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TMC · 05-06-2024, 08:50 PM

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All it takes is one strike to derail your career in Hollywood, and it can be a long, arduous process to get back in the game. That was the case for Damien Chazelle, M. Night Shyamalan, Gore Verbinski, James Mangold, and countless others. One misstep was all it took and some of them were out of work for years, decades, or their whole lives.

In this video essay, I want to take a look at Movie Jail (or Director Jail, if you prefer), specifically what it is and how one lands there, those that have landed there and how they got out, and how Hollywood can change to ensure it's less of a recurring thing.

00:00 Intro
00:30 The Curious Case of Damien Chazelle
03:58 How & Why Movie Jail Happens
11:29 Other Directors in Movie Jail
21:10 Finding a Happy Medium

Steve M. · 05-07-2024, 10:10 AM

Michael Schultz - who directed the 1978 'Sgt. Pepper' movie - got put in movie jail by angry Beatles fans, though Robert Stigwood was the real auteur of that disaster.

05-07-2024, 10:10 AM	#2
Steve M. Back on the road to reality Forum Superstar Join Date: Nov 07, 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 33,307	Michael Schultz - who directed the 1978 'Sgt. Pepper' movie - got put in movie jail by angry Beatles fans, though Robert Stigwood was the real auteur of that disaster.
	__________________ I don't really get out a lot. When I do go out, I couldn't be happier. I love being in a nice milieu. I'm as happy as a clam. Just as long as I'm not in some club playing hip-hop. You hear that sort of thing in a lot of places. That's not my milieu. Rock and roll is good-time music. I love rock. So did my parents.