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| Top Ten Directorial Debuts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10. Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead) - Who knew Sam Raimi would eventually go on to direct high-level suspense dramas like �A Simple Plan� or Hollywood blockbusters like �Spider-Man.� Funny how that all works out. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9. Kevin Smith (Clerks) � All vulgarity aside, Kevin Smith�s writing is funny, smart, and slightly charming. He has the insight of a freshman in high school, the intellect of a professor at Yale, and the timing of an alarm clock. �Clerks� is really funny. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8. Peter and Bobby Farrelly (Dumb and Dumber) � Speaking of funny, �Dumb and Dumber� makes you laugh until you cry. You�ll all see; this will be a comedy classic someday. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7. Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko) � A lot of people don�t like this one. �Donnie Darko� doesn�t attempt to answer all its own questions, but that�s what�s so good about it. For those of you willing to watch it a couple of times, you just might unlock the future. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6. Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men) � Picture this: a movie where twelve men stay in one room and talk. Believe it or not, that�s precisely what �12 Angry Men� is. And yet, it is so involving that when it�s over, you feel like you�ve just watched an action movie. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 5. Darren Aranofsky (Pi: Faith in Chaos) � This one�s a bit nerve-racking. First-timer Darren Aranofsky uses gritty black-and-white photography, and nail-biting dialog to trudge his main character from being a genius to being insane. Quite a ride, this one is. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. Joel Coen (Blood Simple) � Before the Coen brothers became famous for �You betcha!� they blasted onto the scene with a revived version of film noir in the form of �Blood Simple.� This is darkly, blackly funny, but don�t let it fool you; you�ll also be cringing. I mean, come on, don�t you hate it when you have to kill a guy more than once? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead) � For about five years, this was the scariest film of all time. This is a lesson is claustrophobia, paranoia, and sheer terror amid some of the more inventive horror effects of the time. This is a classic for all time. And Halloween. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2. Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs) � By the time the credits start rolling, you�ll be asking more questions within the first ten seconds than most films have you asking at all. And that�s exactly how it�s supposed to be. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Orson Welles (Citizen Kane) � Do I really need to say anything? I mean...really? Orson Welles was a ripe twenty-five when he made this masterpiece of modern cinema. �Citizen Kane� is not only a tale of morality, it�s also an effects movie in the same way �Star Wars� or �The Lord of the Rings� is. Now this is something to see. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||