The Fanatic (Fred Durst, 2019)

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#1 Post by **domino harvey** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 10:11 pm

Fred Durst is directing John Travolta as a crazed fan stalking Devon Sawa in what is truly the most late 90s sentence imaginable

#2 Post by **DarkImbecile** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 5:23 pm

Stop the presses on those top films of the decade lists

Big Ben · #3 Post by **Big Ben** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 5:28 pm

DarkImbecile wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 5:23 pm Stop the presses on those top films of the decade lists

Directed by none other than Fred Durst, of Limp Bizkit fame.

#4 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 8:59 pm

Imagine if wearing a blocky red baseball cap went back to meaning you were emulating Fred Durst

RitrovataBlue · #5 Post by **RitrovataBlue** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 10:58 pm

And here I had my fingers crossed that Lady Bird meant we were leapfrogging late-90s nostalgia entirely to get to those sweet, sweet garage revival years. Alas...

senseabove · #6 Post by **senseabove** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 11:31 pm

Apparently Durst also directed a few eHarmony commercials, if someone wants to dig them up for the Commercials thread.

Swift · #7 Post by **Swift** » Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:26 pm

That trailer evokes Misery in more ways than one.

#8 Post by **mfunk9786** » Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:40 pm

Meaning with a capital M and a lowercase one too?

Swift · #9 Post by **Swift** » Thu Jul 25, 2019 7:05 pm

Insert that's-the-joke.jpg

Jack Kubrick · #10 Post by **Jack Kubrick** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 12:30 am

15% on Metacritic and 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The summer hit everyone has all been dreaming of.

#11 Post by **domino harvey** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 12:36 am

Do you think someone told Fred Durst he would be as talented a director as he is a musician and he just didn’t get what they were saying?

Jack Kubrick · #12 Post by **Jack Kubrick** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 12:53 am

John Travolta told Durst he was the artistic spokesperson of his generation.

True story.

Gregory · #13 Post by **Gregory** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 4:16 am

Limp Bizket’s Fred Durst Pitched John Travolta ‘The Fanatic’ 15 Years Ago

"Bizket"
One of the greatest bands of our lifetime—how can they misspell it?

#14 Post by **domino harvey** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 6:17 am

Gregory wrote: Mon Sep 02, 2019 4:16 am"Bizket"
One of the greatest bands of our lifetime—how can they misspell it?

Yep, that’s not even close to how you spell Insane Clown Posse

flyonthewall2983 · Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:13 pm

His clout in Hollywood has been as frustrating a mystery as his success as a "musician". What I really want to know is how he got to be so friendly with David Fincher, that he actually appears in a scene that was shot for Zodiac (but never used, in either version). More substantial I actually heard that it was Jesse Eisenberg's performance in Durst's first film The Education of Charlie Banks, that convinced Fincher to look at him for The Social Network.

#16 Post by **mfunk9786** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:33 pm

Fincher was a music video director, it's absolutely possible they ran in similar circles and that Durst is just a friendly guy

erok910 · #17 Post by **erok910** » Tue Sep 03, 2019 8:15 pm

I recall David Fincher replacing Fred Durst back in 03. He was set to direct Lords of Dogtown as his debut, which had interested me. David Fincher also apparently got close enough to directing that he'd begun having sets built. And then Fincher walked off the movie for some reason. (Leading to Catherine Hardwicke) Obviously Fred Durst (as a director) became a bit less interesting to me when he made The Longshots.

Jack Kubrick · #18 Post by **Jack Kubrick** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 1:54 am

Jack Kubrick wrote: Mon Sep 02, 2019 12:53 am John Travolta told Durst he was the artistic spokesperson of his generation.

True story.

Mr.Travolta is a dye in the wool Bizkit fan. Everything all makes sense in this world now.

Monterey Jack · #19 Post by **Monterey Jack** » Thu Nov 28, 2019 4:29 am

This is one of the most sidesplitting acts of cinematic hubris since The Room, the equivalent of a four-year-old pointing into the potty with a big grin on his face. It's like Ben Stiller's Simple Jack movie from Tropic Thunder played completely straight, and all the funnier for it. Was Travolta playing some Andy Kaufman-esque joke here? Because if he intended this to be some artistic, impassioned look at Toxic Fandom taken too far, it's one of the most catastrophic and laughable failures of the year. But it's so goddamn funny I can't be that mad at it (it's an easier sit that something portentously leaden and inert like The Lighthouse). Free on Amazon Prime for the curious.

therewillbeblus · #20 Post by **therewillbeblus** » Thu Nov 28, 2019 4:32 am

Monterey Jack wrote: Thu Nov 28, 2019 4:29 amIt's like Ben Stiller's Simple Jack movie from Tropic Thunder played completely straight

Sold

tehthomas · #21 Post by **tehthomas** » Thu Nov 28, 2019 5:33 am

Monterey Jack wrote: Thu Nov 28, 2019 4:29 am Free on Amazon Prime for the curious.

I am thankful this Thanksgiving that Netflix gave me "The Irishman" and Amazon Prime "The Fanatic"

Monterey Jack · #22 Post by **Monterey Jack** » Thu Nov 28, 2019 6:09 pm

tehthomas wrote: Thu Nov 28, 2019 5:33 am
I am thankful this Thanksgiving that Netflix gave me "The Irishman" and Amazon Prime "The Fanatic"

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...

Swift · #23 Post by **Swift** » Thu Nov 28, 2019 6:42 pm

I believe I've seen it on Netflix (Canada) too while browsing.

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