The next great director?

[koontz1973]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Well you know know what they might producer later in their careers. Many of them are still in their late 20's or early 30's. A man (or woman) change a lot. What a director wanted to make as movie in his 20's he will not want to do again in his 50's.

Let's not forget that before the mid 80's Spielberg was not known for drama movies, yet before long he did Color Purple. He even said many times that he waited more then 10 years before doing Schindler's List. He felt that he was not ready to do so as a younger man.

This is very true but Duel, his first shows more drama, power and passion for the art than most directors who have done 10,20 movies.

Originally Posted by Fabio13

I´m not too worried about who´s the next one.

Clint Eastwood keeps making great movies, and he really got into directing a long way into his career. It seems to me that a lot of actors take the same step (making great movies that is).

Every year it seems we are treated to a couple of good movies from up-and-coming directors.

Besides, I still consider guys like Guillermo Del Toro, Christopher Nolan, Peter Jackson as young guys.

Eastwood will always be considered by me as one of the most outstanding directors of our time. Del Toro is a possible, Nolan and Jackson will probably be remembered for there blockbusters, not for there art.

Originally Posted by Teabaggins

Uwe Boll.

he's just waaaay ahead of this time, in 200-300 years his genius will be appreciated.

seriously though, with the idiocracy we see taking place everyday our kids might actually look at his movies as "classics" along with Jason Statham movies like the Transporter and Crank.

tastes change over time, for better or worse, and so will what we as a society consider to be "classics".

If society in 200 or 300 hundred years think Stratham is a great actor (I do like his films) and Uwe Boll as a classic director (again I liked the only film of his I have seen, Alone in the dark) then we should all pack our bags and take a one way trip to the center of the sun.