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Why are 70's directors so reveered?

posted 6 years ago by LetThemEatCake (2717)
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I understand the historical importance but you can't say they were better so why the obsession?

[–] yellow (37) 6 years ago

Which ones are you talking about?

[–] captainbucky (15252) 6 years ago

He hasn't seen any movies.

[–] LetThemEatCake (2717) 6 years ago

all of them, Lucas, Spielberg, Scorcese, etc.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Scorsese

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Lumet and Altman

[–] BillHicksFan (10562) 6 years ago

I can't explain those guys, but so many amazing directors were making movies then... John Cassavetes, Vittorio De Sica, Robert Bresson, Ken Loach, Mike Leigh, Ingmar Bergman, John Huston, Robert Altman, Paul Mazursky, Sidney Lumet, Abbas Kiarostami, Stanley Kubrick, Sydney Pollack, etc etc..

[–] LetThemEatCake (2717) 6 years ago

Only Huston is a great director for me out of those but he was making films before the 70's.

[–] SammyJackson (24) 6 years ago

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[–] LetThemEatCake (2717) 6 years ago

I've forgotten about it because the golden age films were way better. Everyone knows their films because they insert themselves in every scene, which is insanely boring and destroys the delicate illusion of a film.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

the movies were better.