Originally posted by: auraloffalwaffle
See, I've always found Mann a bit too stylish. Lacks some substance to my mind. Still, no denying his skill.
Oh, you should! Sunrise is still rated as one of the greatest masterpieces of the cinema EVER!! by many critics and directors. And I forgot all about Eisenstein!! How could I??!!!!! Battleship Potemkin is just superlative. Also try Strike and October.
Originally posted by: Jumpman
Michael Mann being one of them (Best working director today if you ask me....) I also love the Mann! Heat has been one of my favourite movies since I saw it in the cinema in 1995.
I certainly appreciate what you're saying about visual filmmaking. I have developed a great love for silent movies. I have a growing collection of pre-sound films on DVD. I love Sunrise, Nosferatu and, particularly, Faust by Murnau and never fail to be astonished by Lang's Metropolis. The Cabinet Of Doctor Caligari is still one of the scariest films I've seen. And I saw a brilliant British silent called Hindle Wakes on telly not so long back which was absolutely spellbinding. I bought DVDs of three silent Hitchcock films, including The Lodger, but they were real budget affairs with awful soundtracks - absolutely ruins the experience! Do you watch any silents yourself?
Michael Mann being one of them (Best working director today if you ask me....) I also love the Mann! Heat has been one of my favourite movies since I saw it in the cinema in 1995.
I certainly appreciate what you're saying about visual filmmaking. I have developed a great love for silent movies. I have a growing collection of pre-sound films on DVD. I love Sunrise, Nosferatu and, particularly, Faust by Murnau and never fail to be astonished by Lang's Metropolis. The Cabinet Of Doctor Caligari is still one of the scariest films I've seen. And I saw a brilliant British silent called Hindle Wakes on telly not so long back which was absolutely spellbinding. I bought DVDs of three silent Hitchcock films, including The Lodger, but they were real budget affairs with awful soundtracks - absolutely ruins the experience! Do you watch any silents yourself?
See, I've always found Mann a bit too stylish. Lacks some substance to my mind. Still, no denying his skill.
Oh, you should! Sunrise is still rated as one of the greatest masterpieces of the cinema EVER!! by many critics and directors. And I forgot all about Eisenstein!! How could I??!!!!! Battleship Potemkin is just superlative. Also try Strike and October.
Ah, the clyncher? Just what is style over substance? Good questions, and I don't have an answer.