Dec 4, 2022·1 reply
EinfinetI just watched Dancer in the Dark a week ago and while it solidified my view of him as a GREAT director, it feels impossible to praise too much given Björk’s comments on her behind the scenes abuse. Especially when her performance is so central to my love for the movie…
With that being said, I wonder how many director’s have gotten as many singular performances from individual actresses for different movies compared to him?
• Björk in Dancer in the Dark
• Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist
• Nicole Kidman in Dogville
• Emily Watson in Breaking the Waves
• Kirsten Dunst in MelancholiaI still need to see Nymphomaniacs & The Idiots but that is a stellar top 5 for film performances that can probably compete w any other list of director-actress listings (except for perhaps Bergman, but I feel like Björk and Gainsboroug enter another realm of performance)
Dec 4, 2022·editedElricThey heard you the first time
let's not do that thing where we push a movie so hard as the ultimate opus that everyone else gets sick of hearing about itIt was moreso an amendment to my first comment. But that’s fair. I will stop being obnoxious.
- Dec 4, 2022·editedEinfinet
I just watched Dancer in the Dark a week ago and while it solidified my view of him as a GREAT director, it feels impossible to praise too much given Björk’s comments on her behind the scenes abuse. Especially when her performance is so central to my love for the movie…
With that being said, I wonder how many director’s have gotten as many singular performances from individual actresses for different movies compared to him?
• Björk in Dancer in the Dark
• Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist
• Nicole Kidman in Dogville
• Emily Watson in Breaking the Waves
• Kirsten Dunst in MelancholiaI still need to see Nymphomaniacs & The Idiots but that is a stellar top 5 for film performances that can probably compete w any other list of director-actress listings (except for perhaps Bergman, but I feel like Björk and Gainsboroug enter another realm of performance)
I love the music in Dancer, but the drama is so contrived. Just piling on the miserableness in a way that feels inauthentic.
The Idiots is a must
Dec 4, 2022
suzukiseven samurai is goated but i dont understand why rashomon is the other kurosawa rep on this list. is it just the narrative structure and how groundbreaking it was? He's got a bunch of better movies. I can see Yojimbo and Sanjuro are actiony movies and don't fit but i'd expect high & low, ikiru, throne of blood, dreams over rashomon..
Ran is my favorite Kurosawa but i guess these lists also consider things like influence etc
- OPDec 4, 2022·3 repliesElric
You know, I love Hitchcock but the acting isn’t usually what I’m drawn to w his films. Perhaps I don’t value charm/charisma as much as other qualities, which is the main thing I associate w his most famous performances (aside from Norman Bates).
- Dec 4, 2022·2 repliesEinfinet
You know, I love Hitchcock but the acting isn’t usually what I’m drawn to w his films. Perhaps I don’t value charm/charisma as much as other qualities, which is the main thing I associate w his most famous performances (aside from Norman Bates).
im not the biggest Hitch stan but these were great "singular performances from individual actresses" at the time
•Joan Fontaine in Rebecca
•Ingrid Bergman in Notorious
•Kim Novak in Vertigo
•Tippi Hedren in Birds and Marnie
•Grace Kelly in Rear Window
•Janet Leigh and Vera Miles in PsychoTheres also George Cukor
- OPDec 4, 2022·1 replyElric
im not the biggest Hitch stan but these were great "singular performances from individual actresses" at the time
•Joan Fontaine in Rebecca
•Ingrid Bergman in Notorious
•Kim Novak in Vertigo
•Tippi Hedren in Birds and Marnie
•Grace Kelly in Rear Window
•Janet Leigh and Vera Miles in PsychoTheres also George Cukor
No doubt, he can hang for sure
I haven’t seen Cukor but Philadelphia Story has been on my list for what feels like forever!
Dec 4, 2022·1 reply
Oscar WinnerLmao at y’all debating over which boring movie is better
Go watch your marvel and cartoons bro
- Dec 4, 2022Einfinet
No doubt, he can hang for sure
I haven’t seen Cukor but Philadelphia Story has been on my list for what feels like forever!
the most painful omission from the top 10 i posted was his Holiday from '38
he had a magic touch with actresses and you'll never see better faux-hetero chemistry than Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant 
- Dec 4, 2022
FriesYeah this thread is like a mini Kino sxn vassal state atm, I feel so guilty for not keeping up with the film challenge man
"Kino sxn vassal state"
- Dec 4, 2022·2 repliesElric
im not the biggest Hitch stan but these were great "singular performances from individual actresses" at the time
•Joan Fontaine in Rebecca
•Ingrid Bergman in Notorious
•Kim Novak in Vertigo
•Tippi Hedren in Birds and Marnie
•Grace Kelly in Rear Window
•Janet Leigh and Vera Miles in PsychoTheres also George Cukor
I should watch Vertigo tonight
- Dec 4, 2022·1 replyCKL William
I should watch Vertigo tonight
No you should watch Holiday
- OPDec 4, 2022·2 repliesCKL William
I should watch Vertigo tonight
Yes
- Dec 4, 2022·1 replyEinfinet
Yes
Holiday which was made by the closest thing to an openly gay director at the time who was basically one of the gals vs Vertigo made by creepy svengali who would terrorize his actresses
though we were living in the Jeanne Dielman era - Dec 4, 2022CKL William
Go watch your marvel and cartoons bro
Aww is someone offended?
- Dec 4, 2022suzuki
seven samurai is goated but i dont understand why rashomon is the other kurosawa rep on this list. is it just the narrative structure and how groundbreaking it was? He's got a bunch of better movies. I can see Yojimbo and Sanjuro are actiony movies and don't fit but i'd expect high & low, ikiru, throne of blood, dreams over rashomon..
High and low for me
- Dec 4, 2022·2 replies
Personal fave Kurosawa is Red Beard, couldn't believe when Tarantino slandered it
- Dec 4, 2022
I’m not a Dielman
I’m the deal, man
Let me work on my deal, damn - Dec 4, 2022Fries
Personal fave Kurosawa is Red Beard, couldn't believe when Tarantino slandered it
creatives don’t always have the best taste like we’d expect them to. Kinda like when Kanye slandered some of Biggies records
Dec 4, 2022Oscar WinnerLmaoo y’all sure do love y’all pre-2000s movies
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- Dec 4, 2022·1 replyJonboi
Ngl, going through some of the directors ballots, I thought I’d see a lot more love for The Master. Looks like that will take a little longer than expected before people catch on that its actually top 10 of all time
Its not lol
sace 👍Dec 4, 2022·edited·1 replyI’m more on Ran. My other favorites are Dersu Uzala, The Hidden Fortress, Sanjuro, Red Beard, and High and Low. Throne of Blood is my favorite adaptation of the Scottish Play.
- Dec 4, 2022·2 repliessace· edited
I’m more on Ran. My other favorites are Dersu Uzala, The Hidden Fortress, Sanjuro, Red Beard, and High and Low. Throne of Blood is my favorite adaptation of the Scottish Play.
Shakespeare was Scottish?
Throne my favourite
- Dec 4, 2022·1 reply
