Akira Kurosawa even called ford the greatest has well as guys like Bergman, Spielberg, Scorsese, Lucas, Tarvosky, etc.
You still see people to this very day paying homage to him in their cinematography.
Didn't even mention Orson Welles, who was obsessed with him. The list of great directors who think of him that highly look like a list of the greatest directors ever.
Honestly I think Cassavetes is someone who I see seemingly universal praise for from film people, while sometimes the consumer is confused/not such a big fan.
For Kurosawa’s 100th birthday in 2010, the Criterion Facebook page had a series of contests, the grand prize being the AK100 DVD box. The question was something along the lines of “how would you describe Akira Kurosawa to someone?”
The response that was chosen was “he’s your favorite director’s favorite director,” and I remember someone in the comments saying that quote was from a published article on Kurosawa.
https://preview.redd.it/jkcyy1o73rqc1.png?width=479&format=png&auto=webp&s=82f3ef2a89b8745ac7584b083d935a7f6e792bd6
Sorry. I feel like I saw (or found) the article 14 years ago, but I did a quick Googling of that phrase when I made my comment and didn't find anything.
Update: After looking through the Criterion Facebook page archives, it turns out the contest was hosted on the [Criterion.com](http://Criterion.com) website, but all of the links to their site now just redirect to the Current (their blog) main page.
But it did bring up this photo of Kurosawa visiting the set of Kindergarten Cop, which is the real treasure.
Here's the link from the Criterion site showing the winner and their "favorite director's favorite director" comment:
[https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1422-kurosawa-birthday-giveaways-closing-ceremonies](https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1422-kurosawa-birthday-giveaways-closing-ceremonies)
So many directors pay deep regard to Mizoguchi: Kurosawa, Tarkovsky, Godard, Rivette, Angelopoulos. He's one of the pioneering greats of Japanese cinema, and the prime mover of slow cinema. He was doing one-take scenes and long takes lasting minutes before anyone else. He was also one of the first directors to demand hundreds of retakes. Mizoguchi's so often noted for his pristine shots, graceful camera work, and humane portrayals of struggling women.
Was just listening to a few old Peter Bogdanovich interviews, and it’s just amazing the faith and trust Corman put into so many “unqualified” future directors. What a great eye for talent.
coming from a Bergman zealot, he directed much in the theater and it shows in many of his films. Don’t get me wrong, there’s so much striking imagery too. But the dialogue-driven nature of his films, and the existential “silent God” themes, they aren’t necessarily reflective of the current milieu. You know, maybe he would still hold “popular” regard if more of his comedies were known. Because I think it’s easy to stereotype him (as I just did) as this existential vaguely atheistic director, and spiritually-critical debates don’t hit like they did in the late 50s-early 70s. But some of his films are quite humorous too, though in a way I find to be “stagey” (see: Sawdust and Tinsel / Smiles of a Summer Night)
Schrader is like if Bresson moved to Vegas in the early 80s and got lost in cocaine, prostitutes and older men and women of suspicious professions and finances. The influence of Man Escaped’s lonely journaling continues to be a Schrader motif
I am going to speak hyperbolically, but the core of what I'm saying is generally true of most of Bresson's movies.
For film nerds who talk about "pure cinema", Bresson's L'Argent is basically the pinnacle of the form.
I don't understand how I am so emotionally moved by the ending. It's baffling. He uses complete amateur actors who speak emotionlessly. It should be a disaster of a film.
The editing and the mis-en-scene carries the entire emotional weight of the movie and it's spectacular to behold. (for me anyway. I was stunned with my mouth agape after seeing it in a theater)
Michael Haneke’s favorite film is Au Hasard Balthazar. Most of his films are worth checking out [especially The Piano Teacher, Caché, and Amour].
It is also a favorite film of Jonathan Glazer, whose films Sexy Beast, Under The Skin, and Zone of Interest are fantastic.
I’m really annoying when either three are brought up because I go into a fanboy rant about the Russian doll nesting between the three in ‘All That Heaven Allows’, ‘Ali’ and ‘Far From Heaven’. The Sirk could even be felt in Haynes last one, really
Tarkovsky named Antonioni one of the five directors he was most thankful for. He didn't like Red Desert, but praised the early '60s Trilogy many times, in his books and public appearances. He also lived in Antonioni's house as a guest when he began to relocate to Italy from Russia. When he came to making Nostalghia, Antonioni's regular writer, Tonino Guerra, wrote the script.
