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Selling out?

posted 16 years ago by RabidAnchovy345
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OK, so he's directing the latest movie out of the Apatow tent, and is now slated to direct the next movie by "Foot Fist Way" scribe (and "Pineapple Express" co-star) Danny McBride. I'm unsure about this enterprise. I'm not really a fan of these 21st century 'lower-middlebrow' comedies (I thought "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" was average at best). I know Richard Linklater did "The School of Rock" and "Bad News Bears," but he still mostly does primarily personal, thought-provoking, and uncommerical films. I hope DGG won't destroy his reputation in the this process.

[–] Random439 16 years ago

"Where's Malick's 'Devil Wears Prada?"

Beats me; I don't even know where Malick is.
I've only heard of him in the context that he influenced DGG's style, and looking him up, he's only directed 6 movies since 1969 (and one's not even out yet)?

If somebody is good at their job, then they should do it. Directors should direct.
What's more, I tend to think that they should direct projects that they enjoy.
And I suspect that DGG enjoyed making Pineapple Express.

It'll get his name out into the mainstream, which is good.
It'll make him money, which is also good.

And it's a good enough movie that there's no shame in him having his name attached to it.

I'm pretty curious about how Suspiria will turn out, though.