Lunch with your idol...

[anasazifilms]

...don't care if theres food involved... LOL

[AppleCore24]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Onejob:
I had lunch (well, cup of tea and a sandwich) with Tim Burton a couple of years ago. What a polite, down to earth and intelligent guy he is. No showbiz crap. Just a real artist.

I'd love to sit down with Ridley Scott though. See what really makes him tick!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

My God! You are so damn lucky! What I wouldn't give to be able to talk with Tim Burton. But if I had to pick one director to speak with, it would be Ridley Scott. The attention to detail he gives, the worlds he creates - Burton had been my god for longer than I can remember, but after seeing an (illegal) showing of Scott's Director's Cut of Blade Runner on the big Screen again, I switched.

Of course, I hated 1492. And I haven't even slightly disliked any Burton film.

Ribena, I would have to say that as far as film purposes go - no, the truth is not interesting. Or at least, not interesting enough. Imagine, if some freak had made a Pearl Harbor that focused on history, if would have been a bigger load of shit than Bay's because at least he worried more about characters than the god damn boats and shit like that. Should Bay be shot? yeh, but not because he didn't follow every little bit of history. Spielberg didn't, Ridley Scott didn't. Michael Bay should be shot for putting Ben Affleck in a starring role. Okay, and for ignoring continuity at every possible moment.

[Gilson78]

I'm new. However I was thinking that I personaly would like to have a lunch with Akira Kurosawa. I just watched Seven Samuri and it just amazes me how a 50 year old B&W subtitled film weighing in at over 3 hours long can be so captivating as to keep a 15 year old boy on the edge of his seat the entire time. My ass hurts.

[soulfilms]

I shall ignore what Taylor suggested as lunch with idol and pretend he said dinner party with interesting guests in show biz:

table of 12:
myself
Orson Welles- i want to witness first hand what his attitude/ego really is
Geoff Burton (australian DP) the truth be told, i already know him (family friend) and have dinner partied with him, but he IS so nice and casual...
Jean-Luc Goddard-because he's great and his comments on Mr Spielberg's crappola posing as films are so accurate.
Steven Spielberg-to defend himself (even though I'm wasting precious dinner table space)
Tim Robbins- because I find him to be an intelligent person with a mixed bag of talents
the Coen Brothers- because they are hilarious and would liven up any soiree
Quentin Tarantino- so I can tell him he's a better director in his head than he is in reality and that he's a great writer and should stick to writing.
Alfred Hitchcock-because he is grand master supremo of suspense which could get worked into my little party
Cate Blanchett: for interesting conversation
Zhang yimou- to tell him that he's great.
Saffron Burrows- to ask her why in the world she would star in something so stupid as Wing Commander

[N. Foster Tyler]

A lot of folks are going on about Ridley Scott (?!?). Personally, I don't think he's ever made anything worth a damn except for that porno film recently. Oh, what's it called...GLAD-HE-ATE-HER.

Just joking kids, Scott is a good craftsman, nothing more and nothing less.

[Matt J Heaton]

I dunno why people knock Spielberg all the time. Hes made some fantastic movies, and his track record is good for films hes actually directed. He's certainly better than that asshole Goddard.

[angelus543]

Alfred Hitchcock

[N. Foster Tyler]

At least Godard has balls. The only risk Spielberg ever took was when he broke down and made A.I. for $20 million instead of his usual paycheck of $40 million...

Spielberg can go fuck himself, nobody likes his movies anyway.

[Bowfinger]

Spielberg is my idol and he has taken many risks. However, I've already had lunch with him.

[ulrichsd]

What!!! Godard is jealous. He complained that Schindler's widow didn't see any money for the making of Schindler's List, but neglected to remember Spielberg created the Holocaust Memorial Project with profits from the film.

Didn't Orson Welles do a version of Othello where he casted himself as Othello and played it in blackface because he didn't trust anyone else for the lead? If that doesn't say enough about his ego, I don't know what does.

But I like soulfilms idea of the dinnertable so I'll go with that.

1. Steven Spielberg - He has done a little bit of everything... Jaws, Shindler's List. But, is Jurassic Prak 3 really Necessary?
2. Alfred Hitchcock - so many films...
3. Robert Rodriguez - before I get flamed on this one, it would be nice to have someone who came from the same place I've been (low, low budget indie filmmaker), even if his films don't rank with some of the others on this list.
4. George Lucas - I personally liked Ep 1...
5. Sidney Lumet - Holy shit! This guy has been in the industry for what, 5 and a half decades?
6. Frank Darabont - So maybe he can only rewrite King's novels... they're still good movies.
7. Kevin Smith - just an interesting personality
8. Ridley Scott
9. Quentin Tarantino - great writer AND director! If anything, he thinks he is a greater actor than he really is.
10. Walt Disney - The man who created the empire (that's what it is, isn't it)
11. Martin Scorcese - his movies just kick ass!
12. Myself, of course

That's my group, in no particular order.

Scott