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WHO IS THE GREATEST LIVING FILMMAKER?

By grunes

Now that Michelangelo Antonioni has departed for Paradise, the greatest living filmmaker is dear Jean-Luc, it seems to me.

Dear, dear Jean-Luc!

Apart from Godard, perhaps these five, in alphabetical order, round out the half-dozen greatest living filmmakers:

Chantal Äkerman
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Kon Ichikawa
Abbas Kiarostami
Krzysztof Zanussi

At least I think all of these folk are still with us! And if any of them isn’t, keep it to yourself, please! I’ve had enough rotten news of departures the last couple of days!

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4 Responses to “WHO IS THE GREATEST LIVING FILMMAKER?”

  1. Pacze Moj Says:
    July 31, 2007 at 2:31 pm | Reply

    Another six (to think about):

    Andrzej Wajda
    Ming-liang Tsai
    David Lynch
    Hayao Miyazaki
    Werner Herzog
    Roman Polanski

    I would much sooner add Zanussi than Wajda to the list.

    Zanussi has a film in my top 25; Wajda doesn’t even break into my top 100.

    Actually I was horrified to think I had omitted Zanussi, but can’t think whom to drop.

    Hou, I guess.

    Hard day today!

    I love David Lynch—although not his last thing, which I walked out on. I love “Lost Highway” and “Mulholland Dr.” — Dennis Grunes

  2. Scratch Corwood Says:
    October 16, 2008 at 3:15 pm | Reply

    What about Lars Von Trier?

  3. grunes Says:
    October 16, 2008 at 3:46 pm | Reply

    “Europa” is on my list of the 100 greatest films. (See this list, Parts I and II.) I love Trier, especially “Epidemic,” “Europa” and “The Idiots.” See my FILMMAKERS file LARS VON TRIER.

  4. iamnotderek Says:
    November 14, 2009 at 8:44 pm | Reply

    I feel disappointed by post-1989 Zanussi. As much as I love his 60’s and 70’s work, as well as some of his 80’s films, I found films such as the Weekend Stories cycle, as well as Life As a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease not only conventional in their approach, but Kieslowski-lite. This might seem like a horrible thing to say, especially considering Zanussi was Kieslowski’s mentor, but I sincerely stand by this.

    Greatest Living Filmmakers imo:
    Jim Jarmusch
    Andrzej Zulawski
    Hal Hartley
    Jacques Rivette
    Jerzy Skolimowski
    Theo Angelopoulos
    Jon Jost
    Chantal Akerman
    Frederick Wiseman
    Eric Rohmer
    Wim Wenders

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