Who should make a Movie on Donald Trump

[Le Roi de Pot]

Last edited Wed Oct 7, 2020, 06:11 PM - Edit history (1)

I think the election will not be last chapter of the Trump's sordid saga ... but at some point a movie will be made. Who should be Director? Explain why !


I wanted to add a few more - but you can advocate for your own choice.


UPDATING LIST BASED ON RESPONSES: KEEP EM COMING

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	David Lynch
	1 (8%)
	Robert Redford
	0 (0%)
	Werner Herzog
	1 (8%)
	Ridley Scott
	0 (0%)
	Spike Lee
	2 (17%)
	Kathryn Bigelow
	1 (8%)
	Quentin Tarantino
	5 (42%)
	Christopher Nolan
	0 (0%)
	Sidney Pollack
	0 (0%)
	Costa-Gavras
	2 (17%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[BannonsLiver]

1. Sydney Pollack has been dead for 12 years so that would be some trick.

[Le Roi de Pot]

2. I know ..this is a hypothetical exercise

[BannonsLiver]

3. Uh huh

On edit: He’s the only dead one in the bunch. Why not include others? Just take the L. You didn’t know he was dead.

[johnp3907]

4. Abel Ferrara

Because the Trump administration is just so disgusting. I think Ferrara could capture that.

[PCIntern]

7. Yes. Perfect

[Raven]

5. Vincent Price... oops, no, he's dead.

[leftieNanner]

6. How about Sam Peckinpah?

I know he's dead, but he was so good at those disgusting slow motion shoot-em-up scenes!!

[ZZenith]

8. Kubrick is the most obvious choice since we're recruiting the dead for this project.

[exboyfil]

9. Johan Renck

He directed Chernobyl, the HBO miniseries. The parallels are eerily similar.

He hasn't been that active lately, but 13 Days director Roger Donaldson might also be a good selection.

[JanMichael]

10. The Coen Brothers? nt

[Le Roi de Pot]

14. I considered them .. could be a good choice

[rzemanfl]

11. The Bureau of Prisons. n/t

[Beringia]

12. Two German Directors, Oliver Hirschbiegel or Werner Herzog

Oliver Hirschbiegel did Downfall about Hitler

Werner Herzog understands absurdity and psychopathic personalities

[exboyfil]

15. Whet your appetite - the Covid parody

from Downfall.

[Beringia]

22. I loved it, thanks

[Bradshaw3]

31. Good point about Herzog

I got to meet him and he is a splendid person. Funny that he has such insight into psychopaths. I heard him speak at length about his relationship with Klaus Kinski, who certainly is on the psychopath spectrum.

[Beringia]

32. He did a movie about Grizzly Man too, not a psychopath, but a suicidal nut

[Bradshaw3]

35. Grizzly Man was a great doc but Treadwll wasn't suicidal or a psychopath

He was troubled but more than anything he was just extremely naive, not a good thing when you're hanging out with grizzlies.

[Le Roi de Pot]

43. Added Herzog

[awesomerwb1]

13. For me it has to be a Mexican director

Either one of these should work.

-Alejandro González Iñárritu
-Guillermo del Toro
-Alfonso Cuarón

[Poiuyt]

16. Oliver Stone

He could find all the scandals

[Laelth]

17. Great idea. People would pay NOT to see it. n/t

-Laelth

[Mike 03]

18. Scorsese

[imanamerican63]

19. The Cartoon Network?

[hurl]

20. David Lynch

[crickets]

37. There you go. There's the person who could properly convey the madness.

Although, having lived through donald: the reality, I don't that I care about sitting through donald: the movie.

[0rganism]

38. yep - my immediate thought as well

imagining a mix of Eraserhead, Elephant Man, and Twin Peaks

[Le Roi de Pot]

39. Added David Lynch to the list

[enid602]

21. John Waters

You forgot to add John Waters to your list.

[katusha]

23. mack sennett

a bunch of keystone cops!

[mainer]

24. Borat

He could capture rhe whole ridiculous tale.

[Vinca]

25. I vote for Stormy Daniels. It's got to be porn, of course, with the name of a mushroom

in the title.

[Quixote1818]

26. Alexander Payne would be good too. Nt

[AleksS]

27. Tim Burton.

Because he could capture the bug fuck insanity that is Trumpworld.

“The Nightmare Before 1/21/2021”

“Sweeney Trump: The Demon Resident of Pennsylvania Ave.”

[Yavin4]

28. Thomas P. Wiseau

The worst director ever for the worst president ever.

[LakeArenal]

29. Monty Python.

Tim Curry.

[Le Roi de Pot]

30. So funny - so many of us are voting for Quentin Tarantino ... and we dont even have to explain !

[ironflange]

33. David Cronenberg springs to mind

Or maybe David Lynch.

[0rganism]

34. i don't see David Lynch on the list, and he's clearly the most qualified

Trump's "sordid saga" as you put it plays out somewhere between Eraserhead, Elephant Man, and Twin Peaks.

[Le Roi de Pot]

36. Since I see two -- am updating

[0rganism]

42. why thank you, kind sir or ma'am, updating my vote accordingly

fwiw, i suspect many of the directors on the list would create a fine watchable movie out of this mess
pity we can't see it in theatres until 2022

[kskiska]

40. Charlie Chaplin

[Golden Raisin]

41. Leni Riefenstahl.

[TeamPooka]

44. off that list? Bigelow.

[Le Roi de Pot]

45. feel free to suggest .. I am updating based on finding multiple mentions

[TeamPooka]

46. As the only woman on the list she wins. She;s a great filmmaker and I'd love to see that movie but

Trump would hate a woman directing his movie.
It would eat him alive