‘Walk the Line’ Director James Mangold Thought ‘Walk Hard’ Was “Hilarious”
deadline.comNearly 20 years later, James Mangold is still finding inspiration in the musical biopic genre, despite previous jabs at his work.
The 2x Oscar nominee, who co-wrote and directed the 2005 Johnny Cash pic Walk the Line, has not been scared off from paying cinematic tribute to other legendary musicians after the parody Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007). “I found Walk Hard hilarious.
But I also never understood why satire would negate making the real thing anymore,” he told Entertainment Weekly. “I wasn’t frightened off any more than Robert Eggers should be frightened of making a monster movie in the face of Young Frankenstein or if another filmmaker might be frightened of making a Western in the face of Blazing Saddles.
It’s unfair to say that if someone makes a satire of a genre, it somehow has put a tombstone in the genre for all time. That seems a little ludicrous to me.” Although John C.
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