Legendary British director Sir Ridley Scott joined us for a discussion of his remarkable career including Blade Runner, Alien and his humble origins in the North East of England.
I used to think Ridley was a total over-confident cocky jackass with the way he conducted interviews... But as I grew into adulthood,I realized that this man may be the best Hollywood director interview there is because of his bluntness and honesty. He knows he's talented, he knows he made good stuff and he doesn't give a shit what anyone thinks. He's an absolute delight to watch.
I'm glad you came to your senses. Being confident and know you do well at something is a good sign, not bad. But there is apart of society that look down upon people like that. Mostly outside the United States where they have more of a socialist view of things.
More of a socialist view of things..mr media buster are you saying that there are no confident and cocky socialists..don’t generalise mate we’re all individuals fist and foremost..I’m a socialist but I’m not in love with politics of any stripe and I love Ridley Scott partly because he’s a straight taking, cocky, talented motherfucker who’s made some of the best films in the last 45 years..
Sir Ridley is at heart a bloody good author which is one reason his films are so damn terrific. We are both now octogenarians, so I still have hope that he’ll find one of my screenplays doable.
his process is just to have total control, spend money and be arrogant. Studios use him because hes commanding on set and not afraid to piss money away on talent and sets because hes so oldschool and old. But As soon as the filming is done the suits just do whatever they want. Hes just a drill sergeant who keeps people in line so the movie gets made. And hes a lush. Studios like him because hes confident. He's not special. Hes drunk in this interview and he brings up David Fincher only because he knows that hes know for doing a bad Alien movie and he wants to ingratiate himself.
@@mikewa2 You clearly have not looked at the history of Best Director winners, especially in the last 20 years. Your biased complaint is not only rude, but pretty inaccurate. Roman Polanski, Peter Jackson, Ang Lee, Danny Boyle, Tom Hooper, Del Toro and Bong Joon Ho, just to name a few recent examples...
Im always amazed at how people don't pick up on his humor. In some Alien Covenant interviews he's sitting next to Fassbender and whenever he makes a joke Fassbenser seems confused on whether he should laugh or not.
Hilariously ironic that one of the world's greatest directors is holding the mic way too close to his mouth causing the sound to distort. Even geniuses make mistakes. But a brilliant interview and Sir R is a great raconteur. What an amazing talent.
I really liked Prometheus and all the knowledge behind it, but I think it was bad idea to omit or shorten some scenes from the movie. After watching the fan made directors cut It all made more sense and had more space to develop.
An Amazing Video on The Interview Of Great Film Experiences in Life Of The TOPMOST FILM DIRECTOR Of HOLLYWOOD FILM INDUSTRY,I Salute U Sir,Thanks a lot to the Channel for uploading such a wonderful video on You Tube Channel👍🙏🤟🙏Have a nice day Sir🙏👍
anyone else getting a laugh seeing Ridley Scott holding a really poor mic ? its a funny contrast to the technology at his fingertips when doing a movie. like seeing james caermon giving an interview while wearing 1950s 3d specs for 40 minutes. both are inspirational directors. ridleys my favourite easily. and to be fair on the audio recording, ridleys mic technique is shocking haha, but thats why you don't hand out mics that require the user to be informed about microphone polar patterns. thanks for sharing.
That's not his own hand....! It's well known within the industry that a red headed, fair skinned old midget who was a great friend of his father usually works with Scott on every project, easy money really....Scott likes to support him and his family with simple jobs such as holding his mic for him...Always a steady, firm hand, never complains, never answers back, always keeps just out of frame....A real pro. The last of the great midgets really....when he goes, this type of work will be studied and missed greatly....Excellent...!!
I love Ridley's approach to filmmaking. Particularly because he storyboards his films. So important. Many great directors do. Hayao Miyazaki is another who boards his films.
you only have to see alien covenant. i donj't know who invented this name but it is bullshit and i think this arte very polite words aggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
I wonder which specific music videos that Ridley Scott mentions are related to "Blade Runner". One that comes to my mind is "Tonight Tonight Tonight" by Genesis - litelally shot in the Bradbury building. Any others?
