Maximalist film or maximalist cinema is related to the art and philosophy of maximalism, a reaction against minimalism.
This type of film includes the likes of directors Bill Gunn,[1] Daryush Shokof, Spike Lee, Wong Kar-wai, Wes Anderson, Jane Campion, David Lynch,[2] Michael Bay,[3][4][5] Zack Snyder,[6][7] Julie Taymor,[8] Sofia Coppola,[9] Tony Scott,[10][11] Paul W. S. Anderson,[12] Terry Gilliam,[13] Paul Verhoeven,[14] Federico Fellini,[15] Pedro Almodovar,[16] Edgar Wright,[17] Sam Raimi,[18] King Vidor,[19] Oliver Stone,[20] Steven Spielberg,[21][22] Alejandro G. Inarritu,[23] Quentin Tarantino,[24][25] S. S. Rajamouli,[26][27] Max Ophüls, Orson Welles, Rainer Werner Fassbinder,[28] Tim Burton,[29] the team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger,[30] John Woo,[31] Genndy Tartakovsky (Hotel Transylvania),[32] Masaaki Yuasa,[33] Xavier Dolan,[34] Paul Thomas Anderson,[35] Baz Luhrmann,[36][37] Danny Boyle, Guy Ritchie,[38] James Cameron,[39] Joachim Trier[40] and Park Chan-wook.[41]
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