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wokelstein's "Andrew Sarris' Pantheon Directors (at five a piece)"

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Sarris’ Pantheon directors, at five films a piece. I’m leaning toward each director’s best (or best-known) work, but if Sarris’ auteur theory has any validity at all, five should be a good enough sample to determine if a director is any good or not.

Mostly I’m making this list, because the official ones are difficult for me to use.

The 14 directors, for the record, are Chaplin, Flaherty, Ford, Griffith, Hawks, Hitchcock, Keaton, Fritz Lang, Lubitsch, Murnau, Max Ophuls, Renoir, Von Sternberg, and Welles.

  1. 1.
    The Circus (Two Disc Special Edition)
    by Charles Chaplin

  2. 3.

  3. 4.
    Modern Times (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Charles Chaplin

  4. 5.
    The Great Dictator (2 Disc Special Edition)
    by Charles Chaplin

  5. 6.
    Nanook of the North (The Criterion Collection)
    by Robert J. Flaherty

  6. 7.
    Moana (1926)
    by Robert Flaherty

  7. 8.
    Man of Aran
    by Robert J. Flaherty

  8. 9.
    ?
    Elephant Boy (1937)
    by Robert Flaherty

  9. 10.
    Louisiana Story
    by Robert J. Flaherty

  10. 11.
    Stagecoach (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by John Ford

  11. 12.
    Young Mr. Lincoln: The (The Criterion Collection)
    by John Ford

  12. 13.
    The Grapes of Wrath
    by John Ford

  13. 14.
    She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

  14. 15.
    John Wayne: The Searchers
    by John Ford

  15. 16.
    The Birth of a Nation
    by D.W. Griffith

  16. 17.
    Intolerance
    by D.W. Griffith

  17. 18.
    Broken Blossoms (Deluxe Edition)
    by D.W. Griffith

  18. 19.
    Orphans of the Storm
    by D.W. Griffith

  19. 20.
    ?
    America (1924)

  20. 21.

  21. 23.
    His Girl Friday

  22. 24.
    The Big Sleep
    by Howard Hawks

  23. 25.

  24. 26.
    Shadow of a Doubt

  25. 27.
    Rear Window (Collector's Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock

  26. 28.
    Vertigo (Collector's Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock

  27. 29.
    Psycho (Collector's Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock

  28. 30.
    The Birds (Collector's Edition)
    by Alfred Hitchcock

  29. 31.
    Our Hospitality
    by John G. Blystone & Buster Keaton

  30. 32.
    Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
    by Buster Keaton

  31. 33.
    The Navigator
    by Donald Crisp

  32. 34.
    The General
    by Clyde Bruckman

  33. 35.
    College (1927)
    by Buster Keaton

  34. 36.
    Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition)
    by Fritz Lang

  35. 37.
    M (The Criterion Collection)
    by Fritz Lang

  36. 38.
    The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (The Criterion Collection)
    by Fritz Lang

  37. 39.
    Scarlet Street (Remastered Edition)
    by Fritz Lang

  38. 40.
    The Big Heat
    by Fritz Lang

  39. 41.
    Trouble in Paradise (1932)
    by Ernst Lubitsch

  40. 42.
    The Merry Widow (1934)
    by Ernst Lubitsch

  41. 43.
    Ninotchka
    by Ernst Lubitsch

  42. 44.
    To Be or Not to Be
    by Ernst Lubitsch

  43. 45.
    Heaven Can Wait (The Criterion Collection)
    by Ernst Lubitsch

  44. 46.
    Nosferatu
    by F.W. Murnau

  45. 47.
    The Last Laugh
    by F.W. Murnau

  46. 48.
    Faust
    by F.W. Murnau

  47. 50.
    Tabu
    by F.W. Murnau

  48. 52.
    La Ronde
    by Max Ophuls

  49. 53.
    Le Plaisir [Non-US Format, PAL, Region 2, Import]
    by Max Ophüls

  50. 54.
    Madame De... [PAL, Region 2, Import]
    by Max Ophüls

  51. 55.
    Lola Montes

  52. 56.
    ?
    La Chienne (1931)
    by Jean Renoir

  53. 57.
    Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
    by Jean Renoir

  54. 58.
    Grand Illusion (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jean Renoir

  55. 60.
    The River (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jean Renoir

  56. 61.
    The Blue Angel
    by Josef von Sternberg

  57. 63.
    Blonde Venus

  58. 65.
    Crime and Punishment (1935)
    by Josef von Sternberg

  59. 66.
    Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Orson Welles

  60. 67.
    The Magnificent Ambersons
    by Orson Welles

  61. 68.
    The Lady from Shanghai
    by Orson Welles

  62. 69.

  63. 70.
    The Trial
    by Orson Welles

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