James Cameron's five favourite movies of all time
With the likes of Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, Francis Ford Coppola and more, sci-fi master James Cameron lists his 5 favourite films of all time.
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James Cameron, the acclaimed Canadian filmmaker who is synonymous with the science-fiction genre, and making big blockbuster movies that feel both universal and personal at the same time.The director has an acclaimed working knowledge of cinema which makes any movie he puts down on paper as a favourite well worth watching. Thankfully, he has created a list of his favourite films of all time.
Cameron first found major success in the creation of the iconic 1984 action film The Terminator, a film which set the solid foundations of a career which would dominate science fiction for years to come. Off the back of The Terminator, Cameron went on a prolific run of Aliens in 1986, The Abyss in 1989 and Terminator 2: Judgment Day in the early â90s.
While it was the release of Titanic which propelled Cameron to the next level of Hollywood legend status in 1997, it was his return to sci-fi with 2009 effort Avatar which compelled his dominance of the genre. With six Academy Awards to his name, Cameron has earned an emphatic reputation among the greatest names in Hollywood.
âHe really does want us to risk our lives and limbs for the shot, but he doesnât mind risking his own,â Sigourney Weaver once said of Cameronâs commitment to a project. Weaverâs sentiment was echoed by Michael Biehn, an actor who has worked with Cameron on a number of his major projects: âJim is a really passionate person. He cares more about his movies than other directors care about their movies,â he said. Weaver continued: âThere are very few geniuses in the world, let alone in our business, and heâs certainly one of them. Heâs misunderstood in the industry, somewhat. He is so generous to actors.â
Given his history in cinema and some of the choices he has selected as his favourite films, it should come as little surprise that Cameron has explored escapist film experiences. âI had read tons of science fiction,â the director once explained. âI was fascinated by other worlds, other environments. For me, it was fantasy, but it was not fantasy in the sense of pure escapism.â
He added: âSo much of literary sci-fi is about creating worlds that are rich and detailed and make sense at a social level. Weâll create a world for people and then later present a narrative in that world.
âPick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now youâre a director. Everything after that youâre just negotiating your budget and your fee.â
While his directing style has influenced many in cinema, Cameron has never been shy to hold back his admiration for those that have contributed to some of the greatest films in the history of the industry. Sitting down with Fandor, Cameron named five films that have had a lasting impression on his view of cinema at large, despite the fact that he started the conversation by claiming: âI hate lists. I never do lists⌠but weâll stumble through it.â
With two inclusions of Stanley Kubrickâs films, Cameron once said: âI remember going with a great sense of anticipation to each new Stanley Kubrick film and thinking: âCan he pull it off and amaze me again?â And he always did. The lesson I learned from Kubrick was, never do the same thing twice.â Itâs perhaps not surprising that Cameron would pick out 2001: A Space Odyssey and Dr Strangelove, with one picture drenched in comedic infamy and the former being perhaps the defining example of science fiction.
However, there were some more unexpected choices, including Victor Flemingâs 1939 adventure classic The Wizard of Oz, which Cameron simply called ânumber oneâ before claiming that the rest of the list was unordered. It suggests that, without doubt, this is the directorâs favourite movie of all time. While also trying to get âjust about half of Coppolaâs films,â into the list, Cameron eventually settled on Francis Ford Coppolaâs magnum opus, The Godfather, and completed his list with Taxi Driver.
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