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THR's 2010 Awards Watch Hour-Long Roundtable: The Directors (Aronofsky, Russell, Weir, Hooper, Cianfrance And Cholodenko)

By Peter Sciretta

It's award season, and The Hollywood Reporter has begun posting their series of roundtable discussions with the contenders. Last month they posted:

  • The Screenwriters Roundtable between: Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network), Simon Beaufoy (127 Hours), Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3), John Wells (The Company Men), Todd Phillips (Due Date) and David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole)
  • The Animators roundtable discussion between Bonnie Arnold (producer, How to Train Your Dragon), Roy Conli (producer, Tangled), Bob Last (producer, The Illusionist), Tom McGrath (director, Megamind), Chris Meledandri (producer, Despicable Me) and Lee Unkrich (director, Toy Story 3)
  • The Actors Roundtable between James Franco (127 Hours), Duvall (Get Low), Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine), Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network), Colin Firth (The King's Speech) and Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right).

    • Today they have posted the directors roundtable, which features David O. Russell (The Fighter), Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan), Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right), Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine), Peter Weir (The Way Back), and Tom Hooper (The King's Speech) debating "maintaining their vision, fighting with actors and what to do about the MPAA." It's great to watch these brilliant filmmakers talk with each other about their craft. You can watch the entire one-hour long roundtable after the jump.

    The whole one-hour roundtable:Clip #1: David O. Russell talks about his past conflict with George ClooneyClip #2: The MPAA's problem with The Kids Are AlrightClip #3: How many bad words did it take for "The King's Speech" to get an "R" rating? And what would Darren Aronofsky not show in one of his films?

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