They referred to me as that once. I was there to help them out. They would be the ones playing the game, scoring, playing defence, doing all that, and I would be right back there to help them if anything got by them. It was such an open, creative relationship. I would say, for sure, the golden rule is hire some people you respect.
I would love to say yes, but no. One of these movies I would love to pop up in the background. Ideally if you do do it, it should do early in the movie and get out. To me I still feel the same way I did when I was 21 and I just closed the door and thought up a story. Every time, I think of it as my first movie. And I also like simplicity. So I have those two things that interest me. And I like linear, clean stories as well.
As a producer, what did it feel like being the man who had to look after the purse strings this time? I feel the same way about all my movies. Coming in on budget is critical. But which character is the devil? Let's pick through its just-released trailer and see what we can uncover Before we start, I should point out that the trailer starts off with a handful of upside down shots.
So we can assume that the events of Devil all take place in Upsidedownland, where down is up and up is down and it's impossible to eat soup. Hey, maybe soup is the devil in Devil.
It's not that much of a stupid idea. After all, foliage was the devil in The Happening, and that was a really stupid idea. But on the off-chance that the villain of Devil isn't some soup, let's play along: one of these people is the devil. But who? Silly Hair? Giant Out-Of-Focus Face? Janette Krankie? Place your bets now. My money, for what it's worth, is on Krankie. That's one hell of a goosing she's giving Half-Guard there. Night Shyamalan.
A careful look at the poster for "After Earth" reveals its big secret: The director is none other than disgraced former master of suspense M. How did it get to this? This is where the disappointment begins. The film had a lot of potential with its star-studded cast Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, Sigourney Weaver, a young Jesse Eisenberg and moody direction, but it ended being up for nothing.
The director always had a habit of making cameos in his films Alfred Hitchcock-style, but with "Lady in the Water," he graduated himself to a main character. Not only that, he casted himself as Vick Ran, a writer whose works will someday change the world. Let this be a lesson to all of you young filmmakers out there: A bad way to go about winning back your detractors is by creating a movie whose message is, "you are wrong, and I am a genius. Thank god for Paul Giamatti; without his predictably solid lead performance, "Lady in the Water" may not have gotten a single positive review.
The story, featuring a global pandemic of unknown origin causing people to kill themselves, actually had a lot of potential, and I remember seeing trailers and thinking that this was the return of the M.
Night Shyamalan we used to love.
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