, looking for the next rock to crawl under, afraid to face the light.
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So regardless of what type of film one prefers, what mood someones in, who's watching, etc, these three (none I've heard of, so I'll assume I probably wouldn't feel even remotely similar) are "the best" directors?
Whats the best movie/car/toaster/speaker made? No such thing. In what room/road/with what bread/music, etc and mainly to whose ears/feet/taste, etc, etc.
...I'll never understand the desire/need to identify the "best," whether it be a composer, a recording, a film, a director, or anything else.First, it's a ludicrous notion that there's a definitive best, and second, it tells me nothing of substance.
I'm sure these directors are worth getting to know, but I submit all three would agree with the silliness of this kind of ranking.
eb
In their fields.#No one can deny it.
game to put forth one's opinions and defend them.
If one finds that offensive, one may withdraw from the field.
There is a world of difference between saying ONE is the ultimate and identifying a group which is, no?
My point is that three superb directors, as good as any working today, toil in obscurity (relative). Satisfied?
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