great post... Aki Kaurismaki was my latest, but I saw all the movies I could find.. I saw a great Herzog "Stroczek" but didn't like any of his movies (though I did see Grizzly Man a long time ago).
Stanley Kubrick is probably the biggest director I haven't seen anything from
He was my first favorite director.. My the age of 18, I saw all his movies.. I would start from his beginning... Here are my favorites in chronological order.
-Paths of Glory
-The Killing
-Spartacus
-Lolita
-A Clockwork Orange
-Barry Lyndon
-Full Metal Jacket
Some that i want to but havent :
Hou hsie-hsien
krzysztof kieslowski
Theo angelopoulos
That thailand guy respectively just been mentioned by camo, or simply joe..
Bela Tarr
Luis bunuel - id seen un chen andalou tho' but not his features
Jean vigo
Michael haneke
Michelangelo antonioni
Abbas kiarostami
Could be dozen more that isnt on top of my head right now
Of some directors, I would like to see more.
Fritz Lang, for one, and Tod Browning for sure.
Kurosawa and Lean add up to four,
And pre-L.A. Verhoeven I'll gladly endure.
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I'll be pretty quiet
Unless I decide
That some noise is warranted.
I'll try not to be snide.
Considering my viewing habits there's a lot I have only watched one or a couple films from and I should really get into, but from the ones I haven't touched yet:
Bernardo Bertolucci
Elia Kazan
Erich von Stroheim
Jacques Tati
Jacques Rivette
John Frankenheimer
Louis Malle
Mel Brooks
Ousmane Sembene
Wim Wenders