Only Movies I seen By Sir Ridley Scott is First Alien movie too alien prequels Blade Runner Robin Hood one with Russel crow i would love to interview sir Ridley Scott to ask about ideas about Alien movie and prequel how he come up with it and Blade runner as I am inspired by His movies mainly science fiction movies as I am inspired to star or make movie like Ridley Scott does anyone where he got ideas from making first Alien movie and blade runner is something about on you tube or anyway I could get the answers from please could someone let me know please thanks He brilliant film maker 🙂
It was an interesting editing choice to end it on that, instead of the usual interview endings of "well thanks for talking to us, good luck with..." yada yada. But that ending made me think that's how real life feels, one minute a person is there the next without warning they could be gone. Maybe the editor has a dramatic flare?
i dissagree....i want to see the whole interview...i dont need interviews to be editing in INTERESTING Ways.... i just want to see the fucking interview....i dont need it to be an art project thank you.
could have used a mic stand, clip, etc.... but that would have made it uncomfortable for Scott and everyone listening. Microphones are still new, it will take time to understand the technology.
23:21 "Who made it and why..." // I still don't see why... I don't think he _explained_ it .... at least the _why_ seems beyond any reasonable explanation....
How sad that he doesn't mention that the core of the creative team behind Alien(Dan O Bannon, Moebius, Chris Foss, and Giger) was taken directly from Horodowski's Dune.
drop the mic down ridley for god's sake i can barely make out the words you are saying (ironic)microphones have a polar pattern with dropout zones for sensitivity and he is speaking right into the edge of the void of the dead zone for the mic being able to pick up his voice
I wonder if Scott was on amphetamines when he was doing Alien. It would make sense, because it does have a sort of dreamlike - or druglike - quality. Not in the psychedelic sense, but in the sense of its stark, realistic vibe.
...fine Ridley, but how about remembering NOT to put the mic that hasn't a pop filter on it, so close to your breath that it pops at every word making ruining this interview.
James Cameron just makes great sequels. Aliens, T2. Basically, that's it. Anything else, is just overlong, or boring. Purely meaning Avatar and TItanic.
Cobalt Falcon T2 is overly long, and has parts that don't work that well. As far as film making goes, T1 and Aliens remain Cameron's best & most consistent works.
The sound mand should be SHOT! Give him a crappy mic that allows plosives.......Sound screws up more productions than any other thing.....editing a close second.
Nothing wrong with the mic. That's a Shure SM-58, the workhorse of live sound events. Indestructible, dependable, clear and clean and the industry standard. There IS something wrong with the way that Ridley is holding it, however. Which is shocking, to me, at least. You would think that Ridley Scott, who is a technological whiz, would know better than that. Apparently not.
An amazing, iconic filmmaker whose impacted billions including Indirectly those who've NEVER seen his films via inspiring those who Directly Do! AND..... who's single handedly RUINED one of those franchises by stripping away ALL sense of AWE & WONDER and replacing Beautiful Ambiguity with Nonsensical Canon, Mind Numbingly Bad Character Motivation and Cringe Worthy 'Drunk Uncle Dancing at Wedding' Answers to Questions NEVER Requested!! Seems Ridley forgot Hitchcock's Rule of: "what could be behind the door is scarier than what is!";... and if one is insistent on giving away all the answers.. make them sensical to story that preceded it!! HOW COULD DAVID HAVE MADE THE XENOMORPHS WHEN EGGS ABOARD THE SHIP IN FIRST FILM WAS THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD?!?
Liked Ridley until he talked shit about a camera operator who was standing right next to him in the Prometheus making of doc. Lost all respect. The dude is seriously high and mighty and not humble.
What a boring, pompous interviewer. Not engaging ( or at least pretending to) with Scott in anyway. Just rattles of questions no flow. Thankfully Scott as always is a funny,absorbing interview.
Prometheus is complete shit of a movie. I don't understand how the same guy who made Alien could make such an abomination as Prometheus and second one shit of a movie, i don't even remember the name of the last one. It's so bad that even Alien vs Predator looks decent against them.
