Discovering Filmmakers.
Every year there are a few filmmakers and directors that I discover whose works have either been recommended to me by a friend, or just randomly felt curious to explore. Once these directors’ films make an impression on me, I suddenly have an urge to watch every film that they’ve created. It’s happened in the past with Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan, Darren Aronofsky, Ingmar Bergman, Wes Anderson, Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, Sophia Coppola, and most recently David Fincher. At the moment, it’s Krzysztof Kieslowski and Jim Jarmusch.
Jarmusch because I recently watched ‘Stranger Than Paradise’ and was immediately blown away and drawn to his style. Kieslowski on the other hand is one I still need to get a grasp on, but what drew me to his films were his themes and his fascination with individual lives that are somehow connected to each other; he has shown this in both ‘The Double Life of Veronique’ and his ‘Three Colors Trilogy,’ which I have yet to complete both. But Kieslowski is quite the visual storyteller.
What to do:
- Complete Kieslowski’s ‘Three Colors Trilogy’ with ‘Red’
- Finish watching Kieslowski’s ‘The Double Life of Veronique’
- Find and begin watching Kieslowski’s ‘The Decalogue’
- and More Jarmusch, starting with ‘Down by Law’ and ‘Mystery Train’
