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Originally Posted by Reddington
Nice one, Dailyan!
Often referred to as a "journeyman" director, which I think is a bit unkind. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was the most expensive Hollywood film up to that time, and is a triumph; without doubt the finest Disney live-action production, and one of the very best science-fiction/adventure films ever made. Plenty of other gems in his varied career, too.
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There is nothing unkind about the term "journeyman director" and it does apply to Fleischer. It means a director who doesn't have an easily discernible style or recurring themes, like Kubrick, Hawks, Ford or Hitchcock. They also don't tend to originate films, they get hired to direct films, often in many different genres. That all applies to Fleischer. It doesn't mean that a journeyman director does a bad job, they are just different from auteurs.