Adapting Dune is practically impossible, so I admire this man's resolve. Jon if you happen to see this, please have one Really Really Psychodelic scene with a capital PSY. I think people undermine Dune's Psychodelic element as an influence on culture.
Very enlightening and a great insight into Hollywood for beginners. I love knowing about the behind the scenes of a writer for hire. Hope he gets more of his scripts made.
This guy could negotiate the Ukraine-Russia peace, he's such a diplomat. Perfect Hollywood writer. (this is not a snub. In many ways, just as he said, this is a KEY piece of the job!)
Did you ask him what he thought of Denis and the studio cutting out all of the best material from their script? I would... I'd like to know how betrayed he feels that the masterpiece he wrote with Denis ended up being so butchered in the final cut.
I have to be honest: It feels off-putting for me how David Poland doesn't seem to be genuinely excited about anything. There's always some sarcastic smirk about him - how he reacts to the interviewees, how he even seems a bit bitter about his past as a screenwriter... WHY? This should be about the damn interviewees and their views! Also, it's very sad and ironic to me that the audio quality of these interviews is much better through the friggin' zoom software than in the in-person recordings! >:-( In those the sound can be anything - sometimes the interviewee's mic is coming from the left and Poland's voice on the right, sometimes everything is distorted to s***, sometimes the wind rumble makes the recording borderline unintelligible, sometimes the interviewee's hair gets into the damn mic capsule... Why hasn't there been any audio person helping with these interviews?
@@SuperiFox , I'm trying to give honest feedback here. The audio tech part is quite actionable for any sound tech savvy person to react upon. The guests are amazing and the conversations go pretty deep sometimes, but these things I brought up really annoy me - to the extent that I don't want to watch many of David's pre-remote videos anymore. Sound quality should matter when making interview material.
Everyone's personalities and flaws come through when they interview. So do their qualities. I think David is a decent interviewer, he just has a funny way of laughing at stuff that can put people off balance. But what he's done with this channel is incredible. I've listened to some interviews here a bunch of times. They are a true oral history record. On the subject of audio quality, yeah sure he could be better. I think the only glaring awful one was Scorcese, which he apologized for.
I am starting to watch it... Dune is such a peculiar film, I do not want to sound toxic from the respect I have for you... but the film for me was "not great"... it lacked "a magical soul" for me ;( Joss Whedon Firefly is for me the gold standard, and The Nevers recently. You could made everything you described there in the film but sadly, someone was not skilled enough to actually make a good film from ideas. After Firefly, Serenity, Buffy or The Nevers, scenes when Wheedon creates a dynamism from interaction of heroes, I do not believe there is such a concept as "not filmable" :) Modern "films" are weak in story department, Star Trek Picard, Discovery, Star Wars, Arrival, Blade Runner 2049,Matrix 4!... I am sorry but look at writers of the old, what have happened to story telling in most of the films? No one is teaching or understanding the old simple truths anymore... :( p.s. As to the party you are describing in 21min, look at I think the 4th episode of the Nevers, Amalia and Lord Massen's Confrontation th-cam.com/video/wPnawoc4foI/w-d-xo.html everything can be done. I have goosbumps every time I am watching it ;)
I love conversations like this from the professionals pov. Very insightful. Thanks.
So good, as always. You're library of movie production wisdom and history is unique and important. Thank you.
Dune was incredible. Parts 1 and 2 blew me away. Incredible adaptation.
Another brilliant and refreshing interview, thanks.
Great interview! Smart dialogue. And always love to hear the wisdom seething from Spaihts' brain.
Adapting Dune is practically impossible, so I admire this man's resolve. Jon if you happen to see this, please have one Really Really Psychodelic scene with a capital PSY. I think people undermine Dune's Psychodelic element as an influence on culture.
May the water of life deliver us! Long live the fighters! Maud'dib!
No, no, it's quite possible. Just edit your movie properly and don't linger unnecessarily on shots and scenes like Part One does
Very enlightening and a great insight into Hollywood for beginners. I love knowing about the behind the scenes of a writer for hire. Hope he gets more of his scripts made.
Very excited to watch this :)
Thank you for this. I loved this film
This guy could negotiate the Ukraine-Russia peace, he's such a diplomat. Perfect Hollywood writer. (this is not a snub. In many ways, just as he said, this is a KEY piece of the job!)
This was nice...
I Hope you do one with Denis
He's done an interview with Denis for Arrival and Siccario, but not for Dune.
@@squatch545 yes i know, great ones btw.
So weird to see your face. Not that it's bad.
Did you ask him what he thought of Denis and the studio cutting out all of the best material from their script? I would... I'd like to know how betrayed he feels that the masterpiece he wrote with Denis ended up being so butchered in the final cut.
Is there any proof of this?
It was a waste of...Pixels?
I have to be honest: It feels off-putting for me how David Poland doesn't seem to be genuinely excited about anything. There's always some sarcastic smirk about him - how he reacts to the interviewees, how he even seems a bit bitter about his past as a screenwriter... WHY? This should be about the damn interviewees and their views!
Also, it's very sad and ironic to me that the audio quality of these interviews is much better through the friggin' zoom software than in the in-person recordings! >:-( In those the sound can be anything - sometimes the interviewee's mic is coming from the left and Poland's voice on the right, sometimes everything is distorted to s***, sometimes the wind rumble makes the recording borderline unintelligible, sometimes the interviewee's hair gets into the damn mic capsule... Why hasn't there been any audio person helping with these interviews?
Don’t shit on David man c’mon
@@SuperiFox , I'm trying to give honest feedback here. The audio tech part is quite actionable for any sound tech savvy person to react upon. The guests are amazing and the conversations go pretty deep sometimes, but these things I brought up really annoy me - to the extent that I don't want to watch many of David's pre-remote videos anymore. Sound quality should matter when making interview material.
Everyone's personalities and flaws come through when they interview. So do their qualities. I think David is a decent interviewer, he just has a funny way of laughing at stuff that can put people off balance. But what he's done with this channel is incredible. I've listened to some interviews here a bunch of times. They are a true oral history record.
On the subject of audio quality, yeah sure he could be better. I think the only glaring awful one was Scorcese, which he apologized for.
I am starting to watch it... Dune is such a peculiar film, I do not want to sound toxic from the respect I have for you... but the film for me was "not great"... it lacked "a magical soul" for me ;( Joss Whedon Firefly is for me the gold standard, and The Nevers recently. You could made everything you described there in the film but sadly, someone was not skilled enough to actually make a good film from ideas. After Firefly, Serenity, Buffy or The Nevers, scenes when Wheedon creates a dynamism from interaction of heroes, I do not believe there is such a concept as "not filmable" :) Modern "films" are weak in story department, Star Trek Picard, Discovery, Star Wars, Arrival, Blade Runner 2049,Matrix 4!... I am sorry but look at writers of the old, what have happened to story telling in most of the films? No one is teaching or understanding the old simple truths anymore... :(
p.s. As to the party you are describing in 21min, look at I think the 4th episode of the Nevers, Amalia and Lord Massen's Confrontation
th-cam.com/video/wPnawoc4foI/w-d-xo.html
everything can be done. I have goosbumps every time I am watching it ;)