Maximalist film
Genre of cinema
Maximalist film or maximalist cinema is related to the art and philosophy of maximalism .
Background
In the arts , maximalism , a reaction against minimalism , is an aesthetic of excess.[ 1]
Notable filmmakers
Many directors have been described as maximalists:
List of notable maximalist films
20th century
Intolerance D.W. Griffith , 1916)Metropolis Fritz Lang , 1927)Napoleon Abel Gance , 1927)Fantasia James Algar , 1940)Wild Flower Emilio Fernández , 1943)The Greatest Show on Earth Cecil B. DeMille , 1952)Singin' in the Rain Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen , 1952)Lola Montes Max Ophuls , 1955)Artists & Models Frank Tashlin , 1956)Mother India Mehboob Khan , 1957)The Flicker Tony Conrad , 1965)Daisies Vera Chytilova , 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)The Music Lovers Ken Russel , 1970)Valerie and Her Week of Wonders Jaromil Jireš , 1970)Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son Ken Jacobs , 1970)Salomè Carmelo Bene , 1972)The Holy Mountain Alejandro Jodorowsky , 1973)Zardoz John Boorman , 1974)New York, New York Martin Scorsese , 1977)Sorcerer William Friedkin , 1977)Piranha Joe Dante , 1978)The Blues Brothers John Landis , 1980)Xanadu Robert Greenwald , 1980)The Apple Menahem Golan , 1980)American Pop Ralph Bakshi , 1981)Escape from New York John Carpenter , 1981)Excalibur John Boorman , 1981)Love Streams John Cassavetes , 1984)Amadeus Miloš Forman , 1984)The Color Purple Steven Spielberg , 1985)Brazil Terry Gilliam , 1985)On the Silver Globe Andrzej Żuławski , 1988)Batman Tim Burton , 1989)Total Recall Paul Verhoeven , 1990)Prospero's Books Peter Greenaway , 1991)Tribulation 99 Craig Baldwin , 1991)Bram Stoker's Dracula Francis Ford Coppola , 1992)The Heroic Trio Johnnie To , 1993)Shadowlands Richard Attenborough , 1993)Casino Martin Scorsese , 1995)To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar Beeban Kidron , 1995)Waterworld Kevin Reynolds , 1995)The Rock Michael Bay , 1996)Con Air Simon West , 1997)Titanic James Cameron , 1997)Armageddon Michael Bay , 1998)Magnolia Paul Thomas Anderson , 1999)Titus Julie Taymor , 1999)
21st century
Bamboozled Spike Lee , 2000)Charlie's Angels McG , 2000)Moulin Rogue Baz Luhrmann , 2001)Punch-Drunk Love The Matrix Reloaded The Wachowskis , 2003)The Matrix Revolutions The Wachowskis , 2003)The Day After Tomorrow Roland Emmerich , 2004)Man on Fire Tony Scott , 2004)The Polar Express Robert Zemeckis , 2004)Speed Racer The Wachowskis , 2008)A Town Called Panic Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar , 2009)Avatar James Cameron , 2009)The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus Terry Gilliam , 2009)Watchmen Zack Snyder , 2009)Zombieland Ruben Fleischer , 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)Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro G. Inarritu , 2014)Blue Is the Warmest Color Abdellatif Kechiche , 2014)Mommy Xavier Dolan , 2014)X-Men: Days of Future Past Bryan Singer , 2014)De Palma Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow , 2015)Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller , 2015)Mother! Darren Aronofsky , 2017)American Made Doug Liman , 2017)I, Tonya Craig Gillespie , 2017)Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Bob Persichetti , Peter Ramsey & Rodney Rothman , 2018)Suspiria Luca Guadagnino , 2018)Fahrenheit 11/9 Michael Moore , 2018)The Lighthouse Robert Eggers , 2019)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)Belle Mamoru Hosoda , 2021)Encanto Byron Howard and Jared Bush , 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)Avatar: The Way of Water James Cameron , 2022)Babylon Damien Chazelle , 2022)Blonde Andrew Dominik , 2022)Elvis Baz Luhrmann , 2022)Everything Everywhere All at Once Daniels , 2022)Moonage Daydream Brett Morgen , 2022)RRR S. S. Rajamouli , 2022) Top Gun: Maverick Joseph Kosinski , 2022)The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent White Noise Noah Baumbach , 2022)Barbie Greta Gerwig , 2023)Beau is Afraid Ari Aster , 2023)The Boy and the Heron Hayao Miyazaki , 2023)Poor Things Yorgos Lanthimos , 2023)Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé Beyoncé , 2023)Saltburn Emerald Fennell , 2023)Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Joaquim Dos Santos , Kemp Powers & Justin K. Thompson, 2023)The Sweet East Sean Price Williams , 2023)Abigail Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett , 2024)The Fall Guy David Leitch , 2024)MaXXXine Ti West , 2024)
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See also
References
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