How come he retired from directing in 1995?
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The_Baba — 9 years ago(November 02, 2016 09:58 AM)
How come he retired from directing in 1995?
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ftremblay379 — 9 years ago(December 09, 2016 03:43 PM)
We can only guess. His last movie didn't do well. Also, he was turning 70. I guess directing a movie takes a lot of energy. He chose to focus on other things, like Broadway. Did a couple of shows there, The Producers musical being one of them.
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The_Baba — 9 years ago(December 12, 2016 06:31 PM)
Hmmm.
Some directors make their best stuff past that age. And likewise some of their worst haha. Maybe departure from directing is the best thing sometimes. David Lynch is now at that age and he seems to be doing the same, different projects.
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stevenackerman69 — 9 years ago(December 21, 2016 03:43 PM)
He didn't really retire. What happened was he had other ideas for films but couldn't get financing since his later films didn't do as well as his earlier ones. So he decided to work on Broadway adaptations of his films. I wish he would direct again.