Maximalist film

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. The philosophy can be summarized as "more is more", contrasting with the minimalist motto "less is more".

Notable filmmakers

Many directors have been described as maximalists:

• King Hu
• Shaw Brothers
• Daniels
• Ringo Lam
• Bill Gunn
• Tarsem Singh
• Tyler Perry
• Michael Bay
• Zack Snyder
• Julie Taymor
• Emerald Fennell
• Sofia Coppola
• Tony Scott
• Ridley Scott
• Paul W. S. Anderson
• Terry Gilliam
• Paul Verhoeven
• Federico Fellini
• Paolo Sorrentino
• Pedro Almodovar
• Edgar Wright
• Sam Raimi
• King Vidor
• Oliver Stone
• Steven Spielberg
• Alejandro G. Inarritu
• Quentin Tarantino
• S. S. Rajamouli
• Youssef Chahine
• Josef von Sternberg
• Max Ophüls
• Orson Welles
• Christopher Nolan
• Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• Tim Burton
• Guy Maddin
• The team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
• John Woo
• Genndy Tartakovsky (Hotel Transylvania)
• Masaaki Yuasa
• Xavier Dolan
• Francis Ford Coppola
• Martin Scorsese
• Sergio Leone
• Paul Thomas Anderson
• John Cassavetes
• Baz Luhrmann
• Danny Boyle
• Guy Ritchie
• James Cameron
• Joachim Trier
• Park Chan-wook
• Gaspar Noé

List of notable maximalist films

20th century

21st century

See also

• Arthouse animation
• Vulgar auteurism
• Postmodernist film
• Minimalist film
• Art film
• Arthouse action film
• Modernist film
• Arthouse musical
• American independent cinema

References

External links

• Minimalism and Maximalism: The 42nd New York Film Festival - Senses of Cinema