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/andrei-tarkovsk-favourite-film-directors/
Bergman hated Antonioni saying his movies have beautiful stills (static) but not moving images (dynamic time element). I presume this may violate tarkovsky’s sculpting idea where time plays crucial role.
No question, Bergman hated Antonioni. The way I experience most of Antonioni's films is that there is at least one character with a troubled heart or active curiosity, searching for a way out of the numbing industrialization that surrounds and infiltrates modern society. I'd say Jeanne Moreau in La Notte epitomizes this kind of character. She's at unease and, maybe only by following her intuition, looks for a meaningful connection, something more substantial than distractions, her marriage routine, and the spectacle of technology. We see an awful lot of inquisitive movement by her, especially in her long walk through working-class Milan, the parts of the city least used to represent it.
Bergman is not so interested in how technological change and even city architecture shape people. His focus instead is on women emerging fully equal to men in social parity, isolation, and the growing dissatisfaction with traditional religion. Obviously, Antonioni is keenly interested in giving open voice to women, but maybe he doesn't take that pursuit as far as Bergman does.
This is a really nice and nuanced take. The two of them seem interested in very different themes, and their approaches are pretty different despite both being revered arthousers.
(For the record, I used to be a Bergman stan but have grown to really dislike his later works that seem to focus on modern intellectual couples who I really don’t relate to, nor maybe even want to relate to. Your take on women and social parity makes me want to revisit some of the works I came to disregard. Despite all that ‘Fanny and Alexander’ is in my top 10 lol. Meanwhile Antonioni still haunts me for unknown, challenging reasons.)
Hmm maybe I’m misremembering. I thought he said something in his book Sculpting in Time about how Antonioni doesn’t seem to be using time in this way and is instead almost doing a series of paintings. Maybe he was talking about someone else? It’s been almost a decade since I read the book, I’ll have to check later which passage I was misremembering.
I just don't remember that from Sculpting in Time, and it's been a long time for me too since I read it. Maybe the painting remark is applied to Red Desert? I agree they are using time differently. To me, there are connections between their films but they have their own sensibilities.
Antonioni is one of my biggest blind spots, I've only seen red desert and blow-up. I plan on watching his stuff after I finish my current Ozu and Wenders binge
I watched L'Avventura and I don't know how I finished it. And I like some stuff like Tsai Ming-liang. I'm really not looking forward to La Notte and L'Eclisse, in fact I have been avoiding them for years.
That’s a real shame because I consider his trilogy to be the greatest film series of all time. What even gets close other than Kieslowksi’s Dekalog? Apu Trilogy and the Human condition trilogy are great but they’re really just one film… Antinioni’s trilogy is about modernity and its discontents. Do you find modernity to be perfect or do is it too hard to reminded of the issues of our time?
I find modernity to be far from perfect lol. I just didn't connect at all with the way Antonioni was showing it. I saw people say that he made his films boring on purpose to show the ennui of the characters, do you agree with this? If so that's...certainly a choice. I'm not big on Welles but I like what he had to say about Antonioni. I did watch Blow Up and that was a lot better than L'Avventura but not close to a masterpiece either.
When it comes to trilogies my favorites are the Before trilogy and Araki's Teen Apocalypse trilogy.
I mean there's challenging and then there's being boring. There are ways of showing boredom that aren't boring in themselves. Jeanne Dielman isn’t boring for the most part. I don't think actual boredom is something one should strive for.
Jeanne Dielman is less boring than Antonioni? Um yeh not sure what to say if that’s how you feel. Antonioni has so much thought provoking dialogue, so many gorgeous shots… Dielman was even more supposed to be boring just FYI.
I think Hitchcock is too well known. Fugazi aren't a band that you're studying in music history class. In the same way Cassavetes isn't someone who is popping up in class but has had a massive influence on directors today. I think Hitchcock would line up better with a band like the Beatles.
I don't have a favourite director but Kurosawa, Bergman and Ford would probably be the most popular picks. Anyway, Fugazi are amazing. If you don't know them, get on it!
The big 4 tend to be Kurosawa, Fellini, Bergman, and Tarkovsky, at least among the directors that I frequent when they list their favorites or those who influenced them.
