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Post by sirchuck23 on Jul 17, 2020 19:40:19 GMT
It seems people on here like those Actors on Actors episodes that Variety does during Emmy/Oscar seasons and would be curious what people thought of a spin-off of that with Directors. I know Hollywood Reporter has those directors roundtables, but I always found it interesting where two directors sat down and talked about their work, themes, and their film making process, influences, etc.
Which pair of directors would you find would have a great conversation in this spinoff edition?
Some of my picks would be:
Spike Lee / Ken Loach (political filmmaking, social themes in their films)
Quentin Tarantino / Edgar Wright
Martin Scorsese / Paul Thomas Anderson
Jordan Peele / Ari Aster
Steven Spielberg / Christopher Nolan (making thinking blockbusters)
Greta Gerwig / Ben Affleck (actors turned directors)
Barry Jenkins / Todd Haynes
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Post by stephen on Jul 17, 2020 19:41:36 GMT
PTA and Wong Kar-wai.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 17, 2020 19:46:36 GMT
Neat topic......Spike Lee/John Sayles .....Michael Mann/Scorsese......Sofia Coppola/Greta Gerwig.....Polanski/FF Coppola.....
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Post by sirchuck23 on Jul 17, 2020 19:55:39 GMT
Neat topic......Spike Lee/John Sayles .....Michael Mann/Scorsese......Sofia Coppola/Greta Gerwig.....Polanski/FF Coppola..... Fun fact: John Sayles had a cameo in Lee's Malcolm X as an FBI Agent doing surveillance on Malcolm. |
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Post by thomasjerome on Jul 17, 2020 20:06:59 GMT
William Friedkin / Paul Schrader
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Jul 17, 2020 21:59:14 GMT
Awesome topic. Honestly I thought quite a bit about this.
John Carepnter / Guillermo del Toro - Two horror meisters. I'd love to see them talk.
Sam Raimi / Christoper Nolan
Steven Spielberg / Brad Bird - Both have relied on the same sort wonderful whimsy. Also Bird owes much of his early career to Spielberg, so it could make for an interesting discussion.
David Lynch / David Cronenberg - The two Davids, lol. They both make or have made really weird movies, although Cronenberg is a lot more mainstream overall then Lynch technically. It would really make for a fascinating and entertaining discussion, especially since they're also basically both done with features.
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Post by Viced on Jul 17, 2020 22:06:23 GMT
Martin Scorsese & Brian De Palma
Steven Soderbergh & David Fincher
Michael Mann & Abel Ferrara
Francis Ford Coppola & Peter Bogdanovich
Park Chan-wook & Bong Joon-ho
Sofia Coppola & Wes Anderson
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Post by urbanpatrician on Jul 17, 2020 23:09:59 GMT
Agreed.... Coppola and Anderson are the perfect partners. Two opposite approaches to filming relationships/families. warm (Anderson) vs cold (Coppola).
Coppola and Gerwig is.... eh don't get it. One sucks, one doesn't.... that's why.
