Directors with three or more consecutive masterpieces
05-03-20, 09:08 PM
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Re: Directors with three or more consecutive masterpieces
Dude you called Shutter Island a masterpiece, lets be real here.
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05-03-20, 09:11 PM
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Re: Directors with three or more consecutive masterpieces
And they were wrong. And you can look at Rotten Tomatoes and see how many rate it highly now and say it was before it’s time.
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05-03-20, 09:16 PM
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Re: Directors with three or more consecutive masterpieces
Well, it’s really a matter of opinion, so right or wrong couldn’t be used in this context.
05-03-20, 09:17 PM
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Re: Directors with three or more consecutive masterpieces
I wouldn't personally call The Shining or Full Metal Jacket masterpieces, but I also wouldn't argue with anyone who wanted to make the case (for The Shining at least).
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05-03-20, 09:21 PM
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05-03-20, 09:22 PM
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Re: Directors with three or more consecutive masterpieces
George Lucas - Star War Episodes 1-3... 
Seriously though, George Lucas's first three films were THX 1138, American Graffiti, and Star Wars. To go from those three to his next and final three is a huge fall.
Seriously though, George Lucas's first three films were THX 1138, American Graffiti, and Star Wars. To go from those three to his next and final three is a huge fall.
05-03-20, 09:26 PM
#33
Re: Directors with three or more consecutive masterpieces
Some other pretty good 3-Streaks:
Fellini: Nights of Cabiria, La Dolce Vita, 8½
John Huston: The Asphalt Jungle, The Red Badge of Courage, The African Queen
Romero: Martin, Dawn of the Dead, Knightriders (Three classics in my book)
Antonioni: Blow-Up, Zabriskie Point, The Passenger
Hawks: Only Angels Have Wings, His Girl Friday, Sgt. York
Liu Chia-Ling: Challenge of the Masters, 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Executioners of Shaolin (3 martial arts classics)
Godard: Breathless, A Woman is a Woman, Vivre Sa Vie
Cronenberg: The Fly, Dead Ringers, Naked Lunch
Lumet: The Pawnbroker, Fail Safe, The Hill
De Palma: Dressed To Kill, Blowout, Scarface
Robert Aldrich: Hush..Hush, Sweet Charlotte, The Flight of the Phoenix, The Dirty Dozen
Michael Powell: I Know Where I'm Going, A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus (RED SHOES followed next, but I was never crazy about that one)
Fellini: Nights of Cabiria, La Dolce Vita, 8½
John Huston: The Asphalt Jungle, The Red Badge of Courage, The African Queen
Romero: Martin, Dawn of the Dead, Knightriders (Three classics in my book)
Antonioni: Blow-Up, Zabriskie Point, The Passenger
Hawks: Only Angels Have Wings, His Girl Friday, Sgt. York
Liu Chia-Ling: Challenge of the Masters, 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Executioners of Shaolin (3 martial arts classics)
Godard: Breathless, A Woman is a Woman, Vivre Sa Vie
Cronenberg: The Fly, Dead Ringers, Naked Lunch
Lumet: The Pawnbroker, Fail Safe, The Hill
De Palma: Dressed To Kill, Blowout, Scarface
Robert Aldrich: Hush..Hush, Sweet Charlotte, The Flight of the Phoenix, The Dirty Dozen
Michael Powell: I Know Where I'm Going, A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus (RED SHOES followed next, but I was never crazy about that one)
05-03-20, 09:29 PM
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05-03-20, 09:37 PM
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Re: Directors with three or more consecutive masterpieces
I'm also gonna add that The Red Shoes is a masterpiece.
On the Waterfront / East of Eden?
05-03-20, 09:39 PM
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Re: Directors with three or more consecutive masterpieces
Yea. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Streetcar, A Face in the Crowd, Splendor in the Grass too.
And yes, I agree, The Red Shoes most definitely is.
And yes, I agree, The Red Shoes most definitely is.
