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Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland was fine.....It was Through the Looking Glass that was totally unnecessary...Its not too Disneyized garbage version and not too Lewis Carrol version.
I feel like Taymor's work is not really talked about that much and really it should Titus and Frida are some of my fav films and she does have some very good films on her belt.
Honestly, she sounds inspiring. Fail or succeed, I appreciate anyone that at least tries something new and/or unique. The fact she keeps getting back on the horse regardless of failure is commendable.
this woman feel like star butterfly if she saw a marathon of terry gillian movies and then she went "i can be even weirder" and uses her magic powers to be a surreal author.
The fact that Doug can make a 30 minute video once a week is inSANE! Other content creators be like "I have to take a break, I'm burnt out." while the absolute CHAD Doug can make so much content so fast. Astounding!
He is also streaming once a week or so. Honestly, these people and some of their regularly appearing friends are really awesome! Would be great if even more people appreciated their work.
I think because it's his job is a very traditional way, like a 9-5. he doesn't stream/talk about every second of his life and isn't a UA-camr/Influencer. Plus he has a solid reliable/likable team to help him.
In fairness, a content creator being burnt out and needing a break is perfectly normal and healthy. And yeah, that said, it's crazy how consistent Doug is! I would assume he gets these episodes done in a little under a week on average so that he can bank vacation time and still have videos to put up.
@@kriticalitylives That’s relatable. I had a close friend for many years, but when we grew older we went our separate ways (we both just completed college though). But unfortunately now, she and her mom are taking care of the dad because he developed MS several years back (he has difficulty walking and had to retire just last year).
19:02 It's sad Spiderman Turn off the Dark only lasted a short time. The stunts r cool, it's campy and has GREAT music. I like it! Also, I think Julie Taymor should've directed Eternals. I think using her style to bring Jack Kirby's cosmic art to life would've been amazing.
I did not know Julie Taymour worked with so much puppetry and masks!! No wonder Lion King the Musical looked like something out of Greek theatre. To this day, my favorite scene from the musical is when the lionesses mourn Mufasa and pull streamers from the eyes of their headdresses to signify crying
Suggestions for celebrities. Arnold Schwarzenegger,Johnny dept,Christina ricci,Anjelica Huston,jack black,will smith,Eddie murphy,Tim curry,Anthoney hopkins and Bruce willis
Anthony Hopkins 100% such diverse career moments even into his old age, I mean his Westworld role was such a pleasant surprise and rlly great. But then he has many lows as well just in cheap films that even he knows aren’t any good, Transformers and recent action films come to mind
We need more biopics like Frida and Vincent. I keep hearing we're getting a Kurt Cobain biopic and the LAST thing I want from it is to feel like Bohemian Rhapsody or Rocketman. Also I can't front. I LOVE Across the Universe! It's one of my absolute favorite musical films ever!
I love Across The Universe and find Taymor’s style and direction fascinating and very unique. Best rendition of “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” EVER! Agree, although half of ATU is absolutely brilliant the back half is underwhelming, but still manages to work.
To me, “modern day” is so played out as a setting for the Bard. How about setting them in different but still historical cultures from whence they came? Or a sci-fi setting? Or completely fantastical secondary world? You know, just go nuts. As long as you keep the text and plot.
You know I'm wondering something...if she was given to direct the 2019 cgi remake of Lion King and not Jon Faverou how much you wanna bet it be weird as fuck? Because when you think about it since Elton John who worked on the music had released two months prior the R-Rated musical fantasy biopic about himself which is almost at Taymor level of weird in terms of visuals.
She would probably just go for an Into the Woods route and use the same kind of structure and aesthetic as the Broadway play, but with cinematic effects and sets.
This is so interesting!! I didn’t even realize she directed Frida, my favorite movie about an artist. I love this “deep dive on a person’s career” format, I learned a lot! Thanks for making this! 😃
@@claudiurogojan7114 No, they're referring to something else. In the early 2010s Cartoon Network had a TV show called MAD (based off the magazine of the same name) and they did a sketch called "Smallville: Turn Off The Clark". The premise was that the actor who played Superman in the show Smallville was disappointed that he never really got to be Superman since the show ends right when he gets his costume. He's then approached by Taymor and Bono who help him turn Superman into a Broadway musical with the same title as the sketch.
