1. Francois Truffaut on Michelangelo Antonioni
“Antonioni is the only important director I have nothing good to say about. He bores me; he’s so solemn and humorless.”
2. Ingmar Berman on Orson Welles
“For me he’s just a hoax. It’s empty. It’s not interesting. It’s dead. Citizen Kane, which I have a copy of — is all the critics’ darling, always at the top of every poll taken, but I think it’s a total bore. Above all, the performances are worthless. The amount of respect that movie’s got is absolutely unbelievable.”
3. Werner Herzog on Jean-Luc Godard
“Someone like Jean-Luc Godard is for me intellectual counterfeit money when compared to a good kung-fu film.”
4. Spike Lee on Quentin Tarantino (and the “n-word” in his scripts):
“I’m not against the word, and I use it, but not excessively. And some people speak that way. But, Quentin is infatuated with that word. What does he want to be made — an honorary black man?”
5. David Cronenberg on M. Night Shymalan
“I HATE that guy! Next question.”
6. Vincent Gallo on Martin Scorsese
“I wouldn’t work for Martin Scorsese for $10 million. He hasn’t made a good film in 25 years. I would never work with an egomaniac has-been.”
7. Kevin Smith on Paul Thomas Anderson (specifically, Magnolia)
“I’ll never watch it again, but I will keep it. I’ll keep it right on my desk, as a constant reminder that a bloated sense of self-importance is the most unattractive quality in a person or their work.”
8. Jacques Rivette on James Cameron (and Steven Spielberg)
“Cameron isn’t evil, he’s not an asshole like Spielberg. He wants to be the new De Mille. Unfortunately, he can’t direct his way out of a paper bag.”
9. Alan Parker on Peter Greenaway (specifically The Draughtsman’s Contact)
“A load of posturing poo-poo.”
10. David Gordon Green on Kevin Smith
“He kind of created a Special Olympics for film. They just kind of lowered the standard. I’m sure their parents are proud; it’s just nothing I care to buy a ticket for.”
Read more here but gotta wonder, “Jeez, are creative people generally that mean?”
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