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Who is the most Gen X movie director?
- Thread starter Kurdel
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Yes, yes. First three directors I thought of.
Yeah I came in here to post Kevin Smith
Cant imagine anyone else coming close
Snyder is borderline Boomer in age, and as a Gen X myself nothing about his films makes me think of Gen X. What a weird pick for the OP.
Nah Snyder is definitely Gen X in terms of age but he wasn't really making movies during that period, and didn't make movies that defined that period.
Basically. Every movie from the View Askewniverse is what I think of when someone says Gen X. And whoever directed Tank Girl and the Pauley Shore movies. Snoochie boochies!
Tim Burton. Kevin Smith is a good one in terms of his 90's films really embodying that cultural period and aesthetic in America.
SIngles is the most Gen X movie ever. This is not debatable. So the answer is Cameron Crowe.
Also, fuck Zack Snyder.
Also, fuck Zack Snyder.
Linklater and Smith, no contest.
You can throw Stiller in there, but he's over in the annex with Janeane Garrafalo and Bridget Fonda.
You can throw Stiller in there, but he's over in the annex with Janeane Garrafalo and Bridget Fonda.
Boom.
Burton, Kevin Smith, Soderbergh all come to mind. I guess Tarantino too, although obviously he's going for a different vibe. He exudes that annoying "everyone else is sheeple I'm a genius" thing that gen x has on lock though.
Burton's movies (specificallyonce he hit it big) always seemed generationally/culturally agnostic to me. Like I don't really associate Batman or Pee Wee or Beetlejuice with the "80s" or "90s" in the way I might with other movies of those eras.
There are a handful of legitimate contenders for this and literally none of them are Zack Snyder.