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Post by sirchuck23 on Jul 18, 2020 0:09:01 GMT
Awesome topic. Honestly I thought quite a bit about this. John Carepnter / Guillermo del Toro - Two horror meisters. I'd love to see them talk. Sam Raimi / Christoper Nolan Steven Spielberg / Brad Bird - Both have relied on the same sort wonderful whimsy. Also Bird owes much of his early career to Spielberg, so it could make for an interesting discussion. David Lynch / David Cronenberg - The two Davids, lol. They both make or have made really weird movies, although Cronenberg is a lot more mainstream overall then Lynch technically. It would really make for a fascinating and entertaining discussion, especially since they're also basically both done with features. I never would’ve thought of them together but Chris Nolan and Sam Raimi would make an excellent discussion of the pressures/excitement they felt while taking on iconic comic book characters in Batman and Spider-Man respectively and both leaving a lasting mark on those characters’ film legacies. Ironically in both of their trilogies generally speaking, the 3rd film is looked at as the weakest one. |
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jul 18, 2020 0:30:30 GMT
Sofia Coppola - Celine Sciamma
Mike Leigh - James Ivory
Michael Haneke - Werner Herzog
Hirokazu Koreeda - Hayao Miyazaki
Peter Weir - Jennifer Kent
Gus Van Sant - Todd Haynes
Chris Nolan - Denis Villeneuve
Greta Gerwig - Wes Anderson
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Jul 18, 2020 0:38:59 GMT
Awesome topic. Honestly I thought quite a bit about this. John Carepnter / Guillermo del Toro - Two horror meisters. I'd love to see them talk. Sam Raimi / Christoper Nolan Steven Spielberg / Brad Bird - Both have relied on the same sort wonderful whimsy. Also Bird owes much of his early career to Spielberg, so it could make for an interesting discussion. David Lynch / David Cronenberg - The two Davids, lol. They both make or have made really weird movies, although Cronenberg is a lot more mainstream overall then Lynch technically. It would really make for a fascinating and entertaining discussion, especially since they're also basically both done with features. I never would’ve thought of them together but Chris Nolan and Sam Raimi would make an excellent discussion of the pressures/excitement they felt while taking on iconic comic book characters in Batman and Spider-Man respectively and both leaving a lasting mark on those characters’ film legacies. Ironically in both of their trilogies generally speaking, the 3rd film is looked at as the weakest one. Yep, that's basically why they both sprung to mind. It would make for a good conservation about the burdens of trying to shoulder / connect comic-book movies while also facing potential pressure from studio execs trying to chase down the next big thing, especially in Raimi's case. It would also be fascinating to look at from a pre / post MCU world. |
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Post by sirchuck23 on Jul 18, 2020 1:04:04 GMT
I never would’ve thought of them together but Chris Nolan and Sam Raimi would make an excellent discussion of the pressures/excitement they felt while taking on iconic comic book characters in Batman and Spider-Man respectively and both leaving a lasting mark on those characters’ film legacies. Ironically in both of their trilogies generally speaking, the 3rd film is looked at as the weakest one. Yep, that's basically why they both sprung to mind. It would make for a good conservation about the burdens of trying to shoulder / connect comic-book movies while also facing potential pressure from studio execs trying to chase down the next big thing, especially in Raimi's case. It would also be fascinating to look at from a pre / post MCU world. Exactly..and also the studios wanting multiple films out of them. I think one of the main reasons the 3rd films in their trilogies are the weakest is because they both were probably done after the second ones, which both is fair to say were the pinnacle of their trilogies. I know Nolan pretty much admitted he didn’t want to make The Dark Knight Rises and kind of went through the motions. Same with Raimi. |
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Jul 18, 2020 1:20:54 GMT
