Stanley Kubrick

Star Wars pre-prequels, and in theaters.

James Bond

R.E.M. with Bill Berry (Although they've done some phenomenal stuff since 98 nothing is like the original.)

The Who with Moonie and The Ox.

Actually seeing film in a theater.

Film itself: 8, 16, and 35mm

70mm

Cinerama/Cinemascope/Technirama/Super Panavision 70/Ultra Panavision 70/

David Lean

Alfred Hitchcock

Francois Truffaut

Billy Wilder

Cary Grant

Jimmy Stewart

Robert Mitchum

Bogart

The New Hollywood movement from 1965-1977

The French New Wave

Lucas, Spielberg and everybody else before their lobotomies.