“Watch The Problem and Fix It Before It Gets Near You” | Ridley Scott on Directing

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  • Sir Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer. He is best known for directing the science fiction horror film Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982), Thelma & Louise (1991), Gladiator (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), The Martian (2015).
    Scott has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Directing, which he received for Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, and Black Hawk Down. Gladiator won the Academy Award for Best Picture. In 1995, both Scott and his brother Tony received a BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. In 2003, he was knighted for services to the British film industry. In a 2004 BBC poll, he was ranked at No. 10 on the list of most influential people in British culture. He received an honorary doctorate from the Royal College of Art in London in 2015, and the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement in 2018.
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Komentáře • 102

  • @ThirdSpectrum
    @ThirdSpectrum Před 3 lety +30

    This is so much more useful and helpful than the amateur film school youtube channels where you have people who have directed nothing giving advice

  • @istandalone1969
    @istandalone1969 Před 3 lety +75

    With a good script, a good director can produce a masterpiece. With the same script, a mediocre director can produce a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can’t possibly make a good film. - Akira Kurosawa

    • @art_means_artificial
      @art_means_artificial Před 2 lety +2

      There is only one problem: HOW TO GET $200 000 000 for a film! That's it!

    • @pab1972
      @pab1972 Před rokem

      plenty of good scripts filmed by great directors and very few masterpieces, so no.

    • @radicalreactions1633
      @radicalreactions1633 Před rokem

      Too bad none of that's true.

    • @METALUNICORNLTD
      @METALUNICORNLTD Před rokem +1

      I think he’s right. Ridley has a great visual style. But when you consider all the movies he has made, most of them have been turkeys because he doesn’t understand writing and believable characters. His background is in advertising, making pretty pictures. Give him a great script like Gladiator, Bladerunner, and Alien, he makes superb, genre defining films that become milestones in history.

    • @METALUNICORNLTD
      @METALUNICORNLTD Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@Sidowse well said sir. Very good points about Bay and Tarantino.

  • @ChrisGeden
    @ChrisGeden Před 3 lety +14

    Ridley is all about teamwork and collaboration which is the best lesson in getting things done.

    • @readhistory2023
      @readhistory2023 Před 3 lety +1

      Watch the making of Blade Runner. The film crew didn't agree with your assessment of Ridley and Harrison Ford hated working on that movie.

  • @halsinden
    @halsinden Před 3 lety +18

    when tarantino sits next to you, shuts up and LISTENS - you know this damn well matters.
    scott is my directing hero. he's certainly made some dross, but my GOD when he's good he's INCREDIBLE.

  • @karlhungus5436
    @karlhungus5436 Před 3 lety +41

    We are so lucky to have Ridley still making movies. He's one of last guys around, capable of making big budget films for adult audiences.

    • @jothishprabu8
      @jothishprabu8 Před 3 lety +7

      He should choose better scripts tho

    • @TheButterMinecart1
      @TheButterMinecart1 Před 3 lety +1

      Charlie Kaufman?

    • @karlhungus5436
      @karlhungus5436 Před 3 lety +3

      @@jothishprabu8 good scripts are hard to come by, I bet. It's not as if he's known for his writing; he's gotta take what's available. People often make such a criticism in reference to his Alien prequel movies, but I don't think they understand that it was Ridley's concept. It wasn't a passion project of some screenwriter, like the first was. I admit, it all starts with the writing, but what do you do when you have a story concept and you're not a writer? You gotta hand it off to someone else and hope for the best. So, in that sense, I appreciate the prequels for what they are. You can't tell me the concept of an android floating somewhere in our universe in a spaceship carrying colonists and the eggs of a maniac organism he created from a stolen bioweapon of an advanced alien race, while listening to Wagner, isn't badass sci-fi. The fact that we actually got a story on film that got us to that point is miraculous. This is purely because Ridley's got clout!

    • @yw1971
      @yw1971 Před 3 lety

      Not so anymore.

    • @Danlovar
      @Danlovar Před 3 lety +1

      Sometimes the best movie directors can make the worst movies.

  • @endoftheroadprodutions6598
    @endoftheroadprodutions6598 Před 3 lety +27

    I worked with Ridley and most of the top Directors in my years........Ridley is a visual master.

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  Před 3 lety +1

      Wow what kind of work did you do with them and Ridley?

