Films You've Never Seen - Filmmakers You've Never Visited

[Boner M]

Stealing a thread iosos made in our old days...

As far as well known films go, my major blind spots are...

Breakfast at Tiffany's
Gone With the Wind
Ben-Hur
A Christmas Story
Braveheart

Films I actually have a desire to see...

The Apu Trilogy
Spirit of the Beehive
Woman in the Dunes
Voyage in Italy
The Mother and the Whore

I've covered a lot of filmmakers, but my major blind spots in this department are far less surprising...

Peter Watkins
Mikio Naruse
William Wyler
Vincente Minnelli
Max Ophuls
Satyajit Ray
Andrzej Wajda
Eric von Stroheim
Josef von Sternberg
King Vidor
Derek Jarman

[Watashi]

My list for films is too many.

Filmmakers I have yet to explore:

Dario Argento
Rainer Fassbinder
Peter Watkins
Samuel Fuller
Sergei Eisenstein
Eric Rohmer
Andrei Tarkovsky

[number8]

I'm planning on dipping my toes into Imamura.

[Sycophant]

Confession time!

I'm going to bypass most of the films, with the exception of these:
The Godfather parts II and III

Filmmakers I have yet to explore (the ones I feel worst about):
Yasujiro Ozu
Mikio Naruse
Hiroshi Teshigahara
Chen Kaige
Powell/Pressburger
Catherine Breillat
Andrei Tarkovsky
Sergei Eisenstein
D. W. Griffiths
Eric Rohmer
Francois Truffaut
Harold Lloyd
Tsai Ming-Liang
Shohei Imamura

Ones I've begun to explore, but not nearly enough:
Seijun Suzuki
Orson Welles
R. W. Fassbinder
Werner Herzog
Fritz Lang
Martin Scorsese

[Philosophe_rouge]

Well known films
-Chinatown
-Seven Samurai
-Alien
-Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
-Die Hard

I desire to seeeee:
-The Rules of the Game
-Madame de...
-Meet Me in St-Louis
-Sunrise
-L'Avventura

Directorrs:
Andrei Tarkovsky
Yasujiro Ozu
Satyajit Ray
Alain Resnais
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Jacques Tati
Jacques Rivette
Theo Angelopoulos
George A. Romero
Eric Rohmer
Pier Paolo Pasolini
John Cassavetes
Robert Bresson

[soitgoes...]

Films:
La Dolce Vita
City Lights
Nashville
Fanny and Alexander
Eraserhead
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly <--- Seen, but its been too long to remember
Decalogue

Directors:
Resnais
Bava
Cassavetes
von Stroheim
Visconti

I'm sure there are (many) others, but these stand out.

FWIW, I've only seen one film by Tarkovsky, Roeg, Rivette, Rohmer, Pasolini, and Antonioni.

[origami_mustache]

Rainer Fassbinder
Dario Argento
Satyajit Ray
Samuel Fuller
Eric Rohmer
Olivier Assayas
Lukas Moodysson
Peter Greenaway

[kamran]

Great topic, although potentially humiliating...

BLIND SPOTS
Vertigo
Au hasard Balthazar
The Lady Eve
Lawrence of Arabia
The Godfather Part II and Part III
Nashville
Eraserhead
Red (I've seen Blue and White though.)
Apocalypse Now

FILMMAKERS
Peter Greenaway
Rainer W. Fassbinder
Lukas Moodysson
Shohei Imamura
Jean Renoir
John Cassavetes
Nicholas Ray

And after discovering Rosemary's Baby just recently, I really want catch up with Polanski.

[Raiders]

Filmmakers:

Mikio Naruse
Claire Denis
Chantal Akerman
Andrzej Wajda

[Spinal]

Still haven't seen:

Dr. Zhivago
The French Connection
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Downfall
Saraband
Killer of Sheep
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Thing
Shadow of a Doubt
The Wages of Fear
Bratz

[Kurosawa Fan]

Bratz

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[Spinal]

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I know, I know. I'll get around to it eventually. Stop mocking me.

[dreamdead]

Directors I've yet to see anything by:

Harold Lloyd
Vincente Minnelli
Max Ophuls
Satyajit Ray
Tyler Perry
Josef von Sternberg
King Vidor
Theo Angelopoulos

[monolith94]

Stealing a thread iosos made in our old days...


Films I actually have a desire to see...


Voyage in Italy

Eh, actually not that interesting. I'd only see it if you've totally exhausted all other Tarkovskys.

[Eleven]

Films I can easily get a hold of that I just haven't yet:

Children of Paradise
Chimes at Midnight
Diary of a Country Priest
Once Upon a Time in America
Rome, Open City
Shoah
Stalker

Directors etc. etc.:

Theo Angelopolous
Frank Borzage
Derek Jarman
Jerzy Skolimowski
Hiroshi Teshigahara

[megladon8]

Never seen anything by Jacques Tati.