Across the Universe is one of those films i say i've seen, except i've actually thought of buying it from a thrift store or Half Price Books, only to waffle on it and ultimately switch it out. *Every. Single. TIME.*
I actually had a substitute teacher that subbed for my dance class one week who played a gazelle in the Broadway version of the Lion King, it was magical
Doug on Across The Universe: the first half was pretty good, the second was just too weird to really appreciate or enjoy. So... kinda like the musical career of the Beatles themselves, then? 😛
I personally love "Across the Universe." I've never taken psychedelics before, but I'm pretty sure my experience watching that movie for the first time wasn't that far off from having a first trip. At first I was like, "Wow, this is gonna be good!" Then I was like, "Whoa, I'm so sure about this." Then at the end I had tears in my eyes and was yelling, "My god, I understand the meaning of life now!"
Titus was the first Taymor film I ever saw. I'm a Shakespeare nut and I appreciate that film. It's hit and miss for me, but to this day, I refer to the turning point of the play as the "Cross Roads Scene" because she stages it at a cross roads. That and the scene when Marcus finds Lavina after her rape I think are wonderful.
Doug, if you like this you might want to check out the films of Ken Russell. He pioneered this way of making biographical films about artists and, especially, composers using their work to explore their characters. I would recommend The Music Lovers, The Devils, Mahler, Tommy, Lisztomania, Altered States and Gothic. There is a lot one might call "Fuck You, I'm Ken Russell!"-moments.
She’s freaking crazy and I love her. The Broadway Lion King is an absolute spectacle that stands on its own from the original film. I know Favreau wanted to do 2019 Lion King as the same story in a different medium, but film is a much more literal medium than theater. With the musical you knew it was an adaptation of the original film and you give it suspension of disbelief. With the remake, it comes off as just rehashing the original. It’s like how Frank Oz had to change the ending of the Little Shop of Horrors movie, which originally had the musical’s downer ending where humanity is eaten by Audrey II, because the audience wouldn’t get to see Seymour and Audrey’s actors take a bow and show they’re fine at the end of the movie. The remake would’ve earned some points though if it used He Lives in You or Shadowland from the musical, though. It was nice to see Zazu’s line about Mufasa as a cub get lifted from the musical, at least, and a few other nods like the mouse.
Honestly the Lion King remake should've done something with the Broadway musical; it'd actually be something that stands apart from the original movie instead of just being a rehash for most of the flick.
@@Sea-Salt My idea for a live action Lion King remake that takes inspiration from the Broadway musical is doing something similar to the 1973 film adaptation of Jesus Christ Superstar where it’s a group of tourists re-enacting the plot of The Lion King using the familiar African culture elements from the Broadway show like the instruments, masks and costumes but without the puppets.
Same, but it was a course of a whole two films regarding revising texts to film, the other being The Company of Wolves which if I recall, Doug's talked about in the past too!
Across the Universe is one of my favorite movies, I always wish for Julie Taymor to adapt it for the stage. And Lion King was the first Broadway show I ever got to see, I was around 7 or 8, and I still remember it like it was yesterday
im surprise that movie didn't have a place for "i am the walrus" since thats an already weird song about nonsense that you can go even more weirder with the visuals.
I'm mostly familiar with Across the Universe as my video editing class in college had a project where we had to take films and reduce them to 15 minutes ( I think it was) while still keeping the story as concise as possible and that was the film I was given to work on.
Because the idea of the Green goblin or norman Osborne in general, Is that he Is suppoust to be a Lex Luthor type of villain pretending to be a Joker type of villain. He Is just as menacing as both a guy in a suit as a guy in disguise making it a pretty unique type of villain making it seems like he Is always in control of His loonasy. The movie tried to make him More sympathetic by giving him the Split personality trait that it works for someone like two face, or even scarface, but for him it just make him look pathetic, even though William Dafoe is friggin enjoyable as the goblin he isn't writting like the comics did him. The best version of norman Osborne was in spectacular Spiderman, if you saw that series he makes Dafoe look like Arnold as mr freeze in Batman and Robin. I hope the sequel from the ps4 Spiderman give Is the same character, since in the first one norman was already a piece of shit person with octavius.
