Post by sirchuck23 on Apr 23, 2024 20:11:23 GMT
Guess I'll post this in this thread. Inverse did an interview with Oscar winning screenwriter/filmmaker Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, A Knight's Tale, Mystic River, 42) for Man on Fire's 20th anniversary along with some of his other work. Great interview on working with Denzel on Man on Fire, but I thought the most interesting quote from him in this interview were his thoughts on Tony and Ridley Scott since he collaborated with both of them on projects:
Every few months, I think about the landscape of cinema and how much Tony Scott is missed as a director. What did you learn from working with him so closely?
He was the hardest-working and most committed director I’ve ever worked with. In the morning, he’d stand up on a platform and talk to the whole crew. He was like a general leading an army into battle, running through what the crew were doing for the day. Tony always talked about process, but he’d simply say, “I make movies about what people do for a living. That’s all I do.” He described Top Gun to me as a movie that’s just about showing audiences what fighter pilots do for a living! His levels of passion, dedication and commitment were on another level. When he finished Man on Fire, there was no stone left unturned. Ridley [Scott] is an incredible filmmaker, too, but Tony is the better director because he truly understands human emotion. I’m allowed to say that after working with both of them. Sorry, Ridley!
Thought that was interesting opinion of him. Of course history is going to look back at Ridley as the great filmmaker of the brothers, but its interesting to see a reexamination of Tony Scott's filmmaking legacy from prominent artists in the industry like Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino, and now Brian Helgeland.
Link to the full interview: www.inverse.com/entertainment/man-on-fire-anniversary-20-years-interview-brian-helgeland-knights-tale-sequel
Would you say he's the great action filmmaker of his generation? Or John Woo? James Cameron is a generation after him.