Still haven't seen Lawrence of Arabia, even though I've owned it for nearly a year.

[chrisnu]

I've never seen any films by Antonioni,Tarkovsky, or Mizoguchi. I've only seen one film by Fellini and Ozu.

[baby doll]

I've yet to see a single film by Hong Sang-soo, although I am presently downloading Turning Gate. And I'm way behind on Rossellini (I've just seen Open City).

[jenniferofthejungle]

Never seen anything by Jacques Tati.

Still haven't seen Lawrence of Arabia, even though I've owned it for nearly a year.

You also need to see On the Waterfront and Singin' in the Rain.

[Llopin]

I've yet to see a single film by Hong Sang-soo, although I am presently downloading Turning Gate. And I'm way behind on Rossellini (I've just seen Open City).

Hmm, you should start on The Day the Pig... and keep going, I do believe his filmography tends to evolve... never gets too light, but his first movies are more "hardcore". My personal favourite is Virgin Stripped Bare....

I haven't seen any film by Straub/Huillet, Jarman or Von Trotta, and I really want to.

[jesse]

Blind Spots:
American Beauty
Apu Trilogy
Clockwork Orange
Fight Club
The Godfather Part II
M
Rashoman
The Shawshank Redemption
etc.

The only one I really plan to ever bother with is the Lang, Ray and the Kurosawa.

Filmmakers:
Tarkovsky (probably my biggest oversight at this point)
Miyazaki
Mizoguchi
Akerman
Tarr

[Qrazy]

I think he meant Rossellini's Voyage in Italy.

You guys need to get on Tarkovsky, Tarr, Wajda, Kieslowski and Mizoguchi asap. The best of the best.

I need to explore Fassbinder and Rohmer more thoroughly, only seen two from each. Still haven't seen any Von Stroheim and only one Visconti.

Also need to see these.

008. News from Home, 1977 (Chantal Akerman)
011. Floating Clouds, 1955 (Mikio Naruse)
022. Naked Island, 1961 (Kaneto Shindo)
025. An Autumn Afternoon, 1962 (Yasujiro Ozu)
029. Europa 51, 1951 (Roberto Rossellini)
037. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, 1975 (Chantal Akerman)
044. Twenty-Four Eyes, 1954 (Keisuke Kinoshita)
046. The Insect Woman, 1963 (Shohei Imamura)
052. Late Chrysanthemums, 1954 (Naruse 1954)
055. Kuroneko, 1968 (Kaneto Shindo)
066. El Dorado, 1921 (Marcel L'Herbier)
073. Sunflower, 1970 (Vittorio de Sica)
074. The Quince Tree Sun, 1992 (Victor Erice)
075. Cria Cuervos, 1977 (Carlos Saura)
078. The Cloud Capped Star, 1960 (Ritwik Ghatak)
085. The Second Circle, 1990 (Aleksandr Sokurov)
089. A Page of Madness, 1926 (Teisuke Kinugasa)
090. La Terra Trema, 1948 (Luchino Visconti)
099. Close-up, 1990 (Abbas Kiarostami)
* Baby Face (1933)
* The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)
* The Last Command (1928)
* Nayakan (1987)
* Olympia, Parts 1 and 2 (1938)
* Pyaasa (1957)
* The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
* The Singing Detective (1986)
* Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
* Swing Time (1936)
* Talk to Her (2002)

[Boner M]

One filmmaker I'd like to explore whose works are damn near impossible to come by is Jon Jost. I'd be surprised if someone here's seen a film by him.

008. News from Home, 1977 (Chantal Akerman)

One of my best examples of cinematic minimalism ever, as broad as that term may be. Although, since you tend to hate everything I love, you'd best remove it from your list accordingly.

[Boner M]

'One of the best', sorry. I don't have an editing function on the comp I'm on now.

[Qrazy]

One filmmaker I'd like to explore whose works are damn near impossible to come by is Jon Jost. I'd be surprised if someone here's seen a film by him.


One of my best examples of cinematic minimalism ever, as broad as that term may be. Although, since you tend to hate everything I love, you'd best remove it from your list accordingly.

I've seen Last Chants for a Slow Dance. It was an interesting experiment but the budget really shows... but for that kind of a budget it's quite an achievement... and if you like minimalism you may well like it. Pretty sure it's torrent-able.

Haha I doubt our total appreciation for cinema is that far apart. I'm just particularly outspoken about films I don't enjoy. For instance, I love The Decalogue, and Man with a Movie Camera and I agree with your thoughts/rating of Splendor in the Grass.