Which Filmmaker would you like to pal around with?

[maveric]

Lets go with the ones that still have a pulse.

*I only wish that Kubrick, Hitchcock and Huston were still around.

[Dookus]

1. voted for Scorcese...

he's just a genius and seems like a fun guy.

You left out Michael Moore ;)

[maveric]

10. OMFG!!! How'd I forget him?????

He's choice #11.

[libhill]

38. Moore

He da Man, He da Man -

[Parche]

2. film maker

Michael Moore

[noonwitch]

3. Agreed-Michael Moore would be fun

Plus, you might end up in his next movie.

[neuvocat]

4. Quenten Tarantino might need to be added

but I'll still go with Scorcese first.

[southpaw]

11. Yeah, QT would be my pick...

[Screaming Lord Byron]

5. Totally Jim Jarmusch. With a side order of Hal Hartley.

[dolo amber]

9. That's what I was gonna say!

I call shenanigans!! :P

[Screaming Lord Byron]

13. Uh-oh. What can I say. We have exquisite taste, dahling.

[supernova]

25. Ohhh, I forgot about Jarmusch!

D'oh! :dunce:

[parasim]

6. Cohen Brothers

on edit:

and I also second the Jim Jarmusch suggestion above...

[Wickerman]

7. I'd probably hang with Polanski - of lively directors

though would consider Mike Moore if he would've been on your list. Not because he did F-9/11, but because I would love to pick his brain on the idea of documentary storytelling. Politics would be the bonus

[Fenris]

8. Woody Allen

[SiouxJ]

12. Tim Burton

cuz I relate to his film imagery so much. I think we'd hit it off. He has a twisted mind as do I.

[Taverner]

14. michael moore...nt

[jus_the_facts]

15. HOW could you forget.....M.Moore!?!?!?!?

:spank:

[edbermac]

16. With the director of Eraserhead, Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks of course!

I'd hang with David Lynch...with a slice of cherry pie and a DAMN good cup of coffee!

:donut:

[maveric]

17. Lynch and George Romero.

I love the bizarre.

[Magrittes Pipe]

40. Lynch is my favorite director...

...that said, I can't say I'd like to hang out with him. He would probably make me very uncomfortable. After all, he keeps a uterus in a jar on his desk.

I voted for Kevin Smith.

[supernova]

18. Peter Jackson or Quentin Tarantino

Both are supposed to be excellent company. :D

[indigobusiness]

19. Exactly and absolutely...Jarmusch and Hartley

Henry Fool, Trust, Down By Law, Dead Man...

That is a quartet of films I reccommend.

Cohen Bros, Polanski, Mazurski...honorable mention.

[indigobusiness]

20. dupe...please delete

[Kolesar]

21. good luck finding a woman director

[GOPisEvil]

22. Sofia Coppola.

Quick! Someone distract Quentin!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

23. Fair enough. Sofia Coppola.

[tridim]

28. Penny Marshall

[Kolesar]

34. She produced that "Rock-u-mentary" about England's Loudest Band

"You see this amplifier is better because it goes up to eleven"

[Dookus]

41. No she didn't

if you're talking about "This is Spinal Tap"

Penny Marshall isn't listed anywhere as a producer. Her ex-husband, Rob Reiner, directed it though.

[Commendatori]

24. Tarantino.

After seeing him do "What Up?" on Kilborn, I'd kill to have a beer or two with him and just B.S. for a while.

[Kat45]

26. I voted for Scorcese.

My absolute favorite director. Could probably have some great conversation with him. But I'd also love to hang out with Kevin Smith; I love the guy's sense of humor.

[tridim]

27. Wes Andersen, Spike Jonez, Terry Gilliam

and maybe Tim Burton.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

29. Yeah, I'd go with those three also. Particularly Wes, the great genius.

[dryan]

30. Ida Lupino

[maveric]

31. Keenan Ivory Wayans.

And the rest of his family. That would be a blast!

[Rowdyboy]

32. Definitely Joel and Ethan Coen

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

33. Sofia Coppola

cuz I have a massive crush on her

[philosophie_en_rose]

35. Kevin Smith

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a crime against humanity, but I'd bet he'd be fun to hang out with.

[maveric]

36. That flick was meant to be "a crime against humanity",but it was funny.

In a nasty juvenile way.

[philosophie_en_rose]

44. It's hilarious, but lazy.

Jay and Silent Bob can turn a vibrator into a CD player with chicken wire and shit, but they don't know what the internet is?

:shrug:

Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms, though. ;)

[mitchum]

37. Greg Brown AKA Gregory Dark

[Westegg]

39. As a journalist, I've spent quality time with most of the big ones...

Naturally, I don't equate the interview process with "palling around"---it's work for both interviewer and interviewee. But I've gotten a pretty good taste of their personalities and how they might actually be with the real friends in their lives. Here are some observations:

Cameron Crowe and Ron Howard are genuine sweethearts. Real nice guys. Scorsese talks faster than any human I know and is a joy to talk obsessively about film with. Hard to finish a sentence when you're talking to him as he's already two steps ahead. Can be distressingly impatient. David Lynch is shy, dreamy, Midwestern and weird. Prone to non-sequiters. No Hollywood attitude (of course, he's not actually from this planet.). Coppola can be self-conscious and uncomfortable---it takes a good bit to earn his trust. Ultimately, he's a cynic with a bit of a martyr complex. Spielberg's surprisingly down-to-earth, polite and friendly---but he (and you) never forget that he's a Hollywood god. Woody Allen is self-effacing, dryly humorous, and skeptical about your motivations. Tarantino is perpetually enthusiastic and nervous. It's clear he's got a shitload of buried issues. The Coen brothers are shy and seek refuge in one another. They have a compelling, if distancing, "brother" thing going on. George Romero is a rock-solid Pittsburgh homeboy whose personality doesn't at all match his horrific visions. One of the few directors who doesn't "seem" like a director. Mike Leigh is EXTREMELY touchy and a bit too arrogant for my liking. I think he's a brilliant filmmaker, but his disdain for those he thinks don't understand his accomplishments (like, say, journalists) is palpable. Peter Greenaway, whose work I much admire, is cold, cerebral, highly intellectual and quite arrogant. He's got zero tolerance. He's just no fun at all. He makes Gore Vidal look like Barney the Dinosaur.

Okay, that's enough for now.

[flamingyouth]

42. I'll go with Woody, who made some of my favorite films

"If Jesus came back to earth and saw what people were doing in his name, he'd never stop throwing up!" - Max Von Sydow in Hannah and Her Sisters.

[maveric]

46. My favorite line from a Woody Allen movie.

And would probably be accurate if JC did come back.

[cedahlia]

43. Cameron Crowe

Love him! He makes great films and seems like a very cool guy you could discuss movies and music with for hours.

Oh, and maybe if we hung out, he could introduce me to his friend Eddie Vedder? :evilgrin: Aaaaaah, a girl can dream, can't she?

[texas1928]

45. George Lucas

But I am a Star Wars junky.