Best first 2 films by a director

shiv · **Posted:** Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:12 pm

spike jones
being john malkovich
adaptation

peter jackson
bad taste
meet the feebles

christopher nolan
following
memento

e-stone · **Posted:** Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:15 pm

mfd Wrote:

David Gordon Green:
George Washington

i still need to see this. is it as good as all the real girls?

two guns holla · **Posted:** Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:21 pm

elephantstone Wrote:

mfd Wrote:

David Gordon Green:
George Washington

i still need to see this. is it as good as all the real girls?

Yea, I'd say so. It still has the beautiful cinematography and the pacing is about the same and the dialogue tends to be nonsensical sometimes. So if you like ATRG, I think you would like George Washington.

It's about several young kids finding ways to get through the summer in their poor rural town before a tragic accident leaves them covering their tracks. Not the best acting (they were all first time actors), but I didn't find that to be distracting. I'd definitely recommend a viewing.

Dunwoody Dude · **Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:20 am **Posts:** 2869

Terence Malick
Badlands
Days of Heaven

FT · **Posted:** Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:46 pm

Mitchell Brothers:

Behind the Green Door (1972)
Resurrection of Eve (1973)

splates · **Posted:** Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:07 pm

David Lynch

-Eraserhead
-Elephant Man

Although Darren Aronofsky came to mind first for me aswell

HideousLump · **Posted:** Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:22 pm

DunwoodyDude Wrote:

Terence Malick
Badlands
Days of Heaven

Ahhh, beat me to it!

He's got a new movie coming out next year--The New World. Hope it's a touch more coherent than The Thin Red Line.

I have his autograph on my Days of Heaven laserdisc! *swoon*

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:29 pm

pumachik Wrote:

contradiction Wrote:

aerodynamics Wrote:

PopTodd Wrote:

(I can't remember his name... Aranovsky?):
Pi
Requiem For A Dream

Aronofsky. And that was who I first thought of in response to the question.

Me also.

Me three.

Me three, too.

splates · **Posted:** Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:32 pm

James Cameron

-The Terminator
-Aliens

although technically he had a movie called "Piranha II: The Spawning"
before Terminator, according to allmovieguide

drewbeatty · **Joined:** Sat Oct 30, 2004 7:19 pm **Posts:** 238

Hal Hartley

Trust
The Unbelievable Truth

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:41 pm

Nicholas Roeg
Performance
Walkabout

Terry Gilliam
Monty Python And The Holy Grail
Jabberwocky

Jean Pierre Jeunet
Delicatessen
City Of Lost Children

HideousLump · **Posted:** Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:56 pm

Orson Welles
Citizen Kane
The Magnificent Ambersons (tampered with though it is)

drewbeatty · **Joined:** Sat Oct 30, 2004 7:19 pm **Posts:** 238

HideousLump Wrote:

Orson Welles
Citizen Kane
The Magnificent Ambersons (tampered with though it is)

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner! How could I forget the best first film EVER. And the Magnificent Ambersons was a fine follow up.

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Fri Dec 17, 2004 2:46 am

huskerpunk Wrote:

Quentin Tarantino

Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction

...is what first came to mind.

shiv Wrote:

spike jones
being john malkovich
adaptation

...came to mind shortly thereafter.

PopTodd Wrote:

Rob Reiner:
This Is Spinal Tap
The Princess Bride

Can't argue with that.[quote=No-one]Baz Luhrmann
Strictly Ballroom
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet[/quote]Loved R+J and Moulin Rouge, was wondering if anyone can concur or condone my seeing of Strictly Ballroom?

two guns holla · **Posted:** Fri Dec 17, 2004 3:00 am

elephantstone Wrote:

mfd Wrote:

David Gordon Green:
George Washington

i still need to see this. is it as good as all the real girls?

Also, have you seen his film from this year, Undertow. I haven't and I know very little about it. Just curious if you have seen it.

Damen · **Posted:** Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:14 am

Great topic, cause you really have to think & then research it.

Quote:

PT Anderson:
Hard Eight
Boogie Nights

Coffee & Cigarettes was before both of these

Quote:

Slacker / Dazed and Confused

It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books was before both of these

I also saw Jeanut mentioned, he did stuff before Delicatessen.

