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Favorite French directors?

posted 5 years ago by [deleted]
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of all-time?

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Luc Besson.

[–] BillHicksFan (10123) 5 years ago

Robert Bresson

[–] olioz (3314) 5 years ago

Michel Gondry and Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

[–] StoneKeeper (21332) 5 years ago

Nice

Recently I saw Mood Indigo which became an instant favorite of mine and The science of sleep which I enjoyed but failed to touch me on a higher lever.

I also own: Micmacs that I love, Amelie that I like a lot, La Cité des enfants perdus that I like, T.S. Spivet that is just Okay and Delicatessen that disapoined me slightly.

Now I just realised that I need to order A very long engagement right the fuck now because I never saw it.

En tout cas, bons choix.

[–] Knish (1721) 5 years ago

Jean-Pierre Melville

Le samourai and le doulos are two of the best films ever.

[–] YvonneTVQueen (99) 5 years ago

Early Francois Truffaut.

[–] dmac8 (5050) 5 years ago

Melies

[–] swanstep (2619) 5 years ago

Godard (1960-1967)
Varda
Rivette
Rohmer
Chabrol

are my faves.

Peak Resnais, Truffaut, Cocteau, Renoir, Gance, Carné, Demy, Melville, Breillat, Bresson, Clouzot, Malle, Pialat, Assayas, Gondry is pretty god-like tho'. The French are *very* proud of their film tradition and rightly so.