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Coppola's 1970s filmography v. the field
Posted on 11/14/21 at 6:38 pm
Posted on 11/14/21 at 6:38 pm
I think it's kind of consensus that Coppola's 1970s will never be topped, but how does it stack up historically vs other great decades from directors.
His filmography from 1970-1979 is as follows:
1970 - Patton (writer)
1972 - The Godfather
1974 - The Godfather Pt. II
1974 - The Conversation
1974 - The Great Gatsby (writer)
1979 - Apocalypse Now
So who is close?
Spielberg's 1980s:
1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 - Poltergeist (defacto director)
1983 - Twilight Zone: The Movie (Segment Director)
1984 - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1985 - The Color Purple Yes
1985 - The Goonies (executive producer/story)
1987 - Empire of the Sun
1989 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Spielberg's 1990s:
1991 - Hook
1993 - Schindler's List
1993 - Jurrasic Park
1997 - Amistad
1997 - The Lost World: Jurrasic Park 2
1998 - Saving Private Ryan
Kubrick's 1960s:
1960 - Spartacus
1962 - Lolita
1964 - Dr Strangelove
1968 - 2001: A Space Odyssey
Tarantino's 1990s:
1992 - Resoivoir Dogs
1993 - True Romance (writer)
1994 - Pulp Fiction
1994 - Natural Born Killers (story)
1995 - Four Rooms (segment director)
1995 - Crimson Tide (co-writer)
1997 - Jackie Brown
George Lucas' 1970s:
1971 - THX 1138
1973 - American Graffiti
1977 - Star Wars
1979 - More American Grafitti (Executive Producer)
Scorsese is hit and miss on his decades, but his best singular decade is probably the 1980s:
1980 - Raging Bull
1982 - The King of Comedy
1985 - After Hours
1986 - The Color of Money
1988 - The Last temptation of Christ
1989 - New York Stories
John Ford's 1940s:
1949 - She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1948 - Fort Apache
1948 - The Fugitive (1947)
1948 - 3 Godfathers
1946 - My Darling Clementine
1945 - They Were Expendable
1941 - How Green Was My Valley
1941 - Tobacco Road
1940 - The Grapes of Wrath
John Ford's 1950s:
1959 - The Horse Soldiers
1958 - The Last Hurrah
1956 - The Searchers (1956)
1955 - Mister Roberts
1955 - The Long Gray Line
1953 - Mogambo
1953 - The Sun Shines Bright
1952 - The Quiet Man
1950 - Rio Grande
1950 - Wagon Master
When you include the writing credits, honestly, it looks like Tarantino is up there, but still probably falls short.
John Ford's filmography is insane. He has around 120 credits just as a director. Comparing filmmaker from the old studio system is almost apples to oranges, but he still managed to have some incredible decades of quality and quantity.
His filmography from 1970-1979 is as follows:
1970 - Patton (writer)
1972 - The Godfather
1974 - The Godfather Pt. II
1974 - The Conversation
1974 - The Great Gatsby (writer)
1979 - Apocalypse Now
So who is close?
Spielberg's 1980s:
1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 - Poltergeist (defacto director)
1983 - Twilight Zone: The Movie (Segment Director)
1984 - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1985 - The Color Purple Yes
1985 - The Goonies (executive producer/story)
1987 - Empire of the Sun
1989 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Spielberg's 1990s:
1991 - Hook
1993 - Schindler's List
1993 - Jurrasic Park
1997 - Amistad
1997 - The Lost World: Jurrasic Park 2
1998 - Saving Private Ryan
Kubrick's 1960s:
1960 - Spartacus
1962 - Lolita
1964 - Dr Strangelove
1968 - 2001: A Space Odyssey
Tarantino's 1990s:
1992 - Resoivoir Dogs
1993 - True Romance (writer)
1994 - Pulp Fiction
1994 - Natural Born Killers (story)
1995 - Four Rooms (segment director)
1995 - Crimson Tide (co-writer)
1997 - Jackie Brown
George Lucas' 1970s:
1971 - THX 1138
1973 - American Graffiti
1977 - Star Wars
1979 - More American Grafitti (Executive Producer)
Scorsese is hit and miss on his decades, but his best singular decade is probably the 1980s:
1980 - Raging Bull
1982 - The King of Comedy
1985 - After Hours
1986 - The Color of Money
1988 - The Last temptation of Christ
1989 - New York Stories
John Ford's 1940s:
1949 - She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1948 - Fort Apache
1948 - The Fugitive (1947)
1948 - 3 Godfathers
1946 - My Darling Clementine
1945 - They Were Expendable
1941 - How Green Was My Valley
1941 - Tobacco Road
1940 - The Grapes of Wrath
John Ford's 1950s:
1959 - The Horse Soldiers
1958 - The Last Hurrah
1956 - The Searchers (1956)
1955 - Mister Roberts
1955 - The Long Gray Line
1953 - Mogambo
1953 - The Sun Shines Bright
1952 - The Quiet Man
1950 - Rio Grande
1950 - Wagon Master
When you include the writing credits, honestly, it looks like Tarantino is up there, but still probably falls short.
