Cameron Crowe

Cameron Crowe

Host: Freddy

Freddy's Take: Cameron Crowe is a personal favorite. It wasn't very hard for me to select him early in our "Director Day" schedule. He is a gifted writer and his screenplay for "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" is based on his experiences (he also wrote a book) from going back to school and posing as a high school student. Almost Famous and Vanilla Sky are among my favorite movies of all-time, and Say Anything is a simply a classic film with a classic portrayal of Lloyd Dobbler by John Cusak. His use of music in film takes a back seat to no other director as he can burn a scene into your mind forever by adding just the right tune under an important moment (think Lloyd Dobbler holding the boom box as Peter Gabriel sings "In Your Eyes"). The "rewatchability" is very high for each of those films and in my opinion he is one of Hollywood's most underrated directors. Crowe gets the most out of his actors and that shines through in the performances he has coaxed out of Cusak, Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding, Kurt Russell, Kate Hudson, and Billy Crudup over the years. Pretty sure that Chris and Tanner really enjoyed this day as much as I did.   

Say Anything

Vanilla Sky

Almost Famous

Cameron Crowe On Film 89-05