They should have allowed somebody else to do the new Alien-franchise-films, which then became "Prometheus" and "Alien-Covenant", because they turned out to be a mess in his hands. They should have given up on the idea to connect the earlier films to the newer ones. They should have been bold enough to try something new. Ok, these are sci-fi-films, nobody expects them to be scientifically accurate, but man...astronauts going to an alien planet taking off their helmets in Prometheus, playing around with completely unknown lifeforms, having no monitoring procedures on the spaceship to determine if they are free of alien contamination, etc. And in Covenant they don't even wear protective suits anymore, because why should they...they are just the best astronauts and complete professionals, but somehow forgot about it. What a bunch of crap. Visually they are very well made, otherwise a pile of garbage. A complete waste of money and talent. And I don't care about the directors cut. I went to the cinema to watch the film and expect something remotely coherent and qualitative. I don't understand why he is doing films if he doesn't have the right to cut the version which goes to the cinemas his way. It doesn't make any sense.
I used to think Ridley was a total over-confident cocky jackass with the way he conducted interviews... But as I grew into adulthood,I realized that this man may be the best Hollywood director interview there is because of his bluntness and honesty. He knows he's talented, he knows he made good stuff and he doesn't give a shit what anyone thinks. He's an absolute delight to watch.
I'm glad you came to your senses. Being confident and know you do well at something is a good sign, not bad. But there is apart of society that look down upon people like that. Mostly outside the United States where they have more of a socialist view of things.
@@MediaBuster You have to be confident to survive in the film industry.
@@Hollowshape You have to be confident to survive in any industry
More of a socialist view of things..mr media buster are you saying that there are no confident and cocky socialists..don’t generalise mate we’re all individuals fist and foremost..I’m a socialist but I’m not in love with politics of any stripe and I love Ridley Scott partly because he’s a straight taking, cocky, talented motherfucker who’s made some of the best films in the last 45 years..
He is an over-confident jackass but he's far more entertaining in conversation than all the blandishments we're normally subjected to.
I could listen to Sir Ridley all day....
d3nv1 and you should
@@cameronjones7747 I do
Always been my favorite director. Starting with Blade runner & Alien. A true master of his craft.
Top Director...incredible visualist
yes, he has a great visual intelligence
Sir Ridley is at heart a bloody good author which is one reason his films are so damn terrific. We are both now octogenarians, so I still have hope that he’ll find one of my screenplays doable.
Ridley is a legend and hilarious! His contributions to film will be felt for an eternity. Bravo old man.
I love listening to Ridley Scott talk about film and his approach. Very inspirational
I saw Black Hawk Down last night. Man what a masterpiece by Ridley Scott
I love Ridley Scott's work and the fact that he's willing to share his process.
his process is just to have total control, spend money and be arrogant. Studios use him because hes commanding on set and not afraid to piss money away on talent and sets because hes so oldschool and old. But As soon as the filming is done the suits just do whatever they want. Hes just a drill sergeant who keeps people in line so the movie gets made. And hes a lush. Studios like him because hes confident. He's not special. Hes drunk in this interview and he brings up David Fincher only because he knows that hes know for doing a bad Alien movie and he wants to ingratiate himself.
@@geet77777 shut the fuck up you moaning jealous bastard
Damn, this guy knows how to make a movie ...
Happy 80th Birthday Ridley Scott
He should've won the oscar for best director for gladiator
Should have won more than one.
And for Blade Runner.
He would have done if he'd been an American
Ridley Scott's Blade Runner is the greatest movie ever made in my opinion ... better than any Oscar winning movies ...
@@mikewa2 You clearly have not looked at the history of Best Director winners, especially in the last 20 years.
Your biased complaint is not only rude, but pretty inaccurate.
Roman Polanski, Peter Jackson, Ang Lee, Danny Boyle, Tom Hooper, Del Toro and Bong Joon Ho, just to name a few recent examples...
