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Quint sits in on the Schnabelicious directors panel at the SBFF! Reitman! Apatow! Schnabel! Gillespie! Bird! Shankman!

Brad Bird looks like a hologram.. by A G	Feb 5th, 2008 01:35:48 PM
..but a cool one.
fun panel and report by Rupee88	Feb 5th, 2008 01:51:52 PM
sounds like some entertaining guys. Brad Bird is the mfing man..
Barry Morse, R.I.P. by Pennsy	Feb 5th, 2008 01:56:06 PM
He died Saturday, and was 89: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23 013669/. Philip Gerard on the Fugitive, Prof. Victor Bergman on Space 1999 and thousands of other roles. He'll be missed.
"this guy is awesome" by AllieJamison	Feb 5th, 2008 02:04:20 PM
...hehehehee... nice report. I wonder if it was Bernd Eichinger whom Schnabel called a Nazi.
Why don't they... by LordPorkington	Feb 5th, 2008 02:05:00 PM
...just pool their money and start their own movie studio? Cuts out the 'maybe' men and they can do whatever the fuck they want. Easier said than done of course, but it would be great to see!
DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD... by LordPorkington	Feb 5th, 2008 02:08:57 PM
Have you always been a whiny little bitch, or did you just get out of your mother's bed on the wrong side this morning? Some people have nothing else better to do than whine and moan. Go out and make some movies yourself if you think you can do so much better.
Julian Schnabel by Stevie Grant	Feb 5th, 2008 02:10:14 PM
Anyone else see Schnabel on Charlie Rose? That guy is the embodiment of douchehood. However, he did deliver on Basquiat (wrote and directed it), and I hope he delivers on Diving Bell (seeing it later this week).
and Juno was very mediocre by Rupee88	Feb 5th, 2008 02:10:42 PM
downloaded it and watched it last night...way overrated and just not very good...tries to be too clever and just fails.
The man's an artist! by seppukudkurosawa	Feb 5th, 2008 02:12:39 PM
http://tinyurl.com/24vv25 Full length episode of Schnabel and David Bowie on the Charlie Rose Show. It's great to see them arguing with each other about...pretty much everything. Schnabel comes across a little precious in that interview, actually, but there's no denying the greatness of Butterfly... so mo' power to him.
Chalk and cheese... by LordPorkington	Feb 5th, 2008 02:42:02 PM
You're comparing totally different types of film-makers though! Could Judd Apatow have made No Country For Old Men? Of course not. But could Joel and Ethan Coen have made The 40 Year Old Virgin? Again, of course not. Each set of movie-makers are talented in their own genre. If you don't like a single movie from the combined output of this particular panel, then fair enough, that's your opinion. But to say that Brad Bird and Judd Apatow lack talent in their respective fields makes you look a tad foolish sir.
You attended. You did not "sit in" by ArcadianDS	Feb 5th, 2008 02:56:27 PM
"sits in" makes it sound like you were on the panel. Seriously, you guys need to hire me to check this stuff for you.
Brad Bird mediocre?! What films of his have you seen by Lovecraftfan	Feb 5th, 2008 03:01:58 PM
Once again Brad Bird gets trashed in AICN talkbacks.
schnabeltier by AllieJamison	Feb 5th, 2008 03:16:17 PM
thanks for the "Schnabel at Charlie Rose" links/hints, guys. gonna check it out.
Roger Bart moderated? by Ditch Brodie	Feb 5th, 2008 03:21:49 PM
From acting in "The Producers" and "Hostel 2" to moderating this panel, the man's career does not run a predictable path. Just playin', but you might want to go back and fix that, Quint. Good write-up otherwise.
The Coens could have made 40-Year Old Virgin by tonagan	Feb 5th, 2008 03:33:39 PM
They really are that talented.
I like douche-bag directors like Schnabel. by Knuckleduster	Feb 5th, 2008 04:00:22 PM
Wouldn't wanna work with them, but they sure do entertain.
