Earlier this week, it was announced that David Lynch's 2011 Duran Duran concert film would be released in theaters for one night only in September. This unusual director/musician pairing was part of the American Express Unstaged series of concert films, and it got us thinking about some other pairings we'd like to see in this series.
1. Quentin Tarantino & Wu-Tang Clan
Both Quentin Tarantino's and the Wu-Tang Clan's love of kung-fu is well documented (Wu-Tang's entire career was built on it), so a Tarantino-directed Wu-Tang Clan concert film would be a mind-blowing kung fu extravaganza. Plus, Tarantino and RZA have already worked together on the Kill Bill Vol. 1 soundtrack, so Tarantino has some experience cutting film to RZA's music.
2. David Fincher & Lorde
Fight Club/The Social Network director David Fincher is certainly one of the darkest directors who can easily pull in $100 million at the box office, and Lorde is certainly the darkest pop singer to have a number one hit over the last few years, so this is a no-brainer. Lorde's minimalist electronic sound can be seen as a more pop-friendly version of the music that Trent Reznor has written for Fincher's last two films, so it would fit in with his atmosphere very well.
3. John Waters & Miley Cyrus
Who better to document the newly trashified Miley Cyrus than the Pope of Trash himself? John Waters may not be a technically talented filmmaker, but Cyrus' outrageous antics seem like just the sort of thing that he would love to be a part of.
4. Michel Gondry & Björk
This one should be pretty obvious to fans of Michel Gondry and Björk. Gondry rose to fame as the director of Björk's music videos, including classics such as "Human Behaviour" and "Army of Me," and has directed eight in total for her over the last twenty years, so there's no other filmmaker more qualified to direct a Björk concert movie.
5. David Cronenberg & Kanye West
This pairing probably wouldn't have worked during The College Dropout/Late Registration/Graduation-era Kanye West, but over the last few years, West's music has taken a brilliantly dark and avant-garde turn, which seems like just the thing that the famously macabre David Cronenberg could complement, as seen in his classic horror films such as Videodrome.
6. Terrence Malick & Beyoncé
If there's any filmmaker who's qualified to document the sheer enormity of Beyoncé's fame and talent, it's Tree of Life director Terrence Malick. Both Beyoncé and Malick are intensely private and famously perfectionist, so there would be a deep element of understanding between the two, and Malick's dream-like, meditative style would be a sharp contrast to the typical pop concert documentary.
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