Ridley has very high brow humor most people won't react to
Im always amazed at how people don't pick up on his humor. In some Alien Covenant interviews he's sitting next to Fassbender and whenever he makes a joke Fassbenser seems confused on whether he should laugh or not.
Ah man, wish there was a part 2 for this!
It couldn't just end like that? Where is part two?
He calls Ryan Gosling "the OTHER guy" BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I have never laughed harder. Legend
He's a NICE guy...
becuz it was being kept unerwraps at the time.....stop saying legend in that trendy internet way
@@EthanJohn1986 people have been saying legend around these parts of uk in the same context since long before the internet
@@EthanJohn1986 stfu
@@HanSoloxcs loll
an absolute legend and beast of a director, gurus such as Cameron and Nolan have been inspired by him, 'nuff said!
EXCELLENT DIRECTOR !!!
One of the best ever
Hilariously ironic that one of the world's greatest directors is holding the mic way too close to his mouth causing the sound to distort. Even geniuses make mistakes. But a brilliant interview and Sir R is a great raconteur. What an amazing talent.
Lmao that wasn't a mistake, dumba**. Some singers hold the mic very close to their mouth.
I really liked Prometheus and all the knowledge behind it, but I think it was bad idea to omit or shorten some scenes from the movie. After watching the fan made directors cut It all made more sense and had more space to develop.
xeraph02 yes there are also fan edits of covenant. The chaos edition is great. It continues straight from Prometheus with Shaw.
Wonderful interview!!!!
Living legend
Please keep a certain distance with the microphone to achieve a best sound quality, Sir Ridley Scott.
An Amazing Video on The Interview Of Great Film Experiences in Life Of The TOPMOST FILM DIRECTOR Of HOLLYWOOD FILM INDUSTRY,I Salute U Sir,Thanks a lot to the Channel for uploading such a wonderful video on You Tube Channel👍🙏🤟🙏Have a nice day Sir🙏👍
That was a weird place to end the interview lol
anyone else getting a laugh seeing Ridley Scott holding a really poor mic ? its a funny contrast to the technology at his fingertips when doing a movie. like seeing james caermon giving an interview while wearing 1950s 3d specs for 40 minutes. both are inspirational directors. ridleys my favourite easily.
and to be fair on the audio recording, ridleys mic technique is shocking haha, but thats why you don't hand out mics that require the user to be informed about microphone polar patterns. thanks for sharing.
That's not his own hand....! It's well known within the industry that a red headed, fair skinned old midget who was a great friend of his father usually works with Scott on every project, easy money really....Scott likes to support him and his family with simple jobs such as holding his mic for him...Always a steady, firm hand, never complains, never answers back, always keeps just out of frame....A real pro. The last of the great midgets really....when he goes, this type of work will be studied and missed greatly....Excellent...!!
@@kianucollis3929 dumb
Oh Ridley, talking about the inital Prometheus sequel script which was completly rewritten into Alien: Covenant at 23:51.
"That was way before Truffuat that, dude." Only Ridley Scott
great show
Top director... Best Zebesian space dragon film maker
I love Ridley's approach to filmmaking. Particularly because he storyboards his films. So important. Many great directors do. Hayao Miyazaki is another who boards his films.
Fantastic interview. 10 hours too short.
Fantastic interview. Learnt lots
Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪 thank you for the invitation to the mind of great visionary of cinematic wonder’s of reality
Ridley Scott is honest, no apologetic, master of his talent.
Who is invited to do a documentary film LIFE FOR A DAY? I am THANK YOU RIDLEY SCOTT
I love him
excellent.
I laughed my ass off when he talked about Harvey's comment XD
Anyone else think the interviewer looks like Will Ferrell after a pie binge?
I thought steve brule
Ha! Ha! I haven't even watched it yet but I like your comment
he is a sell item what do you espect
you only have to see alien covenant. i donj't know who invented this name but it is bullshit and i think this arte very polite words aggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
read this comment before watching and WOAH
I just love the guy
I wonder which specific music videos that Ridley Scott mentions are related to "Blade Runner".
One that comes to my mind is "Tonight Tonight Tonight" by Genesis - litelally shot in the Bradbury building. Any others?
