Blue K is going to smash you.
I need about 10 drinks or I might strangle some poor innocent bystander. Lol…
Not even close…
But none of his films from this decade even have Criterion releases!
Steven Soderbergh…Lars von Trier…Kim Ki-duk…filmmakers of the decade??? This is getting ridiculous.
Kim Ki-duk is a pretentious hack.
How about Sofia Coppola? All three of her films are perfect masterpieces!
Danny Boyle? He won an Oscar and created the single greatest horror movie of all time!
Ridley Scott? He finally hit his stride this decade with the fully original masterpieces of Gladiator and American Gangster (among other fine works)!
I came across an article, in the Guardian I think, that said Malick will be remembered beyond all others from this decade for his New World – which will one day get the recognition it deserves in an otherwise rather poor decade of films. I’d like to think so too.
I don’t know about you Morris, but the consensus here is that this decade was pretty great. In the City of Sylvia, Tropical Malady, Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors etc (and many obscure films that Grey Daisies, Dimitris and Apursansar can fill me in about as I gape in awe). Cinema is still as groundbreaking as ever.
Law – I’m clearly not watching the right films :) Extremely limited in choice out here – especially for new releases. That and I am a one-person film community – never get any advice on what to look out for beyond my recent subscription to Sight & Sound (which I was recently informed here is mainstream too) and starting to visit sites like theauteurs when I have the time. All this means I have never even heard of the films you mentioned – is fantastic that there are so many decade-beaters still yet to see though – will look out for them – thanks.
I can’t believe anyone would think that Danny Boyle made the greatest horror movie of all time.
I’d go with Guy Maddin. From Brand Upon the Brain, Cowards Bend the Knee, Dracula, The Saddest Music in the World, My Winnipeg, The Heart of the World, Odin’s Shield, My Dad Is 100 Years Old… He just never fails to amuse, entertain and enlighten, all in an aesthetically pleasing fashion. Great stuff.
Check out Lucrecia Martel too. Her three films are of this decade.
Cronenberg had some good ones
The decade’s been pretty good. :)
Guy Maddin belonged to the 90’s breakthrough!!!
what’s so funny is that Ki-duk Kim, Lars Von Trier and Hal Hartley (if i recall the third one) were given the title by Nikos Nikolaidis as three of the most important “Western-influenced” film-makers working today….
i’ll look into that interview if i find it though…
p.s.: while we’re at it, Lars Von Trier’s hottest period was the 90’s ONCE AGAIN!
What does it matter if he ‘belonged to the 90s breakthrough’ if his most accomplished works are in the 00s? Especially if I consider his work in the 00s to be better than almost anyone else’s?
you may consider it so but how much work from “anyone else” have you seen?
Lars Von Trier isn’t the filmmaker of the decade. Nor is Kim Ki-“I don’t know the fuck I think I am” Duk and Steven " I believe I qualify myself as experimental but after all, I’m just a producer’s whore" Soderbergh.
He may have directed excellent features in the 90s, but I a lot of filmmakers did better than him this decade.
I believe Filmmaker of the Decade should be attributed to Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Hong Sang-Soo, Jennifer Reeves, Bela Tarr, David Lynch etc.
Don’t forget Cronenberg, finally stepping away from movies like eXistenZ and doing some real work like Spider, A History of Violence and Eastern Promises!!
I also agree with von Trier….i would love to say Gaspar Noe is the greatest of the decade but he didn’t do a loooot of movies.
I haven’t seen nearly enough films to give a qualified opinion on this but Bela Tarr, Guy Maddin and Gaspar Noe all seem like they have a fair shot at being my director of the decade once I’ve watched more stuff.
@ Dimitris p.s.: while we’re at it, Lars Von Trier’s hottest period was the 90’s ONCE AGAIN!
Huh?
Filmography
Images of Relief (1982, Danish Film Institute graduation film) The Element of Crime (1984, part one of the “Europe” trilogy) Epidemic (1987, part two of the “Europe” trilogy) Medea (1988) Europa (1991, part three of the “Europe” trilogy) Breaking the Waves’ (1996, part one of the “Golden Heart” trilogy) Idioterne / The Idiots (1998, part two of the “Golden Heart” trilogy) ////2000’s
Dancer in the Dark (2000, part three of the “Golden Heart” trilogy)
Dogville (2003, part one of the “USA: Land of Opportunity” trilogy)
De fem benspænd / The Five Obstructions (2003)
Manderlay (2005, part two of the “USA: Land of Opportunity” trilogy)
Direktøren for det hele / The Boss of It All (2006)
Antichrist (2009)
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Planet Melancholia (2010)
Washington (shelved indefinitely, part three of the “USA: Land of Opportunity” trilogy): Still open for the idea
Goodnight Moon (2011)
Peabody, you’re such an ass you forgot to mention his mini-series Riget in the 90’s, who the fuck gives a shit about a graduation film, it’s simple dude, his 3 feature films in the 90’s alone are classes above the 00’s, it’s not the bulk that matters, so stop pestering with your “official filmography” and other philosophical shit!
p.s.: even with 2 films in the 80’s and a TV film he manages to erase his simplicity named Manderlay!!!
…his 3 feature films in the 90’s alone are classes above the 00’s
care to back that opinion up?
even with 2 films in the 80’s and a TV film he manages to erase his simplicity named Manderlay!!!
Erase Manderlay? how would “2 films in the 80’s and a TV film” Erase Manderlay?
Manderlay was a brillant commentary on race
why erase?
it is prob the best work bryce dallas howard will ever do
“care to back that opinion up?”
not to you of course.
as for the first one: Element of Crime alone negates human possibilities as something transgressive and/or fake in general thus, the imaginary takes charge and dual circumstances play a major role in the film, the actions moreover of that inspector aren’t affected solely by the environment, hostile or not….in Manderlay, what’s new???
that human nature will impose anyone who defies it? racism is bad, feminine superiority can lead to dead ends, strangers hide secrets?
do i really need to place Dancer in the Dark next to a superior trilogy like “Europe” is? do i?
oh no,i opened your Pandora’s Box, i better leave….
The films Lars von Trier made in the 2000’s became nothing but a pretentious and exaggerated repetition of his “female victimization” themes already tackled in the 1990’s while at the same time lacking the compassion that made his previous films great. Films like “Dancer in the Dark” and “Dogville” are essentially brutal and heartless destructions of women, and “Manderlay” is a superficial political statement.
APU: Dancer in the Dark” and “Dogville” are essentially brutal and heartless destructions of women, and “Manderlay” is a superficial political statement.
totally disagree regarding what those films are aboutEuropa was excellent visually but I wasn’t as interested in the narrative as I thought I’d be. Breaking the Waves on the other hand changed the way I look at film.
Does that make him the current filmmaker of the century? Of the millennium? Is he the new King of Pop? Is he one with the zeitgeist? Is his the biggest finger on the pulse? Is he the sexiest man alive? How many times was he on Rolling Stone’s hot list? Man, these sure are important questions.
Haridas B
Starting with Dancer in the Dark (2000) to Five Obstrections, Dogville, Manderlay, The Boss of It All and finally Antichrist (2009)…Lars Von Trier has experimented in many ways and given us some fantastic films….truly the filmmaker of the decade.
Kim ki Duk should have been the film maker of the decade with great films like Bad guy, Cost Guard, Spring, Summer…… 3-Iron, Samaritan Girl. But i wish he didn’t do few of his last films Bow, Time, Breath and Dram.