No.9198
Let's talk about some films with troubled/interesting/long production histories.
Bonus points if they actually turned out good.
I think A.i. is a great film, but Dune is a different story.
I love its visual style and tone, but the effects are ass, and Lynch clearly had issues condensing the story.
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No.9200
Well here you go. If all goes well, one of the many troubled Orson Welles projects will debut on Netflix...
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/movies/unfinished-orson-welles-film-gets-a-netflix-commitment.html
http://www.wellesnet.com/other-side-of-the-wind-footage-netflix-to-release-orson-welles-film/
> LOS ANGELES — After going silent for almost two years, producers working to salvage “The Other Side of the Wind,” the unfinished final opus of Orson Welles, re-emerged on Tuesday with a major development: Netflix is joining their rescue party.
> Yes, one of the most famous movies never released — one that has bedeviled various directors, movie companies and cinema buffs since Welles left it unfinished upon his death in 1985 — may finally be completed and shown worldwide. “I’m not going to be defeated here,” said Frank Marshall, who was a line producer on the film in the 1970s and has been among those on a quest to finish it. “We’re going to get this made.”
I've avoided watching the available clips in the hopes that it would be finally be completed somehow.
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No.9209
>>9200
>In 1970, Welles began shooting The Other Side of the Wind. The film relates the efforts of a film director (played by John Huston) to complete his last Hollywood picture and is largely set at a lavish party. By 1972 the filming was reported by Welles as being "96% complete",[20]:546 though it is likely that Welles had only edited about 40 minutes of the film by 1979.[4]
Sounds like he was playing a practical joke and never meant to finish it to me.
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No.9213
>>9209
It's not surprising because so many Orson Welles projects ran into problems at some point. If it wasn't a clash with the studio over the final cut, it was Orson himself losing interest and letting the film languish. There are probably other circumstances I'm forgetting. If you explore his filmography you find many stories of production gone awry.
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No.9227
>>9213
They made him look like Brendan Fraser in the second pic
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No.9228
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>>9213
> filming Don Quixote becomes an impossible task
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No.9237
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No.9239
Nearly a decade before Carpenter came on board and worked his magic, producer Stuart Cohen saw the potential in re-adapting Who Goes There?, a long development process that dates back to the early ’70s.
“Rejecting the short story’s central premise, [director Tobe Hooper and creative collaborator Kim Henkel] chose instead to try to fashion something original that, in their words, would “address the larger picture.” Written quickly in order to avoid an impending writers strike, what I remember of the script was an attempt at a man versus monster epic set at the bottom of the world, a sort of Antarctica MOBY DICK with an Ahab-like character (I believe his name was The Captain) battling a large, but decidedly non-shape shifting creature.
Seemingly written as a tone poem with a stab at a Southern, Davis Grubb-like feel, the script was dense, humorless, almost impenetrable (the word John [Carpenter] used for it when he later came on board was incomprehensible). Judged by all at the time to be something akin to a disaster, we agreed to part company.”
- Here’s What Tobe Hooper Almost Did With ‘The Thing’ Before Carpenter Took Over - Bloody Disgusting!: http://archive.is/3Ty1w
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No.9550
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Roger Corman's version of The Fantastic Four
It was produced on a shoestring budget to fulfill a contractual obligation by the rights holder. The movie was completed but intentionally suppressed. Eventually a low quality bootleg surfaced.
As you'd expect it looks very silly. I'm not a comic book guy so I have not seen it, but the bizarre production story makes it tempting to watch.
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No.9775
How about "The Evil Within" (2017)? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339736/
Written/directed by Andrew Getty (yes, THOSE Gettys!)
Shooting took six years (2002-2008) due to delays with funding, cast conflicts and a lawsuit. Then Getty began obsessing over the final cut of the project, which was still unfinished upon his death in 2015. At that point, the producer, Michael Luceri stepped in and finished the editing, finally getting the project released in 2017.
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No.9847
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No.9848
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No.9849
Cool thread
I don't know if this counts but isn't there an unseen R-rated cut of Galaxy Quest?
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No.9850
>>9849
This is one of the great lost films.
I read about it from time to time but I always forget if the "R-rated" part is true.
We know that it was a fair bit cruder/went farther with jokes, like Guy Fleegman being a huge pothead and that being why he acts so retarded etc...
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No.9852
>>9850
I hope it will be released some day. I have not watched Galaxy Quest but to know about the director's cut makes the movie very interesting to me
The famous documentary on a troubled film production is Hearts of Darkness
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No.9854
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I know Fitzcarraldo had (smaller) problems. I like this documentary about the production called Burden of Dreams
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No.9856
>>9852
> I have not watched Galaxy Quest
If you like Star Trek you really should watch Galaxy Quest. It's a truly great comedy.
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No.9965
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Heaven's Gate? I think the film is excellent, but the messy overbudget production is legendary
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No.9968
>>9965
I tried to watch this movie, but god damn, it is the most ponderous boring thing I have ever seen.
It seemed well made in sense, but I was really not feeling it.
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No.9969
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>>9968
I can see that. It's probably not for everyone which is why it did so poorly at the box office.
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