    • @endoftheroadprodutions6598
      @endoftheroadprodutions6598 Před 3 lety +10

      @@AlterCineYT Art Direction for commercials and first generation music videos.......I started With RSA/USA,LA as the first staff Production Assistant and climbed from there.

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  Před 3 lety +2

      @@endoftheroadprodutions6598 Awesome! Must have been a great experience

    • @endoftheroadprodutions6598
      @endoftheroadprodutions6598 Před 3 lety +2

      @@AlterCineYT lol to say the least!

    • @helenagiszter1910
      @helenagiszter1910 Před 3 lety

      Honestly, Ridley Scott made ONE great movie "Blade Runner" (probably by chance) and has a luck to competently direct greatly scripted "Alien" . He's always been overrated and he probably knows that. He doesn't even value his own work. He is literally dying and killing (careers) to win an Oscar, but he doesn't deserve it. And now it's over for him anyway...

  • @alexlml8334
    @alexlml8334 Před 3 lety +12

    I don't feel so bad working on commercials anymore lol. Great videos guys thank you!

    • @endoftheroadprodutions6598
      @endoftheroadprodutions6598 Před 3 lety +4

      Commercials are where cutting edge starts.....big budgets and a desire to create the next new look or technology. Telling a story in a minute cut to :30 then :15 is an art in itself.

  • @funkyflicksfilmreviews1535
    @funkyflicksfilmreviews1535 Před 3 lety +18

    I've never seen a bad Ridley Scott film.
    I've seen bad screenplays he's garnished with his brilliant visual world building.
    But never an entirely bad film.
    Also Bladerunner is the Citizen Kane of science fiction.

  • @dannywhite9975
    @dannywhite9975 Před rokem +2

    D gr8 Ridley Scott directed some of gr8est cinematic masterpieces of all time. Any time we watch 'em it's like a wonderful journey just can't get enough of d sublime camera work n' marvellous visual FX. I mean at d end of d day it's a matter of what really lights u up: music literature comics paintings video games etc etc RS Cinema is able 2 capture d beauty of all these artistic areas in 1 breathtaking xperience. Thanq Maestro just thanq very much 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

  • @Danlovar
    @Danlovar Před 3 lety +2

    His visual style is so powerful that it feels like he does fantasy movies.

  • @Gintoki0507
    @Gintoki0507 Před 3 lety +3

    Sir Ridley Scott is always my favourite Director 🥰🥰

  • @robertobuatti7226
    @robertobuatti7226 Před 3 lety +7

    Blade Runner though it didn't do well upon it's release in 1982 has gathered a huge following through VHS rentals which is where I discovered in the early 90's at my local video store. When I first watched Blade Runner it blew me away and it still does. A visually stunning sci-fi with an amazing score by Vangelis that is mesmerizing.

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  Před 3 lety

      A legendary film indeed! It was a head of its time for sure, now it's regarded as one of the greatest of all time. I wonder how it looked on VHS!

    • @robertobuatti7226
      @robertobuatti7226 Před 3 lety

      @@AlterCineYT It was low resolution and the picture was degrading through customer use but the movie still impressed me and became one of my all time favorites.

  • @walkermorgan1710
    @walkermorgan1710 Před rokem +1

    Even if you don’t like any of his films. You must show respect to
    Him. He knows and understands what it takes to make a film. He knows where the sausage is made.

  • @thebaldone7453
    @thebaldone7453 Před rokem +1

    I went to Ridley's college, Cleveland College of Art & Design, or as it is now known, Northern School of Art, and my tutor Chris was unbeatable. I later went to their Higher Education course in Hartlepool and was utterly disappointed with the course and my tutor Francis on the graphic design course - talk about favoritism and lack of experience in the real world! Apparently, he was replaced, so hopefully, the course got better! For any young artists out there, go to college, avoid university and go straight into an apprenticeship or directly into work if possible because the best way to learn is to do!

  • @RakibErick
    @RakibErick Před 3 lety +6

    Legend!

  • @dougieladd
    @dougieladd Před 3 lety +1

    Enjoyed this. One of my favourite directors.

  • @oniriscope
    @oniriscope Před 3 lety +3

    Once again thanks a ton for this peace of experience!
    I think that you guys help a lot with this form of knowledge transmission experience.
    From your editing to the value provided along the way, it simply felt like being around him!
    Thanks a ton guys & and keep up the helpful work!

