Quote: Pariah said: You and I have different opinions on what directors make this qualification.
Please elaborate. I only established that qualification as I thought it was the best to cover the majority of well-known directors out there(so that you wouldn't cite some obscure director I've never heard of, or someone who didn't make enough movies to have the chance to reuse cast members).
Quote: Plus, when you brought up re-use, I'm thinking more in the context of consistent whoring rather than isolated incidents.
So...you're predicting the future? This is Nolan's only example of reusing actors so far. Hardly what I'd call "whoring".
Quote: There's a difference between "reuse" and "constant reuse." Smith, Tarantino, and Wes Anderson are guilty of the latter and Nolan seems to be on his way to following in their footsteps.
Unlike Fincher, whom I find repeats the use of a certain actor only when it suits the skills of said actor, every other director on my list just milks the star/cult power of the particular people they reuse.
And now you read minds!
Seriously, though, while there are certain directors for whom I wouldn't argue this holds true, it seems a bit cynical to assume this kind of thinking amongst the majority.
Wes Anderson and Kevin Smith certainly don't use the same actors just to "milk their star power". They make movies with their friends(and clearly, they benefit from having friends that are popular). Affleck, Damon and the Wilson Brothers were doing movies with Smith and Anderson long before they were stars, and they'd still be doing movies with them today even if they hadn't ever ascended to that level.
Now, there are numerous examples of Smith's publicity whoring. Even he admits that(proudly). I don't think this is one such, example, though.
I think Nolan and Fincher have a lot in common incidentally. They're selective about the projects they undertake, stylistically they use a lot of the same camera shots, and...well, they both make good flicks. I also think Brad Pitt and Christian Bale are both extraordinary actors, with the range necessary to play a variety of roles(and I thought, based on past comments you've made regarding Bale, that you felt similarly), so one can hardly fault a director that would choose to cast them regularly, which, in this case, means a whopping two times.
