Icon who is… the ONE filmmaker that I couldn’t do without?
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Wow, Bear...it's a tough question. I've been thinking about it but to pick one is hard. I know for a fact the one film I've watched more than any other is Dr. Strangelove. That film just kills me every time. So Kubrick is a possibility. To be stuck watching only Kubrick films though...they are beautiful to look at but lean mostly to the dark side. I think it depends on my mood. Sometimes I just want to watch a western, sometimes a spy film, sometimes comedy...I guess I'm a spoiled brat used to having way too many options.

If it's one guy I think I'd lean toward Orson Welles because his films are pretty mind blowing and I never tire of them. Picking one is very hard. It leaves out a big crowd of people though that in a different mood I might choose from.

Also your choice was Adam Sandler and all joking aside has he ever directed or wrote a film? I mean if I picked Clint Eastwood I guess based on your Sandler choice I'd have the widest variety of films to choose from because Eastwood has made and been in all sorts of films from I think every genre and done a lot of great stuff. So if it was a deal where I wanted the most stuff to pick from I could take Eastwood and get everything under the sun...hell, I think he even did a musical with Lee Marvin. So going by that criteria I would go with Eastwood because I'd get all the Leone westerns, Dirty Harry movies, goofy comedy, all of Clint's other westerns, The Eiger Sanction, war films, films with a monkey as a costar, Bronco Billy...on and on and on...but do I think Clint is the greatest filmmaker, no, but he's damn good and prolific as they come.

It's pretty tough...
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