Who are the greatest directors of all time?

[Andrew1911]

what good contemporary kurosawa films are there.  ill admit my knowledge is empty there.  The samurai genre ones are great but i really have wanted to see some other stuff done by him

Edit: yes i know i could look it up but eh that sounds like effort.

Ran

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

wrong type of contemporary.  I have ran. I meant something that wasnt samurai genre.  Ran is great by the way

[Variety of Cells]

I justed watched High and Low the other day and enjoyed that quite a lot.  Even though it's quite old, it had an original take on the whole kidnapping genre.  It's at his usual slower pace, but it never fails to be interesting and thought provoking.  I love how he ended it too.  It's not a huge surprise ending or anything, but I still found it unexpected. 

[mrbasehart]

wrong type of contemporary.  I have ran. I meant something that wasnt samurai genre.  Ran is great by the way

Ikiru and Stray Dog are both excellent contemporary Kurosawa films.  I still find it odd when I see Toshiro Mifune clean-shaven in the latter.

[Andrew1911]

wrong type of contemporary.  I have ran. I meant something that wasnt samurai genre.  Ran is great by the way

The Bad Sleep Well, than.

[Dr.Impossible]

COLEMAN FRANCIS

[Pak-Man]

I'm an odd person with an odd taste in movies, so I like some odd directors. :^)

Chuck Jones: He was credited as a director, so he counts. :^)
Stephen Chow: So far, I've only seen Kung Fu Hustle and Shoulin Soccer, but the movies are so delightfully bizzare, I gotta give him props. :^)
Quentin Terrantino (Hey SOMEONE had to say it!): He has a way of taking incredible levels of violence and making them a sort of odd three-stooges brand of funny. :^)

[MrTorso]

Stephen Chow: So far, I've only seen Kung Fu Hustle and Shoulin Soccer, but the movies are so delightfully bizzare, I gotta give him props. :^)

Some other Stephen Chow flicks worth catching:

Love on Delivery
Out of the Dark
Sixty Million Dollar Man
Fight Back to School 1, 2 & 3

[mrbasehart]

Stephen Chow: So far, I've only seen Kung Fu Hustle and Shoulin Soccer, but the movies are so delightfully bizzare, I gotta give him props. :^)

Some other Stephen Chow flicks worth catching:

Love on Delivery
Out of the Dark
Sixty Million Dollar Man
Fight Back to School 1, 2 & 3

I've seen a couple of these, and they're pretty amusing.  Forbidden City Cop and The God of Cookery have their moments, too.   The latter being the absolutely gorgeous Karen Mok.   

[Dr.Impossible]

I have a rather hard time enjoying kung fu movies ever since MMA came along and exposed Kung Fu as an innefective martial art. I really liked Kung Fu Hustle, though. And I still like the older Jackie Chan stunt fests.

[kodiakthejuggler]

Ed Wood.
For giving us Plan 9 From Outer Space!

and

David Winters and Neil Sundstrom for giving us Space Mutiny!!

Gotta give credit where credit's due.   

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

I have a rather hard time enjoying kung fu movies ever since MMA came along and exposed Kung Fu as an innefective martial art. I really liked Kung Fu Hustle, though

For the love of all thats holy i hope that was sarcasm

[aneel]

John Woo for A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, and Hard Boiled.

[Dr.Impossible]

I have a rather hard time enjoying kung fu movies ever since MMA came along and exposed Kung Fu as an innefective martial art. I really liked Kung Fu Hustle, though

For the love of all thats holy i hope that was sarcasm

No. I like kung fu movies better when I thought it sorta worked. Doesn't matter too much for comedies, fortunately.

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

my confusion is that you think MMA proved ANYTHING at all.  Let alone kung fu doesnt work.  MMA is a marketing sham.