THE DIRECTORS VIDEO ESSAY SERIES: BY COLE SMITHEY
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Groupthink doesn't live here, critical thought does.
JOSEPH LOSEY: ENIGMA
LINA WERTMÜLLER: THE SOCIALIST AUTEUR
YASUJURO OZU : THE HUMAN PERSPECTIVE
STEVEN SPIELBERG: POPULIST
AKIRA KUROSAWA: PIONEER
TAKESHI KITANO: RENAISSANCE MAN
SOFIA COPPOLA: AUTEUR
ROBERT ALTMAN: SATIRIST
JIM JARMUSCH: OUTLIER
SAM PECKINPAH: LIBERATOR
KEN LOACH: SOCIAL REALIST
JOE CARNAHAN: THE BEST-KEPT SECRET
CATHERINE BREILLAT: TRANSGRESSOR
WERNER HERZOG: MENSCH
DAVID FINCHER: MODERNIST
WILLIAM FRIEDKIN: THE MUSCLE
JOHN CASSAVETES: INDIE ICON
PAUL VERHOEVEN: REBEL
LARS VON TRIER: PROVOCATEUR
QUENTIN TARANTINO: MAVERICK
ALFRED HITCHCOCK: MASTER OF SUSPENSE
LUIS BUNUEL: FETISHIST