Watching "Across the Universe" while studying in middle school motivated me to learn more about the american political background of the 60th and to get across the amazing world of the Beatles' songs (still my favorite band up to this date). This kind of influence on people's minds is the aim of the true art, so great respect to the brilliant Julie Taymor!
Please talk about David Tennant at some point? You can do a career dive, do a film with segments of him in it, or even just mention him in passing. He is a really underrated actor.
Across the universe is easily my favorite Julie Taymor film. I love the music, the visuals, and even the small details. Characters were based on different real people like Paul McCartney, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Kurt Cobain.
I remember watching that video of her production of the Tempest in one of my theatre classes in college. So creative! I still haven't seen Lion King on broadway but hope to and i LOVE Across The Universe
Lion King was definitely something cool to see, and something I recommend to everyone once live performances are a viable option again. Never got to see that Spider-man thing, but I probably would have enjoyed the hell out of that just from how bonkers it looks.
Thank you for doing this series! I loved the first two videos, and excitedly clicked on this one even though I had I idea she was! I was so excited to learn she’s responsible for the Lion king musical! And it was a very entertaining video as always!
I wish I'd known about this person back when I was in college. She might have inspired me a great deal. When I was younger I had a lot of visual metaphors and symbols in my head that i tried to get onto the stage but no one in my cast got into what i was trying. Nowadays i just dont have the same passion or weirdness that i used to
I actually saw Spider Man: Turn off the Dark during one of my first trips to New York (can't remember if it was my first, but it's somewhere in there) and I honestly remember really enjoying it. I don't remember there being those illusions though, so I might've seen it before all that went down.
Me seeing the video thumb nail: Wow, Julia Louis Dreyfus has aged well and still looks great while getting older. Wait, that’s Julie Taymor. My words still stand for both of them.
Frida is definitely my favourite of hers because it’s not only a warts and all biopic of one of my favourite artists, but it perfectly depicts how artists see the world.
I'm honestly surprised that Taymor's Spiderman didn't include Mysterio. That seems like it would've been the perfect villain for her to go nuts with; a character that seems tailor made to work with her style.
One thing I like about her work is that she takes one shape/thing, and it’s the main idea of the story which helps in design. For the Lion King, it was a circle. For Tempest, it was a sand castle. Midsummer: a bed.
I never actually went to college, but I hung around a friend or two that was on campus or in the last bits of a class before I was driving them home, and my stage/acting pal knew a lot about Taymor and her works (which was topped by Across The Universe at the time, since I'm fucking old), so he showed it to me. The opinion I've come to settle on with her is she's a genius who can paint a puppet show with actors in the place of colors. She could probably score a movie with John Kage's 4'33", or turn a knock-knock joke into a character. She's an abstract, beautiful nightmare that stays in the mind in the best of ways, and I'm glad NC put the magnifying glass to her talents~
I love Across The Universe. I'm a big fan of The Beatles covers and how they are used to tell the story. And as an artist, I kind of have a soft spot for those "FU I'm JT" moments.
I started a diet a month ago. I'm down 20 pounds now and looking for good alternatives for food. Magic Spoon is the first product I have seen advertised on this channel that I am actually going to buy.
I can't be the only one that wants Julie Taymor to direct a stage musical of Nightmare Before Christmas. But, also, leaving this series, Doug. Keep it going.
I would like to see her collaborate with Tim Burton on a project, animation or live action or both. Their creative and artistic minds together would be awesome to see.
Lion King has been my absolute favorite Broadway show I’ve seen (saw it in late 2009). Spider-Man was okay such as the action and set designs, but yeah the story overcomplicated and over explained many things. The absolute worst part of it though was uncle Ben’s death. When he gets hit by a f’ing car when he was supposed to be murdered. I know changes are always made adapting a comic, but you should never change something that massive. Though I saw an early preview, and did see they made it more accurate in the final version.