    • @AlterCineYT
      @AlterCineYT  Před 3 lety +1

      Thank you so much for your feedback! It's really helpful to know that this was useful and a good experience for people :)

  • @AbirTarafdar
    @AbirTarafdar Před rokem +1

    Fascinating gentleman

  • @insanejughead
    @insanejughead Před 3 lety +7

    Damn, what a solid guy!
    This has opened my eyes to Ridley!
    "I may not have cared much for Prometheus, but I'm loving his philosophy and approach to filmmaking."

  •  Před 3 lety

    I CAN SEE HOW COMMERCIALS WOULD COME INTO PLAY DUE TO THE DIVERSITY OF THE WORK. STORY, STORY, STORY. THANK YOU ENORMOUSLY SIR FOR THIS HIGHLY VALUABLE INPUT.. TRUE ENLIGHTENING VIDEO.

  • @mrkool9009
    @mrkool9009 Před 9 měsíci

    what great advice. thank you

  • @othoapproto9603
    @othoapproto9603 Před 3 lety +2

    AH, Yes the Great Barney Fife "Nip It, Nip It in the Bud"

  • @knowthispodcast9182
    @knowthispodcast9182 Před měsícem

    I really loved Tony Scott. He directed some amazing films, like true romance, crimson Tide. Ridley has had some good films to like gladiator, Blackhawk down, alien.
    But I think with films like Prometheus and covenant, they felt like cash ins.

  • @alexalexis7899
    @alexalexis7899 Před 3 lety +7

    Commercials are indeed the best way to master the cinematic language - but I mean proper commercials, not “Joe Mambo wants a video to promote his business on Instagram and Facebook”.

    • @endoftheroadprodutions6598
      @endoftheroadprodutions6598 Před 3 lety +1

      lol...how right you are.

    • @Charles12
      @Charles12 Před měsícem

      the commercials that are essentially short films with big budgets and usually under 1 minute runtimes

  • @petermotta1623
    @petermotta1623 Před 3 lety +1

    Ridley different genres of work is right up there with Kubrick‘s. It’s all about the attention to detail. Period.

  • @realreview1285
    @realreview1285 Před 3 lety +2

    Tremendous

  • @IllusionSector
    @IllusionSector Před 3 lety +4

    _"Watch The Problem and Fix It Before It Gets Near You."_ Thus, Kevin Spacey never got near *_All the Money in the World._*

    • @radicalreactions1633
      @radicalreactions1633 Před rokem +1

      Actually he did, but when all shit came to light about him, he was booted from the movie and replaced with Christopher Plummer - they had to reshoot everything.

    • @IllusionSector
      @IllusionSector Před rokem

      @@radicalreactions1633
      Oh, yes, I'm aware of that. I was referring to Spacey as the proverbial _problem_ that was rooted before it got a chance to taint the product.

  • @Papaghost8902
    @Papaghost8902 Před rokem +1

    A bit of trivia for film buffs - See if you can spot the cameraman wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans in the scene from Gladiator.
    He's on the far left hand side of the screen, amongst the crowd, and has a camera atop a tripod next to him.
    czcams.com/video/I7hEVHChrqo/video.html (the scene starts here, pause the film). It made it into the release. I didn't spot it when I first watched the film, nor any subsequent viewing, I had to be informed that it existed. Great film, entertaining.

  • @snehasishmondal7905
    @snehasishmondal7905 Před 2 lety +4

    Kingdom of heaven: director's cut is a masterpiece, cinematically. But it's underrated.

  • @BhorayChannel
    @BhorayChannel Před rokem

    NICE👍👍

  • @joeherbert4329
    @joeherbert4329 Před 2 lety

    The King

  • @MB-rq4ss
    @MB-rq4ss Před 11 měsíci

    It’s time to make an epic movie of Emir Abdelkader, with Tahar Rahim.

  • @vincevirtua
    @vincevirtua Před rokem

    He's a brilliant film maker, but like anyone he's not infallible & wished he;'d take his own advice sometimes with some of his film choices.

  • @c.s.hayden3022
    @c.s.hayden3022 Před 3 lety +1

    Sound advice, but with Prometheus the entire thing was the problem.

