Posted: 01 Apr 2010
I wouldn't pick Richard Kelly to write if he insists on being as literal and explanatory as possible. He keeps throwing wormholes and the bending of space/time into everything and, instead of working it into something interesting like in his original cut of "Donnie Darko" (time travel being a great way of illustrating Donnie's struggle with maturing and transcending childhood), he just leaves it right there on the table. A wormhole is a wormhole is a wormhole.
As for writers, it's difficult to say. I know who I'd look to for direction, however:
1.) David Lynch
2.) Brad Anderson ("Session 9," "The Machinist")
3.) Lars von Trier ("Antichrist") (though I'm worried he'd go on a cynical rant at the expense of actual emotion; he's likable, but immensely heavy-handed)
4.) David Cronenberg ("The Brood," "Videodrome," "The Fly," "A History of Violence") (great with body horror, and a "Silent Hill" movie would be a challenge in exercising suspense and psychological horror alongside physical horror)
5.) Guillermo del Toro ("The Devil's Backbone," "Pan's Labyrinth") (He loves the games and has proven himself to be a thoughtful and interesting director)
6.) Werner Herzog (going out on a complete limb here, I know, but he can be as strange and weird as David Lynch. And his remake of "Nosferatu" is an acclaimed movie in its own right)
If I had any choice, though -- and experience, natch -- I'd write and direct the movie myself. I don't want to sound arrogant saying that, but it'd just be a dream come true.
As for writers, it's difficult to say. I know who I'd look to for direction, however:
1.) David Lynch
2.) Brad Anderson ("Session 9," "The Machinist")
3.) Lars von Trier ("Antichrist") (though I'm worried he'd go on a cynical rant at the expense of actual emotion; he's likable, but immensely heavy-handed)
4.) David Cronenberg ("The Brood," "Videodrome," "The Fly," "A History of Violence") (great with body horror, and a "Silent Hill" movie would be a challenge in exercising suspense and psychological horror alongside physical horror)
5.) Guillermo del Toro ("The Devil's Backbone," "Pan's Labyrinth") (He loves the games and has proven himself to be a thoughtful and interesting director)
6.) Werner Herzog (going out on a complete limb here, I know, but he can be as strange and weird as David Lynch. And his remake of "Nosferatu" is an acclaimed movie in its own right)
If I had any choice, though -- and experience, natch -- I'd write and direct the movie myself. I don't want to sound arrogant saying that, but it'd just be a dream come true.