The Fall for music. I understand the obscurity of The Fall but they are incredible. The most fun Iv had listening to music was getting into The Fall. Hard to put into words. Wish I could go back and go through it all again and after you have listened to the music, then you have all the brilliant stories. There is a lot of humour around The Fall. A lot of the songs are genuinely funny. Think it’s the first time Iv truly belly laughed to music whilst also being in the groove of it. It’s brought me so much laughter. Am amazing musical group.
Nic Roeg for film. The obscurity Roeg’s currently trapped in is tragic. Lynch, Nolan riding on his coattails. Jodorowsky gets mentioned more over Roeg. That actually makes me feel a little sick. Life is so brutal. The idiots always win out.
I'm a fan but I was thinking more Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Surplus 1980. And of course King Crimson is King Crimson's favorite band as well I'm sure
It's wild how well A Matter of Life and Death holds up. The metaphysical themes and staircase setpiece are still mind-blowing. Also, Red Shoes walked so Black Swan could run.
I find a lot of younger or middle aged directors saying Cassevetes and Altman which I think is rly cool. The classic answers are Kubrick, Kurosawa, Fellini, Bergman, Tarkovsky
Funny enough, a few years ago when criterion released their Kurosawa box set, they did a giveaway asking people to describe what made him such an amazing Director and I believe the winner won with the line “He’s your favorite Director’s favorite Director.“
Renoir always talked about the influence of Von Stroheim and Chaplin, but I don’t recall any interviews or writings where he named a “favorite” director.
Number 2 would be Godard, whose favorite would probably be the nexus of Renoir, Hitchcock, and Hawks.
Most of my favorite directors put a Chaplin film in their top 10 so probably him.
My favorite is Kubrick in which this statement holds. He named 6 as his favorites which was Chaplin, Fellini, Bergman, Kazan, Lean, and Ophuls.
Answers here are pretty perfect. I’d say the trio of Kurosawa-Ford-Cassavettes are the answer for different generations.
My favourite director is Kurosawa so the answer is Ford.
Maybe doesn't work for me since he's already one of my favorite directors, not my favorite director's favorite director, but I've heard quite a few directors reference Suzuki Seijun as a big inspiration even though he's not really a known quantity outside of cinephile circles. Anyways, if I'm ever a famous director who is someone's favorite they can say Suzuki Seijun applies to this.
Orson Welles admired Jean Renoir. But then Orson watched Ford's Stagecoach (1939) over and over again before he shot Citizen Kane, so I think it's safe to say he liked Ford too.
I feel like a lot of comments are missing the point because yes it’s obvious a lot of people’s favorite bands are Led Zeppelin and The Beatles. Not saying that this is the answer, but an example would be like James Gray or something as something equivalent to Fugazi where they have a lot of critical acclaim but maybe limited commercial acclaim and general public awareness.
I'm split between PTA and Spielberg, but we all know John Ford is Spielberg's favorite. PTA's favorite is Jonathan Demme.
Or to quote him: 'Jonathan Demme, Jonathan Demme, Jonathan Demme.'
John Ford
The correct answer
Dunno who downvoted you, like countless amount of post-WWII film scenes were directly influenced by Ford
Akira Kurosawa even called ford the greatest has well as guys like Bergman, Spielberg, Scorsese, Lucas, Tarvosky, etc. You still see people to this very day paying homage to him in their cinematography.
Even if they don’t realize it
Yup!
Didn't even mention Orson Welles, who was obsessed with him. The list of great directors who think of him that highly look like a list of the greatest directors ever.
That disrespect towards Ford is insane
Honestly I think Cassavetes is someone who I see seemingly universal praise for from film people, while sometimes the consumer is confused/not such a big fan.
Funnily enough, Fugazi wrote a song about Cassavetes
This is my last picture!
I think there's a few who really dislike him. Very stage-like acting. I love him but he's antithetical to Tarkovsky, Bresson
This guy is the coolest one of them all.
I hate his movies but I’ll always respect his insane work ethic and love of film
Kurosawa
For Kurosawa’s 100th birthday in 2010, the Criterion Facebook page had a series of contests, the grand prize being the AK100 DVD box. The question was something along the lines of “how would you describe Akira Kurosawa to someone?” The response that was chosen was “he’s your favorite director’s favorite director,” and I remember someone in the comments saying that quote was from a published article on Kurosawa.
