Man there's cool suggestions in here. Wes Anderson would definitely be interesting. As would Danny Boyle and Mathew Vaughn. I just read the novel for "Stardust" and am interested in re-watching the movie.
A couple of others that could be fun pallet cleansers:
James Cameron
Terry Gilliam
Sam Mendes (I'm not a big fan, but I think his films could make for interesting discussions)
@DaveyMac James Cameron would be an awesome one for a lot of reasons, but I feel like he should be put on the shelf until at least the first Avatar sequel has a hard release date.
I wouldn't mind seeing a series on a work-a-day director like McG (Charlies Angels, We Are Marshall) or Chris Columbus (Adventures in Babysitting, Mrs. Doubtfire, Christmas with the Kranks). Generally speaking, these types of directors make watered down, white bread movies that pretty much suck and aren't special, but they serve a purpose in Hollywood. It can't all be Godfathers and Deer Hunters; somebody out there has to direct Jingle All the Way. Giving that type of director serious critique might yield interesting results. It also might be a waste of everyone's time. The research it took to make this post has already made me question my life clock management.
@Freddy Good point about work-a-day directors. I actually almost put down Gore Verbinski as suggestion, which doesn't exactly fit the bill, but he does have some very middling to poor blockbuster work (Pirates sequels, The Lone Ranger) mixed in with things like the American remake of "The Ring" and a straight-up depressing drama like "The Weatherman". He's even taken a stab at animation with "Rango". While I only like a few of the things he's done, I think he'd be an interesting director to talk about.
The problem with some of the work-a-day directors like Chris Columbus is that they've made too many movies for Direct to cover.
Another few directors that would be interesting are Richard Donner, Joe Dante, and John Carpenter (definitely not work-a-day)
I am been on a Wes Anderson kick for the past few weeks so I would love to hear your opinions on him. I would like to see you guys take on a director that is a little lighter.
Cameron Crowe. Say Anything, Singles, Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous, Vanilla Sky, Elizabethtown, We Bought a Zoo, Aloha. I haven't see the last 3 yet, but the first 5 should be great podcasting.
For what it's worth, I really liked Elizabethtown. I was pretty surprised to find that most people are pretty critical of it, but I thought it was really great. We Bought a Zoo was fine, but I remember being kind of 'meh, that was a movie' about it. I haven't seen Aloha. If you like Crowe's stuff though, you should definitely give Elizabethtown a watch.
Well Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton, Ang Lee, Michael Bay, Ron Howard, Stanley Kubrick, Ridley Scott, Peter Jackson, Woody Allen, Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Zemeckis, and Martin Scorsese are all out then.
Aronofsky has 6. He is out.
Nolan has 9, that is a possibility.
David O. Russell has 8, he is in the running perhaps.
James Cameron has like 8 feature length films, or 10 if you count documentary stuff.
Terence Malick could be in there perhaps.
M Night Shyamalan could be in the running if you cut some of his earlier (and maybe impossible to find) stuff out.
David Lynch may actually be a candidate --which would be amazing...and potentially ruin Twin Peaks the show for folks that dive into Fire Walk with Me before watching the original show.
Wes Anderson is a strong contender I'd imagine.
Kathryn Bigelow...maybe.
Paul Thomas Anderson fits.
George Lucas has too few, and I don't think the guys hate their audience enough to make us sit through all three prequels...
I'm wondering if Nolan is the one they were hinting at on the podcast, starting coverage of his films next year, leading up to the summer release of Dunkirk, his next film.
I'm wondering if Nolan is the one they were hinting at on the podcast, starting coverage of his films next year, leading up to the summer release of Dunkirk, his next film.
I was wondering the same thing. In a perfect world this podcast could always time up with when a director has a new movie coming out. It was a a really cool lead up to have Tarantino's flicks lead up to The Hateful Eight.
David Lynch may actually be a candidate --which would be amazing...and potentially ruin Twin Peaks the show for folks that dive into Fire Walk with Me before watching the original show.
If they were to do Lynch, I'm sure they would cover his six directed episodes from the first two seasons of TP (similar to what they did with Fincher and House of Cards). So it will be semi-ruined, just not completely ruined
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I wouldn't mind seeing a series on a work-a-day director like McG (Charlies Angels, We Are Marshall) or Chris Columbus (Adventures in Babysitting, Mrs. Doubtfire, Christmas with the Kranks). Generally speaking, these types of directors make watered down, white bread movies that pretty much suck and aren't special, but they serve a purpose in Hollywood. It can't all be Godfathers and Deer Hunters; somebody out there has to direct Jingle All the Way. Giving that type of director serious critique might yield interesting results. It also might be a waste of everyone's time. The research it took to make this post has already made me question my life clock management.
You will have your choice of five directors. We will watch 8-9 films depending on who you choose.