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Originally Posted by demonrail666
He probably has no more freedom at Miramax (either pre or post Disney) than Spielberg has at Universal.
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No way man. If thre's two directors whp have gotten to the stage where they can pretty do what they want and the studios know they'll make their money back it's Spielberg and Tarantino.
Tarantino helped Miramax become the powerhouse it did (and the vice-versa really) with Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. After that Tarantino stayed making films for Miramax even when they were struggling and releasing films with no quality control and general tosh. The one thing the Weinstein brothers, in all their meddling and chopping up films, knew was to leave Tarantino alone cos he'd make them money every time.
How many other directors would be able to release films like Inglourious Basterds and Django and walk away knowing that's pretty much his image.
Spielberg? It's Spielberg and save for a coupla films he's always made a decent profit on his films. And in terms of Hollywood he's a pretty big guy over there and knows it.