great filmmakers a to z: B

February 27, 2009 at 9:31 am · Filed under Uncategorized

Ingmar Bergman – the swedish master of the existential crisis. career spanned 6 decades and spawned countless great films. High Point: my personal favorite is Persona

Luis Bunuel – a cornerstone of surrealism and a spanish icon. High Point: The Exterminating Angel

Robert Bresson – uncompromising and oft imitated. French film simply wouldn’t be French film without him. High Point: L’Argent

Stan Brakhage – a true innovator in art and the avant garde. High Point: Dog Star Man

Jiri Barta – extraordinary and underseen Czech animator. Probably my favorite animator of all time. High Point: The Last Theft

Noah Baumbach – for my money, one of the bright shining stars of modern cinema, and a torch bearer for the Woody Allen brand of film. High Point: The Squid and the Whale

Other B’s You Should Watch: Bernardo Bertolucci, Mario Bava, Peter Bogdanovich, Andrew Bujalski, Danny Boyle, Tim Burton, Matthew Barney, Charles Burnett, Walerian Borowczyk

3 Comments »

  ed biblioklept wrote @ February 28, 2009 at 9:51 am

I liked The Squid and the Whale, but I loved Margot at the Wedding. And, since when is this a blog again? ;)

  Michael Tim wrote @ February 28, 2009 at 2:07 pm

I love your site! :)

_____________________
Experiencing a slow PC recently? Fix it now!

  micbk wrote @ February 28, 2009 at 3:43 pm

hey ed! i loved them both, probably pretty close to equally…but i thought Squid was probably more accessible to those uninitiated. I actually really like Mr. Jealousy and Kicking and Screaming as well, though i think Squid was where he really came into his own. hopefully i’ll keep up the blogging – you know how it goes…also – i just finished Infinite Jest…whew…what a novel.

Michael – glad you enjoy it! keep checking!


Your comment

HTML-Tags:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <pre> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>