RocShemp

He resigned from the DGA. He was never kicked out. And as a result he was dropped from directing some sci-fi picture (for Fox, I think) and wont be able to sign on to anything that has the DGA's stamp of approval on it.

BigDan

It was Paramount (A Princess of Mars), and here's a thing from Slate that explains some of it (for the other person who asked):

http://slate.msn.com/id/2116501

jaeufraser

I doubt it'll hurt him much. He'll still be able to get financing and make movies. QT ain't in the DGA, and Rodriguez managed to make this star fest without being in it.

cruzness

DGA frowns upon crediting co-directors.

RocShemp

And yet they have no problem with the Hughes Brothers, Farrelly Brothers, or the Wachowsky Brothers.

jaeufraser

Their line of reasoning was that those teams signed up with the DGA as a team and always worked as such, whereas this was a one off one movie thing.

Terrell

Maybe in your opinion!

As for the news at hand, I haven't even gotten around to seeing the first. So if fans want it, sounds good to me.

RocShemp

So if say one of the Wachowsky Brothers decided to direct a film solo, would he have to resign from the DGA in order to do so?

Fincher Fan

No, because part of the problem is that two directors can't share the credit hence the credits 'Wachowski Brothers', 'Hughes Brothers', etc. One title for two people.

joeydaninja

Robert Rodriguez directing Conan. Wow, I can't wait! I hope Busiek writes.

And who cared if RR got dropped from the DGA, he's more prolific than all of them combined (and at lower budget ) lol

Michael Corvin

Hasn't hurt Lucas either.

Groucho

Some comments on the Slate article.

Anybody know the story behind this?

Also, regarding the one director per film rule, does this mean that neither Howard Franklin nor Bill Murray are in the guild (co-directed Quick Change)?

Dr. DVD

Well, since Dwight .

One question about the comic story of "Dame" though: are the twins Dwight meets supposed to be Goldie and Wendy? They appear to be in charge of the place at the time, but if such was the case I don't see why Goldie would need Marv later.

pdinosaur

it was about the title sequence. i believe the situation was he went straight to the movie, without crediting anyone.

they wanted $$ for it, he ponied it up and then bailed.

guilds, unions. they all suck.

pdinosaur

i will submit to you that lotr is a bird of a different feather.

the silly argument for this is, these were 3 movies made back to back to back.

the real argument is that there are no sequels in this trilogy. the single storyline begins in fotr and ends in rotk. the fact that it's 3 movies long is in ways a matter of 1) making money and 2) not making people sit through a 7-8 hour movie.

sequels tend to be after the fact movies, presenting a distinct storyline after the original movie's storyline came to a distinct conclusion.

the matrix, back to the future definitely comprise sequels, not continuations *regardless* of whether people claim 'the idea for a trilogy existed all along' because the originals stood on their own.

Groucho

Interesting, since this happens all the time nowadays.

Chew

Too bad that rule didn't extend to TV shows: there's been plenty of things ruined because I recognized a guest-star name.

Groucho

I've seen surprise guest stars on television shows before. For example, when Danny DeVito appeared on Friends I had no idea it was coming, because that show lists it's guest stars in the end credits.

pdinosaur

does it? i can't seem to think of any it seems likely that it's been repeated.

batman seems to come to mind, but i really can't think of any movie that does this. except animation maybe. hmmmm.

i guess this was released 25 years ago. maybe times've changed

Groucho

It happens very frequently. For example, Pirates of the Carribean didn't even show a studio logo!

Cygnet74

i think anyone who is "above the line" has to sign a waiver. Paul Thomas Anderson wanted the credits for Hard Eight (Sydney) to start after the film -- like he did on Boogie Nights -- but one of the producers refused to comply.

Groucho

Interesting.

It's too bad that opening credit sequences have become a rarity, though. That's one thing that made Sin City and the Kill Bill movies a delight.

rexinnih

Two more? No problem, I'll be there.

Amel

Great article. I didn't realize that the ramifications weren't that huge. I was afraid that something like that would make it extrememly difficult for RR to keep directing. And I had no idea that others like Tarantino and Lucas weren't members.

Dead

Matthew, comments like this really don't contribute anything to the discussion. Please stick a little closer to the topic.