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Post by lowtacks86 on Sept 4, 2020 17:59:40 GMT
A while ago I would have said Uwe Boll, but no one really seems to care about him anymore. Maybe a case could be made for Victor Salva (though he's more hated for his pedophile scandal than his movies)
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Post by kolchak92 on Sept 4, 2020 18:05:26 GMT
Do you mean based on their personal lives or their work?
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Post by lowtacks86 on Sept 4, 2020 18:07:41 GMT
Do you mean based on their personal lives or their work? Either one I guess. A case could also probably be made for Polanski.
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Post by kolchak92 on Sept 4, 2020 18:10:06 GMT
Do you mean based on their personal lives or their work? Either one I guess. A case could also probably be made for Polanski. I'd say Polanski's work is way too acclaimed for him to be a choice. Even on a personal level, I feel like calling him "hated" would be disingenuous.
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Post by mattgarth on Sept 4, 2020 18:52:52 GMT
Maybe a tie between:
1) Fritz Lang -- a technician tried to drop an overhead lamp on him during the shooting of FURY in 1936 ... his first American film.
2) Otto Preminger -- he practically drove actor Tom Tryon out of performing and into a successful writing career by making him miserable during the filming of THE CARDINAL and IN HARM'S WAY. He even got slapped by Robert Mitchum while filming ANGEL FACE during the slapping scene involving Jean Simmons. After several takes that displeased the director, Mitchum walked over to him and said: "Do you mean like this, Otto?" (whack!)
3) Might throw in Erich Von Stroheim as well.
Must be something about those German filmmakers.
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Post by moviemouth on Sept 4, 2020 18:57:02 GMT
Rian Johnson?  Probably Michael Bay.
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Post by Vits on Sept 4, 2020 19:29:37 GMT
A while ago I would have said Uwe Boll, but no one really seems to care about him anymore. Maybe a case could be made for Victor Salva (though he's more hated for his pedophile scandal than his movies) I don't think Salva is as famous as Boll, though.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Sept 4, 2020 19:44:05 GMT
The Christiano Brothers. Their films are Z grade propaganda.
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Post by onethreetwo on Sept 4, 2020 20:14:34 GMT
A lot of contenders in this thread. Trank is in the conversation too.
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Post by theravenking on Sept 4, 2020 20:29:33 GMT
Right now probably Bryan Singer for his sexual abuse scandal.
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Post by Prime etc. on Sept 4, 2020 20:31:40 GMT
Woody Allen and Spike Lee would be in competition.
In a Simpsons episode where unwanted celebrities were rocketed into the sun, Lee was there along with Rosie and Paulie Shore.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Sept 4, 2020 20:36:55 GMT
Woody Allen and Spike Lee would be in competition. In a Simpsons episode where unwanted celebrities were rocketed into the sun, Lee was there along with Rosie and Paulie Shore. LOL I remember than one, Tom Arnold was in there too. Also in another Simpsons episode (where they got to Japan) Woody Allen was filming a commercial and said something along the lines of "What did I do to deserve this? Oh wait, that's right..."
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Sept 4, 2020 21:51:44 GMT
Victor Salva is fucking despicable
Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer
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Post by Captain Spencer on Sept 4, 2020 22:22:35 GMT
Maybe a tie between: 1) Fritz Lang -- a technician tried to drop an overhead lamp on him during the shooting of FURY in 1936 ... his first American film. 2) Otto Preminger -- he practically drove actor Tom Tryon out of performing and into a successful writing career by making him miserable during the filming of THE CARDINAL and IN HARM'S WAY. He even got slapped by Robert Mitchum while filming ANGEL FACE during the slapping scene involving Jean Simmons. After several takes that displeased the director, Mitchum walked over to him and said: "Do you mean like this, Otto?" (whack!) 3) Might throw in Erich Von Stroheim as well. Must be something about those German filmmakers. Yeah I read about how Preminger was a total asshole to Tom Tryon. Even humiliated him in front of his parents.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Sept 4, 2020 22:29:29 GMT
Michael Winner had a really bad reputation. He was often a tyrant to crew and cast members. Chris Sarandon said Winner actually made fun of the people with deformities on the set of The Sentinel.
Perhaps he ended up being a food critic because nobody in Hollywood would hire him as a director anymore.
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Post by politicidal on Sept 4, 2020 22:33:43 GMT
Just based off their career, Uwe Boll but since he retired I guess it doesn't matter now. I'd probably throw in Raja Gosnell too.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Sept 4, 2020 22:49:32 GMT
hated as their movies?
Coleman Francis. His movies make you feel slimy. Ed Wood might have been a worse director (matter of very small degrees) but Wood's movies had a campy charm. Francis' flicks sure didn't.
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Post by kolchak92 on Sept 4, 2020 22:50:58 GMT
hated as their movies? Coleman Francis. His movies make you feel slimy. Ed Wood might have been a worse director (matter of very small degrees) but Wood's movies had a campy charm. Francis' flicks sure didn't. No one really "hates" Ed Wood though.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Sept 4, 2020 22:52:23 GMT
hated as their movies? Coleman Francis. His movies make you feel slimy. Ed Wood might have been a worse director (matter of very small degrees) but Wood's movies had a campy charm. Francis' flicks sure didn't. No one really "hates" Ed Wood though. Yeah I think most people just see him as a loveable loser. That was impression I got from the Tim Burton biopic.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Sept 4, 2020 22:53:34 GMT
Maybe a tie between: 1) Fritz Lang -- a technician tried to drop an overhead lamp on him during the shooting of FURY in 1936 ... his first American film. 2) Otto Preminger -- he practically drove actor Tom Tryon out of performing and into a successful writing career by making him miserable during the filming of THE CARDINAL and IN HARM'S WAY. He even got slapped by Robert Mitchum while filming ANGEL FACE during the slapping scene involving Jean Simmons. After several takes that displeased the director, Mitchum walked over to him and said: "Do you mean like this, Otto?" (whack!) 3) Might throw in Erich Von Stroheim as well. Must be something about those German filmmakers. Most directors of the "Golden Age" were dictatorial and hated. Heard a lot of bad tales about John Ford, Michael Curtiz etc. Some actors hated Kubrick because of the zillions of takes. but loved the education they got in filmmaking
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