'Masterpiece' is such an overused word. It's like this century's 'genius'.
Traditionally, it meant "the greatest work of a person's career". But with film, it's more nuanced because movies have different 'interhcangeable' genres. Art masterpieces for instance are more easier to categorise due to artists' normally having one type of art movement / subject (E.g Turner and landscapes). In my opinion, Kubrick had a science fiction masterpiece and a horror masterpiece.
So I say that a Director CAN have more than one masterpiece.
But what say you MOFO?
Traditionally, it meant "the greatest work of a person's career". But with film, it's more nuanced because movies have different 'interhcangeable' genres. Art masterpieces for instance are more easier to categorise due to artists' normally having one type of art movement / subject (E.g Turner and landscapes). In my opinion, Kubrick had a science fiction masterpiece and a horror masterpiece.
So I say that a Director CAN have more than one masterpiece.
But what say you MOFO?