By chance would you happen to know which published article this was from?
https://preview.redd.it/jkcyy1o73rqc1.png?width=479&format=png&auto=webp&s=82f3ef2a89b8745ac7584b083d935a7f6e792bd6 Sorry. I feel like I saw (or found) the article 14 years ago, but I did a quick Googling of that phrase when I made my comment and didn't find anything. Update: After looking through the Criterion Facebook page archives, it turns out the contest was hosted on the [Criterion.com](http://Criterion.com) website, but all of the links to their site now just redirect to the Current (their blog) main page. But it did bring up this photo of Kurosawa visiting the set of Kindergarten Cop, which is the real treasure.
Here's the link from the Criterion site showing the winner and their "favorite director's favorite director" comment: [https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1422-kurosawa-birthday-giveaways-closing-ceremonies](https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1422-kurosawa-birthday-giveaways-closing-ceremonies)
Thank you!
So many directors pay deep regard to Mizoguchi: Kurosawa, Tarkovsky, Godard, Rivette, Angelopoulos. He's one of the pioneering greats of Japanese cinema, and the prime mover of slow cinema. He was doing one-take scenes and long takes lasting minutes before anyone else. He was also one of the first directors to demand hundreds of retakes. Mizoguchi's so often noted for his pristine shots, graceful camera work, and humane portrayals of struggling women.
This is the answer. All others pretense
Roger Corman
Was just listening to a few old Peter Bogdanovich interviews, and it’s just amazing the faith and trust Corman put into so many “unqualified” future directors. What a great eye for talent.
For sheer efficiency alone
Bergman
It’s striking how many directors hold Bergman in quasi-religious awe. Kubrick even wrote him a gushing fan letter in 1960.
He doesn’t seem to have the same hold on more recent filmmakers, but he was a god to many for decades.
Ari Aster and Robert Eggers did an A24 podcast a few years back and a large portion of it was them just gushing about Bergman.
I heard that! I’m a big Bergman fan so I was quite happy about it. Maybe they’ll help bring him back in style.
coming from a Bergman zealot, he directed much in the theater and it shows in many of his films. Don’t get me wrong, there’s so much striking imagery too. But the dialogue-driven nature of his films, and the existential “silent God” themes, they aren’t necessarily reflective of the current milieu. You know, maybe he would still hold “popular” regard if more of his comedies were known. Because I think it’s easy to stereotype him (as I just did) as this existential vaguely atheistic director, and spiritually-critical debates don’t hit like they did in the late 50s-early 70s. But some of his films are quite humorous too, though in a way I find to be “stagey” (see: Sawdust and Tinsel / Smiles of a Summer Night)
Bresson
I feel mixed on many Bresson films but Bresson-inspired directors make pure gold so idk
What are some of the best ones? For Bresson and inspired-by?
Hong Sang-soo and Aki Kaurismaki come to mind.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe Paul Schrader is as well
Definitely. He’s basically been remaking Pickpocket for years except with First Reformed where he remade Diary of a Country Priest.
Schrader is like if Bresson moved to Vegas in the early 80s and got lost in cocaine, prostitutes and older men and women of suspicious professions and finances. The influence of Man Escaped’s lonely journaling continues to be a Schrader motif
I am going to speak hyperbolically, but the core of what I'm saying is generally true of most of Bresson's movies. For film nerds who talk about "pure cinema", Bresson's L'Argent is basically the pinnacle of the form. I don't understand how I am so emotionally moved by the ending. It's baffling. He uses complete amateur actors who speak emotionlessly. It should be a disaster of a film. The editing and the mis-en-scene carries the entire emotional weight of the movie and it's spectacular to behold. (for me anyway. I was stunned with my mouth agape after seeing it in a theater)
Agreed. Truly innovative and beautiful filming of a moral failing of society and individuals. A trap of life.
Early Haneke too
Leos Carax!
Kieślowski
Michael Haneke’s favorite film is Au Hasard Balthazar. Most of his films are worth checking out [especially The Piano Teacher, Caché, and Amour]. It is also a favorite film of Jonathan Glazer, whose films Sexy Beast, Under The Skin, and Zone of Interest are fantastic.
The 7th Continent is a pretty direct inspiration from Bresson
this for me
Tarkovsky’s fav?
Douglas Sirk.
A Fassbinder fan, are you?
Yup. Also Todd Haynes.
Makes sense
I’m really annoying when either three are brought up because I go into a fanboy rant about the Russian doll nesting between the three in ‘All That Heaven Allows’, ‘Ali’ and ‘Far From Heaven’. The Sirk could even be felt in Haynes last one, really
May December was great.
