
GREATDIRECTORS,directedbyAngelaIsmailos,featuresoriginal,in-depthconversationswithnineoftheworld'sgreatestlivingdirectors:BernardoBertolucci,DavidLynch,LilianaCavani,StephenFrears,AgnesVarda,KenLoach,ToddHaynes,CatherineBreillat,RichardLinklaterandJohnSayles.ThefilmdocumentsIsmailos'voyageofdiscoveringthecreativepersonalitiesbehindthecamera.Sheexploresthefilmmakers'artisticevolutionandpersonalidentity,theroleofpoliticsandhistoryontheirwork,andtheagonyanddilemmasinthecreativeprocess.Italsoexaminesthechallengesofbeinganartistinanageofcommercialismandglobalization.Thefilmtracestheinfluenceofcinematicmovementsandiconicdirectorsonthesedirectors'work-fromtheroleofNeo-RealisminBertolucci'sevolutiontotheinfluenceofFedericoFellinionDavidLynch,IngmarBergmanonCatherineBreillatandRainerWernerFassbinderonToddHaynes.WrittenbyAnonymous






