Since it is Akira Kurosawa's birthday, here is a thread 🧵of,

Filmmakers praising Akira Kurosawa:

"Akira Kurosawa's influence on filmmakers throughout the entire world is so profound as to be almost incomparable."

--- Martin Scorsese

(1/17) "Akira Kurosawa is a filmmaker I greatly admire because I think he expresses with great magnificence and richness what I perceive a filmmaker to be."

--- Federico Fellini

(2/17)

Celebrity Prom pictures that you might've never seen- A thread 🧵:

1) Brad Pitt & his prom date, Tonya Westphalen at the Kickapoo High School in Springfield, Missouri, 1981. 2) Lady Gaga

In honour of Sir Alfred Hitchcock's 125th birthday, here is a short thread of,

Filmmakers praising Alfred Hitchcock- A Thread: 🧵

(1/17) "If you want to study film or actually make films, you don’t need to go to film school; you just need to watch Hitchcock’s movies. The entire vocabulary of cinema is embodied in his work."

--- William Friedkin

(2/17)

Some of the greatest car chase sequences from American movies- A thread:

To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Director: William Friedkin

I can't say for sure my order of preference for the rest of the scenes in this thread, but this is the best out of the lot for me.

(1/11) The Driver (1978)
Director: Walter Hill

One of the most influential movies & its scenes are often referenced by great filmmakers in their films.

(2/11)

Foreign Movie recommendations for beginners - A thread: 🧵

City of God (2002)/ Brazil
Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund

(1/15) Bicycle Thieves (1948)/ Italy
Director: Vittorio De Sica

(2/15)

Some of the greatest scenes from Westerns- A thread: 🧵

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Director: Sergio Leone

(1/16) The Searchers (1956)
Director: John Ford

John Wayne walking into the sunset is one of the most iconic & influential shots in all of cinema.

(2/16)

My favourite movie images- A Thread:

Mirror (1975)
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky

(1/n) The Seventh Seal (1957)
Director: Ingmar Bergman

Cinematography: Gunnar Fischer

(2/n)

Filmmakers praising Andrei Tarkovsky- A Thread:

"I love all of Tarkovsky’s films. I love his personality and all his works. Every cut from his films is a marvelous image in itself."

--- Akira Kurosawa

(1/19) "Tarkovsky’s works separate me completely from physical life, and are the most spiritual films I have seen—what Fellini did in parts of his movies, bringing dream life into film, he does as well."

--- Abbas Kiarostami

(2/19)

Filmmakers in their childhood- Thread continued: (26/43)

Wim Wenders. Billy Wilder.

(27/43)

Filmmakers in their childhood- A thread: (1/25)

Martin Scorsese. Stanley Kubrick.

(2/25)

Sophia Loren with a cigarette- A thread:

(1/40) (2/40)

Akira Kurosawa’s 100 favourite films- A Thread: (1/5)

1. Broken Blossoms – Griffith, 1919.

2. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari -Wiene, 1920.

3. Dr. Mabuse Part - 1 and 2 – Lang, 1922.

4. The Gold Rush – Chaplin, 1925.

5. The Fall of the House of Usher – Jean Epstein, 1928.

6. Un Chien Andalou – Bunuel, 1928.

7. Morocco – von Sternberg, 1930.

8. Der Kongress Tanzt – Charell, 1931.

9. The Threepenny Opera – Pabst, 1931.

10. Leise Flehen Meine Lieder – Forst, 1933.

11. The Thin Man – Dyke, 1934.

12. My Little Neighbour, Yae – Shimazu, 1934.

13. Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo – Yamanaka, 1935.

14. Capricious Young Men – Itami, 1936.

15. La Grande Illusion – Renoir, 1937.

16. Stella Dallas – Vidor, 1937.

17. Composition Class – Yamamoto, 1938.

18. Earth – Uchida, 1939.

19. Ninotchka – Lubitsch, 1939.

20. Ivan the Terrible Parts I and II – Eisenstein, 1944-46.

21. My Darling Clementine – Ford, 1946.

22. It’s a Wonderful Life – Capra, 1946.

23. The Big Sleep – Hawks, 1946.

24. Bicycle Thieves – De Sica, 1948.

25. The Green Mountains – Imai, 1949.


Akira Kurosawa’s 100 favourite films- A Thread: (2/5)

26. The Third Man – Reed, 1949.

27. Late Spring – Ozu, 1949.

28. Orpheus – Cocteau, 1949.

29. Carmen Comes Home – Kinoshita, 1951.

30. A Streetcar Named Desire – Kazan, 1951.

31. The Adultress – Carne 1953.

32. The Life of Oharu – Mizoguchi, 1952.

33.Journey to Italy – Rossellini, 1953.

34. Godzilla – Honda, 1954.

35. La Strada – Fellini, 1954.

36. Floating Clouds – Naruse, 1955.

37. Pather Panchali – Ray, 1955.

38. Daddy Long Legs – Negulesco, 1955.

39. The Proud Ones – Webb, 1956.

40. Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate – Kawashima, 1957.

41. The Young Lions – Dmytryk, 1957.

42. Les Cousins – Chabrol, 1959.

43. Les Quarte Cents Coups – Truffaut, 1959.

44. A bout de Souffle – Godard, 1959.

45. Ben-Hur – Wyler, 1959.

46. Ototo – Ichikawa, 1960.

47. The Long Absence – Colpi, 1960.

48. Stowaway in the Sky – Lamorisse, 1960.

49. Purple Noon – Clement, 1960.

50. Zazie on the Subway – Malle, 1960.

Filmmakers praising Akira Kurosawa- A Thread:

"Akira Kurosawa's influence on filmmakers throughout the entire world is so profound as to be almost incomparable."

--- Martin Scorsese

(1/17) "Akira Kurosawa is a filmmaker I greatly admire because I think he expresses with great magnificence and richness what I perceive a filmmaker to be."

--- Federico Fellini

(2/17)

Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' (2023) Cast:

Reel vs Real- A thread (1/14):

Cillian Murphy - Robert Oppenheimer
Robert Downey Jr. - Lewis Strauss

(2/14)