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Post by gerald424 on Jan 16, 2023 4:08:51 GMT
Which directors would you say had a 4+ picture run of great movies ?
And which films during that period ?
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Post by topbilled on Jan 16, 2023 15:09:09 GMT
Are you referring to the "heavyweights" like Ford and Hitchcock? Or anyone?
And do these have to be four great pictures in a row, or four great pictures from any point in their career?
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Post by Unwatchable on Jan 16, 2023 19:05:48 GMT
How about Hal Ashby
Harold and Maude (1971)
The Last Detail
Shampoo
Bound for Glory
Coming Home
Being There (1979)
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Post by gerald424 on Jan 16, 2023 23:28:58 GMT
Are you referring to the "heavyweights" like Ford and Hitchcock? Or anyone?
And do these have to be four great pictures in a row, or four great pictures from any point in their career? Anyone. Even those heavyweights have down periods, and periods where it seemed they couldn't miss.
Any point, any time. Its seems like there are moments when they really can feel the temperature of the movie audience. And there are times when you ask yourself "Why did he/she make that one ??
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Post by gerald424 on Jan 16, 2023 23:29:43 GMT
How about Hal Ashby Harold and Maude (1971) The Last Detail Shampoo Bound for Glory Coming Home Being There (1979) Yeah, I stole this from another site  and that was one that was mentioned. |
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Post by Unwatchable on Jan 17, 2023 0:00:23 GMT
How about Hal Ashby Harold and Maude (1971) The Last Detail Shampoo Bound for Glory Coming Home Being There (1979) Yeah, I stole this from another site and that was one that was mentioned. Great mind think alike, I guess! It was my first thought. Ashby has a short resume and those are his best movies. Michael Curtiz 1938- 1942 might work: Adventures of Robin Hood (38), Dodge City (39) The Sea Hawk (40) The Sea Wolf (41) Casablanca (42) Curtiz made a lot of movies between 38-42 so feel free to substitute your favorites. |
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Post by topbilled on Jan 17, 2023 15:35:49 GMT
For some reason Henry Koster came to mind...he had a good streak in the late 40s/early 50s...
TWO SISTERS FROM BOSTON (1946)
THE BISHOP'S WIFE (1947)
COME TO THE STABLE (1949)
HARVEY (1950)
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Post by jamesjazzguitar on Jan 18, 2023 0:45:51 GMT
Are you referring to the "heavyweights" like Ford and Hitchcock? Or anyone?
And do these have to be four great pictures in a row, or four great pictures from any point in their career? Anyone. Even those heavyweights have down periods, and periods where it seemed they couldn't miss.
Any point, any time. Its seems like there are moments when they really can feel the temperature of the movie audience. And there are times when you ask yourself "Why did he/she make that one ??
I understand any time but not any point; the term "run" was used and to me that means consecutive. Otherwise one is just listing directors that directed 4 or more great films in their career. (of course I could see 3 consecutive great films, then one not-so-great, then a great one as matching the criteria). |
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Post by jamesjazzguitar on Jan 18, 2023 0:50:34 GMT
The first director that comes to mind is Frank Capra: 1934 - It Happened One Night, 1936 - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, 1937 - Lost Horizon, 1938 - You Can't Take it With You, 1939 - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 1941 - Meet John Doe.
That is 6 great or really good films, all directed in a consecutive order.
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Post by jamesjazzguitar on Jan 18, 2023 0:55:38 GMT
Next is Howard Hawks: 1938 - Bringing Up Baby, 1939 - Only Angel Have Wings, 1940 - His Girl Friday, 1941 - Sergeant York, 1941 - Ball of Fire.
Note that in 1943 Hawks directed Air Force, which I don't rank that highly, but then Hawks followed this with To Have and Have Not - 1944, The Big Sleep - 1946, and Red River - 1948.
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Post by jamesjazzguitar on Jan 18, 2023 0:59:02 GMT
How about William Wyler: wow, what a run!!!
1937 Dead End Samuel Goldwyn / United Artists
1938 Jezebel Warner Bros.
1939 Wuthering Heights Samuel Goldwyn / United Artists
1940 The Westerner Samuel Goldwyn / United Artists
1940 The Letter Warner Bros.
1941 The Little Foxes Samuel Goldwyn / RKO
1942 Mrs. Miniver MGM
1946 The Best Years of Our Lives Samuel Goldwyn Co. / RKO
1949 The Heiress Paramount
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Post by Unwatchable on Jan 18, 2023 1:51:41 GMT
Billy Wilder?
A Foreign Affair (1948)
Sunset Blvd (1950)
An Ace in the Hole (1951)
Stalag 17 (1953)
Sabrina (1954)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
The Spirit of St Louis (1957)
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Apartment (1960)
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Post by jamesjazzguitar on Jan 18, 2023 18:58:11 GMT
Billy Wilder? A Foreign Affair (1948) Sunset Blvd (1950) An Ace in the Hole (1951) Stalag 17 (1953) Sabrina (1954) The Seven Year Itch (1955) The Spirit of St Louis (1957) Love in the Afternoon (1957) Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Some Like It Hot (1959) The Apartment (1960) That is one solid run. I'm not much of a fan of The Spirit of St Louis (being a bio-film, I just don't see much Wilder in the script), or Love in the Afternoon (even with Audrey Hepburn, I find this film the least successful of her parings with much older men). |
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Post by gerald424 on Jan 19, 2023 3:46:04 GMT
Anyone. Even those heavyweights have down periods, and periods where it seemed they couldn't miss.
Any point, any time. Its seems like there are moments when they really can feel the temperature of the movie audience. And there are times when you ask yourself "Why did he/she make that one ??
I understand any time but not any point; the term "run" was used and to me that means consecutive. Otherwise one is just listing directors that directed 4 or more great films in their career. (of course I could see 3 consecutive great films, then one not-so-great, then a great one as matching the criteria). Yes, consecutive. Anytime meaning any era or anytime in their career. Often an artist will start out like a ball of fire, hit after hit. Then reach a point where they can't buy a hit.
I'm meaning directors who seem to choose the right projects and are able to bring them to fruition. Four is like having their own era.
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Post by jamesjazzguitar on Jan 19, 2023 15:23:53 GMT
I understand any time but not any point; the term "run" was used and to me that means consecutive. Otherwise one is just listing directors that directed 4 or more great films in their career. (of course I could see 3 consecutive great films, then one not-so-great, then a great one as matching the criteria). Yes, consecutive. Anytime meaning any era or anytime in their career. Often an artist will start out like a ball of fire, hit after hit. Then reach a point where they can't buy a hit.
I'm meaning directors who seem to choose the right projects and are able to bring them to fruition. Four is like having their own era.
Consecutive is what I suspected and I found that Capra, Hawks, and Wyler had such runs. I looked at Hitchcock (likely the most well known director), and I don't think he ever had a run of 4 or more "great" films in a row. |
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and that was one that was mentioned. 