11.14.2003

And now, for your quibbling pleasure: The Guardian's list of the 40 top film directors worldwide. David Lynch comes in at #1 -- something tells me this would never happen in his native land. First woman (out of a whopping 2 total) comes in at #12, two-time director Lynne Ramsay, whose "Morvern Callar" I really wanted to see. Now for some outrage: P.T. Anderson and Spike Jonze rank higher than Ang Lee, Gus Van Sant, and Wes Anderson...!?!??!?! And, do I even need to ask, where the hell is Spike Lee? Worse, King of the Sellout Degenerates David Fincher is on the list at all -- at least he's 30 places behind David Cronenberg, whose shoes he will never, ever fill. Discuss!

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