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Directors - If you had a choice
4 years ago
Since I'm not in the entertainment biz I'm gonna make a list of directors who, if I were an actor, artist, composer, set designer, key grip, best boy, caterer, whatever, would love to work with, I think it would be these five:
1) Clint Eastwood - He makes films about real people faced with tough situations and how they deal with them. I get the impression, based on his films and the characters in them, that he's practical dude who would be relatively easy to get along with provided you work hard, show up on time, and don't get an attitude about you. But as the current saying goes, 'if you fuck around, you'd likely find out'.
2) Denis Villenueve - Most of his films have this very stylized air of scale and seriousness about them, which I see prevalent throughout his films, all the way from Sicario to Arrival to his adaptation of Dune. He's a fella who doesn't sacrifice the art style, story or substance for the other, but rather finds a way to blend these aspects together seamlessly for an end goal. He seems like someone who inspires his crew to love the subject matter as much as he does.
3) Christopher Nolan - A man who has generally epic-scale films and only relies on CG when absolutely necessary. I get the impression he'd tell you what he's goin' for and there'd be no question about it; simple, direct and not a tyrant on set.
4) Quentin Tarantino - This guy has an insane amount of film knowledge, and he shows his appreciation of the art from throughout his movies. Why would you not want a director who loves films the way he does?
5) The Coen Brothers - They're a directorship duo with a nice blend of humor and dark overtones, but seem like down-to-Earth people who, if you got into character, would easily let you run away with the part if it helped to tell the story.
These five (well, six) directors seem like the kinds of folks who care about their crew as much as the story they're trying to tell, and they would refuse to kowtow to the Hollywood 'standard', which otherwise limits movie makers from making the best and most creative decisions they see fit.
These are just my initial impressions, really. I don't really know what these folks are like in person. I don't really need to know, but as I was saying, if I had a chance to pick a director (or directing team) to work with, these would be my top five.
I feel like 'Ask Mojo' all of the sudden.
Thoughts?
1) Clint Eastwood - He makes films about real people faced with tough situations and how they deal with them. I get the impression, based on his films and the characters in them, that he's practical dude who would be relatively easy to get along with provided you work hard, show up on time, and don't get an attitude about you. But as the current saying goes, 'if you fuck around, you'd likely find out'.
2) Denis Villenueve - Most of his films have this very stylized air of scale and seriousness about them, which I see prevalent throughout his films, all the way from Sicario to Arrival to his adaptation of Dune. He's a fella who doesn't sacrifice the art style, story or substance for the other, but rather finds a way to blend these aspects together seamlessly for an end goal. He seems like someone who inspires his crew to love the subject matter as much as he does.
3) Christopher Nolan - A man who has generally epic-scale films and only relies on CG when absolutely necessary. I get the impression he'd tell you what he's goin' for and there'd be no question about it; simple, direct and not a tyrant on set.
4) Quentin Tarantino - This guy has an insane amount of film knowledge, and he shows his appreciation of the art from throughout his movies. Why would you not want a director who loves films the way he does?
5) The Coen Brothers - They're a directorship duo with a nice blend of humor and dark overtones, but seem like down-to-Earth people who, if you got into character, would easily let you run away with the part if it helped to tell the story.
These five (well, six) directors seem like the kinds of folks who care about their crew as much as the story they're trying to tell, and they would refuse to kowtow to the Hollywood 'standard', which otherwise limits movie makers from making the best and most creative decisions they see fit.
These are just my initial impressions, really. I don't really know what these folks are like in person. I don't really need to know, but as I was saying, if I had a chance to pick a director (or directing team) to work with, these would be my top five.
I feel like 'Ask Mojo' all of the sudden.
Thoughts?
James Gunn first off.
Taika Waititi second.
Rian Johnson third.
Vince Vaughn fourth.
His latest, 'The Last Duel' was very good despite being a box office flop.
Made me respect these two guys far more than Kubrick or Fincher with their hundreds of takes and their perfectionist tendencies.
Fun bit of trivia... Tarantino apparently has a genius-level IQ parallel to Hawkings. Also, he, John Travolta and Uma Thurman are all high-school drop-outs... and combined, they were large components in an iconic movie with Pulp Fiction =p
Well, sadly, he's not around anymore. :(
He did "Lilies of the Field" which got Sidney Poitier his Best Actor Oscar, "Duel at Diablo", and "Soldier in the Rain" among others.
And of course Akira Kurosawa and Satoshi Kon.