Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Directors Who Only Make Consistently Excellent Movies
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Akira Kurosawa?
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I didn't really like Kiki's Delivery Service, but otherwise I agree.tragabigzanda wrote:Miyazaki?
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Jonah Hill is 1 for 1. mid90s is excellent.
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I would endorse this, good callgeorgesavage wrote:Akira Kurosawa?
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I'm just so bored by you now, BurtBurtReynolds wrote:Heat is one of the best ever.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Literally the worst opinion I’ve ever hearddurdencommatyler wrote:Heat and Collateral are also pretty not-excellent.LoathedVermin72 wrote:FUCK YOUdurdencommatyler wrote:Manhunter disqualifies Mann with prejudice.VinylGuy wrote:yeah, agree....i have to think about this one.tragabigzanda wrote:Ugh Michael Mann is soooo close except for boring fucking Public Enemies
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No joke: Akira Kurosawa is one of my absolute least favorite filmmakers. Throne of Blood is great and Ran is okay, but I've hated just about everything else I've watched (or tried to watch) from him.
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He's likely at the very top of my list
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:No joke: Akira Kurosawa is one of my absolute least favorite filmmakers. Throne of Blood is great and Ran is okay, but I've hated just about everything else I've watched (or tried to watch) from him.
Yeah Throne of Blood is spooky as hell.
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I love Kurosawa and Throne of Blood is my favorite one
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Ikiru and High and Low are his best. Of his top movies I have not see Dersu Uzala, Red Beard, Kagemusha and The Bad Sleep Well.
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Did you two trade accounts??durdencommatyler wrote:I'm just so bored by you now, BurtBurtReynolds wrote:Heat is one of the best ever.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Literally the worst opinion I’ve ever hearddurdencommatyler wrote:Heat and Collateral are also pretty not-excellent.LoathedVermin72 wrote:FUCK YOUdurdencommatyler wrote:Manhunter disqualifies Mann with prejudice.VinylGuy wrote:yeah, agree....i have to think about this one.tragabigzanda wrote:Ugh Michael Mann is soooo close except for boring fucking Public Enemies
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Ensign9 wrote:Did you two trade accounts??durdencommatyler wrote:I'm just so bored by you now, BurtBurtReynolds wrote:Heat is one of the best ever.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Literally the worst opinion I’ve ever hearddurdencommatyler wrote:Heat and Collateral are also pretty not-excellent.LoathedVermin72 wrote:FUCK YOUdurdencommatyler wrote:Manhunter disqualifies Mann with prejudice.VinylGuy wrote:yeah, agree....i have to think about this one.tragabigzanda wrote:Ugh Michael Mann is soooo close except for boring fucking Public Enemies
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Many would disagree based on The Dead Don't Die. Not me tho.tragabigzanda wrote:Jim Jarmusch
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:Literally the worst opinion I’ve ever hearddurdencommatyler wrote:Heat and Collateral are also pretty not-excellent.LoathedVermin72 wrote:FUCK YOUdurdencommatyler wrote:Manhunter disqualifies Mann with prejudice.VinylGuy wrote:yeah, agree....i have to think about this one.tragabigzanda wrote:Ugh Michael Mann is soooo close except for boring fucking Public Enemies
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easy elaine may
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even easier pedro costa
Jorge wrote:I remember I was in Miami when it happened. I was posting from the balcony of my apartment overlooking the beach. And I was having an argument with Adamdude.
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maybe reichardt, maybe refn
Jorge wrote:I remember I was in Miami when it happened. I was posting from the balcony of my apartment overlooking the beach. And I was having an argument with Adamdude.