Okay tonagan... by LordPorkington	Feb 5th, 2008 04:15:48 PM
... I concede that the Coens probably could have made The 40 Year Old Virgin, but it's tone would have been considerably different to Apatow's. Still, I'd love to see their take on it. My point was, Apatow does his thing in his own way. Anyone walking into one of his movies expecting to see an Oscar winning performance is going to be sorely disappointed. However, if you just fancy a chuckle for an hour or two, he can provide that, assuming you dig his style of comedy. I know he's not to everyone's taste, but that's the joy of comedy, isn't it? It's horses for courses...
Directors by frongbak	Feb 5th, 2008 04:51:37 PM
Glover has a point, Croenenberg and Coen are far superior directors and it seriously fuct that Reitman got a Best Director nomination over DC in Eastern Promises, not to mention the screwing he got for A History of Violence. I hope Reitman can do something with this new Horror film he's doing with Diablo. He needs to inject at least some visual inventiveness to his style, so far he gets good cast and coasts.
Scabelicous? by hamslime	Feb 5th, 2008 04:53:46 PM
You mean like 2,000,000 hot-dogs? That is pretty scnhabelicious indeed. I can't believe and academy award nominee is hacking Eddie Izzard. Now that is AWESOME!
Schnabelicous? by hamslime	Feb 5th, 2008 04:54:36 PM
You mean like 2,000,000 hot-dogs? That is pretty scnhabelicious indeed. I can't believe and academy award nominee is hacking Eddie Izzard. Now that is AWESOME!
DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD..... by Automaton Overlord	Feb 5th, 2008 05:06:03 PM
Mediocre? Dude! How can you say that about Brad Bird? He's only ever directed; an episode of Amazing Stories, a couple of Simpsons episodes, The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, and Ratatoille. I haven't seen Ratatoille yet, so I won't argue about that, but come on! THE IRON GIANT! - THE INCREDIBLES! Maybe you're an anime snob who automaticaly dismisses all American animation.
Brad Bird looks like Syndrome! by FILMFUNK	Feb 5th, 2008 06:34:36 PM

Brad Bird is an amazing director. by silentbobfan	Feb 5th, 2008 07:03:14 PM
Anyone who says otherwise is ignorant. Just because he doesn't make art house films doesn't make him just as good a film maker as P.T. Anderson or the Coens. They have their audiences and he has his. If the Coens tried to make a children's movie that adults could enjoy as well I can guarantee you they would fail.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall red band trailer now on YouTube... by Pennsy	Feb 5th, 2008 08:36:48 PM
http://tinyurl.com/2nqqq4. :)
Ethan Coen was a co-writer on Toy Story by half vader	Feb 5th, 2008 09:01:20 PM
One degree of Pixar! But yes Bird is awesome (geddit?) and Dannyglover is obviously just being a troll. Is this discussion thing on Youtube? Also I wish Bird had brought up how you actually need to structure the pacing and shot progression from wide to close and direction of movement in 3d differently to 2d to avoid jarring changes in depth of field and so-on. I liked B.O.Wulf (stole that one from Mark Mayerson) all right but Zemeckis sure as shit didn't actually conceive the thing as 3d in terms of cinematic storytelling. Just put a few zooms and "comin' at ya" shots in. Can't wait for someone to actually use 3d as part of the film's language.
And Raising Arizona is a children's movie that adults by half vader	Feb 5th, 2008 09:05:52 PM
can enjoy (if you're playing semantics, ha!). Turn to the raht!!
Don't forget the profile, Half Vader by haggardatbest	Feb 5th, 2008 09:16:10 PM

BRAD BIRD IS A GIANT by s0nicdeathmonkey	Feb 5th, 2008 09:55:57 PM
an, Iron Giant, if you will, in the filmmaking community. If you don't love the Iron Giant then you, sir, have no soul.
The Coen Brothers did try and make a kids film by s0nicdeathmonkey	Feb 5th, 2008 09:59:08 PM
The Hudsucker Proxy was marketed at the family set if I remember.
Thanks, seppukudkurosawa by gotilk	Feb 5th, 2008 09:59:27 PM
Great link.
