Zaz posted:

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Why do so many directors have beards?

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severian28 posted:

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Coppola was the last director that could handle unrestricted freedom, which he got after the Godfathers.



thats pretty much it in a nutshell. rumors are that that is exactly what the studios are giving Cameron for Avalon. he wont be spending any of the studio bigs fortune's on globe trotting but one can just imagine the literal 100's of millions Cameron will spend on pioneering technology alone, never mind the actual shots.

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The Parisian gathering spot was filled with people eager to witness the dawn of a new medium. Tragically, the projector lamp caused an explosion. More than 120 lives were lost.

On March 31, 1993, an improperly loaded prop gun dealt a fatal wound to the 28-year-old Lee, whose premature death was not only reminiscent of that of his father, Bruce, but of a scene from his dad's Game of Death as well.

severian28 posted:

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its only considered a disaster in that it forever altered - for better or worse and most agree worse - the film making genius of Coppola, who was way ahead of schedule in becoming THE water mark of American directors - something Scorcese, Spielberg, and Eastwood became. Coppola didnt maintain the brilliance and edge whereas the other three became even more daring, especially in their passion projects. their subjects became more radical, they themselves became more questioning as they became older. Coppolas' career is the classic human story of a person burning out because he tried to understand too much of lifes mysteries at one time. Eastwood, Spielberg, and Scorsese had measured careers, putting there egos in check as younger men with the studios, doing the best they could to see a bigger picture for their careers. and all three heavily, heavily inspired by Coppola, ironically enough. Lucas, too - VERY influenced by early Coppola. Georges' ego and ambition were vindicated whereas Coppola's got lost in a jungle. Francis is almost universally recognized as the one director that had the most raw, abundant, and natural filmmaking talent out of all the many gifted people that came out of the mid sixties - late seventies American golden age - the same talent that rules dominantly today. dont ever, ever underestimate the impact that the Godfather I & II had on American filmmakers. and Coppola did maintain his aesthetic brilliance throughout . Godfather III and Dracula are beautifully filmed. and who knows? he may come out with a late life opus, one in which lifes lessons learned are displayed by Mr. Coppola. its been done.

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as co-heads of production in 1989. The odd-couple producers, who took credit for the success of Batman and Rain Man, were hired away from Warners, at huge cost, to run Columbia, where they piled hubris on inflated salaries and self-indulgent perks, and flushed millions into high-profile underachievers like Hook and Bugsy, and flops like Last Action Hero. After Peters reportedly got pushed out, and Guber later quit, the Japanese company took a roughly $3 billion write-off in 1994.

Zaz posted:

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It was certainly a disaster for Sony; but megalomanical producers are a fact of Hollywood life, and have been from the start. The truth about Hollywood: Nobody Knows Anything.

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