05-03-20, 11:41 PM
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Re: Directors with three or more consecutive masterpieces
For Powell and Pressburger you might as well tack on Colonel Blimp and A Canterbury Tale to the front of that list. Although I admit I don't care for A Canterbury Tale as much as many others seem to. What an incredible run though. Heck, The Small Back Room is great too, even if it doesn't quite live up to those others.
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05-04-20, 06:46 AM
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Re: Directors with three or more consecutive masterpieces
Ishiro Honda: BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE, THE HUMAN VAPOR, MOTHRA (1959-61); FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD, GODZILLA VS. MONSTER ZERO, WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS (1965-66).
Chang Cheh: FIVE VENOMS, INVINCIBLE SHAOLIN, CRIPPLED AVENGERS (all 1978).
Kinji Fukasaku: YAGYU CLAN CONSPIRACY, MESSAGE FROM SPACE, THE FALL OF AKO CASTLE (all 1978).
Yasujiro Ozu: Six in a row: EARLY SUMMER, THE FLAVOR OF GREEN TEA OVER RICE, TOKYO STORY, EARLY SPRING, TOKYO TWILIGHT, EQUINOX FLOWER (1951-58).
Mikio Naruse: SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN, LATE CHRYSANTHEMUMS, FLOATING CLOUDS (1954-55).
Kenji Mizoguchi: UGETSU, A GEISHA, SANSHO THE BAILIFF (1953-54); PRINCESS YANG KWEI FEI, TAIRA CLAN SAGA, STREET OF SHAME (1955-56).
Hiroshi Inagaki: SAMURAI I, SAMURAI II, SAMURAI III (1954-56).
Chang Cheh: FIVE VENOMS, INVINCIBLE SHAOLIN, CRIPPLED AVENGERS (all 1978).
Kinji Fukasaku: YAGYU CLAN CONSPIRACY, MESSAGE FROM SPACE, THE FALL OF AKO CASTLE (all 1978).
Yasujiro Ozu: Six in a row: EARLY SUMMER, THE FLAVOR OF GREEN TEA OVER RICE, TOKYO STORY, EARLY SPRING, TOKYO TWILIGHT, EQUINOX FLOWER (1951-58).
Mikio Naruse: SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN, LATE CHRYSANTHEMUMS, FLOATING CLOUDS (1954-55).
Kenji Mizoguchi: UGETSU, A GEISHA, SANSHO THE BAILIFF (1953-54); PRINCESS YANG KWEI FEI, TAIRA CLAN SAGA, STREET OF SHAME (1955-56).
Hiroshi Inagaki: SAMURAI I, SAMURAI II, SAMURAI III (1954-56).
05-04-20, 06:58 AM
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Re: Directors with three or more consecutive masterpieces
Fincher's run of The Game>Fight Club>Panic Room>Zodiac>Benjamin Button>Social Network is pretty damn strong.
Button stands out as one I didnt really enjoy, but it was pretty well regarded at the time. I'd argue that Fight Club, Zodiac, and Social network are masterpieces, with The Game and Panic Room being really high quality genre work.
Button stands out as one I didnt really enjoy, but it was pretty well regarded at the time. I'd argue that Fight Club, Zodiac, and Social network are masterpieces, with The Game and Panic Room being really high quality genre work.
05-04-20, 07:10 AM
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Re: Directors with three or more consecutive masterpieces
I don't think that Christine can be considered a masterpiece, no matter how you try to spin it. I would, however, go along with your list if you lopped off Christine and added Assault on Precinct 13 to the front of it.