I’ve never actually heard of Julie Taymor before. But I have heard about Broadway’s The Lion King and was surprised that she was the one who made that! So thank you, Nostalgia Critic! *Some ideas for future Career Dives: Ridley Scott, Rian Johnson, Christopher Nolan, And George Lucas.*
What does everyone think of Julie Taymor?
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Review the Powerpuff girls and Superman 3 please
@Spencer Carroll Yes yes a hundred times yes!!
And Godzilla 2014
Review Sonic the hedgehog 2020 please
Can you review Rodger & Hammerstein's Cinderella 1997 or The Princess and the Pea 2002?
Man, she should have been the one to direct the Alice & Wonderland remake
I would actually love to see that.
Same here
Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland was fine.....It was Through the Looking Glass that was totally unnecessary...Its not too Disneyized garbage version and not too Lewis Carrol version.
It would still be crap.
Oh damn.
Yeah, that's a good idea.
Fuck! That would’ve been amazing!
Apparently, Frida Kahlo’s niece was so impressed with Hayek’s performance that she gave her one of Kahlo’s necklaces
NC: Today we're talking about Julie Taymore.
Comment section: *Crickets*
NC: She directed Titus.
Comment section: OH
yeah.
I forgot she did Lion King on Broadway
Tbh I still have no clue who she is
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Lol, well I know of her work, just not her. For whatever reason, she’s never been on my radar.
@@keefriff99 yeah same, everyone’s heard of lion king but until this video, I didn’t know who she is
I feel like Taymor's work is not really talked about that much and really it should Titus and Frida are some of my fav films and she does have some very good films on her belt.
Honestly, she sounds inspiring. Fail or succeed, I appreciate anyone that at least tries something new and/or unique. The fact she keeps getting back on the horse regardless of failure is commendable.
She is like the zack snyder of theater
"It's gonna be weird as shit."
Coming from the guy who just got into the Kingdom Hearts fandom that's gotta be saying something lol
Well the Last Update of Union Cross was Special.
@@tombecher9112 I guess you could say it was one massive "Fuck you, I'm Tetsuya Nomura" moment.
@@briankelly130 we just gotta go along with it at this point XD
@@TheRibottoStudios Oh I learned to do that years ago, I'm along for the KH ride for as long as it takes.
Haven't seen it, how has the experience been? As a kh fan, I'm curious
this woman feel like star butterfly if she saw a marathon of terry gillian movies and then she went "i can be even weirder" and uses her magic powers to be a surreal author.
I did not expect a comparison with Star Butterfly. I agree though
The fact that Doug can make a 30 minute video once a week is inSANE! Other content creators be like "I have to take a break, I'm burnt out." while the absolute CHAD Doug can make so much content so fast. Astounding!
He is also streaming once a week or so. Honestly, these people and some of their regularly appearing friends are really awesome! Would be great if even more people appreciated their work.
...Doug still makes quality content, but there's creators doing this every day. Doug is still good because he's consistent as hell, but still..
I think because it's his job is a very traditional way, like a 9-5. he doesn't stream/talk about every second of his life and isn't a UA-camr/Influencer. Plus he has a solid reliable/likable team to help him.
In fairness, a content creator being burnt out and needing a break is perfectly normal and healthy. And yeah, that said, it's crazy how consistent Doug is! I would assume he gets these episodes done in a little under a week on average so that he can bank vacation time and still have videos to put up.
“Uneven yet engaging.”
Wait, is that about the her last film or Julie Taymor herself?
Yes.
Yes
Julie Taymore is like that friend you haven't seen in a while, that's had quite a few ups and downs over the years.
Over how many years? You been around the block kid?
@@hitbox524 I meant as in, each film has a change in quality, some are great, some are terrible, but all are pretty batshit insane
@@kriticalitylives That’s relatable.
I had a close friend for many years, but when we grew older we went our separate ways (we both just completed college though). But unfortunately now, she and her mom are taking care of the dad because he developed MS several years back (he has difficulty walking and had to retire just last year).
19:02 It's sad Spiderman Turn off the Dark only lasted a short time. The stunts r cool, it's campy and has GREAT music. I like it!
Also, I think Julie Taymor should've directed Eternals. I think using her style to bring Jack Kirby's cosmic art to life would've been amazing.
