The 30 Harshest Filmmaker-on-Filmmaker Insults In History
08-11-11, 04:16 AM
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I think Tom Cruise gave a fantastic performance in that film. He wasn't the problem. PTA telling Julianne Moore to scream repeatedly was a problem, to start.
08-11-11, 07:41 AM
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Tom Cruise is the only thing I liked about Magnolia.
08-11-11, 08:31 AM
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Coming from the guy that ended up directing Your Highness, that's hilarious.
As for Green, he was completely out of his element with Your Highness. But I salute him for trying something different, even if he failed.
08-11-11, 09:14 AM
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Magnolia was terrific, as are pretty much all of PTA's films. And for Kevin Smith, he ranted back in...1999 as 'Magnolia came out in 99'. 'Boogie Nights' came out in 97'.
Nice that he admitted he was wrong though.
Several of these quotes made me crack up. The finale was terrific pitting one major retard vs. Captain Retard. You have all these very creative Directors (and a few douchebags who have made 1 good film) and then you get to the bottom and see two guys who should be washing windows for work!
The Bergman slam of Antonioni was harsh! I have to disagree with Bergman on this as I don't find his work tedious but rather, deliberate.
Great stuff though!
Nice that he admitted he was wrong though.
Several of these quotes made me crack up. The finale was terrific pitting one major retard vs. Captain Retard. You have all these very creative Directors (and a few douchebags who have made 1 good film) and then you get to the bottom and see two guys who should be washing windows for work!
The Bergman slam of Antonioni was harsh! I have to disagree with Bergman on this as I don't find his work tedious but rather, deliberate.
Great stuff though!
08-11-11, 09:17 AM
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I was immediately thinking that as well.
Before, actually. Hard to believe. Hikari Takano interviewed him some years back, and it came to light last year.
http://www.hikaritakano.co/index.php...232&Itemid=129
It's so bloody weird to listen to.
http://www.hikaritakano.co/index.php...232&Itemid=129
It's so bloody weird to listen to.
08-11-11, 09:32 AM
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I've never been impressed by Kevin Smith, or his self-indulgent concerts where he rambles on to nerds who for some reason think he's the cat's meow. I still can't imagine why anyone would waste good money to hear him talk. To each their own I guess.
As for Green, he was completely out of his element with Your Highness. But I salute him for trying something different, even if he failed.
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08-11-11, 09:32 AM
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I agree, although I think Parker's best film is Angel Heart.
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08-11-11, 11:27 AM
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1. Francois Truffaut on Michelangelo Antonioni:
“Antonioni is the only important director I have nothing good to say about. He bores me; he’s so solemn and humorless.”
“Antonioni is the only important director I have nothing good to say about. He bores me; he’s so solemn and humorless.”
2. Ingmar Bergman on Michelangelo Antonioni:
“Fellini, Kurosawa, and Bunuel move in the same field as Tarkovsky. Antonioni was on his way, but expired, suffocated by his own tediousness."
“Fellini, Kurosawa, and Bunuel move in the same field as Tarkovsky. Antonioni was on his way, but expired, suffocated by his own tediousness."
3. Ingmar Berman on Orson Welles:
“For me he’s just a hoax. It’s empty. It’s not interesting. It’s dead. Citizen Kane, which I have a copy of — is all the critics’ darling, always at the top of every poll taken, but I think it’s a total bore. Above all, the performances are worthless. The amount of respect that movie’s got is absolutely unbelievable.”
“For me he’s just a hoax. It’s empty. It’s not interesting. It’s dead. Citizen Kane, which I have a copy of — is all the critics’ darling, always at the top of every poll taken, but I think it’s a total bore. Above all, the performances are worthless. The amount of respect that movie’s got is absolutely unbelievable.”
5. Orson Welles on Jean-Luc Godard:
“His gifts as a director are enormous. I just can’t take him very seriously as a thinker — and that’s where we seem to differ, because he does. His message is what he cares about these days, and, like most movie messages, it could be written on the head of a pin.”
“His gifts as a director are enormous. I just can’t take him very seriously as a thinker — and that’s where we seem to differ, because he does. His message is what he cares about these days, and, like most movie messages, it could be written on the head of a pin.”
7. Jean-Luc Godard on Quentin Tarantino:
“Tarantino named his production company after one of my films. He’d have done better to give me some money.”
“Tarantino named his production company after one of my films. He’d have done better to give me some money.”
14. Jacques Rivette on Stanley Kubrick:
“Kubrick is a machine, a mutant, a Martian. He has no human feeling whatsoever. But it’s great when the machine films other machines, as in 2001.”
“Kubrick is a machine, a mutant, a Martian. He has no human feeling whatsoever. But it’s great when the machine films other machines, as in 2001.”
17. Alex Cox on Steven Spielberg:
“Spielberg isn’t a filmmaker, he’s a confectioner.”
“Spielberg isn’t a filmmaker, he’s a confectioner.”
24. Vincent Gallo on Sofia (and Francis Ford) Coppola:
“Sofia Coppola likes any guy who has what she wants. If she wants to be a photographer she’ll fuck a photographer. If she wants to be a filmmaker, she’ll fuck a filmmaker. She’s a parasite just like her fat, pig father was.”
“Sofia Coppola likes any guy who has what she wants. If she wants to be a photographer she’ll fuck a photographer. If she wants to be a filmmaker, she’ll fuck a filmmaker. She’s a parasite just like her fat, pig father was.”
