The popular magazine Entertainment Weekly (EW) is famous and notorious for its lists and lists of lists. In one of their latest issues, they published a list of the Top 25 Active Directors, defined as the “most talented, in-demand directors today.” But what exactly are they measuring, artistic talent, power to get a film made, prestige among colleagues, impact on the industry in terms of making commercially successful picture. To put it bluntly, you may be very talented and still not be in demand. And you cannot be active if you have made good movies that have been flops.
Hollywood 2009: Top Directors List
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Age of Innocence, The (1993): Scorsese’s Lush, Meticulous Adaptation of Edith Wharton’s Novel, Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Wynona Ryder
November 30, 2005 by
For a director associated with violence of the lower class and with men, his new movie, Age of Innocence, a poignant story of love and loss, seems different from anything he has done before.