I had to watch Across the Universe for an 8th-grade assignment. And yeah, the I Want You segment definitely left an impression.
How did you do on the assignment?
Hearing “shakeweight thingies” from the Green Goblin was not what I was expecting today.
I did not know Julie Taymour worked with so much puppetry and masks!! No wonder Lion King the Musical looked like something out of Greek theatre. To this day, my favorite scene from the musical is when the lionesses mourn Mufasa and pull streamers from the eyes of their headdresses to signify crying
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Anthony Hopkins 100% such diverse career moments even into his old age, I mean his Westworld role was such a pleasant surprise and rlly great. But then he has many lows as well just in cheap films that even he knows aren’t any good, Transformers and recent action films come to mind
@@GuineaPigEveryday And I’m sure he would want to eat critics liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti his his his
Tim Curry
@@GuineaPigEveryday “The Father” was a very heartbreaking yet great film of recent though.
We need more biopics like Frida and Vincent. I keep hearing we're getting a Kurt Cobain biopic and the LAST thing I want from it is to feel like Bohemian Rhapsody or Rocketman.
Also I can't front. I LOVE Across the Universe! It's one of my absolute favorite musical films ever!
I love Across The Universe and find Taymor’s style and direction fascinating and very unique. Best rendition of “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” EVER! Agree, although half of ATU is absolutely brilliant the back half is underwhelming, but still manages to work.
I never realized how much of an artist she was, and I saw "Across The Universe".
the Lion King live-action remake should've just been a film version of the play
Same with Aladdin.
All I can say about Julie Taynor is: with great genius, comes great insanity. And sometimes, vice versa.
She does have a “Broadway” of displaying her work
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Bravo, sir!
Excellently put!
Badum tss
Julie Taymor is the female David Lynch or even the M Night Shamalayan of musical theater!
That doesnt say good things about her as both of them have a subpar body of work.
@@joshuareynolds23 Yeah, especially Shyamalan.
I don’t know if that’s a insult to Taymor.
@@joshuareynolds23 I don’t hate Shamalayan, he’s actually a good director despite some bad movies he has made.
@@anthrax6685 not an insult, but both good and bad, Taymor has a unique style of directing her works.
Julie Taymor’s certainly not the first to make a Shakespeare film in a different/modern setting, but hers are certainly unique.
To me, “modern day” is so played out as a setting for the Bard. How about setting them in different but still historical cultures from whence they came? Or a sci-fi setting? Or completely fantastical secondary world? You know, just go nuts. As long as you keep the text and plot.
You know I'm wondering something...if she was given to direct the 2019 cgi remake of Lion King and not Jon Faverou how much you wanna bet it be weird as fuck? Because when you think about it since Elton John who worked on the music had released two months prior the R-Rated musical fantasy biopic about himself which is almost at Taymor level of weird in terms of visuals.
She would probably just go for an Into the Woods route and use the same kind of structure and aesthetic as the Broadway play, but with cinematic effects and sets.
Deadpool: "Gonna rough you up like a broadway musical!"
Please do Christopher Walken for the next career dive
@@goodburger1114 because?
@@goodburger1114 Then why are you watching it?
6:24 Thanks for the shout-out to Titus. That show, especially its first two seasons, are hilarious.
I think i personally enjoyed the 3rd season best, but the first 2 are hilarious!
@@danielhogue4143 Well, I didn't say Season 3 wasn't funny, and I'll accept anyone saying it's hilarious, but I am biased towards the first two.
This is so interesting!! I didn’t even realize she directed Frida, my favorite movie about an artist. I love this “deep dive on a person’s career” format, I learned a lot! Thanks for making this! 😃
That MAD sketch "Smallville: Turn Off The Clark" finally makes sense now.
What is that joke was it mentioned in the video? I’m asking cause I legit don’t know.
@@claudiurogojan7114 No, they're referring to something else.
In the early 2010s Cartoon Network had a TV show called MAD (based off the magazine of the same name) and they did a sketch called "Smallville: Turn Off The Clark". The premise was that the actor who played Superman in the show Smallville was disappointed that he never really got to be Superman since the show ends right when he gets his costume. He's then approached by Taymor and Bono who help him turn Superman into a Broadway musical with the same title as the sketch.
