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oliver9184 · 07-04-2010, 06:22 AM

I think: Terry Gilliam isn't good enough to be a part of that group. Wes Anderson, Michel Gondry and Jean-Pierre Jeunet could be good enough in the future but haven't yet reached the peak of their careers. As I said somewhere else Hitchcock is/was vastly overrated but his reputation and influence can't really be denied. I hardly know anything about Jim Jarmusch.

If you're going to have David Lynch, where's Brian de Palma? If you're going to have Wes Anderson, where's Alexander Payne? If you're going to have Michel Gondry, where's Alfonso Cuarón? If you're going to have Hal Ashby, where's Mike Nichols? What about Roman Polanski?

What film are they watching? It hasn't started yet. Each one of them has been told different. Gilliam thinks it's going to be Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium. Hitchcock thinks it's going to be My Own Private Idaho. Kubrick thinks it's going to be AI: Artificial Intelligence. Anderson thinks it's going to be South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. Jarmusch thinks it's going to be Speed 2: Cruise Control. The Coens think it's going to be every single one of their films, in full, non-stop and back to back. Hal Ashby thinks it's going to be Edward Scissorhands. Woody Allen thinks it's going to be Gladiator. P T Anderson thinks it's going to be Super Mario Bros: The Movie. Herzog thinks it's going to be The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Gondry thinks it's going to be The Princess Bride. Scorsese thinks it's going to be Looney Tunes: Back in Action. David Lynch thinks it's going to be High School Musical. Jeunet thinks it's going to be Emmanuelle in Space. Truffaut thinks it's going to be Mrs Doubtfire. Sidney Lumet thinks it's going to be Flubber.

But what is it REALLY going to be? A secret unreleased live action version of Shrek starring Klaus Kinksi as Shrek and Scatman Crothers as Donky. Will they enjoy it? Yes, but they'll all pretend not to. Except Werner Herzog, who was responsible for it, and who promised to destroy it but didn't; and who will loudly guffaw throughout even though he knows all the jokes, because he wrote them.

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oliver9184 Psycho	I think: Terry Gilliam isn't good enough to be a part of that group. Wes Anderson, Michel Gondry and Jean-Pierre Jeunet could be good enough in the future but haven't yet reached the peak of their careers. As I said somewhere else Hitchcock is/was vastly overrated but his reputation and influence can't really be denied. I hardly know anything about Jim Jarmusch. If you're going to have David Lynch, where's Brian de Palma? If you're going to have Wes Anderson, where's Alexander Payne? If you're going to have Michel Gondry, where's Alfonso Cuarón? If you're going to have Hal Ashby, where's Mike Nichols? What about Roman Polanski? What film are they watching? It hasn't started yet. Each one of them has been told different. Gilliam thinks it's going to be Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium. Hitchcock thinks it's going to be My Own Private Idaho. Kubrick thinks it's going to be AI: Artificial Intelligence. Anderson thinks it's going to be South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. Jarmusch thinks it's going to be Speed 2: Cruise Control. The Coens think it's going to be every single one of their films, in full, non-stop and back to back. Hal Ashby thinks it's going to be Edward Scissorhands. Woody Allen thinks it's going to be Gladiator. P T Anderson thinks it's going to be Super Mario Bros: The Movie. Herzog thinks it's going to be The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Gondry thinks it's going to be The Princess Bride. Scorsese thinks it's going to be Looney Tunes: Back in Action. David Lynch thinks it's going to be High School Musical. Jeunet thinks it's going to be Emmanuelle in Space. Truffaut thinks it's going to be Mrs Doubtfire. Sidney Lumet thinks it's going to be Flubber. But what is it REALLY going to be? A secret unreleased live action version of Shrek starring Klaus Kinksi as Shrek and Scatman Crothers as Donky. Will they enjoy it? Yes, but they'll all pretend not to. Except Werner Herzog, who was responsible for it, and who promised to destroy it but didn't; and who will loudly guffaw throughout even though he knows all the jokes, because he wrote them.