  • @readhistory2023
    @readhistory2023 Před 3 lety +2

    I would have taken his advice before the Alien sequels. Afterwards? Not so much.

    • @radicalreactions1633
      @radicalreactions1633 Před rokem

      Still better than Zack-the-Hack and his FOUR-HOUR commercials ALL IN SLOW-MO, the speed your brain works apparently.

  • @yw1971
    @yw1971 Před 3 lety +1

    The question is - can he identify a good script? Not sure anymore after Alien: Covenant...

    • @30yearsoldiam1
      @30yearsoldiam1 Před 8 měsíci

      Ugh what a lame take

    • @yw1971
      @yw1971 Před 8 měsíci

      @@30yearsoldiam1 please explain

  • @proto-geek248
    @proto-geek248 Před 3 lety +2

    Here's a bit of advice. When you create an amazing film like Alien, don't ruin it by making a convoluted pile of crap like prometheus.

    • @adrianandhika2629
      @adrianandhika2629 Před 3 lety +1

      Prometheus still good if the movie separated from the alien franchise but yeah it's getting even worse when alien convenant comes out

    • @radicalreactions1633
      @radicalreactions1633 Před rokem

      Better than Man O' Shit by your favorite.

  • @Dorfl62
    @Dorfl62 Před 3 měsíci

    Don't get your hopes up ,if Ridley Scott is involved he is going to make it woke and really shitty !
    Just look at EVERYTHING else he has made, he made a good first film and has been milking it ever since.
    At this point I would not trust him to be able to sit the right way on a toilet seat!!!

  • @jothishprabu8
    @jothishprabu8 Před 3 lety +6

    He has made more bad movies than good ones lol. "Good eye" don't mean nothing unless the script is good lmao.

    • @meateater6958
      @meateater6958 Před 3 lety +10

      ill make 1000 bad movies to make 1 movie like gladiator.

    • @radicalreactions1633
      @radicalreactions1633 Před rokem

      Keep saying that, yet your favorite Zack-the-Hack can't make a "good" movie to save his life even if the scripts are dipped in GOLD.

    • @jothishprabu8
      @jothishprabu8 Před rokem

      @@radicalreactions1633 umm dafuq?

  • @anthonydavis4829
    @anthonydavis4829 Před 3 lety +1

    He's roof quanity doesn't make a director great.

    • @endoftheroadprodutions6598
      @endoftheroadprodutions6598 Před 3 lety +4

      Not sure I understand your statement.

    • @readhistory2023
      @readhistory2023 Před 3 lety

      @@endoftheroadprodutions6598 Ridley is up and down as far as movies go. His last two Alien movies were turds that destroyed the Alien francise.

    • @endoftheroadprodutions6598
      @endoftheroadprodutions6598 Před 3 lety +1

      @@readhistory2023 to each his/her own...make a film that builds a franchise in 1979 but kills it as you say in 2017? HARDLY A FAILURE.

    • @SgtZima
      @SgtZima Před 3 lety

      What does "He's roof quanity" mean?

    • @radicalreactions1633
      @radicalreactions1633 Před rokem

      @@endoftheroadprodutions6598 That's because he doesn't have a clue what he's talking about.

  • @trull122
    @trull122 Před 3 lety +3

    He should take his own advice, Prometheus was terrible.

    • @karmapolice3335
      @karmapolice3335 Před 3 lety +5

      no prometheus was fantastic and damn atmospheric, it kept me waiting for sequel but they dint follow the storyline

    • @dornravlin
      @dornravlin Před 3 lety +2

      He's a hit or miss director

    • @radicalreactions1633
      @radicalreactions1633 Před rokem

      Still better than anything Snyder's made.

    • @radicalreactions1633
      @radicalreactions1633 Před rokem

      @@dornravlin Just like every other director, stooge. You honestly think that Spielberg, Scorsese, or Cameron hasn't made bad films? If you believe that, you're delusional.

  • @africanhistory
    @africanhistory Před 3 lety +4

    I got some advice for him also. Leave Alien franchise alone.

    • @crapshot
      @crapshot Před 3 lety

      No

    • @radicalreactions1633
      @radicalreactions1633 Před rokem +1

      Why should anyone take advice from a nobody that probably thinks that Snyder is a great director? Sounds like delusions to me.