In Reply to: Yes, I have additions & deletions. For instance, you overlooked Martin Scorsese ... posted by Audiophilander on November 22, 2002 at 08:40:49:
but surely you wouldn't think of Chaplin as a "british" director, or Wilder as a "German" one?And believe me, my reasons for limiting it to American and sound are more for my limits of knowledge, rather than an intentional slight.
Yes, Coppola was on the edge, just a personal preference, but Woody Allen had one of the most prolific periods of turning out very good to great movies (IMHO, of course) of any director - roughly bookended by Annie Hall and Crimes and Misdemeanors. Sadly, his output since then has been spotty.
And Scorsese to me, fits in with many directors who have directed some very good movies, but their overall body of work is just not consistent enough to be in that top ten.
I gave at the office!
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Follow Ups
- Geez, Auph, I thought I avoided controversy... - mvwine 09:07:21 11/22/02 (3)
- I gotta put Scorsese in the top rank! - Harmonia 11:01:24 11/22/02 (1)
- Well, we'll continue to split hairs over Marty, - mvwine 11:26:30 11/22/02 (0)
- And John Ford as an Irish one ecetera......nt - patrickU 09:27:05 11/22/02 (0)