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Ridley Scott is 84 years old and is currently producing 69 different projects and directing 10 of them. I have nothing else to say here. https://www.imdb.com/n

Ridley Scott is 84 years old and is currently producing 69 different projects and directing 10 of them. I have nothing else to say here. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000631/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000631/

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thinkingkong 5y ago
Wow. I had no idea he was in that phase of life. Really changes the name based endorsement and also explains some recent activity.
- mhh__ 5y ago
  I think he's getting more irritable as he gets older (and I think he still has a chip on his shoulder for being criticised for being too visual - should a bird not sing?), but wasn't The Last Duel supposed to have been good? As for irritable: Some of these press outbursts are definitely directors trying to whip up some press for their movies, but he got in some hot water for saying --- “The best films are driven by the characters,” he said, “and we’ll come to superheroes after this if you want, because I’ll crush it. I’ll f*ing crush it. They’re f*ing boring as s*." and "Their scripts are not any fucking good" --- Is he wrong? They're mostly not bad* now (marvel ones at least), but they're utterly sedated and breeding a new generation of media-consumers who've literally never seen a "good" movie (By which I mean something driven by a director rather than a producer)
rasz 5y ago
so just like Bruce Willis! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd1eNS9HtXo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd1eNS9HtXo
- philistine 5y ago
  I clapped !
Larrikin 5y ago
Makes me feel less bad about being so bored watching Raised By Wolves, as I was expecting an epic TV show on par with the exploration of the Aliens universe.
chii 5y ago
> producing 69 different projects and directing 10 of them a producer is basically the money man - they procure funds, and organize the pay and contracts etc. They are in no real way, responsible for the artistic direction nor the script etc. They might have some influence on the hiring of the actors. Putting a famous director in as a producer is merely a marketing tactic - people who would casually like such a director would assume the movie is going to be directed by them and thus might watch it.
- theshrike79 5y ago
  Having someone as a producer is like saying "X approves this movie".
  - pavlov 5y ago
    You’re thinking of the Executive Producer title, which indeed often just means their name is attached to the project to attract funding. But each production usually has a single actual producer with great authority, traditionally including final cut in Hollywood: if they don’t like the finished movie, the producer may hire another director to shoot more footage and re-cut.

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thinkingkong 5y ago

Wow. I had no idea he was in that phase of life. Really changes the name based endorsement and also explains some recent activity.

mhh__ 5y ago
I think he's getting more irritable as he gets older (and I think he still has a chip on his shoulder for being criticised for being too visual - should a bird not sing?), but wasn't The Last Duel supposed to have been good? As for irritable: Some of these press outbursts are definitely directors trying to whip up some press for their movies, but he got in some hot water for saying --- “The best films are driven by the characters,” he said, “and we’ll come to superheroes after this if you want, because I’ll crush it. I’ll f*ing crush it. They’re f*ing boring as s*." and "Their scripts are not any fucking good" --- Is he wrong? They're mostly not bad* now (marvel ones at least), but they're utterly sedated and breeding a new generation of media-consumers who've literally never seen a "good" movie (By which I mean something driven by a director rather than a producer)

rasz 5y ago

so just like Bruce Willis! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd1eNS9HtXo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd1eNS9HtXo

philistine 5y ago
I clapped !

Larrikin 5y ago

Makes me feel less bad about being so bored watching Raised By Wolves, as I was expecting an epic TV show on par with the exploration of the Aliens universe.

chii 5y ago

> producing 69 different projects and directing 10 of them a producer is basically the money man - they procure funds, and organize the pay and contracts etc. They are in no real way, responsible for the artistic direction nor the script etc. They might have some influence on the hiring of the actors. Putting a famous director in as a producer is merely a marketing tactic - people who would casually like such a director would assume the movie is going to be directed by them and thus might watch it.

theshrike79 5y ago
Having someone as a producer is like saying "X approves this movie".
- pavlov 5y ago
  You’re thinking of the Executive Producer title, which indeed often just means their name is attached to the project to attract funding. But each production usually has a single actual producer with great authority, traditionally including final cut in Hollywood: if they don’t like the finished movie, the producer may hire another director to shoot more footage and re-cut.