John Irving & bears.
…and prep schools and New England and rape and abortion and feminism and wrestling and writing and Vienna…
Similar with Luc Besson (in addendum to his Milla Jovovich obsession that we mutually share). All of his films are either kick-ass hotties, or hotties irrevocably drawn into a kick-ass violent world.
Um, where does *this* film fit in those two categories?
Heh, I suspected that would come up after I posted :smack: Maybe we could trade “hottie” for “innocent female archetype” in my preceding post. Then I think my revised theory holds true…
Will Smith seems to be obsessed with taking great sci-fi books and making radical changes to them.
And wrestlers.
Edited because Dr. Rieux beat me too it, and more, and I wish now I’d never posted.
Woody Allen. Soon Yi. 'nuff said.
Stephen King has a thing for young kids with special powers, and childhood friendships.
Dean Koontz likes dogs a lot.
Frank Herbert is all about ecology and religion, sometimes in the same work (Dune).
He is also an expert in wife abuse.
Do you mean in his writing, or is that an oblique reference to his personal life? (I don’t know; it’s an honest question!)
AFIK, just in his writing. If there ever were any allegation of real spousal abuse, the irony would put it right on the front pages.
Howard Hawks usually featured competent people (usually male, but a few females) dealing with life.
In addition to the dead parent theme in Disney films, the live-action films usually portrayed bankers as villains (in the main exception – **Mary Poppins **-- the father only becomes redeemed when he tells off all the other bankers).
Charlie Chaplin dealt with poverty a lot. His character was nearly always struggling to survive financially (with a few exceptions).
Frank Capra often used the theme of “one sane man” – usually a regular guy who shows others by example (e.g., American Madness, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It’s a Wonderful Life). He also had quite a few evil bankers – as well as some good ones.
Terry Gilliam uses the idea of the ‘lone dreamer’ vs the harsh reality quite a bit.
Brazil
Fisher King
Baron Von Muchtoweirdnameformetospell
Time Bandits
Only in his writing. He and wife Tabitha have been married for decades, and their relationship has survived poverty, parenthood, fame, celebrity, enormous wealth, Stephen’s drinking & drugging & horrific accident. Their three children are fine.
The Kings have a model marriage. Maybe Stephen knows so much about spousal abuse that he knows how to make a marriage work.