Roaden Polynice
Superstar
That's how I feel about Godfather 2 sitting on my chromecast right now. I think I posted about it in this thread on sohh when I saw the first one for the first time like four years ago. I'm going to knock out 2 sometime before my month rental runs out. Hopefully
The thing with Kurosawa is....he basically is the god of modern cinema. Things that we consider normal ass storytelling conventions now, he could be credited as if not the inventor then the pioneer. Seven Samurai and Rashomon might be the single two most influential films (with influence that crops up in every single form of storytelling media there is) ever made.
Yeah I keep reading about his influence, just gotta watch and see I suppose.
One director I rarely ever hear people mention is Sidney Lumet. Dude is brilliant and was prolific as fukk but I've brought him up a few times in real life only to be met with his book is amazing, reading it at the moment.