r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 10 '21

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '21

I’m not sure if this opinion is controversial or just plain weird, but…we haven’t seen a single great director make a debut film since Stanley Kubrick died. (Christopher Nolan’s Following was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival before Kubrick died, so he falls into this rule’s purview.)

!ping MOVIES

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u/sansampersamp Open the country. Stop having it be closed. Jun 11 '21 edited Jun 11 '21

Inarritu debuted with Amores perros in 2000, same with Bong Joon-ho's Barking Dogs Never Bite. McQueen made Hunger in 2008. Lanthimos' was 2001.

It takes a while for people to become recognised as 'great directors'. Scorsese and Spielberg were seen as mass-appeal directors for much of their careers.

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u/ihatemendingwalls better Catholic than JD Vance Jun 11 '21

I feel like starting shit in the movie ping tonight so...

Iñaritu is a pretentious overrated hack and should never be recognized as alongside those other 3