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Hollywood Reporter's Director RoundTable is fascinating viewing!
Hey folks, Harry here with an embed from HOLLYWOOD REPORTER of a great Director's Roundtable for about an hour. You really should give this a look. If nothing else than just listening to the different kinds of minds are the best directors this year. Very interesting conversation!
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I love this Director's Roundtable!
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This is great Harry. More stuff like this Please!
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How long has Hollywood Reporter been doing this? They all look like they're for a good chunk of time too, shoot, here I was thinking I'd get some sleep tonight.
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What the fuck do you guys do every day?
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Dec. 29, 2010, 5:59 a.m. CST
Wow, Aronofsky is rocking the shit out of that scarf
by Bruce of all Trades
Keep posting stuff like this, Harry. This is quality. Props.
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But watched it over a week ago.
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Are you that cold dude? Your inside you fucking idiot!
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Honestly Aronofsky, take off the douchie scarf for the interview. I hate people that wear their scarves that way. The uppity urban hipster. Fuck off!
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This is meant to be a round table of Oscar candidates and yet there's no Nolan or Fincher?<p> And yes, Aronofsky get that fucking scarf off you smug boho twat.
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The Best Director has to be Fincher or Nolan this year. Fincher could be the front runner cos he lost out on his last nom to Danny Boyle, whereas Nolan is yet to be even nommed.<p> However TDK made over a $billion and INCEPTION has also come close to that figure so if they're basing it on popularity then Nolan could be in.<p> I'd be amazed if any of the guys round that table win the award.<p> <p> ps. Aronofsky really does look like a prize pratt in that scarf. Worth saying twice.
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I only recognized Aronofsky. (I guess I forgot what Weir looked like.) And why put water in wine glasses? It's like they can't afford the real stuff or they're waiting for Jesus to make an appearance later.
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The actors roundtable is great as well. Great idea from THR
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Dec. 29, 2010, 12:12 p.m. CST
Peter Weir is the only one in that group worth listening to
by mr_bellamy
Replace those other jokers with Christopher Nolan, David Fincher, Danny Boyle, Clint Eastwood, Lee Unkrich and The Coen Brothers and THEN we'd have a roundtable.
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Could have listened to these folks go a couple more hours.
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I agree so much. That would have been a much more interesting and better group of directors. Maybe, still have D. Aronofsky in there, but yeah.
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I would assume they were invited, but could not accept or flat out declined. Nolan's probably in England and the rountable was probably in L.A. I loved the silence from David O. Russell when the talk began of megalomaniacal directors. The look on his face was priceless. Aronofsky looks like he's Christian Bale playing Errol Flynn in a biopic. Awesome!
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Any roundtable with the directors you mentioned would be a must see, but I think your dismissal of the talent at this table is simply unkind. Did you even see the films they made? I found the brief comments about distribution and the current climate for financing smaller films to be really facinating. 23 days to shoot even a small film like The Kids are Allright is nothing. I had more time in college to turn a project in. Derek Cianfrance worked 12 years on Blue Valentine and didn't make a dime off it? That's freakin' crazy! You expect it when you're making your first film with your friends, but not when you're making a movie with the likes of Ryan Gosling and Michele Williams. To be poorer at the end of it? How do you make money and support a family when you're making films outside the "big show"? These guys are fighting wars each and every time they go to make a movie and they're doing it because they love it. Nolan, Eastwood, the Coens...these guys write their own checks and never need to worry about audiences seeing their films. It's just a different ballgame.
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When he responds to the question about directing his own material by saying he only directs his own material, given he didn't write his last two films and he was the almost director of The Fighter, which he also didn't write.
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I'm sure it was on everyone's minds there that when the issue of working with difficult actors or directors was brought up, the ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM was David O'Russell.
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Dec. 29, 2010, 7:20 p.m. CST
I'm curious to see how many people will watch this from start to finish.
by RowanM
Just finished watching it myself. Interesting discussion. There probably won't be a huge amount of talkbacks on this. Given the apparent attention span crisis we keep hearing about.
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when Aranofsky talks about trying to get financing for Black Swan. For fucks sake..this guy is an accomplished filmmaker and even he has major problems getting a picture made. It's a sad statement. Oh yeah..what's also disturbing is the scarf.
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I watched and enjoyed every minute of it. very informative stuff. love aronofsky, want nothing but the best for the guy. So strange that he is doing Wolverine and O. Russell is going to be helming Uncharted.
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Saw the original at the theatre in Oregon back in 82-83 and was so mesmerized with it. One of the reasons I now go to movies. Why was 2010's Tron's continuation so dull? I like the lights and all but too "talky." Only one light cycle chase? What gives?
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kids will have sex sooner or later but only the disturbed are violent. thats why a big NC-17 was given pretentious pricks
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the only one who choked clooney
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..they work hard on a film, get paid handsomely, and then get to sit around and argue about nonsense afterwards.
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I agree. Nolan is 10x the filmmaker any of these folks are (although I admire Weir), but he seems to realize that he's just a movie maker. I don't see him making sweeping generalizations about culture as if somebody gives a damn.
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"In 1999, news spread of Russell and George Clooney nearly having a fistfight on the set of Three Kings. In a 2000 interview, Clooney described his confrontation with Russell after tensions on the set had been steadily increasing. According to Clooney, Russell was demeaning the crew verbally and physically. Clooney felt this was out of line and told Russell, "David, it's a big day. But you can't shove, push or humiliate people who aren't allowed to defend themselves." Russell, said Clooney, replied, "Why don't you just worry about your fucked-up acting?! You're being a dick. You want to hit me? You want to hit me? Come on, pussy, hit me."[6] Clooney said Russell then grabbed him by the throat and Clooney "went nuts", pummeling Russell. Clooney said Russell eventually apologized and filming continued, but Clooney described the incident as "truly, without exception, the worst experience of my life." When asked if he would work with Russell again, Clooney responded, "Life’s too short."
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He's wearing a ferret on his grill but it's his scarf y'all have an issue with? Also, great discussion, obviously having the big leaguers there would've been nice, but I don't think this was any less interesting. AND my favorite director Danny Boyle got no love either!
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