05-04-20, 09:59 AM
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Re: Directors with three or more consecutive masterpieces
Michael Haneke: (if you skip the Funny Games remake): Cache, The White Ribbon, Amour
William Friedkin: The French Connection, The Exorcist, Sorcerer
Michelangelo Antonioni: L'Avventura, La Notte, L'Eclisse , Red Desert, Blow-Up
Robert Bresson: Diary of a Country Priest, A Man Escaped, Pickpocket, The Trial of Joan of Arc, Au Hasard Balthazar
David Lynch: Lost Highway, The Straight Story, Mulholland Dr
David Lean: The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago
Masaki Kobayashi: Harakiri, Kwaidan, Samurai Rebellion
Hiroshi Teshigahara: Pitfall, Woman in the Dunes, The Face of Another
Alain Resnais: Hiroshima Mon Amour, Last Year at Marienbad, Muriel or the Time of Return
Seijun Suzuki: Tokyo Drifter, Fighting Elegy, Branded to Kill
Carol Reed: Odd Man Out, The Fallen Idol, The Third Man
Pedro Almodovar: All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Bad Education, Volver
Gus Van Sant: Elephant, Last Days, Paranoid Park
Bernardo Bertolluci: The Conformist, Last Tango In Paris, 1900
RW Fassbinder: The Merchant of Four Seasons, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Fox and His Friends
Hou Hsiao-Hsien: Millennium Mambo, Cafe Lumiere, Three Times
Nicolas Roeg: Walkabout, Don't Look Now, The Man Who Fell to Earth
William Friedkin: The French Connection, The Exorcist, Sorcerer
Michelangelo Antonioni: L'Avventura, La Notte, L'Eclisse , Red Desert, Blow-Up
Robert Bresson: Diary of a Country Priest, A Man Escaped, Pickpocket, The Trial of Joan of Arc, Au Hasard Balthazar
David Lynch: Lost Highway, The Straight Story, Mulholland Dr
David Lean: The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago
Masaki Kobayashi: Harakiri, Kwaidan, Samurai Rebellion
Hiroshi Teshigahara: Pitfall, Woman in the Dunes, The Face of Another
Alain Resnais: Hiroshima Mon Amour, Last Year at Marienbad, Muriel or the Time of Return
Seijun Suzuki: Tokyo Drifter, Fighting Elegy, Branded to Kill
Carol Reed: Odd Man Out, The Fallen Idol, The Third Man
Pedro Almodovar: All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Bad Education, Volver
Gus Van Sant: Elephant, Last Days, Paranoid Park
Bernardo Bertolluci: The Conformist, Last Tango In Paris, 1900
RW Fassbinder: The Merchant of Four Seasons, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Fox and His Friends
Hou Hsiao-Hsien: Millennium Mambo, Cafe Lumiere, Three Times
Nicolas Roeg: Walkabout, Don't Look Now, The Man Who Fell to Earth
05-04-20, 12:21 PM
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Re: Directors with three or more consecutive masterpieces
Sorry, Sorcerer is an interesting movie, but it is no masterpiece.
Were those back-to-back? Well that is probably the pinnacle right there, sorry Coppola.
I would also add the Three Colours Trilogy by Kieślowski
David Lean :
The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago
I would also add the Three Colours Trilogy by Kieślowski
05-04-20, 12:23 PM
#46
Re: Directors with three or more consecutive masterpieces
Plus Veronique too.
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05-04-20, 12:29 PM
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Re: Directors with three or more consecutive masterpieces
Sorcerer is my favorite Friedkin film and I’d argue that it is a masterpiece. Of course, I also found The French Connection to be a let down and would argue that of the three films listed FC would probably be the odd one out as far as masterpieces.
I know I’m in the minority there though.
05-04-20, 12:35 PM
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Re: Directors with three or more consecutive masterpieces
While on the martial-arts tip, the same went to Yuen Woo Ping. I've yet to see Dance/Drunken Mantis that came in between Snake in Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master.
There were also several other filmmakers I was gonna name who came very close to pulling off some great streaks:
Spike Lee
Robert Wise
Takashi Miike
Mario Bava
Richard Brooks
Oliver Stone
Michael Curtiz
Truffaut
Terence Fisher
But either the films were sub-par or have yet to be watched.
05-04-20, 12:41 PM
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05-04-20, 12:44 PM
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