| Skybird |
07-27-07 06:20 AM |
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Originally Posted by AntEater
Petersen, Emmerich and even Wenders simply got out of Dodge at the first opportunity.
They preferred being relatively nobodies in Hollywood over being the first men in german cinema.
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As a matter of fact Emmerich has a very solid reputation in Hollywood, not only becasue the box office hits he created, but for one reason producers like more than any other: at the start he gives a number on costs - and he then is able to realise the project with that money, never demanding more in the second half of the work. He is considered to be a very clever economist in that regard, who is able to improvise when money runs short without that tricks being too obvious in the movie.
His first German movie was "Das Arche Noah-Prinzip", where he already copied the style of Spielberg's early movies a bit, using certain narrative elements from him, and the SF movies of the 80s that were produced in Hollywood. However, Spielberg developed beyond movies like ET and Indiana Jones, and showed that he can do some more serious films, too. Emmerich remained at that relatively "infantile" level of building towers with wooden bricks, and then film how they fall down again. I found such films entertaining 10-15 years ago. Today: no more. |
