I wish we knew which films and filmmakers the major auteurs hate. They weren't shy about bashing each other in the 60's and 70's.
yeah, we need more people taking potshots and ramping up the competitiveness in the press have linklater talk shit on alexander payne or something
https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/gtzen6/directors_criticisms_and_praise_about_other/ I always found it fascinating. I think Quentin Tarantino did some sort of backhanded compliment to Paul Thomas Anderson even when praising his work, but I can't watch more than a couple seconds of Tarantino in interviews.
18. Tim Burton on Kevin Smith (after Smith jokingly accused Burton of stealing the ending of Planet of the Apes from a Smith comic book): “Anyone who knows me knows I would never read a comic book. And I would especially never read anything created by Kevin Smith.” The 30 Harshest Filmmaker-on-Filmmaker Insults in History
There’s a good interview back from when PTA made PDL and he was asked why he casted Sandler in that role. In so many words he said, “because he’s hilarious. He makes me laugh.” Pretty sure he went on to praise Sandler’s comedy films leading up to PDL
It's funny how many names on that list seem to repeat themselves, on either end. Or both. I wonder if that means anything?