I fail to see how the number of movies you direct makes you either a great or not so great director.
I believe Kubrik only directed about 20 movies give or take a few... Cheers, Vesna > RE: Lee is unquestionably one of the great directors... > > I question that Phil - "Hulk" was such a poor film. > > Ang Lee has made three good Chinese-language films, I'll give him that, But > I don't think he can be classed as one of the greats just yet.....He's made > 10 films > > Steven Spielberg - Age 60, made 106 films > Francis Ford Coppola - Age 67, made 66 films > Martin Scorsese - Age 64, made 42 films > Bernardo Bertolucci - Age 65, made 22 films > Quentin Tarantino - Age 43, made 18 films > > These are all "Great" Directors > > Looks like Ang Lee has got a bit of catching up to be classed as a "Great" > Director in my book > > > > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: Phil Edwards Cinema Arts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Phil Edwards Cinema Arts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] ANG LEE > Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:40:29 +1100 > > I'd have to rate Ang Lee as one of the most interesting directors I've > ever met and/or interviewed. He was in Australia promoting THE WEDDING > BANQUET. At the time I was editing a local movie trade publication and > the publicist on the project invited me for a tete-a-tete dinner and > interview cruising Sydney Harbour. The distributor was desperate for > trade publicity for this completely unknown film and its director and as > the journal I edited went directly to exhibitors who took some notice of > our recommendations in the indie sphere it was decidedly with a vested > interest in their project. These things can be a drag for both sides, > but this was a definite delight because Ang and discovered we both > LOVED movies and the way they worked. > > Ang was charming and completely forthright about how the film was made > on a budget of about HALF the publicised figure ("How's anybody going to > want to see a film made for a hundred thousand dollars?" he said. And so > the budget for this already low budget movie was "increased" for > publicity purposes. Those that have seen it, or Ang's previous film > PUSHING HANDS and the later EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN, know that he is a > remarkably astute film maker. > > What was fascinating... and this was only apparent later in his career > and subsequent films, was that when I asked him about what sort of films > he wanted to make, he said (albeit not verbatim without digging out my > original i/v tapes), "I want to make the best film I can in every genre. > I like all films. I want to make the best martial arts film I can. I > think there is a way of doing it that hasn't been done before, and I > want to make a western..." which he did long before BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN > in the sadly under-rated RIDE WITH THE DEVIL. Similarly, his THE ICE > STORM was somewhat dismissed, but I don't doubt for aminute was a major > influence on AMERICAN BEAUTY two years later. > > Emma Thompson obviously recognised in Lee his ability to undertsand the > humanity of the characters in his work (and yes, even THE HULK has many > people who see beyond its CGI overkill and find it one of the more > fascinating studies of a "tormented superhero") and found him just right > for her screenplay of SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. > > Lee is unquestionably one of the great directors, and one whose range > across many aspects of the medium of film is masterful. I have no doubt > that BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN is right up there with his best work. He's not > afraid of presenting confronting human emotions, and you don't need to > see BROKEBACK to see that. Get a hold of THE ICE STORM, also a film of > true emotional depth and issues that are never comfortable to deal with > - both in films or in life, but often have to be. > > Phil > > > > Susan Heim wrote: > > >Well........all this talk about stickin' a needle in your eye and rump > >rangling.......I can't wait to see this movie now! And to think I was > >just going to see it because I love Ang Lee and both the guys are cute! > > > >Sue > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* David Kusumoto <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *To:* [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 03, 2006 1:53 PM > > *Subject:* [MOPO] YOU ARE ALL GAY > > > > ** OK, I think I've had a nice one-day run at purposely stirring > > up trouble, > > just blurting out what's on my mind regardless of the > > consequences. This > > has been a great thread. > > > > ** However, after reading all responses, public and private, I've > > reached > > the conclusion that YOU ARE ALL GAY. That's right. All of you. > > Not that > > there's anything wrong with it. However, one more crack about the > > fact that > > I love Judy Garland (esp. in A Star is Born, Summer Stock, Meet Me > > in St. > > Louis and Oz) -- well you know, we're gonna have to take it > > outside. So > > there. > > > > - David (who's so very gay) Kusumoto. Wait'll I tell my wife tonight. > > She'll laugh me out of bed (more than usual, which is every night). > > > > P.S. -- one of my favorite posters is the '54 half-sheet to A Star > > is Born. > > I purchased a rolled and fine condition beauty from Deke Richards, > > who's not > > gay. 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