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Yes, I have additions & deletions. For instance, you overlooked Martin Scorsese ...

Posted by Audiophilander (A) on November 22, 2002 at 08:40:49

In Reply to: You knew it was coming posted by mvwine on November 22, 2002 at 07:43:48:

...who, arguably, should be somewhere near the very top of any list of great Ameerican directors. BTW, Chaplin was was never a U.S citizen; originally British, he had his entry permit cancelled in 1952 while on vacation in Europe with his family during the McCarthy "witch-hunts" when film-makers were being asked to rat on their colleagues. He became a permanent ex-patriot, settling in Switzerland. Also, Billy Wilder (1906-2002) was a successful German silent film scenario writer before immigrating here in 1934 after Hitler came to power (Wilder was Jewish) and eventually acquiring U.S. citizenship.

I agree with many of the directors on your list, but I'm kind of glad that you're limiting it to sound because I might have to take issue with leaving off D. W. Griffith and Erich Von Stroheim, even though, sadly, they're almost forgotten today.

Among those listed which I'd be inclined to nudge down below the Top Ten are Francis Ford Coppola and possibly Wood Allen; while both are great directors, the formers claim to fame rests a,most entirely on the Godfather series and Apocolypse Now, the remainder of his body of work being rather hit & miss, IMHO. Woody Allen is also a great director, but far too eclectic (i.e., being an acquired taste) for a list of America's greatest, IMO; his work is also hit & miss, although some might be inclined to say take it or leave it! ;^)

Cheers,
AuPh

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