By Ray Pride Pride@moviecitynews.com
Threads: Del Toro, McQuarrie, Mangold, Johnson et al.
Twitter is a lovely river when thread creates what participant James Mangold calls “a lively artistic banter among friends.”
What a wonderful thread to witness as a filmmaker. https://t.co/eQETkihQju
— Minhal Baig (@minhalbaig) May 21, 2017
This is only a sample. Listen in for a bit.
It began with a question from Christopher McQuarrie to a few colleagues:
@ava @edgarwright @mang0ld @RealGDT @rianjohnson @WilliamFriedkin to begin, please share an image – any image – that inspires you.
— ChristopherMcQuarrie (@chrismcquarrie) May 21, 2017
@mang0ld @ava @edgarwright @RealGDT @rianjohnson @WilliamFriedkin Do you ever find yourself chasing or trying to recreate an image that inspired you? Has is ever worked? — ChristopherMcQuarrie (@chrismcquarrie) May 21, 2017
@chrismcquarrie @mang0ld @ava @edgarwright @RealGDT @WilliamFriedkin I think chasing an image will always be chasing what that image means to you, which will always end up being personal and unique.
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) May 21, 2017
@rianjohnson @mang0ld @ava @edgarwright @RealGDT @WilliamFriedkin In my case, it tends to end up personally and uniquely forced. — ChristopherMcQuarrie (@chrismcquarrie) May 21, 2017
Later on Sunday, GdT answers the call.
@chrismcquarrie @rianjohnson @mang0ld @ava @edgarwright @WilliamFriedkin I have spent most of my life chasing images. The other half chasing emotions and about a decade realizing that they are one and the same
— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) May 21, 2017
@chrismcquarrie @rianjohnson @mang0ld @ava @edgarwright @WilliamFriedkin The importance of images is for them to derive not only from Pop media but from life and art (paintings, engravings, sculpture, etc) I think — Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) May 21, 2017
@RealGDT @rianjohnson @mang0ld @ava @edgarwright @WilliamFriedkin And, as a lover of horror, do you find inspiration in your personal fears or the enjoyment of what others might find fearful?
— ChristopherMcQuarrie (@chrismcquarrie) May 21, 2017
@chrismcquarrie @rianjohnson @mang0ld @ava @edgarwright @WilliamFriedkin You have only ONE audience available to you: Yourself. You can only use your insticts (right or worng) don;t you think? — Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) May 21, 2017
@RealGDT @rianjohnson @mang0ld @ava @edgarwright @WilliamFriedkin Very much so. My question is are you creating from an expression of inner fears or the love of things fearful?
— ChristopherMcQuarrie (@chrismcquarrie) May 21, 2017
@chrismcquarrie @rianjohnson @mang0ld @ava @edgarwright @WilliamFriedkin I am kinda broken. I find beauty in horror and horror in what people think is beauty. — Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) May 21, 2017
@RealGDT @rianjohnson @mang0ld @ava @edgarwright @WilliamFriedkin I would not consider that broken. I would consider that perspective.
— ChristopherMcQuarrie (@chrismcquarrie) May 21, 2017
The conversation continues on Twitter.