@@aidanredding8058 oh okay, yeah I know MAD and Smallville were a show, I just didn’t get the joke, but thanks for the explanation.
That's always been one of my favorite MAD sketches along with Spider Baby and Bat Family Feud
I’d love to see Doug do either Tim Curry or Bryan Cranston
Interesting, never heard of her prior, but seem to be semi familiar with the work
Across the Universe is one of those films i say i've seen, except i've actually thought of buying it from a thrift store or Half Price Books, only to waffle on it and ultimately switch it out. *Every. Single. TIME.*
She is that artsy drama puppeteer who gets a Hollywood budget.
dam, never heard of her, but have heard of her movies. i love it when a women director is not afraid to be weird.
Do Christopher Walken next :)
Or Woody Allen
Honestly, I'd love to see Doug do a Career Dive on Charlie Kaufman or Spike Jonze.
Me too. I thought he would do one on spike, but he hasn't done one of these in a while.
Julie Taymor : The Crazy Genius
I actually had a substitute teacher that subbed for my dance class one week who played a gazelle in the Broadway version of the Lion King, it was magical
i can't be the only one who will forever love her for directing the lion king
I only know about her because of Across the Universe. And i really like that movie and the music ❤
Doug on Across The Universe: the first half was pretty good, the second was just too weird to really appreciate or enjoy.
So... kinda like the musical career of the Beatles themselves, then? 😛
I like how so far the series has went from actor to actor/director too director. Nice consistency.
i wonder if he'll do musicians?
@@koneheadcokehead4981 He's not really a music reviewer.
I personally love "Across the Universe." I've never taken psychedelics before, but I'm pretty sure my experience watching that movie for the first time wasn't that far off from having a first trip. At first I was like, "Wow, this is gonna be good!" Then I was like, "Whoa, I'm so sure about this." Then at the end I had tears in my eyes and was yelling, "My god, I understand the meaning of life now!"
Titus was the first Taymor film I ever saw. I'm a Shakespeare nut and I appreciate that film. It's hit and miss for me, but to this day, I refer to the turning point of the play as the "Cross Roads Scene" because she stages it at a cross roads. That and the scene when Marcus finds Lavina after her rape I think are wonderful.
Doug, if you like this you might want to check out the films of Ken Russell. He pioneered this way of making biographical films about artists and, especially, composers using their work to explore their characters. I would recommend The Music Lovers, The Devils, Mahler, Tommy, Lisztomania, Altered States and Gothic. There is a lot one might call "Fuck You, I'm Ken Russell!"-moments.
This sounds like a weird idea but imagine if Julie Taymor did an adaptation of wonder woman.
I really like this style of delving into a director's history and filmography! I'd love to see more like it
Now I've gotta go watch Julie Taymor films.
Do it, she has some great ones!
Would love to see an Adam Sandler one of these but it's really up to you
For all of Turn Off the Dark's faults, it was my first Broadway show, and what got my sister into Marvel in the first place.
She’s freaking crazy and I love her. The Broadway Lion King is an absolute spectacle that stands on its own from the original film.
I know Favreau wanted to do 2019 Lion King as the same story in a different medium, but film is a much more literal medium than theater. With the musical you knew it was an adaptation of the original film and you give it suspension of disbelief. With the remake, it comes off as just rehashing the original. It’s like how Frank Oz had to change the ending of the Little Shop of Horrors movie, which originally had the musical’s downer ending where humanity is eaten by Audrey II, because the audience wouldn’t get to see Seymour and Audrey’s actors take a bow and show they’re fine at the end of the movie.
The remake would’ve earned some points though if it used He Lives in You or Shadowland from the musical, though. It was nice to see Zazu’s line about Mufasa as a cub get lifted from the musical, at least, and a few other nods like the mouse.
Honestly the Lion King remake should've done something with the Broadway musical; it'd actually be something that stands apart from the original movie instead of just being a rehash for most of the flick.
@@Sea-Salt My idea for a live action Lion King remake that takes inspiration from the Broadway musical is doing something similar to the 1973 film adaptation of Jesus Christ Superstar where it’s a group of tourists re-enacting the plot of The Lion King using the familiar African culture elements from the Broadway show like the instruments, masks and costumes but without the puppets.
