They have a hit early in their career, they have another one. By this time the studios trust them, hand them a huge budget to make that pretentious "I'm so good-that-I-could-do-whatever-i-want," screw up film. Just like M. Night Shamalan's "Lady In The Water". Spielberg's "A.I" and etc.
shareThe difference is that the only reason he had a (very modest) "hit" in his early career was due to the fact that he was able to rip-off Scorsese and lift the dramatic arc and aesthetic style of Goodfellas wholesale without anyone calling him on it (probably due to the fact that his adolescent fan base prefers stories about porn more than the mafia). Then of course he went on to rip-off Altman by mimicking Nashville and Short Cuts (and again, his fan base either didn't care or wasn't even aware of those genuinely groundbreaking films).
shareInfluences and "Rip Offs" are completely different... Between you and the OP, im not sure which is more ridiculous. Well, I'd say you... By a long shot
shareSpielberg's A.I? Are you really comparing the 2? Spielberg has pretty much had complete control since Jaws, wtf are you talking about?
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