my favorites are probably:

Martin Scorsese
Robert Altman
Woody Allen
Stanley Kubrick

Christopher Nolan is quickly becoming one of my favorites, now, of the younger generation. And Quentin Tarentino

Lucas is a poor director.

He directed the first Star Wars (but not 'Empire' or 'Jedi' and then he did direct prequels....

He did not direct any of the Indiana Jones

But then again he directed "American Graffiti"

Ridley scott:

Alien (1979),
Blade Runner (1982),
Legend (1985),
Black Rain (1989/I),
Thelma & Louise (1991),
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992),
Gladiator (2000),
Black Hawk Down (2001),
Kingdom of Heaven (2005),
American Gangster (2007),
Body of Lies (2008)).

OnlyNDaUsa said:

THX 1138 is badass.

Graycap23 said:

I wouldn't put many of those as favorites, but that's still a very solid list of movies, some of which are classics.

What I like most about that list is that he is maybe known most for the futuristic sci-fi ones like Alien & Blade Runner, but then was able to do Thelma & Louise which was 180 degrees different in style--and just as good/acclaimed/successful.

ufoclub said:

yeah! have you seen the original short? I like that one more. And I was not happy when he made the special edition.

NDRU said:

I really like his work. Enemy of the State is sick.
Speaking of Will Smith, he has 25 movies in development.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

I have the short as well, but I like the feature. The only thing I think that sucks about the revisionist CG version is the end where he puts in more explicit creatures. I think the other CG touches are fine. Much better than his Star Wars CG retouches! Outside of some good stuff in Empire with the Cloud City.

Jim Jarmusch kicks everyone's ass.

1980 Permanent Vacation
1984 Stranger than Paradise
1986 Coffee and Cigarettes
1986 Down by Law
1989 Mystery Train
1991 Night on Earth
1995 Dead Man
1997 Year of the Horse: Neil Young and Crazy Horse Live
1999 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
2003 Coffee and Cigarettes
2005 Broken Flowers
2009 The Limits of Control
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markpeg said:

Thats the most boring movie I ever saw.

I liked Stranger than Paradise and I LOOOOVED Night On Earth though
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I love Jarmusch's slow pacing, it's not boring to me.

Harlepolis said:

I didn´t really get that movie (Limits of Control). I really tried, and I love Jim Jarmusch films....but sorry, this one was over my head. I mean, WTF?

markpeg said:

I have no problem with his slow tempo, actually I enjoy that and Ghost Dog is one of my favorite movies...but come on, The Limits of Control was just.....well, special.

KoolEaze said:

Probably why it generated strong feelings from critics & audience alike - sitting for 2 hours with every scene passing over their heads.

Mind you, I love movies that make the viewers "think", its exciting to me,,,,,but at least meet them 1/2 way, shit 1/4 is fine so they won't be completely lost, ya know? :

Harlepolis said:

that's how I felt about David Lynch's Inland Empire. And I usually love his stuff, weird as it is. I couldn't make it through this one.

NDRU said:

I think my favorite viewing experience of Lynch (outside of The Elephant Man) is Lost Highway in the theatre.

ufoclub said:

I loved Lost Highway. Even when I'm confused, it's interesting to watch. The issue with Inland Empire was not only that it was confusing, it was very harsh & unpleasant.

ufoclub said:

yeah that movie was a trip!

NDRU said:

and boring

ZombieKitten said:

when they went back to the big rabbits for the third time or so I had to stop

Extended period of confusion ceases being interesting and becomes boring, as you say.

NDRU said:

my DVD skipped a 10 minute portion of the movie right in the middle and I got mad "this movie now makes NO sense!!!"

KoolEaze said:

I think The Limits of Control was about a Liberal resistance fighting a Fascist organization. Bill Murray played a Fascist, no?
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ZombieKitten said:

You might as well have skipped randomly from scene to scene. Maybe one combination would work.

NDRU said:

that movie was really sad, but I couldn't figure out what I was sad about