Maximalist film
Maximalist cinema is related to the art of maximalism, a reaction against minimalism.
Notable filmmakers
This type of film includes the likes of directors Bill Gunn,[1] Spike Lee, Wong Kar-wai, Wes Anderson, Jane Campion, David Lynch,[2] Michael Bay,[3][4] Zack Snyder,[5][6] Julie Taymor,[7] Tony Scott,[8] Paul W.S. Anderson,[9] Terry Gilliam,[10] Paul Verhoeven,[11] Federico Fellini,[12] Pedro Almodovar,[13] Edgar Wright[14] and Park Chan-wook.[15]
List of notable maximalist films
- Napoleon (Abel Gance, 1927)
- Singin' in the Rain (Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, 1952)
- The Flicker (Tony Conrad, 1966)
- Weekend (Jean-Luc Goddard, 1967)
- Fellini Satyricon (Federico Fellini, 1969)
- Salomè (Carmelo Bene, 1972)
- The Holy Mountain (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973)
- Sorcerer (William Friedkin, 1977)
- Xanadu (Robert Greenwald, 1980)
- The Apple (Menahem Golan, 1980)
- On the Silver Globe (Andrzej Żuławski, 1988)
- Total Recall (Paul Verhoeven, 1990)
- Prospero's Books (Peter Greenaway, 1991)
- To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (Beeban Kidron, 1995)
- Waterworld (Kevin Reynolds, 1995)
- The Matrix Reloaded (The Wachowskis, 2003)
- Man on Fire (Tony Scott, 2004)
- Speed Racer (The Wachowskis, 2008)
- The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, (Terry Gilliam, 2009)
- The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg, 2011)
- Hard to Be a God (Aleksei German, 2013)
- Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015)
- Dunkirk (Christopher Nolan, 2017)
- mother! (Darren Aronofsky, 2017)
- American Made (Doug Liman, 2017)
- The Croods: A New Age (Joel Crawford, 2020)
- Army of the Dead (Zack Snyder, 2021)
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See also
External links
References
- ^ Bill Gunn|Film Essay|Gagosian Quarterly
- ^ Observations on film art: Captain Cinephilia: Scorsese strikes back
- ^ Bay Watch - Film Comment
- ^ The 50 Best Good Bad Movies - The Ringer
- ^ Zack Snyder’s Favorite Films, From ‘A Clockwork Orange’ to ‘Blue Velvet’
- ^ Streaming: Army of the Dead and cinema's best zombie films|Movies|The Guardian
- ^ The Urgency of Sundance's 'Issue' Films in 2020 - The Atlantic
- ^ Tony Scott Made Movies as a Maximalist - The New York Times
- ^ The Unusual Genius of the "Resident Evil" Movies|The New Yorker
- ^ Brazil: five films that may have influenced Terry Gilliam's dystopian masterpiece|BFI
- ^ You Don't Nomi Movie Review - Book and Film Globe
- ^ Born 100 Years Ago, Filmmaker Federico Fellini Captured The Messiness Of Life|WAMU
- ^ 7 of Pedro Almodovar's most stylish films (including his latest, Pain and Glory)|Vogue India
- ^ 18 Comedies So Funny You'll Cry With Laughter|ScreenRant
- ^ The 20 Best Movie Music & Film Scores of the 2010s|IndieWire
- ^ Film List with David McMichael of Hyperreal Film Club - Conflict of Interest
- ^ MAXIMALIST FILMS: Gleeful chaos reigns —— Hyperreal Film Club
- ^ Observations on film art: Tony and Theo
- ^ CC50|Canyon Cinema
- ^ 'Total Recall' at 25: Paul Verhoeven's sci-fi still shooks - Los Angeles Times
- ^ Revisiting 1980, the Year the Movies Killed Disco - InsiderHook
- ^ Xanadu at 40: a mesmerisingly messy musical failure|Musicals|The Guardian
- ^ ‘Dunkirk,’ ‘Call Me By Your Name’ top AP’s best 2017 films - Entertainment & Life - telegram.com - Worcester, MA
- ^ The mystic maximalism of Darren Aronofsky's "Mother!"|Salon.com
- ^ Speed Racer Is Not An Art Film – The Sundae
- ^ Review: ‘American Made’ has an undeniable shaggy-dog charm|Movies|journalstar.com
- ^ The 90s Film About Three Drag Queens Stranded in Small-Town America|AnOther
- ^ A maximalist family romp in ‘The Croods: A New Age”|Movies|nwitimes
- ^ 'Army of the Dead' Netflix Trailer and Release Date: WATCH - Vulture
- ^ 10 great French period films|BFI