Which director would you like to take over the Batman franchise?
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ryan brown
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Terrance. Malick.
simonpwood
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"Batman"
By Terrence Malick
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Fade In
Bruce Wayne stares at his batsuit.
Commence 3 hour Inner monologue (actor to ad-lib).
Fade Out.
End
ryan brown
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Bahahaha:thumbsup:
Gord.T
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Hahaha. Ahhhh I've seen a couple movies with Klaus in it. It's been many years though. His daughter Nastassja is embedded in my mind. She's around my age so it was a pleasure watching her early work, and still is. Yea, I remember watching Klaus.
That'll be fun to watch then. It may take me a few weeks to get hold of one of those movies, instead of the 3 days I mentioned, but for sure. I've pencilled in a note to do that.
Thanks again.
Gord.T
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I kind of go for the dark so #5, Christian Bale, who I like anyways. I'd like to see it taken into the abyss of serious darkness though, as a fantasy wish, with maybe one of the two directors I mentioned. That'll never happen but wishfull thinking.
I do like the idea of different directors and actors doing each new movie. That's cool.
groveChuck
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Watch Fitzcaraldo (starring Klaus Kinski in a narrative about a man obsessed with trying to pull a steamboat over a mountain to bring opera to the Amazon jungle in the 19th century).
In German with English subtitles.
Then watch the doc Burden of Dreams (about, not by Herzog), about Herzog's obsession with making Fitzcaraldo, nearly going mad in the process.
In German and English.
He loves, films and lives obsession, and moves back and forth between narrative and doc.
Some feel his docs are an acquired taste- his VO can get very rambling and philosophical...
He recently did a doc in 3D on the oldest cave paintings ever found.
I guess Batman is obsessed, so maybe Herzog should do it...
We now return you to the previously scheduled Batman thread...
George Lucas? The Empire Strikes Batman? ("Use the force, Bruce") :happy:
Gord.T
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Yeah, I intend to do just that. "Fitzcaraldo", MadMonkfish had mentioned that one.
Then the doc, wow. That's a handful to catch up on.
I noted it in my notebook. Very interesting. He's seems like an amazing man.
I love his honesty and his opinion. He seems like a very grounded person. Very open. Very honest.
Eric Boellner
Well-known member
Judd Apatow.
Haha, no I'd probably go for the Aronofsky version. Or maybe a Nicolas Winding-Refn version. Or Rian Johnson. Or the Coen brothers, what the hell. <grin>
Interesting actors would be Garrett Hedlund (maybe when he's older), Joseph Gordon-Levitt, or maybe Michael Fassbender. I'd say Leo DiCaprio, but that guy's in f--king everything.
Haha, no I'd probably go for the Aronofsky version. Or maybe a Nicolas Winding-Refn version. Or Rian Johnson. Or the Coen brothers, what the hell. <grin>
Interesting actors would be Garrett Hedlund (maybe when he's older), Joseph Gordon-Levitt, or maybe Michael Fassbender. I'd say Leo DiCaprio, but that guy's in f--king everything.
"Watch Fitzcaraldo (starring Klaus Kinski in a narrative about a man obsessed with trying to pull a steamboat over a mountain to bring opera to the Amazon jungle in the 19th century)."
That's not the reason for the boat. That's silly. It was to transport natural resources up and down a secluded part of the river and make money. The opera wound up being all he ended up with in the end.
Put in my vote for Woody Allen's Batman. A very talkative sexually-repressed Batman full of nostalgia ...
Riddler: Riddle me this, caped crusader. Is your life fulfilled?
Batman: Well jeez, uhm. You had to go there? I was all prepared for some elaborate doomsday scenario fraught with immense danger. Immense. Which I would dive into with little care for my personal safety and wellbeing--
Riddler: You know there is a bomb ticking.
Batman: Of course there would be, because you're well known for your sadistic time sensitive trials, but uhm. I'm still contemplating on your initial inquiry. I, I used to be quite certain that being a billionaire playboy had sufficient perks to at least keep me distracted during existential crises--
Riddler: All right skip the question!
Batman: Gladly, I will. Did I ever tell you about my mother? It's a funny story really.
BOOM.
That's not the reason for the boat. That's silly. It was to transport natural resources up and down a secluded part of the river and make money. The opera wound up being all he ended up with in the end.
Put in my vote for Woody Allen's Batman. A very talkative sexually-repressed Batman full of nostalgia ...
Riddler: Riddle me this, caped crusader. Is your life fulfilled?
Batman: Well jeez, uhm. You had to go there? I was all prepared for some elaborate doomsday scenario fraught with immense danger. Immense. Which I would dive into with little care for my personal safety and wellbeing--
Riddler: You know there is a bomb ticking.
