Limericks

[samhays]

A random hobby of mine is to write limericks about film directors. My latest one is for Sam Raimi, director of the seminal EVIL DEAD trilogy and the suspense masterpiece A SIMPLE PLAN...


SAM RAIMI

There once was a wiseguy named Raimi,
Who made splatstick films cockamamie,
With camera kinetic,
And comic aesthetic,
For love of which you cannot blame me.


Older limericks:


DARIO ARGENTO

Argento: the maestro of giallo.
His painterly shots I must hallow.
His use of P.O.V.
is suspenseful as can be,
and his killings will turn your face sallow.


DAVID LYNCH

"Jimmy Stewart from Mars" he's been called.
His surreal films will have you enthralled.
The Straight Story is great.
Blue Velvet first-rate.
And his lack of more films has me galled.


WERNER HERZOG

A soldier of cinema extreme.
Driven by strange fever dreams.
He looks like a sleuth,
For ecstatic truth,
And in wildest landscapes it teems.


DANNY BOYLE

He does action and drama and more,
And he uses trance music galore.
His films are eye candy,
so vibrant and dandy.
Ambitious right down to the core.


MEL GIBSON

There once was a Yank from down under,
Both onscreen and offscreen like thunder.
His films are real bloody,
But well worth a study,
His storytelling skills are a wonder.


KEN LOACH

There's a populist Brit named Ken Loach,
Well known for his realist approach.
He uses non-actors.
Rehearsals? Non-factors.
Long lenses? Used more than a skoach.