And Rob Reiner did Spinal Tap, The Sure Thing, Stand by Me & then Princess Bride. That was followed by When Harry Met Sally, Misery & A Few Good Men. Not bad.

I'll go with these (I'll trust ya with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? since I've never seen it)

huskerpunk Wrote:

Mike Nichols

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
The Graduate

Quentin Tarantino

Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction

Senator Richard LooGAR Wrote:

John Hughes
16 Candles
The Breakfast Club

shiv Wrote:

spike jones
being john malkovich
adaptation

Quote:

What about Wes Anderson?
Bottle Rocket
Rushmore

And add Barry Levinson: Diner & The Natural. His 4th, 5th & 6th were Tin Men, Good Morning Vietnam & Rain Man and he did all of those plus some Sherlock Holmes movie between 82-88. 6 movies in 7 years 5 of which are good 2 of which I worship (Good Morning Vietnam & Rain Man).

almost · **Posted:** Fri Dec 17, 2004 8:51 am

Quote:

Slacker / Dazed and Confused

It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books was before both of these

Have you ever seen this movie? Not what I'd call a feature (even at 85 minutes,) and as far as I know it was never really released outside of Austin. Could be wrong, though.

posthumus · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:17 am **Posts:** 589

Don Bluth:
The Secret of NIMH
An American Tale

Walt Disney:
Snow White
Pinocchio

Brad Bird:
Iron Giant
The Incredibles

John Lasseter:
Toy Story
A Bug's Life

Hayao Myazaki (debatable, but I recommend everything he's ever touched so it doesn't matter):
Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
My Neighbor Tortoro

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Fri Dec 17, 2004 1:25 pm

Damen Wrote:

Great topic, cause you really have to think & then research it.

I also saw Jeanut mentioned, he did stuff before Delicatessen.

Jeunet did a bunch of shorts before Delicatessen, but that was his first feature.

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Fri Dec 17, 2004 1:28 pm

Damen Wrote:

Great topic, cause you really have to think & then research it.

Quote:

PT Anderson:
Hard Eight
Boogie Nights

Coffee & Cigarettes was before both of these

[nitpick]you're thinking of Cigarettes and Coffee.[/nitpick]

OPA! · **Posted:** Fri Dec 17, 2004 1:32 pm

Quote:

was wondering if anyone can concur or condone my seeing of Strictly Ballroom?

This is one of the funniest movies ever!

PopTodd · **Posted:** Fri Dec 17, 2004 1:36 pm

drewbeatty Wrote:

Hal Hartley

Trust
The Unbelievable Truth

Hooray!
Another Hal Hartley fan!

shaMoxie · **Posted:** Fri Dec 17, 2004 1:50 pm

j. cassavetes - shadows, too late blues

a. kurosawa - uma, sugata sanshiro

g. lucas - thx-1138, american graffiti

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Fri Dec 17, 2004 3:26 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

Nicholas Roeg
Performance
Walkabout

Good Christ, bubba. Easy with the Performance talk...next thing you know you're gonna blather on about The Man Who Fell to Earth

shiv Wrote:

spike jones
being john malkovich
adaptation

I'm gonna have to wholeheartedly DISagree with this assertion. Two of the most overrated pieces of shit ever committed to Celluloid.

As an actor, though, I thought he had promise. Three Kings kicked ass.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Fri Dec 17, 2004 4:27 pm

Michael Cimino
-Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
-Deer Hunter

Cameron Crowe
-Say Anything
-Singles

Alejandro Jodorowsky
-Les Têtes interverties
-Fando y Lis

I would mention Billy Wilder but he had 2 forgettable films as did Kubrick both of which went on to become great directors, and 2 of my faves.

George Romero
-Night of the Living Dead
-The Crazies

Tobe Hooper
-Eggshells
-Texas Chainsaw Massacre
included due to his second film...which of course is better than some people's careers. Eggshells is ehhh.

Larry Clark
-Kids
-Another Day in Paradise

Harmony Korine
-Gummo
-Julien Donkey Boy

John Singleton
-Boyz n the Hood
-Poetic Justice

John Huston
-Maltese Flacon
-In This Our Life

Bob Fosse
-Sweet Charity
-Caberet

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