The Directors Thread

[trobrianders]

A thread for mentioning Blu-ray releases by a particular filmmaker that are starting to build and to look good that you want to recommend. Half a dozen or so releases or fewer. No big numbers. We all know who the big hitters are. Hoping to discover some names to look up.

Matteo Garrone, all Region B except Pinocchio, all English-friendly

[Nitroes]

The Directors Thread [makes no sense]

or

The Director's Thread [OK if it's just one director but makes for a short thread]

or

The Directors' Thread [the best one, multiple directors]

Your title hurts my head.

Let's help people learning English.

[trobrianders]

You'd have understood if it was about postmen. The Postmen Thread. A thread about postmen.

[benricci]

Originally Posted by Nitroes

The Directors Thread [makes no sense]

or

The Director's Thread [OK if it's just one director but makes for a short thread]

or

The Directors' Thread [the best one, multiple directors]

Your title hurts my head.

Let's help people learning English.

JFC..

Maybe you're the one who needs an English lesson? There's nothing confusing or nonsensical about the thread title. It's about directors (plural). It's not that hard to understand.

[Nitroes]

I normally try to not phone the grammar police but I've been watching the volcanic coverage from Iceland from a few YouTubers and their English is spot on and they even subtitle their possession use perfectly.


Anyway, good idea for a thread big fan of Gomorra (best Italian film in at least 30 years) and Dogmen is very good. Not seen those others.

[JoePo]

Love Tale of Tale's.

[CelestialAgent]

Altitude releases Io Capitano to UK cinemas on 8th March, which means no chance of a disc.

[Blu Lemmy]

Recommend a lesser known director could have been a good title

[Magyalmar]

Julien Duvivier (all region B/free and English-friendly)

[CelestialAgent]

I thought Flesh and Fantasy was Region A?

[Magyalmar]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

I thought Flesh and Fantasy was Region A?

Indeed, my bad!

[trobrianders]

Originally Posted by JoePo

Love Tale of Tale's.

If you're referring to the stories about Tale's wife they're not true

[trobrianders]

Originally Posted by Nitroes

I normally try to not phone the grammar police but I've been watching the volcanic coverage from Iceland from a few YouTubers and their English is spot on and they even subtitle their possession use perfectly.


Anyway, good idea for a thread big fan of Gomorra (best Italian film in at least 30 years) and Dogmen is very good. Not seen those others.

Garrone's Pinocchio is my favourite film of the last 20 years. For what it tries to be it does brilliantly. No, more than that, it does magically. Don't ever remember being so charmed by a film. All the characters are incredibly appealing and there's nothing kitsch about the film at all. That's probably why it means so much to me.

[wabrit]

Originally Posted by trobrianders

You'd have understood if it was about postmen. The Postmen Thread. A thread about postmen.

The Slipcovers' Thread

[CelestialAgent]

I organise a lot of my collection by director, for example:

