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Old 03-29-2006, 09:19 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by Fox
I disagree. Maybe he did only direct A New Hope, but he revolutionized the entire movie industry. If it wasn't for what he did with Star Wars, guys like Steve Spielberg couldn't make the movies they do.
This is true.

BUT

Being an innovator doesn't make you a great director. Alan Crosland directed the first "talkie," which revolutionized the entire movie industry. If it wasn't for what he did with The Jazz Singer, no one would make the movies they do. The Lumiere Brothers directed the first movie, which created the entire movie industry. If it wasn't for what they did with capturing and projecting moving images, guys like Alan Crosland couldn't make the movies they did. Neither of them come up in the "Top Directors Of All Time" debate.

One great movie, no matter how great, doesn't make you a great director. Otherwise, we'd be talking about Frank Darabont, Fernando Meierelles, and Bryan Singer, who have all made one or two great movies, but don't have the breadth of filmography that Billy Wilder, Kurosawa, Hitchcock, Kubrick, Scorsese, Orson Welles, Woody Allen, Frank Capra, Spielberg, Renoir, Fellini, Leone, et al have.
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