The Director Who Films Your Life Test- Page 2

[paradox_error]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 3:32pm

Ingmar Bergman
Your film will be 62% romantic, 34% comedy, 52% complex plot, and a $ 56 million budget.
Your life will be portrayed on film as an intense psychological drama, likely with some actresses screaming at the camera (Persona), or maybe a pleasant chess game between the Grim Reaper and a Crusader (The Seventh Seal). This Swedish director's films are intensely scrutinzed and studied in colleges all over the world to this day. This means that most Americans still don't understand his films! Still alive, he released in the U.S. in 2005 his first film in 23 years (Saraband), and he can still take on one more project to make your film biography. If curious, start with his films Wild Strawberries and Smiles of a Summer Night.




My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 91% on action-romance

You scored higher than 37% on humor

You scored higher than 91% on complexity

You scored higher than 99% on budget

Updated On: 11/30/05 at 03:32 PM

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 3:47pm

John Landis

Your film will be 47% romantic, 50% comedy, 37% complex plot, and a $ 45 million budget.

John Landis always loves to go over-budget with his action-comedies (The Blues Brothers, anyone?) that are easy on the brain (Animal House, anyone?). Apparently, there's been a lot of destruction in your life, and it's all been hilarious but not terribly romantic. It's likely someone from the original 1970s Saturday Night Live cast will play your boss or your dad or mom, and Michael Jackson might even write the theme song -- Landis directed the video for Thriller.

[Broadway_Baby]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 3:53pm

Woody Allen
Your film will be 67% romantic, 37% comedy, 24% complex plot, and a $ 31 million budget.
Be prepared to have your life story shot entirely in New York City -- though lately Woody's been loving shooting in London. Also, your music soundtrack is all jazz from before 1949. Filmography: Annie Hall, Manhattan, Stardust Memories, Everyone Says I Love You, etc. Woody has released one film per year consistently for the past 35 years. For the past 15 years he's been trying to make films like his older, funnier ones, just like characters in his Stardust Memories film suggest throughout. Regardless of his personal life, his films are American classics.



I was hoping for Baz Luhrman. I don't even know if he's one of the choices.


Oh, and Margo's life now officially scares me.

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 4:03pm

Kevin Smith
Your film will be 50% romantic, 42% comedy, 31% complex plot, and a $ 38 million budget.
Kevin will take your slacker life and turn it into the cult classic it deserves to be --- like Mallrats (just kidding). If you can handle the menacing presence of Jay and Silent Bob all throughout your film, then Kevin is willing to oblige. Basically, he can take the lives of people who don't have much of a life and make it entertaining, so you're in good hands. Go watch your copy of Clerks, now.




My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 42% on action-romance

You scored higher than 72% on humor

You scored higher than 32% on complexity

You scored higher than 77% on budget

[Liz_Bennet]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 5:13pm

I got Sofia Coppola too. I scored 0% for sense of humor. Ouch.

[Nina Myers]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 8:00pm

Roger Corman
Your film will be 49% romantic, 31% comedy, 40% complex plot, and a $ 29 million budget.
An action-complex tale about a complex character that is you. Corman was responsible for a very early Jack Nicholson film, 1963's The Terror (Francis Coppola was associate producer), filmed in three days! The actor who plays you will emote complexity like Jack ... maybe Christian Slater or Gwyneth Paltrow. Also, Roger filmed the original Little Shop of Horrors film -- which in the 1980s was the basis for a hit Broadway musical and another film. All his films were shot for mere thousands of dollars, sometimes completed within the week. Roger knows talent, and knows how to keep costs down with complex stories such as your life story. His versions of Edgar Allen Poe stories are considered classics (The Raven, The Pit and the Pendulum), and also directed Deathsport and Bloody Mama in the 1970s. Oh, yeah, man, this guy will make your film a cult classic!

[yodamarie78]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 8:11pm

Francis Ford Coppola
Your film will be 64% romantic, 32% comedy, 32% complex plot, and a $ 41 million budget.

I was really worried that I was going to wind up with Spielberg, but Coppola is cool. Updated On: 11/30/05 at 08:11 PM

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 8:32pm

I love it.

John Hughes
Your film will be 60% romantic, 53% comedy, 35% complex plot, and a $ 50 million budget.
Filmography: Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Uncle Buck, etc. Yes, your life is going to be turned into a teen comedy classic. Just be glad he's not handing the directing reins over to some of his friends like Chris Columbus (Home Alone, Harry Potter). Fun John Hughes trivia - he wrote the screenplay for National Lampoon's Vacation and also wrote for the magazine National Lampoon, which could get pretty raunchy.




My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 77% on action-romance

You scored higher than 99% on humor

You scored higher than 37% on complexity

You scored higher than 92% on budget

[NYadgal]

Posted: 11/30/05 at 8:41pm

Sofia Coppola
Your film will be 74% romantic, 29% comedy, 22% complex plot, and a $ 27 million budget.
Relatively inexperienced (The Virgin Suicides, Lost In Translation) as a director, but already highly respected and connected -- her dad, Francis, directed all The Godfather movies, Apocolypse Now. Also, at last word she's dating Quentin Tarantino, so I'm sure he'll have some input into the substance of your film. Sofia's good at making the romantic drama that is your life. Who didn't have at least a lump in the throat at the end of Lost In Translation? She's already won one Academy Award for her writing, now she'll be the first woman to receive one for directing -- YOUR FILM!