Batman: Of course there would be, because you're well known for your sadistic time sensitive trials, but uhm. I'm still contemplating on your initial inquiry. I, I used to be quite certain that being a billionaire playboy had sufficient perks to at least keep me distracted during existential crises--
Riddler: All right skip the question!
Batman: Gladly, I will. Did I ever tell you about my mother? It's a funny story really.
BOOM.
Eric Boellner
Well-known member
Hahaha, it'd do well in France at least.
groveChuck
U-matic Member
Mail, Forgive my brevity in the story of Fitzcarraldo.
He's trying to make money from rubber trees (one of the most valuable commodities of the time), so he can build the opera house.
Or, as imdb says:
"The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle."
Very intelligent, slightly eccentric.
When Errol Morris (Thin Blue Line) stalled in finishing his first film, Herzog told Morris that he would eat his shoe if Morris finished the film.
Morris finally finished his film (Gates of Heaven) and Herzog marinated his shoe then ate it, saying he hoped it would inspire filmmakers to complete their projects, providing material for a short doc "Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe" (by Les Blank, who later made Burden of Dreams), and adding to the collection of stories about Herzog.
The stories about Herzog sometimes get as much attention as his films.
I got to be in a "story about Herzog" when, in the mid 80s, he came to the Miami Film Festival to show a film, then speak after it.
Afterwards, some cameraman friends and I were talking to Herzog outside the theater and Herzog said he liked my t-shirt (it had a crazy picture of Beethoven on it and he was a Beethoven nut) and he said he wanted it.
I said a friend gave it to me and I liked it too.
He said I could have his shirt, and he opened his dress shirt to reveal a t-shirt for Burden of Dreams (with a drawing of a man carrying a riverboat on his shoulders up a mountain).
So he took off his shirt, I took off mine, and we exchanged shirts, and it made The Miami Herald Sunday magazine- something like "2 pale, lean figures, exchanging shirts in the corridor...adding another story to the Herzog lore..."
That's my Herzog story. Sorry, back to Batman...
He's trying to make money from rubber trees (one of the most valuable commodities of the time), so he can build the opera house.
Or, as imdb says:
"The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle."
Very intelligent, slightly eccentric.
When Errol Morris (Thin Blue Line) stalled in finishing his first film, Herzog told Morris that he would eat his shoe if Morris finished the film.
Morris finally finished his film (Gates of Heaven) and Herzog marinated his shoe then ate it, saying he hoped it would inspire filmmakers to complete their projects, providing material for a short doc "Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe" (by Les Blank, who later made Burden of Dreams), and adding to the collection of stories about Herzog.
The stories about Herzog sometimes get as much attention as his films.
I got to be in a "story about Herzog" when, in the mid 80s, he came to the Miami Film Festival to show a film, then speak after it.
Afterwards, some cameraman friends and I were talking to Herzog outside the theater and Herzog said he liked my t-shirt (it had a crazy picture of Beethoven on it and he was a Beethoven nut) and he said he wanted it.
I said a friend gave it to me and I liked it too.
He said I could have his shirt, and he opened his dress shirt to reveal a t-shirt for Burden of Dreams (with a drawing of a man carrying a riverboat on his shoulders up a mountain).
So he took off his shirt, I took off mine, and we exchanged shirts, and it made The Miami Herald Sunday magazine- something like "2 pale, lean figures, exchanging shirts in the corridor...adding another story to the Herzog lore..."
That's my Herzog story. Sorry, back to Batman...
Eric Boellner
Well-known member
Been thinking about this (dunno why), and I'd say finding the right actor would be harder than finding the right director. There are a lot of different directors whose voice would bring something unique and exciting to the Batman franchise, like Fincher or even an "out there" suggestion like Tomas Alfredson, and a lot of them would get my ass in a seat. But you've got to have someone that I can believe as the Dark Knight, to tie the film back to its roots.
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Go awesom o!
Origins, sequels, prequels - the only place left to take it is merge it with Bubba Ho-Tep and have Batman and the supervillians battling it out for control of the TV remote in a nursing home.
Straight Edge
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Damn, that would be epic. That director is just on his way to be one of the best, considering the movies he's made thus far (like Drive and Bronson).
Gord.T
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hehe. No, not at all. There are a million places you could take it. Hollywood may not want to go there but there's a million things that can still be done to broaden the Batman universe.
//edit: Alright...
http://www.comicvine.com/batman/29-1699/ said:
Well hell, there's a movie right there, as a synopsis. Imo.
Maybe develop that story into a feature instead of skimming over it?
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