Yep, that's basically why they both sprung to mind. It would make for a good conservation about the burdens of trying to shoulder / connect comic-book movies while also facing potential pressure from studio execs trying to chase down the next big thing, especially in Raimi's case. It would also be fascinating to look at from a pre / post MCU world. Exactly..and also the studios wanting multiple films out of them. I think one of the main reasons the 3rd films in their trilogies are the weakest is because they both were probably done after the second ones, which both is fair to say were the pinnacle of their trilogies. I know Nolan pretty much admitted he didn’t want to make The Dark Knight Rises and kind of went through the motions. Same with Raimi. Correct. Although I still really like the film, there have been a lot of reports and Nolan basically admitting that Rises was more of a "contract" thing, and that was his mindset wasn't 100% into it. Not to mention that Ledger's death no doubt had an effect on some of the original plans for a third film. Heck I remember reading some interviews back in 2007 with Goyer and Nolan, where they were originally toying with the idea of having The Joker play some kind of role in a third film, which didn't come to pass for fairly obvious reason. In the case of Raimi, he ran into some problems with studio executives since he wanted The Vulture and not Venom to be the other villain in Spider-Man 3. This basically led to him and Sony having a huge disagreements and falling-out, subsequently leading to Spider-Man 4 being cancelled. |
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Jul 18, 2020 13:52:09 GMT
Werner Herzog & John Waters
The Wachoswkis & The Coens
Richard Linklater & David Lynch
Michael Mann & Steven Soderbergh
Darren Aronosky & Wes Anderson
Bong Joon-Ho & James Cameron
Ang Lee & Spike Lee
Greta Gerwig & Clint Eastwood
Ridley Scott & Guillermo del Toro
David Fincher & Kathryn Bigelow
Mel Gibson & Martin Scorsese
Sofia Coppola & Barry Jenkins
Steven Spielberg & Alfonso Cuarón
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2020 16:34:54 GMT
Gallo & anyone
Godard & Marcello
Lynch & Sono
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Post by themoviesinner on Jul 18, 2020 16:45:35 GMT
Christopher Nolan & Takashi Miike
Paul Thomas Anderson & Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Martin Scorsese & Johnnie To
Steven Spielberg & Tsui Hark
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Post by sirchuck23 on Feb 9, 2021 20:16:17 GMT
Saw this today but it looks Variety decided to do a Directors on Directors series edition after all. Previously they just had filmmakers write articles praising a movie on Oscar contention that year, but this year they had filmmakers in contention this year talk with other filmmakers. For this year so far they have: Spike Lee and Oliver Stone Regina King and Melina Matsoukas Emerald Fennell and Olivia Wilde variety.com/t/directors-on-directors/ |
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Post by stephen on Feb 10, 2021 13:49:35 GMT
Saw this today but it looks Variety decided to do a Directors on Directors series edition after all. Previously they just had filmmakers write articles praising a movie on Oscar contention that year, but this year they had filmmakers in contention this year talk with other filmmakers. For this year so far they have: Spike Lee and Oliver Stone Regina King and Melina Matsoukas Emerald Fennell and Olivia Wilde variety.com/t/directors-on-directors/Just finished reading the Lee/Stone discussion and man, the respect and reverence they have for each other really struck me. I had never before considered JFK and Malcolm X to be of a piece with each other before, although it's obvious in hindsight when you consider they came out within a year of each other and both have that epic, sweeping feel of the same period of history. I also think it's noteworthy that even now, as an elder statesman in the industry, Spike still can't help but get chuffed when someone he considers an inspiration compliments him in a specific way (like when he called Lindo Bogart-esque) and it has to especially mean more coming from a vet . . . and not just a vet, but the definitive Vietnam vet in Hollywood. |
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Post by sirchuck23 on Feb 10, 2021 14:17:56 GMT
Saw this today but it looks Variety decided to do a Directors on Directors series edition after all. Previously they just had filmmakers write articles praising a movie on Oscar contention that year, but this year they had filmmakers in contention this year talk with other filmmakers. For this year so far they have: Spike Lee and Oliver Stone Regina King and Melina Matsoukas Emerald Fennell and Olivia Wilde variety.com/t/directors-on-directors/Just finished reading the Lee/Stone discussion and man, the respect and reverence they have for each other really struck me. I had never before considered JFK and Malcolm X to be of a piece with each other before, although it's obvious in hindsight when you consider they came out within a year of each other and both have that epic, sweeping feel of the same period of history. I also think it's noteworthy that even now, as an elder statesman in the industry, Spike still can't help but get chuffed when someone he considers an inspiration compliments him in a specific way (like when he called Lindo Bogart-esque) and it has to especially mean more coming from a vet . . . and not just a vet, but the definitive Vietnam vet in Hollywood. Agreed, when