My Journey Through the Films of Three Cinematic Giants
by Pixel Pusher
Three Directors that I have been going back and watching. I was not really familiar with them except Altman. I had seen a few of his movies before. It has been sometime and I have seen 4 or more movies from each Director. I plan to dig into those movies in another article. There are some things I want to express with these three directors.
I grew up mostly having not really seen these movies from these directors. When I grew up, these movies were not really for kids. However, I would have watched them if it were the right place and right time. Like I mentioned earlier some Altman movies I had seen over the years. I was not really seeing them as a particular director’s body of work.
I think learning about Director’s favorite directors or their favorite movies lead me to these three. I thought I had a good understanding of film. However, I love learning about films and directors I am less familiar with. I also have been watching other movies but these three directors has been a real journey of discovery. These three are real Auteur’s. Also looking at them now I have a new perspective. One way I am looking at these as their life’s work. I have also moved slowly watching these and not just binging the movies. I have given time between movies to live with the film. Really let it hold a time in my life before I move on to the next. It has been a rewarding experience.
I have also enjoyed digging up old interviews from these directors. I have some documentaries in line to watch when I complete a directors filmography for the most part. Watching old interviews with directors has influenced what movies I look up. Fellini I came about from Martin Scorsese’s love for 8 1/2. He talked about wanting to share it with his daughter. He explained that he needed to show her some earlier works of Fellini’s first. This would help her better understand how Fellini tells a story on film. I decided to adopt this as well. I came across Altman by Paul Thomas Anderson talk about him. Also I started watching interviews with Altman first and was really intrigued.
I watched videos discussing films from the 1980’s. This led me to watch more films from the 1970’s and 80’s. What happened in the 1980’s in film related to Heaven’s Gate. Studios going bankrupt and Auteur Cinema was going away. Even Scorsese talks about this time and him scaling back on projects and went back to school. I am the kind of person that watches a documentary about film. I create a watch list to look up after the movie. DePalma, I loved this documentary film. I thought I was familiar with his movies but really dug into his earlier work after watching it.
I enjoy going down these rabbit holes in film. This is just discovery in a very organic and proactive way. When a director I really enjoy talks about another director or film they love I pay attention. Steven Spielberg has said many times that his favorite movie is Laurence of Arabia. He watches that movie every time before he goes out to film one of his films. I watched that movie Laurence of Arabia after hearing that not too long ago and loved it. If you read this far, thank you. I look forward to exploring each director in more depth. I’ll also dive into the films of theirs I have seen so far. I felt I wanted to write about it before I finish either of their filmography. I know I have said a few things on some of these movies before. I do not plan to repeat myself too much.
Here are the articles I go into each of these Directors further.
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