Mission: Impossible Director Christopher McQuarrie Recommends Movies from His Letterboxd Watchlist

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  • čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
  • Mission: Impossible director and Letterboxd member Christopher McQuarrie shuffles his watchlist, recommends a movie, and opens up about his influences and shooting action scenes.
    Produced and Interviewed by Brian Formo.
    Edited by @CultPopture
    Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One on Letterboxd: boxd.it/l7zS
    Christopher McQuarrie's "Tonight's Recommended Viewing" List on Letterboxd: boxd.it/mZlh4
    #missionimpossible
    #christophermcquarrie
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Komentáře • 42

  • @NecroMorrius
    @NecroMorrius Před 10 měsíci +57

    Chris McQuarrie is perhaps the greatest living action director. He has yet to receive his due (perhaps because Tom sucks up so much attention) but Chris is the key to the recent MI films and Top Gun.

    • @hagros93
      @hagros93 Před 10 měsíci +3

      he didn't direct Top Gun

    • @strikerbowls791
      @strikerbowls791 Před 10 měsíci +3

      ​@@hagros93He produced and wrote it

    • @hagros93
      @hagros93 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@strikerbowls791 OP said "greatest living action director" and named Top Gun as an example. Also he was 1 of 5 writers.

    • @joe8108
      @joe8108 Před 10 měsíci

      no he isnt

    • @jqyhlmnp
      @jqyhlmnp Před 10 měsíci

      @@joe8108yeah. Chris McQuarrie loves Eyes Wide Shut

  • @KillahMate
    @KillahMate Před 10 měsíci +24

    Compliments to Brian for this interview - the questions and comments were very insightful.

    • @brianformo4536
      @brianformo4536 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Thank you, kindly! He's a wonderful interview.

  • @johndoderino2609
    @johndoderino2609 Před 11 měsíci +37

    The Train is truly incredible, great choice

    • @bencarlson4300
      @bencarlson4300 Před 10 měsíci +5

      That run from Frankenheimer of The Train, Seconds, The Manchurian Candidate, and Seven Days in May is amazing (I haven’t seen Birdman of Alcatraz or Grand Prix, so it could even be 6 classics in a row).

    • @rockinchimp
      @rockinchimp Před 10 měsíci +2

      ​@@bencarlson4300 It is, trust me. He was an incredible director with one of the best runs in film history

  • @carterforrestmusic
    @carterforrestmusic Před 11 měsíci +28

    Christopher McQuarrie is the greatest action filmmaker working today in my opinion.

    • @chaosinorderrr
      @chaosinorderrr Před 10 měsíci

      Definitely up there

    • @praveenkumar-ed8qf
      @praveenkumar-ed8qf Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@AbhayPotluri125yeah makes movies so unbelievable that you fall down 100 stairs and get back immediately

  • @henryrowlands7590
    @henryrowlands7590 Před 10 měsíci +10

    A true auteur, thanks to McQuarrie for gifting us back to back action film masterpieces

  • @drewg4261
    @drewg4261 Před 11 měsíci +16

    Wonderful interview...highly insightful.
    You could tell McQuarrie loves talking movies!

  • @vladimirhorowitz
    @vladimirhorowitz Před 11 měsíci +41

    Great stuff. The Train is one of my favorites, too. The McQuarrie/Cruise collaboration will be talked about decades from now. Maybe even in a century, when actors and directors have all been replaced by AI algorithms (I hope not).

    • @RSG_TheMonster
      @RSG_TheMonster Před 11 měsíci +4

      Fitting since the villain of MI Dead Reckoning is an AI

    • @strife9878
      @strife9878 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Dude that train sequence was like seeing a good Uncharted movie for a couple minutes.
      These guys are absolute masters of their craft

  • @scootertart
    @scootertart Před 10 měsíci +5

    Always liked Christopher McQuarrie and his movie making/ scripts. For me his best film is Way of the Gun - such a firecracker of a movie. Really enjoyed MI7 part.1 - looking forward to Part 2.

  • @strife9878
    @strife9878 Před 10 měsíci +13

    After seeing this movie, YOU Can't tell me that a Metal Gear or good Uncharted flick isn't possible.
    Tom and Christopher are on a whole another level compared to the rest of action movies

    • @alexpilgrim8248
      @alexpilgrim8248 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Those two games came to mind. I thought of MGS 5 with the sandstorm shootout and Uncharted 2 with the train derailing.

  • @CarlosGomez-mf2gp
    @CarlosGomez-mf2gp Před 10 měsíci +1

    Didn't expect McQ to say he was a security guard in a rough neighbourhood's movie theater . What a badass.

  • @ryangettig274
    @ryangettig274 Před 10 měsíci +4

    McQuarrie's got great taste & temerity,just screened Crimes & Misdemeanors the other nite,perfect mix of bubbly comedy and dooomy drama,great camera work by Carlo DePlami...

  • @WormTimeProductions
    @WormTimeProductions Před 10 měsíci

    excellent! this feels very valuable. thank you!

  • @wishvakrish3583
    @wishvakrish3583 Před 10 měsíci +5

    Tom cruise is a gift to film industry .

  • @fernandohinojosa3211
    @fernandohinojosa3211 Před 10 měsíci +6

    Lone star--->Masterpiece

  • @apocalypsepow
    @apocalypsepow Před 4 měsíci

    I feel like Midnight Run has been having a moment lately.

  • @shitpostheavy
    @shitpostheavy Před 10 měsíci

    Hell yeah

  • @belair344
    @belair344 Před 9 měsíci

    You should work with them too

  • @Jon-bt4zv
    @Jon-bt4zv Před 11 měsíci +9

    Could have linked his profile here guys

    • @LetterboxdHQ
      @LetterboxdHQ  Před 11 měsíci +19

      His list is linked in the full description :)

  • @DanArnets1492
    @DanArnets1492 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Once again there's this thing about real experiences making for good movies, specially action-oriented ones
    · Irvin Kershner = from WW2 and a photographer in bad exotic places to The Empire Strikes Back
    · James Cameron = from a wild highschooler to Terminator and Aliens
    · Quentin Tarantino = from usher in a porn cinema and other random stuff to some fantastic action scenes
    · Christopher McQuarrie = from security guard in a poorly-placed cinema to Mission Impossible
    A nerd like JJ Abrams or Rian Johnson could never ever do a properly good action movie, they haven't felt a good rush in their lives! If you've never experienced, accepted and even enjoyed bursts of adrenaline, you just can't direct movies about that

  • @barryosullivan7763
    @barryosullivan7763 Před 10 měsíci

    While I enjoyed MI:7 you can tell that the action came first and emotion 2nd (which McQ admits at 3:36 czcams.com/video/6LLNcX_6N3o/video.html), why for me the action scenes in Fallout are stronger with more at stake!

  • @poopyloopy7236
    @poopyloopy7236 Před 4 měsíci

    he sounds like stephen king

  • @ccan_max5285
    @ccan_max5285 Před 10 měsíci

    clap

  • @Pumpkinking64
    @Pumpkinking64 Před 10 měsíci +1

    He literary only recommended one movie

    • @brianformo4536
      @brianformo4536 Před 9 měsíci

      every movie he talks about - the general, the train, etc. is a recommendation for inspiring his work and they're all on his letterboxd list of recommended movies...

    • @Pumpkinking64
      @Pumpkinking64 Před 9 měsíci

      @@brianformo4536 you are lying!

  • @stevenharsono9911
    @stevenharsono9911 Před 9 měsíci

    The problem is Rebecca Ferguson's Ilsa Faust character that we loved is dead and becoming a corpse on the Venice bridge , hopefully he can fix this disaster in part 2