Although it is just plain fun to rank a director's movies, it may also help me think about the director's oeuvre of work as a whole. Comparisons can help me to discover elements of film that I am drawn to, what the director finds value in revealing through their movies and possibly how the director has grown artistically.
Coppola's movies focuses on characters who have internal desires and struggles that are at odds with their actual situations. In desperation they often look to fulfill their inner selves with tangible things or states of being that seem achievable in their worlds, but these things often fail at actually being fulfilling. Sometimes they simply cannot fulfill themselves based on what their worlds…
Although it is just plain fun to rank a director's movies, it may also help me think about the director's oeuvre of work as a whole. Comparisons can help me to discover elements of film that I am drawn to, what the director finds value in revealing through their movies and possibly how the director has grown artistically.
Coppola's movies focuses on characters who have internal desires and struggles that are at odds with their actual situations. In desperation they often look to fulfill their inner selves with tangible things or states of being that seem achievable in their worlds, but these things often fail at actually being fulfilling. Sometimes they simply cannot fulfill themselves based on what their worlds are like and seem entirely at a loss.
There is often a focus on the external worlds her characters inhabit. The environments her characters exist in impact their very souls and often can act as a catalyst for fundamental character change, longing or ability to achieve fulfillment.
Coppola also deglamorizes a lot of her characters and their lifestyles. A lot of the characters are idols and rich, but she represents them quite plainly and as people who have a lot on unfulfillment and unhappiness in their lives. She captures the mundanity of their lives and forgoes all stylish camera movements and editing to question any excitement or pleasure we might derive from seeing these lavish characters or their lifestyles.
Other directors I have ranked:
JJ Abrams | PT Anderson | Wes Anderson | Judd Apatow | Darren Aronofsky | Ari Aster | Sean Baker | Bong Joon-ho | Jane Campion | Charlie Chaplin | Damien Chazelle | Coen Brothers | Cameron Crowe | Andrew Dominik | Robert Eggers | David Fincher | Alex Garland | Greta Gerwig | Todd Haynes | Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu | Jim Jarmusch | Rian Johnson | Spike Jonze | Satoshi Kon | Stanley Kubrick | Sergio Leone | Richard Linklater | George Lucas | David Lynch | Martin McDonagh | Steve McQueen | Sam Mendes | Nancy Meyers | Hayao Miyazaki | Jeff Nichols | Christopher Nolan | Alexander Payne | Sarah Polley | Lynn Ramsay | Céline Sciamma | Ben Stiller | Quentin Tarantino | Andrei Tarkovsky | Taika Waititi | Edgar Wright | Chloé Zhao