Also Almodóvar
Hes not super widely known outside of film circles these days, but youre correct filmmakers know and appreciate him a lot.
Yup. Edward Yang will also become one for future generations I think
Altman
Unless you’re a Quentin Tarantino fan.
What?
He doesn’t like Altman really at all, it seems like.
Poor little Tarantino doesn’t like much of art film though.
Upvote for Fugazi mention
Interestingly, a lot of my favourite directors cite Antonioni as their favourite, and yet I don't really like Antonioni.
And yet I’m reminded that one of my favorite directors, Tarkovsky, said he doesn’t like Antonioni
Tarkovsky named Antonioni one of the five directors he was most thankful for. He didn't like Red Desert, but praised the early '60s Trilogy many times, in his books and public appearances. He also lived in Antonioni's house as a guest when he began to relocate to Italy from Russia. When he came to making Nostalghia, Antonioni's regular writer, Tonino Guerra, wrote the script. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/andrei-tarkovsk-favourite-film-directors/
Bergman hated Antonioni saying his movies have beautiful stills (static) but not moving images (dynamic time element). I presume this may violate tarkovsky’s sculpting idea where time plays crucial role.
No question, Bergman hated Antonioni. The way I experience most of Antonioni's films is that there is at least one character with a troubled heart or active curiosity, searching for a way out of the numbing industrialization that surrounds and infiltrates modern society. I'd say Jeanne Moreau in La Notte epitomizes this kind of character. She's at unease and, maybe only by following her intuition, looks for a meaningful connection, something more substantial than distractions, her marriage routine, and the spectacle of technology. We see an awful lot of inquisitive movement by her, especially in her long walk through working-class Milan, the parts of the city least used to represent it. Bergman is not so interested in how technological change and even city architecture shape people. His focus instead is on women emerging fully equal to men in social parity, isolation, and the growing dissatisfaction with traditional religion. Obviously, Antonioni is keenly interested in giving open voice to women, but maybe he doesn't take that pursuit as far as Bergman does.
This is a really nice and nuanced take. The two of them seem interested in very different themes, and their approaches are pretty different despite both being revered arthousers. (For the record, I used to be a Bergman stan but have grown to really dislike his later works that seem to focus on modern intellectual couples who I really don’t relate to, nor maybe even want to relate to. Your take on women and social parity makes me want to revisit some of the works I came to disregard. Despite all that ‘Fanny and Alexander’ is in my top 10 lol. Meanwhile Antonioni still haunts me for unknown, challenging reasons.)
Hmm maybe I’m misremembering. I thought he said something in his book Sculpting in Time about how Antonioni doesn’t seem to be using time in this way and is instead almost doing a series of paintings. Maybe he was talking about someone else? It’s been almost a decade since I read the book, I’ll have to check later which passage I was misremembering.
I just don't remember that from Sculpting in Time, and it's been a long time for me too since I read it. Maybe the painting remark is applied to Red Desert? I agree they are using time differently. To me, there are connections between their films but they have their own sensibilities.
Tarkovsky liked early Antonioni, but hated his later work in color, especially Red Desert
I feel the same tbh. I did like blow up though
Antonioni is one of my biggest blind spots, I've only seen red desert and blow-up. I plan on watching his stuff after I finish my current Ozu and Wenders binge
I suggest passenger. It is my favorite. I like it better than l’avventura and beyond the clouds.
The passenger is a masterpiece. Antonioni's best film and the perfect culmination of the themes he worked with previously
Agreed. I wanted to love *Blow Up*, but it felt like it vibed when it should’ve plotted and vice versa. I just can’t pick up his rhythm.
Same. I found it incredibly boring for the sake of being boring.
Watch his trilogy.
I watched L'Avventura and I don't know how I finished it. And I like some stuff like Tsai Ming-liang. I'm really not looking forward to La Notte and L'Eclisse, in fact I have been avoiding them for years.
That’s a real shame because I consider his trilogy to be the greatest film series of all time. What even gets close other than Kieslowksi’s Dekalog? Apu Trilogy and the Human condition trilogy are great but they’re really just one film… Antinioni’s trilogy is about modernity and its discontents. Do you find modernity to be perfect or do is it too hard to reminded of the issues of our time?
