What can You expect from a 20 year old writer/director?
I mean, the kid is 20 years old! He expects to edit/write/producer/direct and act in a feature film? dreaaaammmerrrr....... or just rich and lucky.
shareSeriously not even Tarantino would have had enough experience/skill to do this when he was 20. This is ridiculously ambitious. Who gave him funding for Christ's sake?
shareWelles was 26 when he did "Kane." Did I just compare John Conner to Orson Welles?
shareNo, you compared a 20 year old to a 26 year old. That's a huge, HUGE difference in age.
90% of filmmakers today make their debuts at around 25, 26. Nobody, NOBODY does it at 20. But, I guess, with him being a famous actor and all, it's probably a little bit easier.
Except that Welles was already an acclaimed actor before he was 20 years old. Then he made even more success working on plays in theaters and was actually offered full artistic control by RKO studios (unthinkable at the time). Now set that off to a not so special actor who happens to be in a position where he apparently can get the funds to make his own movie. You can't compare anyone to Welles because Welles was in a league on his own.
"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people." - Orson Welles
age means absolutely nothing, especially in the arts. if one has talent (and i am not really going to comment on his lack or possession of talent because i really do not know enough about him to do so), then their age is really not a factor in their success. in fact, i thing his young age might be an asset, i feel a lot of today's directors are simply recycling the same things they've been doing for years, at least now we can see something fresh.
it's about talent, ambition, knowledge, and drive. all of those things can be obtained or discovered at any age.
"I'm not learning polo, Alfred."