Ridley is the best director.
What a sad ending :(
Thank u Bafta guru🙏🙏
I love how he hasn't lost his accent totally. Distinct North East twang
I’d love to hear Ridley talk about Apocalypse Now and it’s influence on him more at length
This should be his new movies title. Make it a rom com, then halfway through, bring in the denomination of the xenomorph.
Would love to read the novela
This man is seriously overdue for an Oscar and/or BAFTA
Ridley Scott is Fucking AWESOME!!!!!
bright man.
Lol the Kurbick impersonation.
Amazing to see the greatest director of all time not able to place microphone properly
do you know what deat means?
Cool.
Only Movies I seen By Sir Ridley Scott is First Alien movie too alien prequels Blade Runner Robin Hood one with Russel crow i would love to interview sir Ridley Scott to ask about ideas about Alien movie and prequel how he come up with it and Blade runner as I am inspired by His movies mainly science fiction movies as I am inspired to star or make movie like Ridley Scott does anyone where he got ideas from making first Alien movie and blade runner is something about on you tube or anyway I could get the answers from please could someone let me know please thanks He brilliant film maker 🙂
22:43 Ridley Scott's spite towards Alien vs Predator most amusing.
Talk about Blade Runner 25:40
This was great but why not end it properly with however THEY closed the interview rather than on that grim note about Kubrick?
It was an interesting editing choice to end it on that, instead of the usual interview endings of "well thanks for talking to us, good luck with..." yada yada. But that ending made me think that's how real life feels, one minute a person is there the next without warning they could be gone. Maybe the editor has a dramatic flare?
Hmm interesting theory....maybeeee *shrugs"
i dissagree....i want to see the whole interview...i dont need interviews to be editing in INTERESTING Ways.... i just want to see the fucking interview....i dont need it to be an art project thank you.
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Min 28:30 Don't do it Ridley!!! Don't do it!!!!😲😲😲😲
35:42 "you wanna know~ how i got these scarsss...?)
What did he say at 22:03?
"I bear no malice."
Skreeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaa! Breaths fire.
Despite odd choices Alien Covenant was a thrilling chapter, not if Ridley will get to make his final Prequel setting up the events of Alien.
03:36 Seth Rogen laughing?
obbyblobby it's him :)
could have used a mic stand, clip, etc.... but that would have made it uncomfortable for Scott and everyone listening. Microphones are still new, it will take time to understand the technology.
Alien starts at 17:15
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23:21 "Who made it and why..." // I still don't see why... I don't think he _explained_ it .... at least the _why_ seems beyond any reasonable explanation....
I can't hear his voice properly because of that shitty mic...
had to use the my headphones .. much better
Why can I understand everything he's saying then?
He's holding it wrong. You do not speak/sing into the side of an SM58. Notice the difference in clarity of the interviewer.
you work in AV i bet. ;-0
They should have used wireless miss! Amateurs!
Is he eating the bloody mic?
uhhhh BAFTA cant afford proper microphones or audio mixing?
wow... where do i donate money?
Black Rain and Kingdom of Heaven
Ridley was on amphetamines - god no wonder he was able to get through so much
How sad that he doesn't mention that the core of the creative team behind Alien(Dan O Bannon, Moebius, Chris Foss, and Giger) was taken directly from Horodowski's Dune.
do you want to be the richest in the cemetery???
Trying to follow in your giant footsteps. Thanks Ridley.
Thelma & Louise
drop the mic down ridley for god's sake i can barely make out the words you are saying (ironic)microphones have a polar pattern with dropout zones for sensitivity and he is speaking right into the edge of the void of the dead zone for the mic being able to pick up his voice
He can't hera you. This is a video dummy 😂 💀
Net,net
three hundred years as one of our best ever directors./ zero knowledge of how an SM58 works.
I wonder if Scott was on amphetamines when he was doing Alien. It would make sense, because it does have a sort of dreamlike - or druglike - quality. Not in the psychedelic sense, but in the sense of its stark, realistic vibe.
do you know what death means???
