Being a co-something

[viktor_haag]

OK; just how much of a film do you have to be a first unit director on before you're able to call yourself a "co-director"? I was under the (perhaps incorrect?) understanding that Miller-the-whore-weasel had helmed a single scene from Rodriguez' adaptation of his ultra-violent comic (that featured whores, nuns, and whore-nuns: three Miller tropes in one! Full of Millery goodness! (badness?)), and that otherwise his contributions were in an advisory capacity.

But IMDB, thanks to his last name presumably, gives him top directorial billing.

And this story from SciFi wire labels him as "co-director".

So, how much of Sin City did the mysoginist actually direct?

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[waiwode.livejournal.com]

Just that one scene.

From the wiki:
Rodriguez directed Sin City (2005), an adaptation of the Frank Miller Sin City comic books; Quentin Tarantino also directed a scene. During production in 2004, Rodriguez insisted that Miller receive a "co-director" credit with him because he considered the visual style of Miller's comic art to be just as important as his own in the film. However, the Directors Guild of America would not allow it, citing that only "legitimate teams" could share the director's credit (e.g. the Wachowski Brothers). Rodriguez chose to resign from the DGA, stating, "It was easier for me to quietly resign before shooting because otherwise I'd be forced to make compromises I was unwilling to make or set a precedent that might hurt the guild later on." Unfortunately, by resigning from the DGA, Rodriguez was also forced to relinquish his director's seat on the film John Carter of Mars (2006) (at the time "A Princess of Mars" after the book on which it was based) for Paramount Pictures. Rodriguez had already signed on and had been announced as director of that film, planning to begin filming soon after completing Sin City.

Unexplained in the above text, Paramount Pictures is an "All Union" Shop.

Doug.

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

Hrm. Can't say I think much of Rodriguez's decisions there. Co-director indeed. (I can see crediting Miller for choreography and/or production design, and giving him a "second unit director" or "guest director" credit as was done with Tarantino, but sheesh.)

[waiwode.livejournal.com]

Either can I, from at least one stand-point ... I could have seen a John Carter movie!

Doug.

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

True dat.