A list of favorite directors..

Alex inspired me to create a different sort of list of favorite directors (for which his Cocktail passion can almost be forgiven!). I’ve created all sorts of lists in the past of favorite films but over time these never seem very ‘true’. One keeps changing one’s mind. Different films matter more at different points. So it occurred to me that a wiser way of framing things would be to draw up a list of directors from whom one could perhaps watch anything or at least enjoy even relatively mediocre stuff. This very personal list is in no particular order. These are directors I adore more than any others but also those that I find to be ‘for all seasons’ (odd as this might seem for at least one name here!). I don’t think I’ve forgotten anyone here but if I am reminded of an oversight I will extend the list.

1)Mani Ratnam
2)Raj Kapoor
3)Hrishikesh Mukherjee
4)Satyajit Ray
5)Kurosawa
6)Fellini
7)Antonioni
8)Jean-Pierre Melville
9)Sergio Leone
10)John Ford
11)Alfred Hitchcock

And now I shall pick just one favorite film for each of these directors (this was harder to manage in some cases!):

1)Iruvar
2)Bobby
3)Mili
4)Days and Nights in the Forest
5)Kagemusha
6)Nights of Cabiria
7)The Passenger
8)Army of Shadows
9)The Good the Bad and the Ugly
10)Stagecoach
11)North by Northwest