Why can't he speak English? Or have I learnt the language too well, as Bernard Shaw would put it, because I am a non-native?
...fine Ridley, but how about remembering NOT to put the mic that hasn't a pop filter on it, so close to your breath that it pops at every word making ruining this interview.
Batman? Confused am I.
jb
Ridley Scott > James Cameron
Aliens > Alien... and I'm a Ridley Scott fan.
James Cameron just makes great sequels. Aliens, T2. Basically, that's it. Anything else, is just overlong, or boring. Purely meaning Avatar and TItanic.
Cobalt Falcon he made the first Terminator film, which is superior to the sequel.
I know he made the first Terminator film, and it is not.
Cobalt Falcon T2 is overly long, and has parts that don't work that well. As far as film making goes, T1 and Aliens remain Cameron's best & most consistent works.
The sound mand should be SHOT! Give him a crappy mic that allows plosives.......Sound screws up more productions than any other thing.....editing a close second.
Nothing wrong with the mic. That's a Shure SM-58, the workhorse of live sound events. Indestructible, dependable, clear and clean and the industry standard. There IS something wrong with the way that Ridley is holding it, however. Which is shocking, to me, at least. You would think that Ridley Scott, who is a technological whiz, would know better than that. Apparently not.
ridley sells his mother so cheap...he cant believe it
sorry...man not mand
An amazing, iconic filmmaker whose impacted billions including Indirectly those who've NEVER seen his films via inspiring those who Directly Do! AND.....
who's single handedly RUINED one of those franchises by stripping away ALL sense of AWE & WONDER and replacing Beautiful Ambiguity with Nonsensical Canon, Mind Numbingly Bad Character Motivation and Cringe Worthy 'Drunk Uncle Dancing at Wedding' Answers to Questions NEVER Requested!! Seems Ridley forgot Hitchcock's Rule of: "what could be behind the door is scarier than what is!";... and if one is insistent on giving away all the answers.. make them sensical to story that preceded it!!
HOW COULD DAVID HAVE MADE THE XENOMORPHS WHEN EGGS ABOARD THE SHIP IN FIRST FILM WAS THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD?!?
no one has the balls to tell him how to hold a mic lmao
This guy get's never confronted with the garbage he produced in his career
which ?
Liked Ridley until he talked shit about a camera operator who was standing right next to him in the Prometheus making of doc. Lost all respect. The dude is seriously high and mighty and not humble.
Why can´t you people use a decent microphone set-up instead of this garbage?
Too bad Prometheus was terrible. So is Alien: Covenant.
What a boring, pompous interviewer. Not engaging ( or at least pretending to) with Scott in anyway. Just rattles of questions no flow. Thankfully Scott as always is a funny,absorbing interview.
Prometheus is complete shit of a movie. I don't understand how the same guy who made Alien could make such an abomination as Prometheus and second one shit of a movie, i don't even remember the name of the last one. It's so bad that even Alien vs Predator looks decent against them.
Prometheus and Covenant are the two best movies I've ever seen. If you cannot analyze the plot then you shouldn't even watch movies
They should have allowed somebody else to do the new Alien-franchise-films, which then became "Prometheus" and "Alien-Covenant", because they turned out to be a mess in his hands. They should have given up on the idea to connect the earlier films to the newer ones. They should have been bold enough to try something new. Ok, these are sci-fi-films, nobody expects them to be scientifically accurate, but man...astronauts going to an alien planet taking off their helmets in Prometheus, playing around with completely unknown lifeforms, having no monitoring procedures on the spaceship to determine if they are free of alien contamination, etc. And in Covenant they don't even wear protective suits anymore, because why should they...they are just the best astronauts and complete professionals, but somehow forgot about it. What a bunch of crap. Visually they are very well made, otherwise a pile of garbage. A complete waste of money and talent. And I don't care about the directors cut. I went to the cinema to watch the film and expect something remotely coherent and qualitative. I don't understand why he is doing films if he doesn't have the right to cut the version which goes to the cinemas his way. It doesn't make any sense.
what a horrid microphone. Almost makes the thing unlistenable