Directors’ sun signs and common themes in their films
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Aries: Quentin Tarantino’s films, such as Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, the Kill Bill trilogy, Inglourious Basterds, and Django Unchained, are streaked with scenes of graphic violence. He is also known to take a point-of-view shot portraying the viewer as being stuck in a car trunk. His films are very often tales of revenge, but there is no doubt that he is a true visionary who has seemingly created his own genre within film.
Taurus: Wes Anderson’s films, including Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Darjeeling Limited, The Royal Tenenbaums, and Fantastic Mr. Fox, frequently explore themes of family and community, as well as trust. He is known for his whimsical, enchanting portrayals of life, and the characters in his movies usually speak with extremely monotone voices. He can be noted for his attention to detail and fondness for symmetry.
Gemini: Angelina Jolie has not made many films, but so far, her director’s credits include Unbroken, In the Land of Blood and Honey, A Place in the Time, By the Sea, and First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (not yet released). Of her five films, two of them were documentaries, and she seems to take a human rights-centered focus overall. Almost all of her films are not set in the present time, and take place outside of her home country.
Cancer: JJ Abrams has directed television as well as films, some of which are Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Super 8, and Mission: Impossible III. His films are undoubtedly action based, and many of them have a sci-fi flare. Although it is perhaps the theme most common in all movies, JJ Abrams has directed many films with good vs evil plots. His movies also appeal to all ages and are often remakes or sequels to past films.
Leo: Sam Mendes has directed films such as American Beauty, Skyfall, Spectre, Away We Go, and Road to Revolution. Excluding the Bond films, he has a clear fondness for depicting deep personal changes and escaping repetition. The Bond films are, unsurprisingly, about spying, but also feature especially evil and especially genius evil geniuses.
Virgo: David Fincher’s movies, including Gone Girl, Fight Club, The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, apparently are largely focused around crime and finding truth and/or reality. With the exceptions of The Social Network and Benjamin Button, each film has a clear solution, or resolution. His films often feature dark, grayish lighting and characters with significant struggles. For the most part, they are not terribly romantic.
Libra: Ang Lee’s films, like Life of Pi, Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Sense and Sensibility, and Hulk, not including the fourth, deal with themes of loss and overcoming tremendous challenges. Ultimately, they are all stories of love, or at least feature romantic relationships that are significant to the plot. Most of Lee’s films, but especially Life of Pi, are gorgeous, and are heavily visual.
Scorpio: Martin Scorsese’s films, including, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Wolf of Wall Street, Cape Fear, and Raging Bull, are known to feature tracking shots, and are often set in New York City. His lead characters are often extremely driven, morally questionable, and quite complex. However, he is famous for his ability to create quality films that are very easily distinguishable from one another.
Sagittarius: Steven Spielberg is perhaps the most prolific director of all time, and his films, such as Jaws, E.T., Indiana Jones, The Color Purple, Jurassic Park, and Saving Private Ryan, overwhelmingly show shots of awestruck faces and looking through windows. His films tend to be on the serious side, or have slightly scientific fiction-driven storylines. They are also all rather epic, and romance rarely plays a major role.
Capricorn: David Lynch’s films and series, like Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks, Lost Highway, and Eraserhead, are set in a surreal world where nothing is quite what it seems. He uses dark, bluish tones and tends to focus on a large set of characters, rather than just one or two. Interestingly, many of his films feature red curtains and sources of light such as flame or lightbulb.
Aquarius: Michael Bay’s films, like Transformers, Pearl Harbor, Ouija, Friday the 13th, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, are generally rather gory and horrific. They are action-packed, based around male characters, and lacking in deeper meaning. They are not especially artful, but tend to be visually impressive, gritty, and filled with death.
Pisces: Luc Besson’s films, including Léon: the Professional, The Family, Taken, Lucy, The Fifth Element, and La Femme Nikita, although often centered around a familial sort of love, nearly always feature violence and revenge. His demons are the lowest in hell and his angels are the highest in heaven. His characters are generally slightly outcast, as well.
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