QT
Robert Rodreguez (why did he decide we care what his kids think)
thats a good question Den.
quentin tarantino
how did Tarantino get to into himself?
Inland Empire is in the same league of “weirdness” as Eraserhead. Because it went over your head or you didn’t like it or whatever, don’t claim he’s gotten too into himself. Lynch is anything, but, into himself, he was Exec. Producer on My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? and he had no creative input whatsoever, it was all Werner Herzog.
He does daily weather reports, what “Too Into Himself” director do you know that would do that??
James Cameron, he’s the greatest filmmaker ever, just ask him.
Cameron has great technical abilities, but his work with actors is horrendous, his stories are unimaginative, but he tries to hide that with the visuals. I think it has become obvious he doesn’t care at all what anyone thinks but himself.
INLAND EMPIRE is more about Laura Dern, I think. And who says that filmmakers and artists in general are always aware of what they are doing?
Glemaud i dont think you understood what i meant when i say “into himself”…by that i mean he made a film that was so deep into his own mind that i believe it over lapped ideas and because a collection of ides and drams that lynch had, strung together by a story. I certainly don’t think Lynch is into himself the way you believe i meant.
The way you asked the question makes it seems like your asking “what directors are full of themselves?”.
well i did explain what i meant in my first comment.
Not really, but whatever. Using your latest response, I then would have to commend him for being too “into himself.” He tapped into the deepest recesses of his mind, and it’d be hard for any other filmmaker working today to even attempt to create what Lynch has. Yes, it’s confusing, but that’s who he is, and like Shantih said, an artist doesn’t always have to understand what he’s doing.
Using your new criteria, I can’t really fault a director for digging deep into their imagination. Luis Bunuel, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Kenneth Branagh, these are all filmmakers who are highly reliant on imagery, and to pigeonhole them — though I’m not saying that’s what you want to do — would only kill their mastery of the art. I like, say, David Lynch being darish with Inland Empire.
I agree with Glemaud although I don’t even like any Lynch films from the past two decades. I think there’s a difference between directors exorcising their inner demons in intensely personal and idiosyncratic ways (if that’s actually what Lynch is up to) and directors who get too into themselves that they become trapped by their motifs, their aesthetics, and their general schtick. On the latter count, Wes Anderson is the ultimate example of a director whose last films ooze self-love and self-satisfaction.
PTA. His head exploded after his first film and it shows.
I don’t see how PTA counts. It seems like people tried to stick him with that label because he had the temerity to make a film like Magnolia but, like him or hate him, he challenges himself with his films and has consistently evolved and morphed throughout his filmography. This is not someone who fits the idea I have of someone “too into themselves”. Or how exactly does it show that “his head exploded”?
As much as I am a fan of QT, I think he is way way to into himself lol.
Also, I think a lot of directors are naturally into themselves… that’s part of why they are the director [a place of self importance] rather than specializing in one aspect of creating a film such as sound.
Jarrod: Considering you don’t like Tarantino’s foot fetish and think David Lynch is “into himself,” am I to assume that you believe a director should not be true to himself when making a film? One of the beauties of art (and therefore filmmaking) is having the ability to exorcise your demons through them. Who are we to take that away?
For the record, I’m not a fan of Lynch, but I do find pinpointing directors in this topic unnecessarily judgmental. All directors—even very commercial ones—have elements of their personality etched in their works.
GLEMAUD your still not seeing what the point is, i’m not saying its a negative thing fro Lynch to do what he did, i’m actually a hugh lynch fan and have written some papers on him, i’m simply stating that he is in fact a director that did indeed get way to into his own mind but thats not necessarily a bad thing. And i don’t see Inland Empire on the same level as Eraserhead which has very simple elements in it, just brought on in a different style and manor. Inland Empire on the other hand is Lynch diving into his own mind on a level that many could not and probably will never achieve.
Quentin Tarantino.
Tim Burton
It all makes sense now. A good example of that would be Stan Brakhage’s Song series. I have no fucking idea what he’s trying to say, and that is a great example of a director who’s into himself (using your criteria, of course.) That reminds of Chris Marker’s Junkopia (which I didn’t really enjoy.)
rolling my eyes at the original Tarantino answers in here.
Fellini really is one of the most INDULGENT filmmakers!!
David Lynch clearly.
Joe, lol…
What about The Room, I think Tommy Wiseau doesn’t even know what’s going on in that. There’s so much going on in that movie. He shot it on video and film at the same time (maybe to show that digital will soon replace film), the overly long and completely unnecessary sex scenes (maybe showing how sex is exploited in films today), unnecessary ADR. And what about the spoons? We’ll never know.
i think he made it bad in purpose, nothing that bad can be a mistake.
all the best auteurs were/are self-indulgent. “creative confidence”. i like strong voices.
james cameron…a megalomaniac…
“Luis Bunuel, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Kenneth Branagh, these are all filmmakers who are highly reliant on imagery”
What films have you seen by Robbe-Grillet, Glemaud (are you counting Last Year at Marienbad)? I ask because I’ve read two of his novels and found him an interesting writer, but I haven’t seen any of his films. Are they good? Worth seeing? Interesting?
Jarrod Goolsby
im gonna say David Lynch with Inland Empire. I strongly doubt he even know what that movie is about…and im saying this as a David lynch fan…