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Thank you both for contributing. It has been highly entertaining, and I hope this can continue.
oliver, that was really a lot of thinking going into my whole list of queried suppositions, but I couldn't help notice when you went down the listing of what each director thought they could have all been brought here as one to watch, as a whole, most of the films you mentioned would rarely be looked upon as enjoyable cinema, perhaps to any sort of seasoned film critic, but as you progressed with this, did you imagine yourself as each director, and what could possibly be my (their) one secret indulgence of a film not remarked as great, but it's good enough for me (___, the director?). Either way, I had a very well-deserved chuckle.
Baraka, I agree with you on that point of myself not being a true connoisseur of film, and that's why usually, the only films I really inherently recognize as belonging to any of the above directors is when they are marketed that way, a la Tarantino, Hitchcock, Kubrick, Allen, and at times, the Coen Brothers (at least for me; I've gotten wise to their formula). I wasn't aware of the fact that Woody Allen has a predisposition not to watch his own final products (I wonder if he could be a perfectionist? but then he might also be a self-defeating one at that) so that is a keen insight to be aware of, and learn just now.
Though it took a little time, I am really pleased this topic wasn't immediately forgotten about, and with the opening two replies, it brings me hope to see that this could possibly blossom even further.
Thanks guys.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi
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