John Ford's filmography is insane. He has around 120 credits just as a director. Comparing filmmaker from the old studio system is almost apples to oranges, but he still managed to have some incredible decades of quality and quantity.
This post was edited on 11/14/21 at 6:43 pm
Posted on 11/14/21 at 6:46 pm to Jack Ruby
Spielberg 80s and 90s also include:
quote:
Much of Spielberg's producing work was aimed at children and teens, including cartoons such as Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, and Freakazoid!, and Family Dog.[97] Spielberg also produced the Don Bluth animations, An American Tail and The Land Before Time.[94]
Posted on 11/14/21 at 6:48 pm to Jack Ruby
quote:
John Ford's filmography is insane. He has around 120 credits just as a director. Comparing filmmaker from the old studio system is almost apples to oranges, but he still managed to have some incredible decades of quality and quantity.
John Ford also had balls of solid brass. In World War II, he was the head of the photographic unit for the Office of Strategic Services (forerunner to the CIA) and made propaganda films for the U.S. military. He was present on Midway Island during the battle and filmed a lot of the Japanese air raid (getting wounded in the process). Two years later, he came in with the first wave at Omaha Beach and directed camera work from behind an obstacle. Much of the film he shot was never released to the public due to the amount of dead and wounded Americans it showed and the current whereabouts of that footage is unknown.
Posted on 11/14/21 at 7:18 pm to Jack Ruby
If you did Spielberg from Jaws through Poltergeist (1975-1982), you'd have an argument for the best short period, but I've got to be honest, 1941 was probably one of the biggest duds ever, and time hasn't been kind to it, either.
I'll throw in Robert Zemeckis for the 1980's.
Directed
Used Cars
Romancing the Stone
Back to the Future
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Back to the Future II
Back to the Future III (filmed in 1988 and 1989, though released 1990)
I'll throw in Robert Zemeckis for the 1980's.
Directed
Used Cars
Romancing the Stone
Back to the Future
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Back to the Future II
Back to the Future III (filmed in 1988 and 1989, though released 1990)
Posted on 11/14/21 at 7:44 pm to HabaneroBuck
I like 1941 and will watch it whenever I come across it. Which isn't often.
Posted on 11/14/21 at 9:09 pm to HabaneroBuck
quote:
you did Spielberg from Jaws through Poltergeist
1975 - Jaws
1977 - Close Encounters of the Thrid Kind
1979 - 1941
1981 - Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 - E.T.
1982 - Poltergeist
Probably four of the top 100 American films ever made in that span.
That stretch, as stated, is probably the only real competitor, but it's still astounding that Coppola made three of the top 15 American films ever in a singular decade, and wrote 2hatvis probably a top 150 movie, with one of the most iconic performances ever.
This post was edited on 11/14/21 at 9:10 pm
Posted on 11/14/21 at 11:00 pm to Jack Ruby
John Hughes in the '80s was pretty amazing. Just about everything he touched was a critical and box office success with a cultural impact. Dude just prolifically captured the decade of the '80s.
Wrote, directed and produced:
Sixteen Candles
Breakfast Club
Weird Science
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
She's Having a Baby
Uncle Buck
Wrote the screenplay (and produced*):
Mr. Mom
Vacation
European Vacation
Pretty in Pink*
Some Kind of Wonderful*
The Great Outdoors*
Christmas Vacation*
Home Alone*
Posted on 11/15/21 at 7:25 am to Jack Ruby
I think we have to look at guys like Stanley Kramer, although the "decade" break isn't as clear, just take 1957 to 1967 (producer and director):
The Pride and the Passion (1957)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
On the Beach (1959)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Ship of Fools (1965)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Obviously, outside this period, and as a producer only, he has things like High Noon (1952) and Caine Mutiny (1954).
Billy Wilder 1950s (Director/writer)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
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 Pride and the Passion (1957)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
On the Beach (1959)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Ship of Fools (1965)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Obviously, outside this period, and as a producer only, he has things like High Noon (1952) and Caine Mutiny (1954).