26. Werner Herzog on Abel Ferrara:
“I have no idea who Abel Ferrara is. But let him fight the windmills… I’ve never seen a film by him. I have no idea who he is. Is he Italian? Is he French? Who is he?”
“I have no idea who Abel Ferrara is. But let him fight the windmills… I’ve never seen a film by him. I have no idea who he is. Is he Italian? Is he French? Who is he?”
29. Ken Russell on Sir Richard Attenborough:
“Sir Richard (‘I’m-going-to-attack-the-Establishment-fifty-years-after-it’s-dead’) Attenborough is guilty of caricature, a sense of righteous self-satisfaction, and repetition which all undermine the impact of the film.”
“Sir Richard (‘I’m-going-to-attack-the-Establishment-fifty-years-after-it’s-dead’) Attenborough is guilty of caricature, a sense of righteous self-satisfaction, and repetition which all undermine the impact of the film.”
08-11-11, 11:53 AM
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Vincent Gallo doesn't hold anything back. Those are big words from a guy whose claim to directorial fame is getting blown on screen and for directing the mediocre Buffalo 66. How about you do something that actually matters before ripping on Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola.
08-11-11, 02:14 PM
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Not sure why but #30 had me laughing pretty hard. Maybe because it's simple and straight to the point. 
08-11-11, 02:18 PM
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7. Jean-Luc Godard on Quentin Tarantino:
“Tarantino named his production company after one of my films. He’d have done better to give me some money.”
“Tarantino named his production company after one of my films. He’d have done better to give me some money.”
08-11-11, 02:25 PM
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Vincent Gallo doesn't hold anything back. Those are big words from a guy whose claim to directorial fame is getting blown on screen and for directing the mediocre Buffalo 66. How about you do something that actually matters before ripping on Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola.
08-11-11, 02:31 PM
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Hey man. Don't pick on The Love Boat.
08-11-11, 03:20 PM
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OWNED.
08-11-11, 03:26 PM
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I was thinking that he was probably referring to Gandhi.
08-11-11, 03:29 PM
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Vincent Gallo doesn't hold anything back. Those are big words from a guy whose claim to directorial fame is getting blown on screen and for directing the mediocre Buffalo 66.
I went to one of those Q&A sessions. I think he answered 5 questions in 4 hours. As humorous as some of his stories are (ie: J-lo, bathroom, towel), it was still kind of infuriating. I realized then that he does the Q&A as a guise to just tell stories. No matter what the question being asked was, he would turn it around into something entirely different. That's his "thing" and it can work sometimes, but like I said... I'm over it. He's here next week showing Red State. $100 ($50 each) for my wife and I to see it is too rich for me.
Not completely. He did Pineapple Express and a bunch of Eastbound & Down episodes.
08-11-11, 03:42 PM
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That's how I feel about Smith as well. At one time, I was a really big fan, but I just can't bring myself to revisit him. He just gives me an apathetic feeling now. I think much of that can be traced back to a couple of former co-workers who thought Smith walked on water. Even when I was a big fan, I didn't view him with near the same reverence that they had for him.
I'd be curious to have one of his films remade that actually has a visual style (Chasing Amy and Dogma) Especially with Dogma. On the commentary, he mentioned that the scene where Loki goes on a shooting rampage in the boardroom was supposed to be a big John Woo slow motion type scene and all but last minute decided against it because he was too lazy (and it wasn't budget reasons or anything). Also, the scene where Metatron is telling Bethany what he does in the resturant, the original script had flashbacks showing exactly what he's talking about, but Kevin didn't wanna do it. So instead we get a very long tedious scene that could prob have been cut down.
08-11-11, 04:05 PM
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Kev actually has said in his Q&A's that he knows he isn't a very good visual filmmaker (at least as of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back)
I'd be curious to have one of his films remade that actually has a visual style (Chasing Amy and Dogma) Especially with Dogma. On the commentary, he mentioned that the scene where Loki goes on a shooting rampage in the boardroom was supposed to be a big John Woo slow motion type scene and all but last minute decided against it because he was too lazy (and it wasn't budget reasons or anything). Also, the scene where Metatron is telling Bethany what he does in the resturant, the original script had flashbacks showing exactly what he's talking about, but Kevin didn't wanna do it. So instead we get a very long tedious scene that could prob have been cut down.
I'd be curious to have one of his films remade that actually has a visual style (Chasing Amy and Dogma) Especially with Dogma. On the commentary, he mentioned that the scene where Loki goes on a shooting rampage in the boardroom was supposed to be a big John Woo slow motion type scene and all but last minute decided against it because he was too lazy (and it wasn't budget reasons or anything). Also, the scene where Metatron is telling Bethany what he does in the resturant, the original script had flashbacks showing exactly what he's talking about, but Kevin didn't wanna do it. So instead we get a very long tedious scene that could prob have been cut down.
08-11-11, 04:10 PM
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i was surprised actually to not see the shit-talk exchange between Vincent Gallo and Harmony Korine. i believe Gallo said something about Korine to the extent of "yeah, must be nice to have mommy and daddy pay your first-class flight to New York, then pay your rent, all while being a self-proclaimed "socialist".
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08-11-11, 04:11 PM
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The "technical" track on the dvd/blu is actually very informative, and not just Smith and his crew acting like idiots.
08-11-11, 04:40 PM
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If you want catty comments on Hollywood A-listers, read You'll Never Eat Lunch in this Town Again. Jesus that was a scathing book.