Directors Draft: Rounds 9 & 10

[Norsk Troll]

Please start round 9 here. Demosthenes is on the clock.

[oman]

Demosthenes is the biggest drama, wondering if she will pick mine, who may possibly go undrafted.

[Norsk Troll]

Demosthenes is the biggest drama, ...So you're saying she's a drama queen? ;)

[oman]

So you're saying she's a drama queen? ;)

I am trying to impress her with my oratoricalism.

[TheSlipperyOne]

No proxy for Demosthenes.

[GringoTex]

Round 9 - Mikio Naruse (http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/03/naruse.html)

http://dvdtoile.com/ARTISTES/80/80261.jpg

“If they move even a little,” Naruse famously remarked of his characters, “they quickly hit the wall.

I recently discovered Naruse and have only seen five of his films. But that’s enough to inform an opinion that among Japanese directors, he’s only rivaled by Ozu. He’s not as bold as Kurosawa, as flashy as Mizoguchi, or as formally rigorous as Ozu. He never gave his actors any instructions, never asked his cinematographer about camera set-up, never collaborated with his screenwriter. His movies are pure tour-de-force exercises in mise-en-scene: he knew what to film, where to film, and when to cut. Nothing else mattered.

Recommended films:

Repast
Sound of the Mountain
Flowing
Floating Clouds
A Woman Ascends the Stairs

http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/images/stills/flowing/1.jpg

[Via_Chicago]

I was going to choose Naruse in Round Seven, then round eight, and then I never did. Great pick. Although it does put a lie to your "dead white males" claim.

[Demosthenes]

Agnieszka Holland (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002140/)

http://www.film.org.pl/europa/zdjecia/holland.jpg

Thug life ain't easy so I don't have time to post more now. I will when I get home.

[GringoTex]

I was going to choose Naruse in Round Seven, then round eight, and then I never did. Great pick. Although it does put a lie to your "dead white males" claim.

I forgot all about that. Should have picked Mr. San Diego '73 instead.

[Quango]

Round 9 - Mikio Naruse
A Woman Ascends the Stairs


I should be receiving this in the mail from Netflix today. Looking forward to it. Q

[DoctorJones24]

Agnieszka Holland (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002140/)

http://www.film.org.pl/europa/zdjecia/holland.jpg

Thug life ain't easy so I don't have time to post more now. I will when I get home.

Two episodes of The Wire, eh? I like her.

[bojendyk]

I forgot all about that. Should have picked Mr. San Diego '73 instead.

Ah, now I know who you mean.

[Via_Chicago]

Agnieszka Holland (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002140/)


You've got one round to redeem yourself by taking *****, *****, but most of all *** ******.

[Mr. Bandwagon]

You've got one round to redeem yourself by taking *****, *****, but most of all *** ******.

Not an auteur, but I would have liked to see ******** ******** taken purely for her documentary work.

[TheSlipperyOne]

http://www.film.org.pl/europa/zdjecia/holland.jpg


I thought you weren't taking old white males.

[Iceblink]

Ok... I'm up apparently.

Time to throw everybody for a loop.

For my next pick, I choose a man whose film career spanned SIX decades.

Most of you will probably have never heard of him, but just look at this quote from an article:

"He was one of the early filmmakers to realize the efficacy of the film medium as an instrument of social change and used it successfully to advocate humanism on one hand and expose bigotry and injustice on the other."

Of course, you still have no idea who that is!

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/04/25/images/2002042500230101.jpg

V. Shantaram! He was an Indian director.

You can read up on him in a couple places:

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/05/02/stories/2002050200380100.htm

What can I say? I like a lot of Bollywood movies! I have no idea why! But V. Shantaram was a pioneer in the industry and brought a lot of artistic value to it.

http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/btm/2003/img/people/shantaram.jpg

[oman]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/10/Atomegoya.jpg/200px-Atomegoya.jpg

Atom Egoyan, OC (Armenian: Ադոմ Էկոյան) WA (born July 19, 1960) is a critically acclaimed Canadian filmmaker of Armenian descent. His work often explores themes of alienation and isolation, featuring characters whose interactions are mediated through technology, bureaucracy or other power structures. Stylistically, Egoyan's films often follow non-linear plot-structures, in which events are placed out of sequence in order to elicit specific emotional reactions from the audience by withholding key information.

My favorite is one that was not particularly well received - Ararat.

It was way to strident and too obvious for most I guess. I liked it and took to the characters immediately and strongly.

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Also recommend Exotica, The Adjuster.

The Sweet Hereafter is really well reviewed, but I actually didn't get into it. But a movie with much atmosphere.

This guy may have fooled me and he might not have much. But I like what has done to date, and I think he has something left in the quiver.

[Norsk Troll]

Well, that elimnates one of the two I was planning on taking next, so give me a minute.

[oman]

Well, that elimnates one of the two I was planning on taking next, so give me a minute.


There are about 1000000 Ballywood types left. Just pick another.

[GringoTex]

Atom Egoyan

Excellent pick. Another off my board.