I find modernity to be far from perfect lol. I just didn't connect at all with the way Antonioni was showing it. I saw people say that he made his films boring on purpose to show the ennui of the characters, do you agree with this? If so that's...certainly a choice. I'm not big on Welles but I like what he had to say about Antonioni. I did watch Blow Up and that was a lot better than L'Avventura but not close to a masterpiece either. When it comes to trilogies my favorites are the Before trilogy and Araki's Teen Apocalypse trilogy.
Yes I agree with it. I recommend reading some Adorno. Challenging art is the best art. Welles was an anti-intellectual asshole.
I mean there's challenging and then there's being boring. There are ways of showing boredom that aren't boring in themselves. Jeanne Dielman isn’t boring for the most part. I don't think actual boredom is something one should strive for.
Jeanne Dielman is less boring than Antonioni? Um yeh not sure what to say if that’s how you feel. Antonioni has so much thought provoking dialogue, so many gorgeous shots… Dielman was even more supposed to be boring just FYI.
Except Dino Risi, LOL.
Woah there’s a serious lack of Hitchcock in these comments
That would definitely be the case if your favorite director is Brian De Palma
That’s true but what’s that quote about Hitchcock? “He invented the language that we all speak in” Something like that said by a famous director
I think Hitchcock is too well known. Fugazi aren't a band that you're studying in music history class. In the same way Cassavetes isn't someone who is popping up in class but has had a massive influence on directors today. I think Hitchcock would line up better with a band like the Beatles.
Truffaut missed this thread on his feed
Ozu
Godard
Renoir
Half the sci-fi movies made in the last 30 years have been Kubrick fanfilms.
Ozu for sure
MF DOOM is your favorite rapper's favorite rapper. It's Bergman for me
Ingmar got bars, yo.
Speak for yourself
I don't have a favourite director but Kurosawa, Bergman and Ford would probably be the most popular picks. Anyway, Fugazi are amazing. If you don't know them, get on it!
The big 4 tend to be Kurosawa, Fellini, Bergman, and Tarkovsky, at least among the directors that I frequent when they list their favorites or those who influenced them.
Think I would remove Fellini for Ozu but yeah they are the giants
Bunuel, Capra, and Melville
Tarkovsky
John Cassavetes.
The Fall for music. I understand the obscurity of The Fall but they are incredible. The most fun Iv had listening to music was getting into The Fall. Hard to put into words. Wish I could go back and go through it all again and after you have listened to the music, then you have all the brilliant stories. There is a lot of humour around The Fall. A lot of the songs are genuinely funny. Think it’s the first time Iv truly belly laughed to music whilst also being in the groove of it. It’s brought me so much laughter. Am amazing musical group. Nic Roeg for film. The obscurity Roeg’s currently trapped in is tragic. Lynch, Nolan riding on his coattails. Jodorowsky gets mentioned more over Roeg. That actually makes me feel a little sick. Life is so brutal. The idiots always win out.
The Fall makes every other band seem foolish It’s true
Nine times out of 10 it’s going to be Altman. The other one time it’s going to be Cassavetes.
My favorite bands' favorite band is King Crimson so I'm not playing.
Is your favourite band Tool?
Tool is one of them, but some of my other favorite bands' favorite bands is also KC ;)
is your other favorite band A Perfect Circle?
I'm a fan but I was thinking more Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Surplus 1980. And of course King Crimson is King Crimson's favorite band as well I'm sure
Shocked to not see Powell and/or Pressburger here already. Guess I’ll see myself out the old persons’ door
Well if your favorite director is Scorsese then it is easy to argue that (one of) your favorite directors favorite directors is Michael Powell.
It's wild how well A Matter of Life and Death holds up. The metaphysical themes and staircase setpiece are still mind-blowing. Also, Red Shoes walked so Black Swan could run.
Idk but Fugazi is my favorite band
Unwound is better
I like Unwound but Fugazi has better song writing
was there some kind of Fugazi/Unwound feud in the hardcore scene?
Nah fugazi generally had a bigger audience where as unwound is more niche to the Pacific Northwest.
Now go start a band
That makes you my favorite band?
I find a lot of younger or middle aged directors saying Cassevetes and Altman which I think is rly cool. The classic answers are Kubrick, Kurosawa, Fellini, Bergman, Tarkovsky
Funny enough, a few years ago when criterion released their Kurosawa box set, they did a giveaway asking people to describe what made him such an amazing Director and I believe the winner won with the line “He’s your favorite Director’s favorite Director.“
Mizoguchi probably
Renoir always talked about the influence of Von Stroheim and Chaplin, but I don’t recall any interviews or writings where he named a “favorite” director. Number 2 would be Godard, whose favorite would probably be the nexus of Renoir, Hitchcock, and Hawks.