My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 98% on action-romance

You scored higher than 32% on humor

You scored higher than 0% on complexity

You scored higher than 3% on budget


Blech.

0% on complexity?!?!?! I think I'm insulted...

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 1:17am

I got Woody Allen:

Your film will be 55% romantic, 45% comedy, 16% complex plot, and a $ 32 million budget.
Be prepared to have your life story shot entirely in New York City -- though lately Woody's been loving shooting in London. Also, your music soundtrack is all jazz from before 1949. Filmography: Annie Hall, Manhattan, Stardust Memories, Everyone Says I Love You, etc. Woody has released one film per year consistently for the past 35 years. For the past 15 years he's been trying to make films like his older, funnier ones, just like characters in his Stardust Memories film suggest throughout. Regardless of his personal life, his films are American classics.

And you think 8% complexity is bad, popcultureboy? I got 0.

Updated On: 12/1/05 at 01:17 AM

[NYadgal]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 1:18am

So did I, Rose.

I am quite miffed at that!

[enjolrasissex]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 2:14am

Akira Kurosawa
Your film will be 49% romantic, 42% comedy, 19% complex plot, and a $ 41 million budget.
Action-packed, light romance maybe with situation humor but with a moral to your story, this Japanese master filmmaker would make your film an instant cult classic -- were he still alive. This is the guy who made the movie on which George Lucas' Star Wars is based (The Hidden Fortress). Also his movie Seven Samurai inspired the American classic The Magnificient Seven. I think you now have a hint how your bio film is gonna turn out. Rather than hire George Lucas, let's dig up Kurosawa to create the classic spectacle that is your life. A simple drama with light touches of comedy, but a big budget.

You scored higher than 37% on action-romance
You scored higher than 72% on humor
You scored higher than 1% on complexity
You scored higher than 84% on budget

Updated On: 12/1/05 at 02:14 AM

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 2:45am

Akira Kurosawa---AWESOME!

Updated On: 12/1/05 at 02:45 AM

[MyMeredithMonster]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 3:13am

John Waters

Your film will be 60% romantic, 52% comedy, 23% complex plot, and a $ 36 million budget.
Filmography: Hairspray, Cry Baby, Pecker, A Dirty Shame, Serial Mom, Polyester, Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Mondo Trasho, and more. Hopefully your entire life happened in Baltimore, Maryland, because that is where your life story will take place with John Waters at the helm. Your mother will be played either by a large transvestite or Kathleen Turner ... oh, the levels of irony! Anyway, we hope your life was full of pleasant scents because your movie will be released in Smell-O-Vision like his movie Polyester (1981), but will likely not have any dog-poop-eating such as in Pink Flamingos (1972). Johnny Depp will play your uncle.

[RobbO]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 8:10am

c'mon, i know my life is not THAT boring! no one else got ed wood?

[RobbO]

Posted: 12/1/05 at 9:07am

dammit! i took the test again and changed several of my answers to jazz it up (but still be truthful) and i'm still ed wood!

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 12/2/05 at 1:55am

Sofia Coppola

Your film will be 67% romantic, 32% comedy, 22% complex plot, and a $ 20 million budget.
Relatively inexperienced (The Virgin Suicides, Lost In Translation) as a director, but already highly respected and connected -- her dad, Francis, directed all The Godfather movies, Apocolypse Now. Also, at last word she's dating Quentin Tarantino, so I'm sure he'll have some input into the substance of your film. Sofia's good at making the romantic drama that is your life. Who didn't have at least a lump in the throat at the end of Lost In Translation? She's already won one Academy Award for her writing, now she'll be the first woman to receive one for directing -- YOUR FILM!


My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 97% on action-romance

You scored higher than 35% on humor

You scored higher than 2% on complexity

You scored higher than 1% on budget

[LightMyCandle]

Posted: 12/2/05 at 1:57am

I wanted Cameron Crowe or Woody Allen but John Hughes ain't so bad...

John Hughes
Your film will be 58% romantic, 50% comedy, 33% complex plot, and a $ 43 million budget.

Filmography: Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Uncle Buck, etc. Yes, your life is going to be turned into a teen comedy classic. Just be glad he's not handing the directing reins over to some of his friends like Chris Columbus (Home Alone, Harry Potter). Fun John Hughes trivia - he wrote the screenplay for National Lampoon's Vacation and also wrote for the magazine National Lampoon, which could get pretty raunchy.




My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 77% on action-romance

You scored higher than 94% on humor

You scored higher than 36% on complexity

You scored higher than 88% on budget

[MUNKY]

Posted: 12/2/05 at 4:34am

Now I am curious. Who are the 24 directors anyway? This is my list so far based on everyone's post and recent test takers (no particular order):

1. Steven Soderbergh
2. Woody Allen
3. Edward D. Wood, Jr.
4. Terry Gilliam
5. Cameron Crowe
6. Sofia Coppola
7. Ingmar Bergman
8. David Lynch
9. James L. Brooks
10. Alfred Hitchcock
11. Francis Ford Coppola
12. John Waters
13. Quentin Tarantino
14. Penny Marshall
15. Akira Kurosawa
16. John Landis
17. Kevin Smith
18. Roger Corman
19. John Hughes
20. Steven Speilberg
21. Mike Nichols
22. Mel Brooks
23. Spike Lee
24. ????????

Can anyone guess and confirm the last missing director? This should be interesting.