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Actors:
Sir Ian McKellen
Peter O'Toole
Sir Alec Guinness
Toshiro Mifune
Actresses
Ingrid Bergman
Directors
Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro
Terry Gilliam
Hayao Miyazaki
Composers
Bernard Herrmann -
Ennio Morricone
Maurice Jarre
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Goodness, all of these I was planning on mentioning. To add to it, for actors I'd put in
Max von Sydow. Seamless is the word, becoming completely whatever role there is to play, be it Jesus, a small time gas pump attendant, or a killer for hire.
For directors I'd insert
David Lean (since we're already on cue with O'Toole and Guiness). The man knows epic as much as the intimate and how to blend the two masterfully in one very expansive film, from Havisham to the war in the Pacific. Also
Kurusawa, just to have named him twice in this thread so far. And as a counter-point to the adventures of Lean,
Krysztof Kieslowski and
Ingmar Bergman have a certain way with intimacy and human existence -- probing in a way which confronts the viewer outright but in a gentle manner that doesn't have us running from out seats. Include here
Fellini as well. Perhaps he can get a bit routine with his shallow pleasure-seekers but it never fails to incite laughter, tears, hope, warmth, tragedy, and a solid dose of the surreal to the mix.
For composers I'll tack on Michael Kamen, Elliot Goldenthal, and Randy & Thomas Newman all for occasional brilliance in a wide variety of projects. (With a nod to Philip Glass for his "Anthem" in the Qatsi trilogy).
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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