Comments on: Where Are The Next Great Film Directors? – James Ivory

By: 82abhilash

82abhilash — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:36:25 +0000

He is so right. And I think there is good reason to be hopeful asï»¿ well.

By: thesparitan

thesparitan — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:49:44 +0000

i agreeï»¿

By: ApocalypticMetalHead

ApocalypticMetalHead — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:21:39 +0000

Films of late have gone to hell, it’s the marketplace that forces the many great directors we have to make these big budgetï»¿ stinkers to please the dumb masses. In the last 5+ years, the less-funded independent film industry has come out with better films than our current giants! What does that say? It says profit comes before film. Somebody please name a big budget film of late that didn’t have BULLSHIT written all over it. And Slumdog Millionaire doesn’t count because I haven’t seen it.

By: thesparitan

thesparitan — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:49:42 +0000

this is funny to hear because i am readingï»¿ war and peace and can see a beautiful movie being made

By: rkullberg

rkullberg — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:54:46 +0000

Though, the irony of what you said is that for a great film to truly come about, like the one Ivory speaks of, you need the collaboration of many different artists. It would be extremely difficult to find a collection of artists who would be willing to make a high budgetï»¿ film without the certified paycheck that comes from marketing. There needs to be a better system of budgeting.

By: Slug99

Slug99 — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:37:47 +0000

The cost of technology goesï»¿ down over time, eventually people will be able to make a cheap art house film with the stuff hollywood uses today. Sure it’ll still costs a bunch of money, but movies has always been the expensive art form.

By: DNATS

DNATS — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:29:16 +0000

Because Hollywood is now too run by the union, creativity is lacking and profit is the only thing valued. The next great director won’tï»¿ come from the U.S, they will come from Bollywood, China, Japan, and emerging film industry in those countries. Look at all the horror movies that are being remake from Japan to the U.S. Etc. I just believe Hollywood emptied its guns already.

By: shadetail

shadetail — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:03:15 +0000

Tarentino, Guillermo del Toro,ï»¿ Wes Anderson

By: 666norton420

666norton420 — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:20:33 +0000

i completely disagree.my series which is an action sci-fi, is forwarded by plot and action, rather than characters.i’ve made it from the ground up to be a spectacle for the eyes, like nothing really seen before.it’s intended to make insane amounts of money, while being entertaining.all the classic character movie elements have been removed, as we’ve seen it all before.of course, that’s not to say itï»¿ doesn’t have substance, as it spans 250,000 yrs and some characters are 1000s of yrs old.;d

By: dallasINtokyo

dallasINtokyo — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:54:04 +0000

i disagree as well,ï»¿ there are plenty of great directors out there