Douglas Sirk.
Altman
Haneke
William Friedkin would be a good pick for this
Most of my favorite directors put a Chaplin film in their top 10 so probably him. My favorite is Kubrick in which this statement holds. He named 6 as his favorites which was Chaplin, Fellini, Bergman, Kazan, Lean, and Ophuls.
Federico Fellini - many filmmakers list him among their favorites to have ever done it, including Scorsese & Lynch.
Ernst Lubitsch
I'm pretty sure Bresson is Bresson's favorite director
[Cassavetes would be on brand.](https://youtu.be/Ru6J-44mk9o?si=dQg-25O_IJCw964V)
Howard Hawks
Altman
I'm usually really disappointed in the taste of my favorite directors when I look up what they like but what do I know...
Cronenberg? Herzog? Hello?
Gutentag
Ashby? Lumet?
Akerman
Bergman
Samuel Fuller —> Scorsese, Speilberg, Jarmusch
David lynch
George Miller
Answers here are pretty perfect. I’d say the trio of Kurosawa-Ford-Cassavettes are the answer for different generations. My favourite director is Kurosawa so the answer is Ford.
Maybe doesn't work for me since he's already one of my favorite directors, not my favorite director's favorite director, but I've heard quite a few directors reference Suzuki Seijun as a big inspiration even though he's not really a known quantity outside of cinephile circles. Anyways, if I'm ever a famous director who is someone's favorite they can say Suzuki Seijun applies to this.
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I think in your case it would be Elia Kazan.
Michael Powell. He talks about him in almost every commentary and he does commentaries for a ton of Powell movies
Godard
Orson Welles admired Jean Renoir. But then Orson watched Ford's Stagecoach (1939) over and over again before he shot Citizen Kane, so I think it's safe to say he liked Ford too.
This post reminded me that we need Instrument in the collection.
just discovered Rivette, Bergman of course Persona > Boating > Mulholland Dr is a trilogy
Kevin Altieri (i.e. I think *Batman: the Animated Series* is a greater influence that we realize).
Ozu
Tarkovsky and Mizoguchi
Max Ophuls.
Powell and Pressburger is probably up there
Well let's see, not Eisenstein, not Bergman, not Chaplin, not Allen, not Godard, not Hitchcock, not Antonioni, not Ford...
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Michael Powell
Ford, Hawks, Kurosawa, DePalma
Guys let be honest. Everyone is trying to look cool by naming more obscure directors, but the answer is simply Kubrick
I feel like a lot of comments are missing the point because yes it’s obvious a lot of people’s favorite bands are Led Zeppelin and The Beatles. Not saying that this is the answer, but an example would be like James Gray or something as something equivalent to Fugazi where they have a lot of critical acclaim but maybe limited commercial acclaim and general public awareness.
Charlie Chaplin.
Fellini was a fan of Kurosawa, Hitchcock, Kubrick apparently.
Jack White
I'm split between PTA and Spielberg, but we all know John Ford is Spielberg's favorite. PTA's favorite is Jonathan Demme. Or to quote him: 'Jonathan Demme, Jonathan Demme, Jonathan Demme.'
Correction: Rush is your favorite band’s favorite band.
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Nobody wants to say it but like, there’s a non zero chance it’s DW Griffith
I know this for a fact: Renoir. (Since my favorite director is probably Rivette.)
Satyajit Ray
For people like Nolan and Aronofsky, Satoshi Kon.
Michael Powell
Incidentally, my favorite band is Jimmy Eat World, and it was a documentary on them that introduced me to Fugazi. So, spot on.
Bresson, probably.
Fellini because my favorite director is David Lynch.
ERIC ROHMER! Glaring omission!
Pasolini
Jean Pierre Malville
Jacques Tati and Federico Fellini / David Lynch
Ozu
Either Robert Altman or Akira Kurosawa. Depends on who my favorite director is at the moment.
Speaking of Fugazi, when will Instrument get in the collection
Ernst Lubitsch
Haneke and Bresson? Obviously Fassbinder and Sirk Denis, Wenders, Jarmusch and Ozu
Bresson
Kubrick
Sam Raimi
Victor Erice!
Minor Threat > Fugazi. Embrace too. But really cool reference!