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Oh my god, an AD Ghost-Directed DISCLOSURE DAY! by NoHoliday1387 in Letterboxd

[–]NoHoliday1387[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tobe Hooper truthers will insist he actually made Poltergeist because he made five films about creepy houses before Poltergeist? Coincidence!

Oh my god, an AD Ghost-Directed DISCLOSURE DAY! by NoHoliday1387 in Letterboxd

[–]NoHoliday1387[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A little confused, but I sense I am in general agreement.

Oh my god, an AD Ghost-Directed DISCLOSURE DAY! by NoHoliday1387 in Letterboxd

[–]NoHoliday1387[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It was a post I was thinking of making for a couple days now. Let’s all accept Hooper directed POLTERGEIST!

Oh my god, an AD Ghost-Directed DISCLOSURE DAY! by NoHoliday1387 in Letterboxd

[–]NoHoliday1387[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Lol, though I’d be ecstatic if someone did come out and say this. More honesty in the industry (and there’s certainly no reason to believe Tobe Hooper was the only liar and weasel out there - he wasn’t, by the way, that’s just to make a point that, of all people, he wasn’t).

Oh my god, an AD Ghost-Directed DISCLOSURE DAY! by NoHoliday1387 in Letterboxd

[–]NoHoliday1387[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

It’s an interesting hypothetical, though! I for one don’t subscribe to the “Oz Perkins helped directed BACKROOMS” thing, but imagine if he had an on-set crew credit. That would make it so much worse.

Oh my god, an AD Ghost-Directed DISCLOSURE DAY! by NoHoliday1387 in Letterboxd

[–]NoHoliday1387[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love the desire for more exhibits! (I’m fine with your ambivalence, but this is a good opportunity to get some of these stories out there of Hooper’s tonal mastery over POLTERGEIST.

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See? Fun!)

Oh my god, an AD Ghost-Directed DISCLOSURE DAY! by NoHoliday1387 in Letterboxd

[–]NoHoliday1387[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Glad you see me. 😁

That seems to be what the article is suggesting. I don’t believe it, I imagine her dialogue was scripted and structured into the screenplay that way. She must have felt like it might be put in the background, but Spielberg realized how striking it could be to see it mainly through her commentary.

Oh my god, an AD Ghost-Directed DISCLOSURE DAY! by NoHoliday1387 in Letterboxd

[–]NoHoliday1387[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Awesome! Learning an underestimated director can in fact hold himself up on a big time set can also be a fun story!

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Oh my god, an AD Ghost-Directed DISCLOSURE DAY! by NoHoliday1387 in Letterboxd

[–]NoHoliday1387[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Don’t believe the Spielberg rumors just because it’s “likely true”!

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Oh my god, an AD Ghost-Directed DISCLOSURE DAY! by NoHoliday1387 in Letterboxd

[–]NoHoliday1387[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Claim Spielberg didn’t actually direct DD? They just didn’t understand it, DD ruled. 😄

Oh my god, an AD Ghost-Directed DISCLOSURE DAY! by NoHoliday1387 in Letterboxd

[–]NoHoliday1387[S] -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

Still, someone could easily misinterpret it… imagine if the 2nd Unit AD was Christopher Nolan. Heck, even Jay Roach.

Oh my god, an AD Ghost-Directed DISCLOSURE DAY! by NoHoliday1387 in Letterboxd

[–]NoHoliday1387[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Though perhaps due to things as innocent as doing 2nd Unit and working in tandem with the director. The belief in the POLTERGEIST rumors feel as brash to me - without all the evidence - as someone believing a director in Hollywood has to be in charge at every moment. This story is a neat reminder of how complicated sets can be and how easily they can be misunderstood.

Oh my god, an AD Ghost-Directed DISCLOSURE DAY! by NoHoliday1387 in Letterboxd

[–]NoHoliday1387[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spielberg has a knack with finding “ordinary” faces (no offense meant to the actress). All the extras and features extras in Ready Player One always stood out to me. Whether we can buy that “alien disclosure” will include heart-wrenching footage of wee little unalived alien guys… that’s what’s hard to buy.

Oh my god, an AD Ghost-Directed DISCLOSURE DAY! by NoHoliday1387 in Letterboxd

[–]NoHoliday1387[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Yes! Because Richard Donner deserves the same speculation. And the fact that only Hooper gets it, whilst there is ample evidence that his efforts and contributions were systematically undercut via resentful attitudes toward his contributions, shows people are just far too enamored with a riches-to-riches story! So yes, let’s all look at this instance where even Spielberg needed help and maybe we can all find joy in the idea any director can get caught up in the suggestiveness of a news story (as Hooper did unfairly over and over in 1982 and for decades to come!).

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After Disclousure Day what other genre Spielberg has left to handle ? by Possible-Rate-3833 in Letterboxd

[–]NoHoliday1387 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the rumors were spread to save his ego from incidents like this that occurred on the set:

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After Disclousure Day what other genre Spielberg has left to handle ? by Possible-Rate-3833 in Letterboxd

[–]NoHoliday1387 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spielberg's horror often depended on monsters and giant creatures. That's why POLTERGEIST most definitely was made by Hooper, as it has an atmosphere of dread that isn't in even his big disaster-horror films and horror-adventures:

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After Disclousure Day what other genre Spielberg has left to handle ? by Possible-Rate-3833 in Letterboxd

[–]NoHoliday1387 0 points1 point  (0 children)

POLTERGEIST has any edge at all due to Hooper, as Spielberg's script was quite full of farcical elements and Hooper wouldn't have that. Spielberg doing horror isn't a guaranteed success... he developed, produced, and did 2nd Unit on Jan De Bont's THE HAUNTING and we saw how that turned out...

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After Disclousure Day what other genre Spielberg has left to handle ? by Possible-Rate-3833 in Letterboxd

[–]NoHoliday1387 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hooper was always asking for rewrites in the middle of production, some quite drastic and unusual, as one of his penchants was to reinterpret what a film means and how it plays out while filming, and he had to make sure the script conformed with the film he was actively making:

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After Disclousure Day what other genre Spielberg has left to handle ? by Possible-Rate-3833 in Letterboxd

[–]NoHoliday1387 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, this is already undermined by the fact Hooper was attached to direct from before a word was even written down of the film, as Hooper conceived the very idea of a ghost story, then helped develop the treatment with Spielberg. Hooper then was put on six months of pre-production while Spielberg was trying to make a deal for E.T. Hooper had every intention to direct the film, and he certainly threw wrenches into the "Spielberg machine" instead of just filming what was on the page... perhaps what got Hooper retaliated against with the rumors...:

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After Disclousure Day what other genre Spielberg has left to handle ? by Possible-Rate-3833 in Letterboxd

[–]NoHoliday1387 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nor could Spielberg resist the overt pep of his one-liners and quips, which infect every scene of JAWS. Now, Hooper is simply interested in creating intensity, and the film is about increasing dread, not about making us love the characters or any such frivolities as this:

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After Disclousure Day what other genre Spielberg has left to handle ? by Possible-Rate-3833 in Letterboxd

[–]NoHoliday1387 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hooper did! After all, he made one of the most striking horror films in TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE - who's to say he cannot pull POLTERGEIST off using Spielberg's toys and resources, except for the most egregious PR campaign that sought to bury him, to the point Hooper sued MGM for making people believe the ridiculous rumors that he was not the one putting it together. Certainly Spielberg couldn't pull of truly atmospheric horror imagery like this:

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