Almodóvar, P. - Broken Embraces, Pain & Glory, The Human Voice
Alvarez, F. - Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe (horror)
Apatow, J. - The 40 Year Old Virgin, Funny People, Trainwreck, The King of Staten Island (comedy)
Arnold, J. - It Came from Outer Space, Tarantula, Creature from the Black Lagoon (monster movies)
Audiard, J. - A Prophet, Rust and Bone
Badham, J. - Saturday Night Fever, Blue Thunder
Besson, L. - The Fifth Element, Extraordinary Adventures
Bong Joon-ho - The Host, Snowpiercer (sci-fi)
Carpenter, J. - Dark Star, Live Retrospective
Cianfrance, D. - Blue Valentine, The Light Between Oceans (romance)
Coens - The Hudsucker Proxy, The Big Lebowski, Hail Caesar, Fargo TV series (comedy)
Cronenberg, D. - Fast Company, A History of Violence, A Dangerous Method, Maps to the Stars (horror)
Crowley, J. - Is Anybody There?, Brooklyn
Dante, J. - The Howling, Gremlins (horror)
Chow, S. - Kung Fu Hustle, CJ7
Crowe, C. - Say Anything, Jerry Maguire (comedy)
Davies, T. - Sunset Song, A Quiet Passion
Eastwood, S. - Letters from Iwo Jima, Flags from Our Fathers, Gran Turismo, Changeling
Feig, P. - Bridesmaids, A Simple Favor (comedy)
Flanagan, M. - Ouija: Origin of Evil, The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep (horror)
Fleischer, R. - Fantastic Voyage, Tora Tora Tora, The Poseidon Adventure
Ford, J. - How Green was My Valley, The Grapes of Wrath
Forman, M. - One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The People vs. Larry Flynt
Gray, F. G. - Friday, The Negotiator
Gray, J. - The Immigrant, Two Lovers, Ad Astra
Harron, M. - American Psycho, Charlie Says
Hertzfeldt, D. - It’s Such a Beautiful Day, World of Tomorrow (animation)
Herzog, W. - My Son My Son What Have You Done, Bad Lieutenant
Hitchcock, A. - Strangers on a Train, To Catch a Thief
Howard, R. - Backdraft, A Beautiful Mind, Rush
Iñárritu, A. G. - Biutiful, Birdman
Jackson, P. - Forgotten Silver, King Kong
Johnson, R. - The Brothers Bloom, Looper
Jordon, N. - Interview with the Vampire, Michael Collins
Layton, B. - The Imposter, American Animals (documentaries)
Lean, D. - The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, A Passage to India (epics)
Lee, A. - Life of Pi, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Lee, S. - He Got Game/25th Hour, American Utopia
Loach, K. and J. - The Angel’s Share, Oranges and Sunshine
Lumet, S. - Television’s Lost Classics, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Find Me Guilty
Lynch, D. - Dune, Twin Peaks
Macdonald, K. - The Last King of Scotland, Whitney
McKay, A. - Anchorman, The Big Short
Malick, T. - To the Wonder, Voyage of Time
Mangold, J. - Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma
Mendes, S. - American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Jarhead
Miyazaki, H. The Castle of Cagliostro, My Neighbor Totoro (anime)
Moretti, N. - Aprile, The Son’s Room
Nichols, J. - Midnight Special, Loving
Oz, F. - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Bowfinger (comedy)
Poitras, L. - Collection (documentary)
Reiner, S. - Stand By Me, A Few Good Men
Rodriguez, R. - Roadracers, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Grindhouse
Rose, B. - Paperhouse, Immortal Beloved
Scorsese, M. - New York New York, Casino, Shine a Light, Shutter Island
Scott, R. - Alien, Black Rain, Matchstick Men, The Counsellor
Scott, T. - The Fan, The Taking of Pelham 123, Unstoppable (action)
Schumacher, J. - Falling Down, Tigerland, Phonebooth
Spielberg, S. - Schindler’s List, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Minority Report, Lincoln, Bridge of Spies, The BFG, Ready Player One
Tavernier, B. - Death Watch, The Princess of Montpensier
Waititi, T. - Boy, What We Do in the Shadows, Hunt for the Wilderpeople (comedy)
Wilder, B. - Sunset Boulevard, Kiss Me Stupid, Avanti (comedy)
Zwick, E. - The Siege, Blood Diamond

[Stanshall]

General UK Deals' Thread

And so on...

[wabrit]

Hamaguchi Ryusuke is becoming one of my favourite directors, but coverage on blu ray in the UK is pretty spotty; Evil Does Not Exist, which I saw at this year's LFF, has been picked up by Modern Films here, which makes me fear that it will get a DVD release at best (since that is what happened to Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy).

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by wabrit

Evil Does Not Exist, which I saw at this year's LFF, has been picked up by Modern Films here, which makes me fear that it will get a DVD release at best (since that is what happened to Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy).

Most Modern Films titles are only available as imports, and don’t get massive cinema releases either.

[Nitroes]

Me Captain (Io Capitano) from Matteo Garrone:


https://www.amazon.it/dp/B0CNPWY6F7/

His Dogman also has a 3 x 4Ks coming too:

https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0CKYM8JGJ/
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0CKGR7145/
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0CKH5PSC3/

None going to be English friendly I'd assume.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by Nitroes

His Dogman also has a 3 x 4Ks coming too:

None going to be English friendly I'd assume.

Dogman in this context is an English language film directed by Luc Besson that played Venice Film Festival.