Maybe he should have brought that up when they were both in Casino Royale
Talk about lack of self-awareness. Pretty just every quote here has the speaker presuming that everyone listening already regards him as a great director, if not The Greatest, no question. But in reality, for every Citizen Kane there’s a green pea commercial to balance it.
And really, Hayao Miyazaki, that just sounds like sour grapes. Disney films can be good (and they are!) without diminishing yours. There’s room for both.
He did have good things to say about “Up” in 2009:
His relationship with Disney makes for interesting reading.
Yeah, I don’t like it when artists dis other artists. Like them or not, they’re supposed to be you colleagues. It’s tacky.
That’s not dissing, that’s friendly banter, THIS is dissing:
I actually prefer “dissing” to someone complimenting everyone else for their own sake.
To each their own. Personally, I consider graciousness admirable.
Lawrence was shot on 70mm film and made to be seen on the largest cinema screens. Watching it on TV is like trying to appreciate the Mona Lisa by looking at a postage stamp of it.
Assuming you won’t be able to see it in a 70mm film theater any time soon (although if you have the chance, grab it!), watch it on the largest screen you can, darken the room, sit closer than usual, and try to develop a zen-like patience for the pacing.
I never actually go to the theaters (I don’t like movies made in my lifetime), but I did see it on TCM, but my issue with it was not only the length, but the script… So much beating around the bush, the exchanges were not real substantial. I didn’t know the motivations of many.
Geez, he said it before 1967? I love Orson Welles as director and raconteur yet he was talking about a guy who had made just “What’s New Pussycat” (meh) and “What’s up Tiger Lily” (an hilarious classic to the 12 year old me)
I’m sure Woody would have punched Orson straight in the face…