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Originally Posted by Aclea

Fleischer's problem as far as his reputation goes is that he kept on making movies for too long because he loved the job, and those last pictures weren't great (Ashanti, Conan the Destroyer, Red Sonja, Million Dollar Mystery, etc). He also developed a reputation for taking over films after their original directors walked out (replacing John Huston on The Last Run and Sidney J. Furie on The Jazz Singer) that translated in many critics eyes to pure hack work. If he hadn't outlived his successes from the 50s, 60s and early 70s he'd probably have a much bigger critical reputation.

He also didn't bang his own drum that much: when I interviewed Basil Poledouris (no slouch on his film history), who scored Conan, he was unaware that Fleischer was the same man who had directed The Vikings even though that was one of his favorite films: he simply never made the connection.

Thats crazy !