What Director's World Do You Want To Live In?
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I'm shamelessly stealing this idea from a discussion posted on last week's episode of Slashfilm After Dark. A reader asked the good hosts over there what director or cinematographer's world they would most like to live in. Of course, this is one of those questions you think of a thousand answers to after the fact, but at the time I picked Joe Wright. I want to live in his misty, sun-drenched version of the English countryside where it rains only if you happen to be in a Grecian temple with Mr. Darcy and are thus trapped for hours.
But over this weekend I indulged in a little Douglas Sirk, and I may have to add him as a second choice. I abhor the stuffy social circles presented in his films (he may be critical of it, but it doesn't make it easier to live in!), but I would rather love to be drenched in popsicle-hued Technicolor, the light coordinating perfectly with my lipstick. I'd love to be dressed impeccably, enjoying cocktail hour, secure in a misty land of economic bliss and fabulous furniture. On the other hand, it would be pretty dull (do you get to truly enjoy popsicle Technicolor if you're living in it? Isn't it hard on the eyes?), so perhaps Sirk is best kept as a vacation away from Wright.
Here's where the sharp and classy tastes of the Cinematical readership can jump in. What director or cinematographer's world do you want to live in?
But over this weekend I indulged in a little Douglas Sirk, and I may have to add him as a second choice. I abhor the stuffy social circles presented in his films (he may be critical of it, but it doesn't make it easier to live in!), but I would rather love to be drenched in popsicle-hued Technicolor, the light coordinating perfectly with my lipstick. I'd love to be dressed impeccably, enjoying cocktail hour, secure in a misty land of economic bliss and fabulous furniture. On the other hand, it would be pretty dull (do you get to truly enjoy popsicle Technicolor if you're living in it? Isn't it hard on the eyes?), so perhaps Sirk is best kept as a vacation away from Wright.
Here's where the sharp and classy tastes of the Cinematical readership can jump in. What director or cinematographer's world do you want to live in?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
5-13-2009 @ 7:16PM
Dave said...
Without hesitation, John Waters circa 1974.
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5-12-2009 @ 9:37PM
dishesaredone said...
jean-pierre jeunet
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5-12-2009 @ 9:44PM
Brett said...
Wes Anderson - hands down.
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5-12-2009 @ 9:44PM
Mr. R said...
Hitchcock. I think his movies always look wide and full of color, people's clothes are always in tune to the elegance of the surroundings. Scorsese gave life to that charm in his famous "key to reserva" add. The shinning blur of a gorgeous woman with red lipstick close to my three piece gray suit, couldn' ask for more, even a killer behind me...
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5-12-2009 @ 9:47PM
Liz said...
No question about it, Tim Burton
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5-13-2009 @ 1:50AM
jason said...
yes tim burton
5-12-2009 @ 9:49PM
Julie said...
Let's see...besides Joe Wright, there's James Ivory, David Lean, Ang Lee, Sydney Pollack, Terence Davies...I'm sensing a trend here. ;o)
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5-12-2009 @ 9:53PM
Rebekah said...
Guillermo Del Toro. Everything is brilliant, magical and slightly dangerous.
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5-12-2009 @ 11:27PM
Dan said...
Off the top, I'm inclined to agree...Del Toro has a wonderful eye, particularly for fusing the real and the fantastic, and that's definitely something I'm very compelled by. Spielberg could definitely be pretty cool too.
5-12-2009 @ 10:35PM
Chris said...
I might be alone in this; but I've always wanted to live inside a world directed by Michael Mann. It might be dangerous, but everybody would be very good at what they did. I think everything would run much better.
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5-12-2009 @ 10:44PM
ArmoryGigante said...
Steven Soderbergh
My life would have the smoothest of soundtracks and even the simplest of tasks like eating shrimp would ascend to more bad ass and suave territory.
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5-12-2009 @ 10:43PM
Jessica Dillon said...
Tarsem? Or Baz Luhrmann. As for cinematographer - Roger Deakins.
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5-12-2009 @ 10:51PM
vegimorph said...
steven spielberg or george lucas
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5-13-2009 @ 8:14AM
pbpbroncucia said...
Wow, that is a great question. Mel Brooks would be funny but a bit caotic. John Ford a universe of wide open spaces where men respect a lady and best a coward. Scorsese would be one of closed societies and violence, Physical and mental. Peter Jackson would be nice if I never had to leave Hobbton or Rivendell. Screw Mordor of Scull Island.
Wait Guy Hamilton, Goldfinger, Live and Let Die, and The Man with the Golden Gun. Ahhhh cool stuff, hot girls, beautiful exotic locals, driving rockin, cars at insane speeds.
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5-13-2009 @ 12:58PM
Mike said...
Miyazaki, Del Toro, Peter Jackson, and JJ Abrams.
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5-17-2009 @ 10:30PM
victor de la torre said...
Sir Ridley Scott.
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5-13-2009 @ 12:52AM
wyrmike said...
Del Toro, Jeunet, Anderson, all are at the top of my list, but Tarantino would be pretty effing cool.
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5-13-2009 @ 1:08AM
Mike said...
Surprised nobody's said Frank Capra. Or, to go a completely different direction, Mel Brooks.
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5-13-2009 @ 2:12AM
Jen said...
Jacque Tati or Hayao Miyazaki.
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5-13-2009 @ 2:43AM
Patty P said...
Peter Jackson's Middle Earth. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas are close behind that.
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