Thinking of this for years

allanb49

Dunno if it's been done but would be an intriging concept

one script 2-4 directors 2 for the sake Of this,
you give an established director say speilberg the script, but a small budget
and an unknown mediocre director the same script but 200 million dollar budget and access to any stars, how different would the two movies be? just something i think about now and then

flanree

this doesn't sound that different to modern hollywood unknown directors making big budget remakes of classic simple production films???

MikeC101

allanb49 wrote: »

Dunno if it's been done but would be an intriging concept

one script 2-4 directors 2 for the sake Of this,
you give an established director say speilberg the script, but a small budget
and an unknown mediocre director the same script but 200 million dollar budget and access to any stars, how different would the two movies be? just something i think about now and then

I'd maybe think of it like this, it could be something like Jaws versus any McG movie.
For a 200 million budget, I'd foresee significant studio meddling with an unknown director. To stupendously horrible scales. It would be a Tom Cruise, Megan Fox and Nic Cage blowin shit up fest, with the Wayans brothers as comic relief. Cameos from Lady Gaga and Kanye West.

I feel ill.

I think someone like Soderbergh is a good example of an established director who still makes low budget movies that are good, as sort of personal projects.