What’s Their Best Film? Third Times The Charm
It’s very simple; I give you three directors and their respective filmography and you tell me what you think is their very best movie. I do list TV movies; but only if they are an original piece (“Duel”) and not an already established series (“C.S.I.”).
Without further ado, I give you:
JOHN CARPENTER
DARK STAR (1974)
ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976)
HALLOWEEN (1978)
SOMEONE’S WATCHING ME! (TV Movie, 1978)
ELVIS (TV Movie,1979)
THE FOG (1980)
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981)
THE THING (1982)
CHRISTINE (1983)
STARMAN (1984)
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986)
PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1987)
THEY LIVE (1988)
MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN (1992)
IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1994)
VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (1995)
ESCAPE FROM L.A. (1996)
VAMPIRES (1998)
GHOSTS OF MARS (2001)
THE WARD (2010)
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DAVID CRONENBERG
STEREO (1969)
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (1970)
JIM RITCHIE SCULPTOR (TV Movie, 1971)
LETTER FROM MICHELANGELO (TV Movie, 1971)
TOURETTES (TV Movie, 1971)
THEY CAME FROM WITHIN (1975)
RABID (1977)
FAST COMPANY (1979)
THE BROOD (1979)
SCANNERS (1981)
VIDEODROME (1983)
THE DEAD ZONE (1983)
THE FLY (1986)
DEAD RINGERS (1988)
NAKED LUNCH (1991)
M. BUTTERFLY (1993)
CRASH (1996)
eXistenZ (1999)
SPIDER (2002)
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (2005)
EASTERN PROMISES (2007)
A DANGEROUS METHOD (2011)
COSMOPOLIS (2012)
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MURDER Á LA MOD (1968)
GREETINGS (1968)
THE WEDDING PARTY (1969)
DIONYSUS (1970)
HI, MOM! (1970)
GET TO KNOW YOUR RABBIT (1972)
SISTERS (1973)
PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974)
OBSESSION (1976)
CARRIE (1976)
THE FURY (1978)
HOME MOVIES (1980)
DRESSED TO KILL (1980)
BLOW OUT (1981)
SCARFACE (1983)
BODY DOUBLE (1984)
WISE GUYS (1986)
THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987)
CASUALTIES OF WAR (1989)
THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES (1990)
RAISING CAIN (1992)
CARLITO’S WAY (1993)
MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE (1996)
SNAKE EYES (1998)
MISSION TO MARS (2000)
FEMME FATALE (2002)
THE BLACK DAHLIA (2006)
REDACTED (2007)
PASSION (2012)
I can’t wait to hear from you. Take care and stay scared!!
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Posted on 09/07/2012, in Movies and tagged Arts, BLACK DAHLIA, Brian, Brian De Palma, Dead Ringers (film), Existenz, John Carpenter, New York, Television, Television film. Bookmark the permalink. 17 Comments.
tough picks all around…
Carpenter – Escape from NY
Cronenberg – Videodrome
De Palma – Blow Out
Thank you, Andy. By the way, do you think this ‘What’s Their Best Film?’ thing is a good idea? I wanted to do something a little different.
I dig it – You could also do the inverse with ‘what’s their worst film?’ and pick (normally) great directors
There’s a thought. I could either alternate between ‘best’ and ‘worst’ or I could maybe combine the two. Thanks, Andy!
So hard to pick one,
Carpenter: The Fog, followed by Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness (the only reason I didn’t pick Halloween is I’ve seen it too many times now)
Cronenberg: The Fly followed by Videodrome and Scanners
De Palma: Carrie followed by Body Double and Dressed to Kill
(PS. The Fly is missing from your list)
I agree about Halloween; seen it too may times. The Fly is now on the list. Thanks for pointing that out to me.
The Thing
The Fly
The Untouchables
You’re the first to pick The Untouchables. Thanks for stopping by!
In the Mouth of Madness tied with Halloween
Crash tied with The Dead Zone
Carrie tied with Raising Cain
I thought Crash was fantastic! Thanks, Abe!
THE THING (1982)
VIDEODROME (1983)
SCARFACE (1983)
The first and third would be my picks, too. Well, maybe on the third. I also liked Body Double and Dressed to Kill.
John Carpenter: Best film – Halloween; Runners-up – The Thing, Starman
David Cronenberg: Best film – The Fly; runners-up – The Dead Zone, A History of Violence
Brian De Palma: Best film – Blow Out; runners-up – Carrie, Scarface
Good films all. Thanks.
Carpenter: The Thing, Halloween, Christine (which i think is too underrated)
Cronenberg: Videodrome, Eastern Promises, Dead Ringers
De Palma: Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Scarface (harder list for me as I’m not a real fan of De Palma
Thank you!
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