Comments on: Entertainment Weekly Pick The 25 Greatest Working Directors; Confirms The Fallacy Of Listmaking

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:02:38 +0000

First off, where\’s Alejandro González Iñárritu? Next, I totally agree Brad Bird and JJ Abrams should not be on here. Apparently directing a Mission Impossible sequel automatically gets you a spot on the list. And yes, Kathryn Bigelow should be nowhere near this list as well. Before she directed The Hurt Locker she did K19: The Widowmaker, come on. Other omissions: Sam Mendes, Judd Apatow, Doug Limon, Cameron Crowe, Michael Mann, Alexander Payne…the list goes on and on. But I do agree with Fincher and Nolan being top two although you can argue their order. Only gripe in actual placement is Danny Boyle should be top five, period.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:02:38 +0000

JJ Abrams? He\’s a TV director, completely uncinematic.

Where\’s Ridley Scott?

By: yan

yan — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:02:38 +0000

I think Nolan should be number #1, the guy is just consistently good. Then PTA is pretty close but he needs to release more films. Fincher would be in the top ten but not that high, i\’m still trying to erase Forest Gump 2.

By: JacqueDeMolay

JacqueDeMolay — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:02:38 +0000

Hey, calm down – at least they put Terrance Malick on there. How many of their readers do you think know that name? Probably not many.

By: ken

ken — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:02:38 +0000

As far as populist lists go, it\’s really not that bad. I agree however that the absence of Steven Soderbergh is an egregious oversight.

By: Bo

Bo — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:02:38 +0000

PTA should be number one. Homeboy hasn\’t made a mediocre film in his entire career, which can\’t be said for anyone else on this list (aside from maybe Malick).

By: Bo

Bo — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:02:38 +0000

EDIT: And Brad Bird. Love the fact that he made this list. He\’s a visionary, and I doubt we\’ve seen his best work yet.

By: JustSayMaybe

JustSayMaybe — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:02:38 +0000

Peter Weir please?? Every week I rage over the latest issue. EW has become such a waste of paper and resources, it truly is a shame. Even Stephen King jumped ship a few weeks ago. His columns were the only thing left worth a damn.

By: Gabe Toro

Gabe Toro — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:02:38 +0000

Clare Denis is the world\’s greatest filmmaker.

By: Corbett

Corbett — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:02:38 +0000

Although I liked Hurt Locker, these are strange days if K. Bigelow is considered the 15th greatest working director.

I would recommending adding Michael Haneke, Arnaud Desplechin and Olivier Assayas to the list of glaring omissions.

By: Oliver Lyttelton

Oliver Lyttelton — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:02:38 +0000

So Kathryn Bigelow shouldn\’t be on there because she made K-19, but Doug Liman, director of Jumper, Fair Game and Mr and Mrs Smith, and Cameron Crowe, director of Elizabethtown, should be?

Not sure I follow your logic, cirkusfolk.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:02:38 +0000

That\’s a whole lot of white dudes.
Also Asia I think makes movies occasionally. Someone look into that.

By: Smash Tit-house

Smash Tit-house — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:02:38 +0000

Abrams an uncinematic tv director? wow. all right. that\’s a bit ridiculous, but sure.

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:02:38 +0000

Um, my logic is simply, here\’s a director who has made one good movie (Hurt Locker) over the course of her whole career (one that adds up to only 5 movies in the past 20 years), but simply because she won Best Director for that single good movie, she gets on the list. If they HAD to put a woman on it, I would\’ve gladly accepted Sofia Coppola.

Also, despite the fact that I don\’t really like the films of Steven Soderburgh or Gus Van Sant, their work ethic alone prolly deserves them spots.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:02:38 +0000

Jane Campion should be on that list.

By: Rufus Wilson

Rufus Wilson — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:02:37 +0000

Not a great list but better than what I would expect out of those guys.

By: dfdsfadddddd

dfdsfadddddd — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:02:37 +0000

@circusfolk Bigelow has made a few great movies: Near Dark, Blue Steel, Strange Days, The Hurt Locker. Even if she hadn\’t, you can\’t deny she\’s extremely skilled. I was a big fan before The Hurt Locker and find it really unfortunate that when someone wins an Oscar every know-nothing comes out of the woodwork to complain about how overrated they are.

By: Shark

Shark — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:02:37 +0000

Love Bigelow, but she\’s top 50, not 25. Hayao Miyazaki at least should be on here. But EW is TERRIBLE at listmaking, so yeah. ugh.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:02:37 +0000

Am I the only one who thinks Nolan is incredibly overrated. I find his movies good in the Hollywood action genre but altogether he can\’t touch Scorsese, PTA, Polanski, Malick, etc.