Seppukudkurosawa by Stevie Grant	Feb 5th, 2008 10:22:37 PM
I was talking about his most recent appearance. Check out the one where he's talking about Diving Bell, or just look at what he's wearing. It's the outfit of man who crawled so far up his own ass, he magically popped through in yellow glasses and what looks to be pajamas with a suit jacket thrown over them. And that pajama top halfway unbuttoned.
Yeah, Hudsucker! by half vader	Feb 5th, 2008 10:55:42 PM
"Y'know, for kids!" P.S. To be truthful I don't think Coen's input on Toy Story was enormous from the sound of things. I'd love to know for sure though.
Haggardatbest by half vader	Feb 5th, 2008 11:02:44 PM
Son, you got a panty on your head.
What kind of Pyjamas? by half vader	Feb 5th, 2008 11:06:29 PM
I don't know, Jammies! They had Yodas'n'shit!
We all saw how well Hudsucker did. by silentbobfan	Feb 6th, 2008 12:15:58 AM
I know for a fact that if I got my numerous cousins (boys and girls ranging from 2-12) all together they would not sit through the Hudsucker Proxy. It's not that enjoyable of a film for children. The 12 year old cousin might but he also listens to Fall Out Boy, thinks Bam Margera is a God, and the movie he wanted me to take him to see this summer the most was Chuck and Larry so I don't have much faith in him to enjoy anything decent.I personally saw the film with my Dad when I was much younger and it bored me to tears. I never appreciated it until I got older. Even then I don't rank it very highly amongst the other Coen films. The Coens might have a kids film in them but I just highly doubt it.
Shankman trying to be funny by BurgerKing	Feb 6th, 2008 01:34:53 AM
What the hell is he doing sitting with the rest of those guys?
Wow silentbob by half vader	Feb 6th, 2008 01:49:09 AM
I think you dropped your sense of humour there mate. And doesn't Toy Story half count at least (due to it being only one brother)? Also, positing a theory "if I got my Cousins" as fact "I know for a fact" is grammatically a bit wonky my friend. ;) Did they really market it as a family film Sonic? Maybe in the U.S. Weird. Have you seen the film? I guess it's family in the sense of no non-stop swearing and violence, but not in the generally accepted manner. It's basically a throwback to the screwball comedies of the 30s and 40s which would be rated G these days but certainly not for kids. And why does everyone make the same mistake of equating family/all ages with kids' films which are aimed squarely at that demo?They're not necessarily the same thing.
There are two kinds of douche bag directors. by Winterchili	Feb 6th, 2008 01:49:12 AM
The good kind, who are douche bags to the studio assholes, and the bad kind who are douche bags to PAs.
Schnabelicious has been pulling that shit for years by half vader	Feb 6th, 2008 01:53:04 AM
The dressinggown thing. Although to be fair I'm not sure if it is actually all for show.
Coen's kids by hamslime	Feb 6th, 2008 03:07:54 AM
My roommates kids LOVE O' Brother Where art Thou? Just sayin'.
And the women are... by egg86	Feb 6th, 2008 10:32:15 AM
AWOL, as usual. Don't get me wrong, I love these directors. But it bothers me that there are so few women in the industry or who get a chance to be on panels like this. Gals like to crack off-color jokes too, ya know.
Rupee88 by Archive	Feb 6th, 2008 02:40:21 PM
If you're downloading independent movies for free, then I hope you've never complained about the sewage flowing out of corporate entertainment, because that's the only part of this industry that doesn't need the ten bucks - whether you liked Juno or not, you just voted for Electra, Hilary Duff movies, and the Benchwarmers with your money. I thought it was a great article. Personally, I didn't like Thank You for Smoking, and felt the script either needed to get real or ham it up but good, but I gave Juno a try and loved it. In both cases, I don't really miss the ten bucks, and I'm happy to support good filmmaking. I did watch Elektra though, and while I do wish I'd spent my time more wisely, I responded by not spending it on Benchwarmers and such, instead of stealing from an industry I profess to love. If it seems like I take it personally, I do. Taking movies personally is why I come to this site. Jason Reitman doesn't owe you anything. And if you hadn't downloaded Juno, you wouldn't owe him, either.

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