Joe Pixar
He debuted in ’98, but Esteban Sapir, who directed LA ANTENA, I find quite innovative.
You might want to contribute a little in the original post. I mean, not contributing inspires others to do the same and leave short answers instead of engaging in any real discussion.
I doubt trolls have much of an opinion (at least on this because they probably don’t know what they’re talking about).
Roy Andersson
Roy Andersson
you seem to criticize
i LIKE Sapir, too.
I do not always like short responses. I’m sure this list could be long.
I think everyone needs to justify their answers instead of posting a single name because posting a single name is really useless and in the end, the thread just becomes a pointless list.
Welcome to the auteurs as it is now.
Man, Sapir is a great choice. La Antena was an amazing film.
Well said, Josh.
I think subsequent posts reflect whatever the original post was. If someone posts a thread that only lists a name and doesn’t really talk about anything, then everyone else will follow suit. Why should it be any different?
I think Pixar is far and away producing some of the most innovative projects that cinema has ever seen. From Brad Bird to Andrew Stanton and the rest of those guys, that company has proven year after year that they are serious filmmakers.
how do i post a longer reply?
Roy Andersson by far.
“innovative” could mean anything . . . Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
I was more so recommending that people look up the film if it picks their interest. I am partial to short and sweet, and thus not very prone to participating in long discussions. Dissecting films and other art forms is not my thing, as it reduces them to the sum of their parts, but those who do get a kick out of it, go ahead.
No one has mentioned Apichatpong Weerasethakul, yet? A Travesty!
Roy Andersson began making films in the 60s.
What Ralch said.
Paolo Sorrentino (undercover revelations of social/political affairs,older generation,Concequences of Love is a great start)
Brillante Mendoza (homosexuality,gender connections,morbid stories of the underworld such is the recent Kinatay)
Lucrecia Martel (dark family issues,sexual identity,Nina Santa a first choice of her small filmography)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul (spiritual cinema forward with his dream-like images,human relations,i’ll note down Mysterious Object at Noon)
Carlos Reygadas (slow pacing,apocrypha,especially in Japon)
Ramin Bahrani (immigrant troubles,aesthetic simplicity,poverty and one perfect example is Chop Shop)
i can think of more but Josh can throw in some arguments too… ;)
P.T. Anderson, I think he was channeling Kubrick when he shot, Their Will be Blood.
yea p.t. anderson would be my pick off the top of my head.
@Fredo
“I think Pixar is far and away producing some of the most innovative projects that cinema has ever seen.”
Oh, please. Thier output is technically proficient but absolutely terrible. I literally could not believe the sloppy, ham-fisted sentiments I was being served after seeking out their films this year because of all the praise. Mainstream, you fail again.
@John Smith
“P.T. Anderson, I think he was channeling Kubrick when he shot, Their Will be Blood.”
So innovative…it’s like something that has already been done?
I’m waiting for the black monolith for cinema’s next giant leap. In the meantime,David Lynch, Sokurov’s Russian Ark, Tsai’s Wayward Cloud, Von Trier’s Dogville, Maddin’s My Winnipeg, the Quay bros’ Piano Tuner of Earthquakes, Davies’ Of Time and the City seem to have extended the vocabulary a little. I’d like to see more by Greenaway, he seems to be ploughing his own furrow using different media but this is difficult to access and largely unseen or ignored by critics. Of course CGI and animation have developed, not always for the best. Finding Nemo was a goodie i thought. I agree with Josh that Apichatpong Weerasethakul is worth seeking out though i must admit only Blissfully Yours really bowled me over
Lars Von Trier’s films have made lots of progress in the new millenia, loved Manderlay and Dogville
Kenji,you’re really demanding from new auteurs….don’t be so,in the 1800’s,most critics were demanding enough when new books and poem anthologies were coming out but look at those now,most of them are spectacular pieces of literature…
you also mention of Lynch but you don’t specify which film whereas with the others you have added one choice ;)
He’s not my cup of tea but Guy Maddin has a very sound claim to being an innovative film maker.
Is Nuri Ceylan “innovative”? He makes some very fine films but I wouldn’t call his technique particularly new if that’s what the question is after.
For all the dog food he produces you can give the innovative label to Von Trier, pity he has nothing to say.
Most “innovative” could mean anything, from Spielberg (A.I.) to Kiarostami (Ten ; 10 on Ten), to Hong Sangsoo (Tale Of Cinema, Woman On The Beach, Night And Day) .
Gus Van Sant (excluding Finding Forrester).
He’s made: Gerry, Elephant, Last Days, Paranoid Park and Milk.
Like the films or not, I find it difficult to deny his innovation in cinema. His components: storytelling technique (plots folding back in on themselves), rhythm, camera choices are not exactly novel, but the combination of these plus his overall sensibility (innovations not as overt as a new camera or flashy editing) make me hope others can take a page from his book and really move cinema forward. Not with shiny cleverness or by seeking originality, but with earnest, honest expression within the medium.
laith
in your opinion