The first name that comes to mind when I think "long breaks between movies" is Terrence Malick.
@martinsorenson1055Ай бұрын
Exactly who I was thinking, too!
@oophorror2251Ай бұрын
That used to apply. Unfortunately he’s wasted a lot of great actors talent in the past couple years.
@dirkturtle335428 күн бұрын
Exactly.
@parth5kАй бұрын
The more I hear about james cameron, the more I like him. Truly amazing how committed he is to his craft
@SyntopikonАй бұрын
He might be the most intense director around. I don't think any other director pushes themselves and their crew as much as Cameron.
@thorntonwager6750Ай бұрын
He can only work with people who are willing to show up to set and work their asses off. Thats why you see him work with a lot of the same actors.
@ericgoku3240Ай бұрын
He is The GOAT in my opinion
@kacperjagos.28 күн бұрын
David Lynch comes to my mind. After 2006's Inland Empire he took an 11 year break, before returning to make Twin Peaks The Return in 2017. I consider it to be an 18 hour movie and one of his best, but if you dont look at it this way, he hasn't made a film in 18 years.
@o.l489012 күн бұрын
and he ain't . he's too old now by his own admition.
@TwistVisuals3 күн бұрын
Twin Peaks The Return was so good! I think it doesn't matter if it was a movie or not. It's just a great piece of art
@josephbergeron4544Ай бұрын
Paul Shrader’s First Reformed was a hell of a comeback
@dani3poАй бұрын
But he directed "The Canyons" just 4 years prior.
@melissaharris3389Ай бұрын
James Cameron didn't need a 'comeback'. He took a haitus from feature films at the hight of his career, twice. He continued to work during both times. He directed _THREE_ full length documentaries and produced numerous projects. If Cameron had been born in a previous century he'd have likely been one of those arctic/antarctica explorers. He'll be remembered for his contributions to oceanographics and filming technology just as much as for his feature films.
@oophorror2251Ай бұрын
You’re wrong. Following up the highest grossing movie in history with the highest grossing movie in history is obviously a comeback😂.
@samuelcrowsАй бұрын
Suggestion: movies that are finished, totally but never got release, not like batgirl or empire of the deep, but something like Black water transit from Tony Kaye.
@SyntopikonАй бұрын
Oh, that's a good one I hadn't even considered yet. Nice - thanks!
@oophorror2251Ай бұрын
American History X is Kubrick level but man has he been mid ever since.
@matman0000006 күн бұрын
After the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, a lot of films were forbidden by the state censorship and didn't get a proper premiere until 1990. I'm guessing other former Eastern Bloc countries have similar cases.
@larryisntmynamebutyoucanca9625Ай бұрын
Love yours videos, dude! I've watched all of them, and your recent stuff is great!
@SyntopikonАй бұрын
Glad you enjoy it! Thanks!
@shinra05Ай бұрын
I wish you shared some light on directors that got blacklisted and had great comebacks but still great video
@mixererunio1757Ай бұрын
Solaris isn't a remake. It's an adaptation of the same book by Stanisław Lem. And btw different films, that covered the same material would be very interesting idea. Also adaptations that were disliked by authors of original material, as Lem hated both of those films.
@zakuraiyadesuАй бұрын
Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!
@tumppumanАй бұрын
I certainly have respect for Lucas and Cameron for all the work they've done to advance the movie making process. Especially technical aspects of film production. But that being said I still have more respect for the likes of Scorsese and Scott for directing movies well into their 80's. Even though their filmography will end up having those pesky flops and that occasional poor quality movie. Scott more that Scosese but still. Perfectionist filmmakers like Kubrick and Malick took long breaks to search for or work on that perfect project, not to go diving. 😁 Malick was missing from this list. 20 years between Days of Heaven (1978) and The Thing Red Line (1998).
@SyntopikonАй бұрын
I agree re: Scorsese and Scott. Both of these guys just love the movie making process and want to make as many movies as they can. I think Cameron is roughly the same, but he's also really interested in the technical side of making it. Good point on Malick 😬
@IstanaAnginWorldwideАй бұрын
Brad Bird after Tomorrowland. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller after Solo. David Lean after Ryan's Daughter
@leesimmons5453Ай бұрын
From your account, the story behind AI would be interesting to hear. As for Ryan's Daughter, I can explain its failure. Every other major Lean movie took place across a broad canvas, sweeping the audience into a massive epic. Ryan's Daughter, on the other hand, is three plus hours of dreary people in a dreary fishing village in Ireland.
@VonWenkАй бұрын
When you said "the obvious choice," I was expecting Terence Malick. David Lean sounds kind of foolish. He didn't think people wanted to see his movies based on what critics said?
@NostalgiNorden29 күн бұрын
Roy Andersson...
@randomdudeontheinternet9556Ай бұрын
I wanna see you discuss Tremendously bad movies which saved careers of people, or Academy Award winning movies which flopped badly in theaters.
@ben99ny69Ай бұрын
I thought for sure Denis Villeneuve would be on this list. There was a 13 year break til Prisoners. The examples in this videos are from successful directors that took a break. But Denis wasn't exactly a successful direct as he only made 4 films which aren't known films. But after 13 years somehow came back with Prisoners, Arrival, blade runner 2049 sicario and then Dune.
@SyntopikonАй бұрын
I don't think Villeneuve would qualify because he still made feature films in the years before Prisoners. I think if he made documentaries or TV or something, there would've been a stronger case. That said, I think Villeneuve has one of the most fascinating tracks I've seen. I never thought that guy that did Prisoners would end up doing the four most acclaimed sci-fi films of the last 10 years.
@ben99ny69Ай бұрын
@@Syntopikon OH nvm, I read the year wrong. 2010 was the last film before 2013 which was Prisoners. For some reason I though it was 2000.
@bornanagaming332923 күн бұрын
Incendies was his breakout film not Prisoners
@benjamindover4337Ай бұрын
Nice video
@SyntopikonАй бұрын
Thanks!
@MrJones2248Ай бұрын
Why didn’t you cover Terrence Malick??
@SyntopikonАй бұрын
Mostly just a complete miss on my part. I covered the directors that came to mind first, which ended up being my some of my favorites - Lucas, Cameron, Kubrick, and Lean. I like Malick, but I don't return to his work like I do these guys.
@jaipadkidАй бұрын
m night shyamalan didn’t really have a “comeback”, he just stopped making bad movies
@markcarey67Ай бұрын
I wish George Lucas had stayed retired. The prequels were ass and only made to look vaguely respectable if you squinted your eyes from the other side of a mountain range because the sequels where so much more godawful. The extra movies also made you realize how silly even the originals were and that they only seemed good because you were 12 at the time.
@blushsliceАй бұрын
George Lucas is a horrible director and should have never directed after the original Star Wars honestly
@melissaharris3389Ай бұрын
I find it interesting Lucas asked his three friends to direct Phantom Menace and they probably took one look at the screenplay and noped out, so instead of rewrites or looking further afield for another director he just plowed forward and directed again himself; even though he hates directing and isn't very good at it.
@dani3poАй бұрын
Well, he's still a better director than he is a writer....