Comments on: Who Got Snubbed? 10 Directors Who Surprisingly Aren’t On The Sight & Sound Top 50 Greatest Films List

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:05 +0000

David Lean anybody? Hello?

By: James

James — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:05 +0000

Robert Altman. Where's he at?

By: Wes

Wes — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:05 +0000

They're also missing Coen Bros, Sergio Leone, Paul Thomas Anderson, Woody Allen, Ridley Scott, Luchino Visconti, and John Huston. But I'm fine with the absence of Howard Hawks, Steven Spielberg, D.W. Griffith, Ernst Lubitsch, Max Ophuls, Michael Curtiz, Alain Resnais, Sam Peckinpah, Preston Sturges, Victor Fleming, and Frank Capra.

By: AS

AS — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:05 +0000

Michael Mann, the most underrated director of all time.

By: samir

samir — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:05 +0000

Roger Ebert posted the top ten that he submitted to Sight & Sound earlier this year, and in his top ten he did include "The Tree of Life." I'm looking forward to seeing how many ballots it appears on when they release the individual top ten's later this year. Even if it's on a few it would be impressive considering no one wants to take too much of a chance on a recent movie that hasn't had time to simmer in the collective minds of film culture. But I'm pretty confident it will appear on the list in 20 years.

By: jawsnnn

jawsnnn — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:05 +0000

Hayao Miyazaki is the one who should be counted the greatest anime director. He is the best example of the truth: "It is very easy to be difficult, but it is very difficult to be simple"

By: Nory, Dory and Loaury

Nory, Dory and Loaury — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:05 +0000

Because the directors you've all mentioned that have been snubbed are pretentious and that's about all. They make films for themselves and at that they are selfish.

By: ralch

ralch — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:05 +0000

If I'm not mistaken, this article refers to directors that do not appear in the Top 50 films selection by critics, not the Top 10, hence the omission of Lean.

I agree about Herzog and Wajda. Wajda's war trilogy (A Generation, Kanal, Ashes and Diamonds) is one of the more forcefully poetic works of cinema (and my favorite trilogy overall).

Names that hopefully will be more explored in the future are Chantal Akerman, Frantisek VlÃ¡cil and especially Otar Iosseliani. I also think there is a wealth of (to some) undiscovered greatness in the classic cinema of Latin America. Names like Glauber Rocha, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, TomÃ¡s GutiÃ©rrez Alea and Emilio FernÃ¡ndez do get some recognition, but others like Manuel AntÃn, Ismael RodrÃguez, Alejandro Galindo, Ruy Guerra, Patricio Kaulen or Octavio CortÃ¡zar go completely overlooked. The early work of Carlos Saura and the films of VÃctor Erice rival AlmodÃ³var's work as far as Spain is concerned.

I forget if Abbas Kiarostami was included… Anyway, Nory, Dory and Loaury, your comment is one of the most ridiculous things I've read in a site like this. I hope you're 13 or something.

By: StephenM

StephenM — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:05 +0000

I agree it's a shame about Kieslowski, but I think there's a pretty simple explanation: The voting rules this year stated that multiple films could not be cited for one spot. In other words, voters couldn't select "The Three Colors Trilogy" or "The Decalogue" anymore–which a fair number of critics did in 2002. Faced with choosing only single film from those series, I think most people just went for something different. I doubt it's a real drop in his reputation.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:05 +0000

I hope Woody Allen, R.W. Fassbinder and Wim Wenders at least make the freakin' top 100.

By: Fry

Fry — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:05 +0000

Sergei Parajanov is to me one of the greatest auteurs and at least one his films -I'm pointing to either 'Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors' or 'The Color of Pomegranates'- should have gotten a place on that list, other than that I'm glad Dreyer had three of his own. Oh, and kudos to BÃ©la Tarr for SÃ¡tÃ¡ntangÃ³.

By: yes!

yes! — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:04 +0000

totally agree!! its a crime that Herzog, Almodovar and Haneke aren't included. they are insanely prolific for the world of filmmaking!!

By: javed

javed — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:04 +0000

"…Stanley Kubrick, a man known for his reluctance in praising others…"

Actually, he's known for exactly the opposite, at least for those who aren't too lazy to do some basic research.

By: Jose Angel

Jose Angel — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:04 +0000

I've been campaigning for Once Upon a Time in the West ever since I watched in a revival theater. I think people can't judge films like this (or The Shining for that matter) unless they watch them on the big screen. The visuals of Leone and Kubrick make many of the films in the list look quite lame, and these visuals I consider are been underestimated. Glad to see Apocalypse Now up there, though. Too much Tarkovsky and Godard and too little Welles, Chaplin, Bergman and Kubrick. No South Americans. The list is also missing William Wyler, Scott, Gilliam and Eastwood's Unforgiven.

By: Marco "Stanze di Cinema"

Marco "Stanze di Cinema" — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:04 +0000

Probably it's a partisan comment by an italian cinephile… but where are Luchino Visconti and Bernardo Bertolucci? The Leopard, The conformist, Rocco and his brothers, The last tango in Paris?

By: Vamsi

Vamsi — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:04 +0000

Dardenne brothers,Abbas kiarostami,nuri bilge ceylan..

By: Sam M Bell

Sam M Bell — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:04 +0000

Where the hell's Cronenberg? These lists always ignore contempary cinema or something that is interesting as opposed to 'set the rules'.

By: Porter

Porter — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:04 +0000

Mr. von Trier

By: Wes

Wes — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:04 +0000

What about films that got snubbed? For example: Casablanca, Raging Bull, Touch of Evil, La Grande Illusion, Third Man, Dr. Strangelove, Gold Rush, Sunset Blvd., Children of Paradise, Blade Runner, Night of the Hunter, It's a Wonderful Life, M, Rear Window, Lawrence of Arabia, Jules et Jim, and Wild Bunch.

By: Joseph Garza Medina

Joseph Garza Medina — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:04 +0000

Bernardo Bertolucci, Eagle Pennell, Jacques Rivette, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jean-Pierre Melville… there are way more than 50 great directors let alone 50 great films. Which is why it's always important to educate yourself and make your own canon.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:04 +0000

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON!!!!!!

By: AFD

AFD — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:04 +0000

NICHOLAS RAY!

By: tronic

tronic — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:04 +0000

Hou Hsiao Hsien

By: Wade

Wade — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:04 +0000

Edward Yang

By: Alexander

Alexander — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:52:04 +0000

"Any others you felt were missing from the list?" – Err, any women? At all. I can think of certain films worthy of this list from Andrea Arnold, Jane Campion, Lynne Ramsay, Agnes Varda, Kathryn Bigelow, Mary Harron…