Billy Wilder 1950s (Director/writer)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
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)
Posted on 11/15/21 at 7:36 am to Jack Ruby
Kubrick, Scorsese, Tarantino in that order.
Posted on 11/15/21 at 9:34 am to touchdownjeebus
Sergio Leone's 1960's filmography should be mentioned as well
Posted on 11/15/21 at 10:00 am to Jack Ruby
He seems like he's probably a jerk but John Landis seemed on track to have a pretty major decade in the 80s before the tragedy on his set for The Twilight Zone.
The Blues Brothers
An American Werewolf in London
Trading Places
Thriller(not a movie but culturally massive)
Into The Night (underrated)
Spies Like Us
Three Amigos
Coming To America
He also did Animal House within 10 years of doing Coming To America. But I wasn't sure if it counted, since it was in a different decade.
The Blues Brothers
An American Werewolf in London
Trading Places
Thriller(not a movie but culturally massive)
Into The Night (underrated)
Spies Like Us
Three Amigos
Coming To America
He also did Animal House within 10 years of doing Coming To America. But I wasn't sure if it counted, since it was in a different decade.
Posted on 11/15/21 at 1:06 pm to DaleGribble
quote:
He also did Animal House within 10 years of doing Coming To America. But I wasn't sure if it counted, since it was in a different decade.
Reminds me - Billy Wilder had The Apartment in 1960, 10 years after Sunset Boulevard. I would put his 1950 through 1960 up against anybody.
Posted on 11/15/21 at 1:17 pm to Ace Midnight
Kurosawa's 50s:
The Hidden Fortress
The Lower Depths
Throne of Blood
I Live in Fear
Seven Samurai
Ikiru
The Idiot
Rashomon
Scandal
The Hidden Fortress
The Lower Depths
Throne of Blood
I Live in Fear
Seven Samurai
Ikiru
The Idiot
Rashomon
Scandal
Posted on 11/15/21 at 1:18 pm to Jack Ruby
Also John Carpenter's 78-88 RUn
They Live
Prince of Darkness
Big Trouble in Little China
Starman
Christine (directed by)
The Thing
Escape from New York
The Fog
Halloween
They Live
Prince of Darkness
Big Trouble in Little China
Starman
Christine (directed by)
The Thing
Escape from New York
The Fog
Halloween
Posted on 11/15/21 at 1:21 pm to Freauxzen
quote:
Kurosawa
It is more well known now, but as influential as any American or British filmmaker not named Welles or Kubrick on the entire generation after - the wunderkind (Bogdanovich, FFC, Lucas, Spielberg, Milius, etc.), the Scotts, QT, everybody.
This post was edited on 11/15/21 at 1:22 pm
Posted on 11/15/21 at 1:41 pm to Ace Midnight
Billy Wilder was a great call. Sunset Boulevard is probably my favorite movie. I saw a filming locations video on it on youtube not too long ago and the apartments where William Holden lived were still there and looked pretty much the same as they did in the movie.
I think that it was also one of the few films to have footage from Schwab's drug store in it. The mansion was also used in Rebel Without A Cause right before it was demolished to put up a bank.
I think that it was also one of the few films to have footage from Schwab's drug store in it. The mansion was also used in Rebel Without A Cause right before it was demolished to put up a bank.
Posted on 11/15/21 at 7:51 pm to Keep Stirring
quote:
Sergio Leone
a fricking master.
Posted on 11/17/21 at 8:40 am to touchdownjeebus
It's actually pretty easy to name directors that have made three classic films in one decade. Hell, Hitchcock did it twice.
1940s-Rebecca, Notorious, Rope
1950s-Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest
Sidney Lumet 1970s-Serpico, Murder on the Orient Express, Dog Day Afternoon, Network (pretty comparable to Coppola in this decade)
Speilberg 1990s--Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, Jurassic Park
Hell, Oliver Stone between 1986 and 1990-Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, JFK
Stanley Kramer had four between 1960 and 1967-Inherit the Wind, Judgement at Nuremburg, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
John Woo between 1986 and 1992-A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, A Bullet in the Head, Hard Boiled
1940s-Rebecca, Notorious, Rope
1950s-Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest
Sidney Lumet 1970s-Serpico, Murder on the Orient Express, Dog Day Afternoon, Network (pretty comparable to Coppola in this decade)
Speilberg 1990s--Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, Jurassic Park
Hell, Oliver Stone between 1986 and 1990-Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, JFK
Stanley Kramer had four between 1960 and 1967-Inherit the Wind, Judgement at Nuremburg, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
John Woo between 1986 and 1992-A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, A Bullet in the Head, Hard Boiled
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