Can you do Phil Lord and Christopher Miller some time hopefully next time for your next episode of career dive.
Julie Taymor is a legend who tries everything and is a big legend of the movie industry she changed it so much.
agreed.
Saw her film "Titus" in a college course called "Shakespeare in film". The opening was so surreal.
Same, but it was a course of a whole two films regarding revising texts to film, the other being The Company of Wolves which if I recall, Doug's talked about in the past too!
Across the Universe is one of my favorite movies, I always wish for Julie Taymor to adapt it for the stage. And Lion King was the first Broadway show I ever got to see, I was around 7 or 8, and I still remember it like it was yesterday
im surprise that movie didn't have a place for "i am the walrus" since thats an already weird song about nonsense that you can go even more weirder with the visuals.
@@motor4X4kombat ua-cam.com/video/I_m7SRZ-Ix4/v-deo.html It did have that song, Bono sang it and it was pretty psychedelic 😊
I'm mostly familiar with Across the Universe as my video editing class in college had a project where we had to take films and reduce them to 15 minutes ( I think it was) while still keeping the story as concise as possible and that was the film I was given to work on.
I really liked this concept to review a director's work. I learned a lot. I hope you do some more segments like this.
When it comes to Green Goblin in other mediums, you can't satisfy NC
I think Maximum Overdrive did alright.
Because the idea of the Green goblin or norman Osborne in general, Is that he Is suppoust to be a Lex Luthor type of villain pretending to be a Joker type of villain. He Is just as menacing as both a guy in a suit as a guy in disguise making it a pretty unique type of villain making it seems like he Is always in control of His loonasy. The movie tried to make him More sympathetic by giving him the Split personality trait that it works for someone like two face, or even scarface, but for him it just make him look pathetic, even though William Dafoe is friggin enjoyable as the goblin he isn't writting like the comics did him. The best version of norman Osborne was in spectacular Spiderman, if you saw that series he makes Dafoe look like Arnold as mr freeze in Batman and Robin. I hope the sequel from the ps4 Spiderman give Is the same character, since in the first one norman was already a piece of shit person with octavius.
Watching "Across the Universe" while studying in middle school motivated me to learn more about the american political background of the 60th and to get across the amazing world of the Beatles' songs (still my favorite band up to this date). This kind of influence on people's minds is the aim of the true art, so great respect to the brilliant Julie Taymor!
I love Julie Taymore’s work. I was able to see TEMPEST when it premiered in Venice and it’s still one of my favorite films.
Please talk about David Tennant at some point? You can do a career dive, do a film with segments of him in it, or even just mention him in passing. He is a really underrated actor.
Across the Universe is honestly one of my favorite films.
Across the universe is easily my favorite Julie Taymor film. I love the music, the visuals, and even the small details. Characters were based on different real people like Paul McCartney, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Kurt Cobain.
Who's your next 'Career Dive' gonna be on? Adam Sandler?
That'd actually be pretty good.
If I'll be honest I never heard of her but thanks for making this video because I do now.
I remember watching that video of her production of the Tempest in one of my theatre classes in college. So creative! I still haven't seen Lion King on broadway but hope to and i LOVE Across The Universe
This should be educational. Not familiar with her name, but probably seen a movie of hers
If I can be Honest, Julie is Bat Shit Insane and I love her for that because she takes risks and doesn't fall for corporate pandering
Lion King was definitely something cool to see, and something I recommend to everyone once live performances are a viable option again.
Never got to see that Spider-man thing, but I probably would have enjoyed the hell out of that just from how bonkers it looks.
I would honestly love to see a full review of across the universe. It’s such an interesting idea to make a movie around a band’s songs.
I love Taymor's version of Titus and Tempest! I think she's a perfect director for a film adaption of Macbeth.
Thank you for doing this series! I loved the first two videos, and excitedly clicked on this one even though I had I idea she was! I was so excited to learn she’s responsible for the Lion king musical! And it was a very entertaining video as always!
