One thing with GRRM though, all the sex stuff in the tv show was ninety percent put in by them - he gets ribbed a bit unfairly for that I feel.Yeah it's all about nipples so hard they could cut rock.
Seem to remember GRRM writes cringingly about women too.
Persistent feature of trash fiction, or also a feature of highbrows?
Yes true... but isn't this a bit kinda "I'm gonna go into the mainstream and subversively fuck it up from the inside. Just one more big pay cheque and then I'll be in a strong enough position to start."I guess the counter argument to the one rich made about marvel films preventing more interesting films being made is that making one marvel film presumably gives you the resources and clout to do any number of 'interesting' films afterwards
Yes true... but isn't this a bit kinda "I'm gonna go into the mainstream and subversively fuck it up from the inside. Just one more big pay cheque and then I'll be in a strong enough position to start."
I mean, both arguments are valid, it can go either way, but you see the danger is there.
who has made this career path a success then
Maybe Jon Favreau, who likely wouldn't have done Chef otherwise. Other potential examples: Joss Whedon maybe, I mean Ryan Coogler did Creed before Blank Panther but they both likely bolstered him greatly. Turns out Coogler is doing a historical drama about Fred Hampton, who'll be played by Daniel Kaluuya.who has made this career path a success then
In other words who has used mainstream success to fund more underground pursuits?Woops: Who has made this career path a success then?
Maybe Jon Favreau, who likely wouldn't have done Chef otherwise. Other potential examples: Joss Whedon maybe, I mean Ryan Coogler did Creed before Blank Panther but they both likely bolstered him greatly. Turns out Coogler is doing a historical drama about Fred Hampton, who'll be played by Daniel Kaluuya.
so no notables or non-maybes then? there's steven soderbergh i spose? but the tide runs almost always the other way, one minute you're making a wicked gore film on a shoestring, next you're doing Lord of the Rings. just saying, not saying those examples don't count. robbe-grillet definitely doesn't count though. i mean who has genuinely made millions in hollywood and spent it on doing interesting films that will make no moneyIn other words who has used mainstream success to fund more underground pursuits?
One that springs to mind is that Alain Robbe-Grillet whom I mention cos he specifically said that the money he made working as a mathematician or engineer or whatever meant that he felt no pressure whatsoever to be commercially successful in his writing and allowed him to experiment as much as he wanted.
Another might be Pierre Clementi who I assume used success in thing like Belle du Jour to fund weird stuff like X....
I dunno, I think there are quite a few who did something like this to a greater or lesser extent, it's always kinda debatable I suppose.
Robert Pattinson.who has made this career path a success then
Yeah, but he did Twilight, made a ton of money and now does loads of smaller, arty projects like Good Time and The Lighthouse.Robert Pattinson is an actor isn't he?
Like I say I picked Robbe-Grillet because he is one of the few who specifically said that he used his money-making skills to fund his artistic pursuits.so no notables or non-maybes then? there's steven soderbergh i spose? but the tide runs almost always the other way, one minute you're making a wicked gore film on a shoestring, next you're doing Lord of the Rings. just saying, not saying those examples don't count. robbe-grillet definitely doesn't count though. i mean who has genuinely made millions in hollywood and spent it on doing interesting films that will make no money