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GaragePoet · 01-22-2012, 06:19 PM

If you could only watch one director's body of work for the rest of your life, whose would you choose and why?

My g/f recently asked me who my absolute favorite director was, which led me to contemplate the idea above for days. If I had to choose a single director, who would it be?

Martin Scorsese would be highly-ranked, but there are as many films of his that I didn't care for as ones I absolutely loved. Quentin Tarantino is another favorite, but there's very few movies to choose from and many of them are too similar in nature. Spielberg has amassed a great collection of movies, but most of the big-budget popcorn movies aren't really my favorites. Another great, Stanley Kubrick, would probably literally drive me insane if I had to watch nothing but his movies forever...

So, the answer finally did come to me... if I had to choose a single director's collection of films to watch exclusively for the rest of my life, it would be the films of the Coen Brothers. Not only do their films cover a wide array of subject matter, including comedy and drama, but nearly everything they've done has become an instant cult classic. Some of the my favorites include "Raising Arizona" (one of the handful of Nicolas Cage movies I enjoy), "Barton Fink," "The Hudsucker Proxy," "Fargo," "The Big Lebowski" (definitely on my short list of all-time favorite movies), "O Brother, Where Art Thou?," "No Country For Old Men" ... the list could go on but I'd only end up w/ a list of all their movies save 1 or 2 that really didn't make the cut in my initial opinion, but w/ no choice but for repeated viewings I'm sure I would find more to them than I originally did.

So, I pass the question on for others to ponder... one director, for the rest of your life... who is it?

01-22-2012, 06:19 PM	#1
GaragePoet Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Sep 2011 Location:San Diego 4K collection:429 Blu-ray collection:1708 DVD collection:168 Trading Score:84	#1 All-Time Favorite Director If you could only watch one director's body of work for the rest of your life, whose would you choose and why? My g/f recently asked me who my absolute favorite director was, which led me to contemplate the idea above for days. If I had to choose a single director, who would it be? Martin Scorsese would be highly-ranked, but there are as many films of his that I didn't care for as ones I absolutely loved. Quentin Tarantino is another favorite, but there's very few movies to choose from and many of them are too similar in nature. Spielberg has amassed a great collection of movies, but most of the big-budget popcorn movies aren't really my favorites. Another great, Stanley Kubrick, would probably literally drive me insane if I had to watch nothing but his movies forever... So, the answer finally did come to me... if I had to choose a single director's collection of films to watch exclusively for the rest of my life, it would be the films of the Coen Brothers. Not only do their films cover a wide array of subject matter, including comedy and drama, but nearly everything they've done has become an instant cult classic. Some of the my favorites include "Raising Arizona" (one of the handful of Nicolas Cage movies I enjoy), "Barton Fink," "The Hudsucker Proxy," "Fargo," "The Big Lebowski" (definitely on my short list of all-time favorite movies), "O Brother, Where Art Thou?," "No Country For Old Men" ... the list could go on but I'd only end up w/ a list of all their movies save 1 or 2 that really didn't make the cut in my initial opinion, but w/ no choice but for repeated viewings I'm sure I would find more to them than I originally did. So, I pass the question on for others to ponder... one director, for the rest of your life... who is it?

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