I wish I'd known about this person back when I was in college. She might have inspired me a great deal. When I was younger I had a lot of visual metaphors and symbols in my head that i tried to get onto the stage but no one in my cast got into what i was trying. Nowadays i just dont have the same passion or weirdness that i used to
That Spider-Man walk? All I can say is... Wooooo!
I had no idea Doug loved Titus?! I adore it so much!!
Stacey Keach was awesome as Ken Titus
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It's one of his favorite movies.
I've often said that Julie Taymor is the perfect director to try doing Disney's HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME remake
Christoph Waltz should play Frollo
I actually saw Spider Man: Turn off the Dark during one of my first trips to New York (can't remember if it was my first, but it's somewhere in there) and I honestly remember really enjoying it. I don't remember there being those illusions though, so I might've seen it before all that went down.
Sml puppet (1:55)
I'd love to see her direct a stage version of across the universe
I guess I have her to thank for the Lion King musical then. Man those puppets are still jaw dropping today!
14:02 Those cereal boxes are making a great throwback to the days how cereal boxes look like in the '60s.
Please do Bobcat Goldthwait.
Me seeing the video thumb nail: Wow, Julia Louis Dreyfus has aged well and still looks great while getting older. Wait, that’s Julie Taymor. My words still stand for both of them.
Frida is definitely my favourite of hers because it’s not only a warts and all biopic of one of my favourite artists, but it perfectly depicts how artists see the world.
Wasnt expecting a Titus (the show) reference today but was so happy to see
Stacey Keach was great as Ken Titus
8:37 "why are they marching like that" they're supposed to be moving like how a stone statue would
I'm honestly surprised that Taymor's Spiderman didn't include Mysterio. That seems like it would've been the perfect villain for her to go nuts with; a character that seems tailor made to work with her style.
One thing I like about her work is that she takes one shape/thing, and it’s the main idea of the story which helps in design. For the Lion King, it was a circle. For Tempest, it was a sand castle. Midsummer: a bed.
I never actually went to college, but I hung around a friend or two that was on campus or in the last bits of a class before I was driving them home, and my stage/acting pal knew a lot about Taymor and her works (which was topped by Across The Universe at the time, since I'm fucking old), so he showed it to me. The opinion I've come to settle on with her is she's a genius who can paint a puppet show with actors in the place of colors. She could probably score a movie with John Kage's 4'33", or turn a knock-knock joke into a character. She's an abstract, beautiful nightmare that stays in the mind in the best of ways, and I'm glad NC put the magnifying glass to her talents~
I love it when things go insane, even if only for a brief moment, and so many of the visuals I saw just in this review had me captivated
I love Across The Universe. I'm a big fan of The Beatles covers and how they are used to tell the story. And as an artist, I kind of have a soft spot for those "FU I'm JT" moments.
Can you please bring back Old vs New
Or
Do a nostalgia critic review on the Monsterverse
Honestly feel those would be an apples-to-oranges comparison, since the Monsterverse flicks aren't really remakes of past movies.
I started a diet a month ago. I'm down 20 pounds now and looking for good alternatives for food. Magic Spoon is the first product I have seen advertised on this channel that I am actually going to buy.
I can't be the only one that wants Julie Taymor to direct a stage musical of Nightmare Before Christmas. But, also, leaving this series, Doug. Keep it going.
I would like to see her collaborate with Tim Burton on a project, animation or live action or both. Their creative and artistic minds together would be awesome to see.
Your awesome nostalgia critic
Lion King has been my absolute favorite Broadway show I’ve seen (saw it in late 2009).
Spider-Man was okay such as the action and set designs, but yeah the story overcomplicated and over explained many things.
The absolute worst part of it though was uncle Ben’s death. When he gets hit by a f’ing car when he was supposed to be murdered.
I know changes are always made adapting a comic, but you should never change something that massive.
Though I saw an early preview, and did see they made it more accurate in the final version.
This is what happens when when you mix Salvador Dali and William Shakespeare’s artistic values.
I’ve never actually heard of Julie Taymor before. But I have heard about Broadway’s The Lion King and was surprised that she was the one who made that! So thank you, Nostalgia Critic!
*Some ideas for future Career Dives: Ridley Scott, Rian Johnson, Christopher Nolan, And George Lucas.*