First things first, obviously very happy to find this place. I thought it’d be good to have an initial director discussion thread.
Personally David Fincher and Darren Aaronofsky — I can watch their films time and time again. I’m currently watching The Whale for the second time and I think it’s one of the most powerful movies I’ve ever seen.
Looking forward to hearing from the community.
I really like Jeremy Saulnier. He did Blue Ruin, Green Room, Hold the Dark and Murder Party. The way he shows violence is so abrupt and visceral. It’s as far from glorification as it gets. Well, except for Murder Party, that was just fun and hilarious.
I actually haven’t heard of him or watched any of his films, which is exciting — thanks for your recommendation!
Green Room was great, loved how it held the tension all the way through. Murder Party sounded interesting but could easily be terrible, I didn’t realize it was the same guy. I’ll have to check it out.
Murder Party is about a guy who answers a flier for a Halloween party but it turns out the people who put out the flier are crazy art students that want to murder someone. It has the same kind of vibes as Ready or Not. It’s very comedic which is a big departure from his other work like Green Room where everything is bleak and realistically violent.