you see Lee interview with his cinema heroes (Scorsese, Stone, etc.) he sounds like a cinephile fanboy who geeks out when talking to them and considers it an honor when he receives praise for them. He reps hard for his NYU Alumni..lol. Fun Fact, when Lee was making Malcolm X, Warner Bros. was trying to get him make the running time 2 hours, which Lee felt wasn't adequate time to tell the breadth of his life. He called up Stone who was doing post-production on JFK to see how long JFK was going to be see, since that film also was being distributed by WB. Stone told him it was going to be 3 hours, but don't tell anyone..lol. I thought it was a great pairing for this series. I've made the comparison before but Lee and Stone have alot in common as filmmakers. Both not afraid to make films that push buttons and provoke and they like to take big swings in their films. It doesn't work all the time, but one thing you can never accuse them of is not take risks with their films. |
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Post by stephen on Feb 10, 2021 14:25:20 GMT
Just finished reading the Lee/Stone discussion and man, the respect and reverence they have for each other really struck me. I had never before considered JFK and Malcolm X to be of a piece with each other before, although it's obvious in hindsight when you consider they came out within a year of each other and both have that epic, sweeping feel of the same period of history. I also think it's noteworthy that even now, as an elder statesman in the industry, Spike still can't help but get chuffed when someone he considers an inspiration compliments him in a specific way (like when he called Lindo Bogart-esque) and it has to especially mean more coming from a vet . . . and not just a vet, but the definitive Vietnam vet in Hollywood. Agreed, when you see Lee interview with his cinema heroes (Scorsese, Stone, etc.) he sounds like a cinephile fanboy who geeks out when talking to them and considers it an honor when he receives praise for them. He reps hard for his NYU Alumni..lol. Fun Fact, when Lee was making Malcolm X, Warner Bros. was trying to get him make the running time 2 hours, which Lee felt wasn't adequate time to tell the breadth of his life. He called up Stone who was doing post-production on JFK to see how long JFK was going to be see, since that film also was being distributed by WB. Stone told him it was going to be 3 hours, but don't tell anyone..lol. I thought it was a great pairing for this series. I've made the comparison before but Lee and Stone have alot in common as filmmakers. Both not afraid to make films that push buttons and provoke and they like to take big swings in their films. It doesn't work all the time, but one thing you can never accuse them of is not take risks with their films. Another big takeaway from this interview is that Spike is still going to be the Cannes president this year, so there's that (I hadn't seen it confirmed that he would still be doing it this year). Also, the four-hour JFK doc that Stone is doing could premiere there. |
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Post by sirchuck23 on Feb 10, 2021 14:37:49 GMT
Agreed, when you see Lee interview with his cinema heroes (Scorsese, Stone, etc.) he sounds like a cinephile fanboy who geeks out when talking to them and considers it an honor when he receives praise for them. He reps hard for his NYU Alumni..lol. Fun Fact, when Lee was making Malcolm X, Warner Bros. was trying to get him make the running time 2 hours, which Lee felt wasn't adequate time to tell the breadth of his life. He called up Stone who was doing post-production on JFK to see how long JFK was going to be see, since that film also was being distributed by WB. Stone told him it was going to be 3 hours, but don't tell anyone..lol. I thought it was a great pairing for this series. I've made the comparison before but Lee and Stone have alot in common as filmmakers. Both not afraid to make films that push buttons and provoke and they like to take big swings in their films. It doesn't work all the time, but one thing you can never accuse them of is not take risks with their films. Another big takeaway from this interview is that Spike is still going to be the Cannes president this year, so there's that (I hadn't seen it confirmed that he would still be doing it this year). Also, the four-hour JFK doc that Stone is doing could premiere there. Oh cool, yeah I remember the Cannes people told him he was welcome to come back this year to be the Jury president since he was set to be it last year before COVID happened. That's cool that he still wants to do it. Yep, not only Stone could premiere there but The Tragedy of MacBeth can premiere there as well..which bolds well for Denzel winning Best Actor if the reviews are there. Not a bad way to start a campaign for this 9th Oscar nom.  |
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