Morgan Freeman On What Makes a Good Director

Morgan Freeman discusses with director Ed Zwick what he feels makes a good director.

[@Stratword_]

Casting is so critical to any film. However, some actors do love getting notes on set.

[@gabrielpaes9351]

Ed Zwick is a great director. ABOUT LAST NIGHT... is an underrated gem. He did an amazing job with a decent script.

[@RakibErick]

He is absolutely right tho. If your casting is perfect then youre in a good hand

[@JonBlockCreations]

Glory is the greatest movie of all time - these two collaborated beautifully. Morgan Freeman brought so much soul to Sergeant Rawlins; in Ed Zwick's memoir, he talked about how he just gave full rein to Morgan Freeman to preach the night before the final Fort Wagner battle. It's one of the greatest scenes in movie history.

[@deanterry22111962]

This is a great little video,and Morgan Freeman is just a genius.

[@yolothamacho3182]

He representing his establishment in my city I love the hat❤️

[@tekkythai]

love morgan freeman

[@SymonSaysTV]

2 takes? Oh men, didn't he just saying that David Fincher and Stanley Kubrick (to name a few) aren't good film directors?

[@cesarandrade1987]

They are great. Could be better if they only took two shots to deliver the same results. Then again, you might argue that what makes them good its their meticulous iteration, which brings us to the point, art is subjective, and is made differently by different people, but I won't get into that. In an ideal world, everything would take 1 shot. But we ain't perfect.

[@AlexisDimes]

Symon Says TV lol I think that's crazy

[@dylanr.976]

Morgan Freeman worked with fincher on se7en

[@alexispapageorgiou72]

@@dylanr.976 And then ... LOL

[@srksharma8199]

He's kidding,it's Obvious 😂🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@aliensoup2420]

By his accounting Stanley Kubrick was a bad director. Clint Eastwood is a movie machine - he makes movies on a schedule. They might be good, but Stanley Kubrick wants to see if he cam make it better. I'm not aware of any Clint Eastwood movie that is analyzed on the level of any Kubrick film.

[@nihaalsandim9986]

Just because something is analysed too mucb means its great . A bridge too far is one of the best movies ever , yet not many people are out there analysing it to death . Also i dont mean that stanley kubrick isn't a great one , hes one of my favourites . Im just pointing out your characterization for what makes a great director isn't that stronh

[@Tgogators]

Eastwood's sets are known for being "very quiet" (and intentionally structured that way too). IMO, Eastwood draws a lot of being an actor: for example, he can see it from their POV and give direction as such, and he hated the noisy western sets he worked on earlier in his career. Called them very distracting to the First Team. He never says "Action!" only "You may begin when ready."

[@chrisculver567]

Eastwood did direct and act in what is probably the greatest western: Unforgiven.

[@film_magician]

Two shots or two takes?

[@59farshad]

Great Guy ************

[@MrAbywadrian]

what makes a good director just give Christoper Nolan a call

[@loach711]

Don’t ask lazy actors what makes a good director. Actors can easily ruin a film by trying to take away the directors authority. They are mostly narcissists. Like dogs, they feel the need to “challenge the alpha” and until the real alpha fills his or her role, the actor will feel frantic and anxious. A good director knows what they want and they can get it without burning bridges.

[@Amstrdamn]

Couldn't agree more.

[@PapaEli-pz8ff]

😄

[@angshumaanborah2352]

🙏

[@24_f_p_s]

The actors STILL have to deliver to a singular vision of the Director, if the Director doesn't have a singular vision for the script its a shit show, I don't care what Morgan freeman says

[@E15Waheed]

lol true

[@محمدعبدالوهابعبدالحليم]

I don't agree

[@wwa4tna]

Zach Snyder is one of the worst directors ever.

[@navinnumasuthenprekash855]

No he's not, he might have had several up's ad down's but a bad director. No way.

[@Markrobinson-bb3ti]

Well if you make more than 3 good films then you are labeled a good director at least by me anyways, ha

[@thejordyoshi]

An old rule of thumb for telling if you're good at something is whether or not you can pull it off three times in a row.