Maximalist film

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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] Sofia Coppola,[8] Tony Scott,[9][10] Paul W.S. Anderson,[11] Terry Gilliam,[12] Paul Verhoeven,[13] Federico Fellini,[14] Pedro Almodovar,[15] Edgar Wright,[16] Sam Raimi,[17] King Vidor,[18] Oliver Stone,[19] Steven Spielberg,[20][21] Alejandro G. Inarritu,[22] Quentin Tarantino,[23][24] Max Orphuls, Orson Welles, Rainer Werner Fassbinder,[25] Tim Burton,[26] the team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger,[27] John Woo,[28] Genndy Tartakovsky,[29] Masaaki Yuasa,[30] Xavier Dolan,[31] Paul Thomas Anderson[32] and Park Chan-wook.[33]

List of notable maximalist films[]

  • Napoleon (Abel Gance, 1927)
  • Bad Luck Blackie (Tex Avery, 1949)
  • The Greatest Show on Earth (Cecil B. DeMille, 1952)
  • Singin' in the Rain (Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, 1952)
  • Lola Montes (Max Ophuls, 1955)
  • The Flicker (Tony Conrad, 1966)
  • War and Peace (Sergei Bondarchuk, 1966)
  • Point Blank (John Boorman, 1967)
  • Weekend (Jean-Luc Goddard, 1967)
  • Fellini Satyricon (Federico Fellini, 1969)
  • Z (Costa-Gavras, 1969)
  • Salomè (Carmelo Bene, 1972)
  • The Holy Mountain (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1973)
  • Zardoz (John Boorman, 1974)
  • Sorcerer (William Friedkin, 1977)
  • Piranha (Joe Dante, 1978)
  • The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980)
  • Xanadu (Robert Greenwald, 1980)
  • The Apple (Menahem Golan, 1980)
  • Escape from New York (John Carpenter, 1981)
  • Excalibur (John Boorman, 1981)
  • The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
  • Amadeus (Milos Forman, 1984)
  • Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985)
  • On the Silver Globe (Andrzej Żuławski, 1988)
  • Total Recall (Paul Verhoeven, 1990)
  • Prospero's Books (Peter Greenaway, 1991)
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula (Francis Ford Coppola, 1992)
  • Casino (Martin Scorsese, 1995)
  • To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (Beeban Kidron, 1995)
  • Waterworld (Kevin Reynolds, 1995)
  • Titanic (James Cameron, 1997)
  • Armageddon (Michael Bay, 1998)
  • Moulin Rogue (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)
  • 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)
  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Michael Bay, 2011)
  • The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann, 2013)
  • Hard to Be a God (Aleksei German, 2013)
  • Blue Is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2014)
  • Mommy (Xavier Dolan, 2014)
  • De Palma (Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow, 2015)
  • Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015)
  • Dunkirk (Christopher Nolan, 2017)
  • mother! (Darren Aronofsky, 2017)
  • American Made (Doug Liman, 2017)
  • I, Tonya (Craig Gillespie, 2017)
  • The Croods: A New Age (Joel Crawford, 2020)
  • Da 5 Bloods (Spike Lee, 2020)
  • Tenet (Christopher Nolan, 2020)
  • Army of the Dead (Zack Snyder, 2021)
  • House of Gucci (Ridley Scott, 2021)
  • In the Heights (Jon M. Chu, 2021)
  • Jungle Cruise (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2021)
  • The Last Duel (Ridley Scott, 2021)
  • The Mitchells vs. the Machines (Mike Rianda, 2021)

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See also[]

References[]

