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.
All of Dominik's narrative films deal with being a celebrity in some way. There is an allure to being a celebrity, of being known and loved by the masses that attracts unstable people who may be willing to do some inhumane acts to achieve success. Controlling the narrative of a celebrity becomes incredibly important, as the infamous acts need to be scrubbed…
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.
All of Dominik's narrative films deal with being a celebrity in some way. There is an allure to being a celebrity, of being known and loved by the masses that attracts unstable people who may be willing to do some inhumane acts to achieve success. Controlling the narrative of a celebrity becomes incredibly important, as the infamous acts need to be scrubbed away or countered, with charm and likability.
Dominik explores how being a celebrity and doing what it takes to maintain a certain image and status in society inevitably takes a toll on his characters. Often physical or sexual violence is employed as a means to attain wealth and/or status, both directly and indirectly, which has profound emotional impacts on his characters and they become shells of their former selves.
Overall, Dominik is attempting to reveal the other, dark side to wealth and celebrity that can be hidden to the masses who believe happiness can be attained through fame or wealth without realizing the true cost and devastating effects achieving these dreams have on people.
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 | Sofia Coppola | Cameron Crowe | 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
