Scott Menzel, Film Critic, Writer, Hollywood Critics Association Founder: Are people going to turn on Jordan Peele if Nope is not good?
Film Courage: I’m hoping to get your thoughts on a 2017 article in the Financial Review about Steven Spielberg? The writer says few great film directors are as picked on as Steven Spielberg and then the article continues to say partly this is down to his outside success which sits ill at ease with our notion of an artist I find that interesting. Do you think success brings a distrust of the artist after a while?
Scott: It brings more criticism for sure because when you have someone like Steven Spielberg who raised the bar so much very early on. Jaws, what that did for the horror movie genre and it’s still talked about to this day, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, the older he gets, the projects he takes on, they’re not as many home runs or they’re not as consistent, but I think he’s making movies that are more what he wants to do. He’s kind of earned the right to make the movies that he wants to make and that piece makes me immediately think of West Side Story because there was so much criticism around West Side Story. I’m not saying that they were wrong but there is a lot of criticism with the Latino culture about how they were presented in the movie and how a certain filmmaker should have been directing that movie. I think he’s at a point where he’s kind of a legacy director and he’s earned his stripes. If you’re a studio and Steven Spielberg walks into your office and goes Hey, I want to remake West Side Story, I don’t really think anyone’s going to turn him down. I think people forget about…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
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Born and raised in New Jersey, Scott Menzel has been a life-long fan of all things entertainment. His love for film started at five years old and has only grown over the years. Scott started writing reviews in early 2002 and has been conducting interviews since 2010. He currently serves as the Editor-In-Chief of We Live Entertainment and the founder of the Hollywood Critics Association.
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