Comments on: Matieu Kassovitz Calls BABYLON A.D A “Terrible Experience”

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:30:17 +0000

@bigsampson: you must have been the biggest idiot in school, still feeling frustrated and misunderstood in live, I can tell. But, if you dragged your empty head just a bit more out of your ass, you would realize that the studio is making money off the creative vision of the director and the star power of an actor. Without them, there is NO MOVIE. And WE pay to see that vision, NOT the predefined ideas of a studio. Film history is full of stories like that, with directors ranging from Hitchcock to Francis Ford Coppola. But it’s always the director who gets the blame and the repercussions. A studio can go on, shaping what they think we want to see, and never take responsibility when things don’t work out.

By: Sherrie

Sherrie — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:07:54 +0000

Is that wise, sharing his feelings like this before the movie comes out…

By: T-Vo

T-Vo — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:46:29 +0000

I wasn’t going to see it, but now that I know that is full of violence and stupidty, I may check it out!

By: wxph8r

wxph8r — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:44:13 +0000

I will still see this no matter what, I can see where and artsy director like this guy will be ver upset if he doesnt get his way. I guess he should just become a billionaire and make and invest in his own movies. It sucks that most people have to go and work every day and actually do what there bosses want. Hell, its downright unfair! lol

See where I am going with this? Just cause he doesnt like the cut doesnt mean I wont like it so I am seeing it anyhow. Besides, most French people haggle about everything, I would expect no less.

By: Sound Designer Dan

Sound Designer Dan — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:21:54 +0000

“I liked Matieu Kassovitz for showing some balls. But how much is this going to hurt his chances of making more movies?” – EricD

I think in America, he’s done for but he usually works in France and his best works (La Haine, the Crimson Rivers) are French films. Jean Pierre Jeunet also had some choice words with Fox over Alien Resurrection, and instead of staying in the U.S., he just went back to France to work. Jeunet went to direct Amelie and A Very Long Engagement film which both were critically acclaimed and popular around the world.

By: EricD

EricD — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:02:38 +0000

I liked Matieu Kassovitz for showing some balls. But how much is this going to hurt his chances of making more movies?

By: bigsampson

bigsampson — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:20:36 +0000

for real fuck this asshole…..if i was paying a guy to make a movie for me and he said some crap like this…i would hire a hit man to kill the douche bag…..who cares if the movie sucked you took the money and made a crap movie then..,..if it turns out to be awesome you will be like the french and gloat over how awesome u are! haha YOUR FIRED DOUCHEBAG! and dragonslayer your wrong he didnt phrase it like u did…he was like oh ya i got paid ha but the producers told me what i can and cant do…im a tool but its there fault……

By: Kristina

Kristina — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:13:58 +0000

If I wanted to work in Hollywood, I wouldn’t go around talking shit about my own work. Don’t you think that sort of behavior, no matter how warranted, would piss off the studio, not to mention word would spread that so-and-so is difficult to work with and won’t promote their films properly? Don’t know if this is a positive for him to run his mouth like this.

By: Dragonslayer

Dragonslayer — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:39:53 +0000

I knew this movie would suck as soon as it said it was being made by Fox. It takes guts to say that the movie you made or starred in sucked (George Clooney especially)

By: Sound Designer Dan

Sound Designer Dan — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:26:40 +0000

I’ve heard that his “terrible” experience already started when Fox wanted someone viable in the lead role (Diesel instead of Kassovitz’s first choice, Vincent Cassel). Because of this Diesel and Kassovitz despised each other on set AND Kassovitz lost his friendship with Cassel.