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  5. ^ Zack Snyder’s Favorite Films, From ‘A Clockwork Orange’ to ‘Blue Velvet’
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  8. ^ 'I didn't want to do another movie with Bill Murray - there was too much pressure' - Sofia Coppola - independet.ie
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  10. ^ The 14 Best Val Kilmer Movies Ranked|/Film
  11. ^ The Unusual Genius of the "Resident Evil" Movies|The New Yorker
  12. ^ Brazil: five films that may have influenced Terry Gilliam's dystopian masterpiece|BFI
  13. ^ You Don't Nomi Movie Review - Book and Film Globe
  14. ^ Born 100 Years Ago, Filmmaker Federico Fellini Captured The Messiness Of Life|WAMU
  15. ^ 7 of Pedro Almodovar's most stylish films (including his latest, Pain and Glory)|Vogue India
  16. ^ 18 Comedies So Funny You'll Cry With Laughter|ScreenRant
  17. ^ Darkman|Screen Slate
  18. ^ March-April 2020 - Film Comment
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  21. ^ Steven Spielberg's 'BFG' Box Office Flop: Has Spielberg Lost Touch? - Variety
  22. ^ Has "The Revenant" established Alejandro G. Inarritu as today's most acclaimed director?|Read|The Take
  23. ^ Quentin Tarantino's Films As Infographics - Vulture
  24. ^ The Misunderstood Ambition of "Hudson Hawk"|The New Yorker
  25. ^ Eugene Kotlyarenko is Telling God's Honest Truth - Interview Magazine
  26. ^ Bitter Pill: Kathryn Andrews at the Nasher Sculpture Center|Glasstire
  27. ^ The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Directed by The Archers|Talk Cinema
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  30. ^ Best Anime Movies of All Time (Top 100) - Paste
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  32. ^ How Paul Thomas Anderson sets himself apart from Hollywood's other wunderkinds - Slate Magazine
  33. ^ The 20 Best Movie Music & Film Scores of the 2010s|IndieWire
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  44. ^ Review: ‘American Made’ has an undeniable shaggy-dog charm|Movies|journalstar.com
  45. ^ The 90s Film About Three Drag Queens Stranded in Small-Town America|AnOther
  46. ^ A maximalist family romp in ‘The Croods: A New Age”|Movies|nwitimes
  47. ^ 'Army of the Dead' Netflix Trailer and Release Date: WATCH - Vulture
  48. ^ 10 great French period films|BFI
  49. ^ 20 Years On, ‘Moulin Rouge!’ (2001) Remains a Metatheatrical, Maximalist Masterpiece — Flip Screen
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  51. ^ Tex Avery Classics on Blu-ray|Movies|Film|Metroactive
  52. ^ Safe At Home Blu-Ray Round-Up - The Retro Set
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  55. ^ Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods Takes On the Black Trauma of Vietnam|The New Republic
  56. ^ Da 5 Bloods review — Spike Lee throws a light on the role of African-American soldiers in Vietnam|Time Out
  57. ^ In The Heights Review: Jon M. Chu's Lin-Manuel Miranda Adaptation Is the Best Hollywood Musical in Years - Paste
  58. ^ The Blues Brothers at 40: a manic musical romp that still sings today|Movies|The Guardian
  59. ^ World of Wong Kar Wai, The Ten Commendnments, Southland Tales and More: Jim Hemphill's Home Video Recommendations|Filmmaker Magazine
  60. ^ Youth gangs, psychic schoolgirls and outer space: the cult films of the 70s|HUNGER TV
  61. ^ 100 Best Thriller Films Of All Time|Time Out London
  62. ^ BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR / OH COMELY - JASON WARD
  63. ^ notcoming.com|Lola Montes
  64. ^ The 25 Most Influential Movie Scenes of the Last 25 Years|Vanity Fair
  65. ^ From Jean-Luc Godard to Federico Fellini: 10 essential Maximalist films|Far Out Magazine
  66. ^ 'Jungle Cruise' film review: a classic summer blockbuster souped up for the modern age|NME Australia
  67. ^ 30 Best '80s Movies|Time Out
  68. ^ 68 Movies We Can't Wait to Watch in Theaters in 2021 - Film School Rejects
  69. ^ Brian De Palma on how he depicts women in his films|EW.com
  70. ^ Two men and a lady: perspective and 'The Last Duel' : Pop Culture : NPR
  71. ^ MUBI Special: John Carpenter's 1980s: A Double Bill|MUBI
  72. ^ The New Titans: Notes on Michael Bay's "Transformers: Dark of the Moon"|MUBI
  73. ^ The 50 Best Animated Movies|Movies|Empire
  74. ^ 'Pam & Tammy' and the Obsession With '90s Revisionism - The Ringer
  75. ^ 10 great disaster films|BFI
  76. ^ "Pam & Tammy" is compelling viewing but leaves a bitter taste|The Economist
  77. ^ The 10 Best Movie Musicals in Cinema - High On Films
  78. ^ 10 great films about mothers|BFI
  79. ^ 'The Bling Ring' and the new American Dream - Los Angeles Times
  80. ^ Todd Haynes' quiet precision makes Carol one of the year's best films - nashvillescene.com
  81. ^ Dracula | Screen Slate
  82. ^ How Joe Dante Mastered Mainstream Meta Horror From Gremlins to Piranha|Collider

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