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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Topic - The three best directors working today are hardly known. - tinear 06:05:50 11/24/05 (19)
- Re: you guys are really just too ingroup (and outgroup) here - chris e. 02:52:43 11/28/05 (1)
- Please don't go.... - Harmonia 10:03:42 11/28/05 (0)
- While one wisely makes a policy of not discussing things with rude people, one does also sometimes make an exception. - clarkjohnsen 08:20:12 11/25/05 (6)
- Majestatic impersonals are frequently used by ordinary people to hide a lack of stamina and commitment ...(nt) - orejones 10:44:33 11/26/05 (0)
- "Waiter, the smallest fly swatter you have and quickly, please!" - tinear 10:50:46 11/25/05 (2)
- Context?? Context??? - jamesgarvin 15:59:08 11/29/05 (0)
- I think Shirley took the day off. But we can find a substitute for you [!] NT - Guy 03:36:47 11/26/05 (0)
- That response is perfect. Would "hyprocrite" be appropriate?nt - jamesgarvin 10:04:51 11/25/05 (1)
- Yes, and when caught in flagrante delicto, he swings out aimlessly, as above. Richly amusing! nt - clarkjohnsen 08:35:06 11/26/05 (0)
- Re: I hope they don't paint with your size of brush...;0) (nt) - Jeff Starrs 12:04:15 11/24/05 (4)
- Raphael, Rembrandt, Rothko... that's their brush size. nt - tinear 04:58:27 11/25/05 (3)
- Rothko did not have brush... he used pain roller (nt) - Victor Khomenko 06:45:09 11/25/05 (2)
- Not so. Rothko used (in the color-field paintings) - tinear 07:34:31 11/25/05 (0)
- Re: Is that a russian thing? - Jeff Starrs 06:47:30 11/25/05 (0)
- LOL! Looks like you are gonna get more lumps than you asked for! - Victor Khomenko 10:08:41 11/24/05 (0)
- You mean "The three best directors..." in your opinion? - grantv 09:40:11 11/24/05 (0)
- If I live to be 10,000 years old... - EBerlin 09:07:59 11/24/05 (2)
- Re: Well Einstein & Newton where the best...------ - patrickU 10:04:59 11/24/05 (0)
- There is competition in just about all human endeavors. It is a fun - tinear 09:36:18 11/24/05 (0)