♦Some Leading Filmmakers:
Mike Nichols, Robert Altman, Dennis Hopper, William Freidkin, Francis Coppola, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, Peter Bogdanovich, Robert Zemeckis, James Cameron, Brian De Palma, Ridley Scott, Amy Heckerling, David Lynch, Spike Lee, Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher, Wachowski Brothers, Hal Hartley
Mike Judge, Stephen Gaghan
♦This Week Film Suggestions:
The Graduate (1967), M*A*S*H* (1970), Easy Rider (1969), The Exorcist (1973), The Conversation (1974), Jaws(1975), American Graffiti (1973), Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), Hard Core (1979), What’s Up, Doc? (1972), Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988), The Terminator (1984), Mission: Impossible (1996), Blade Runner (1982), Fast Times at Ridgemont High(1982), Ble Velvet (1986), Malcolm X (1992), Raising Arizona (1987), Pulp Fiction (1994), Fight Club (1999), The Matrix ( 1999), Trust (1990)
Idiocracy (2006), Syriana (2005)
♦Recommended Reading:
The New Hollywood and Independent Filmmaking, Film Art : An Introduction, Bordwell & Thompson