Roger Avary

When faced with reckoning and crisis, do we obey, rebel or redeem? deadline.com/2026/04/roger-…

@BROHagan3 @SDDonovan I used to live on the next block, just north of his place, before I moved to the bottom of the sand dune!

@SDDonovan Thomas Pynchon was my neighbor and friend for many years.

Have you ever met one of your favorite authors?

@JessicaBra82321 @MikeBinderjokes As a Star Trek: TNG fan, her Guinan was one of my favorite characters. I loved her on that show. Loved her.

@MikeBinderjokes The producers of the View have a worst goal than the hosts. She was my favorite actress as a kid.

I have to say I used to know Whoopi Goldberg. Liked her a lot. Respected the hell out of her. Even jumped through hoops to get her in my Comedy Store doc because I felt I wanted her to be part of it. Not because the network or anyone else wanted her. I did. At this point I wouldn't cross the street to say a word to this dumb racist, race obssesed, old bat. Here she is flat out lying her ass off making a fool of herself. She's just become one of the dumb old clueless shuffling mindless characters she used to create in her work. F*CK Her. This is a lie. She knows it too. It's a disservice.

In 1970 Stanley Kubrick sent a letter to James Aubrey at MGM threatening to stick a femur bone up his ass if he dared fuck with Kubrick's masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey. I have no doubt he was 100% serious. Kubrick was certainly one of the directors--and maybe the GOAT. What the great directors, and all great artists, have in common is this: they care more abut their art than life itself. They will inflict pain, they will maim, and they will put their lives and the lives of others at risk. AND (I suspect) they'll even kill. But that's why they're top-tier. Because very few people have this sort of love and compulsion for their work. It's not like they can turn it off. They're compelled to create at ANY cost. You may say (in job interview for example) that you're "passionate" about your work. And you may say you're "dedicated". But you're not passionate dedicated like Kubrick. And you're not going to make a movie as good as his movies, because you don't have that passion. This is probably for the best. These people (despite their carefully crafted public personas) generally aren't happy or well-adjusted and you probably have a shot at a normal fulfilling life. So take the easy route man. But if you have that compulsion for greatness, then you'll know. When your art is threatened you'll act like a mama bear protecting her cubs--or a femur wielding Stanley Kubrick. To outsiders this looks like insanity. And it IS insanity. But it's funny how the public forgives insanity in service of art. Early in my career I had the pleasure of working with one of the all time great cinematographers (aka a "DP" or Director of Photography). He did huge movies, had a fist full of Oscars, and was very nice and decent person--that is until somebody fucked with his art. If something wasn't perfect, like a lighting stand peeking in the corner of the shot, he'd scream (in his Mexican accent) "YOU RUIN MY ART!" and storm off set. One day we were shooting a house exterior. There was a power line running into the house from the utility pole on the street. It connected right at the peak of the roof, and it was fucking up the DP's composition. He asked the producers to get it removed, but they said no for budget reasons. So this guy took a pair of bolt cutters from the grip truck, then fired up the Condor (a boom lift), and went up to cut a live power line. Me and the crew are on the ground. We're all screaming variations of "DON'T DO IT YOU'LL DIE!" And he's shouting back "YOU RUIN MY ART I'LL FUCKING DO IT YOU RUIN MY ART!" This wasn't a bluff. We knew he was serious. He was willing to take his own life to get a perfect shot. He had to do it. Because that's what being an artist means. Again, this guy was The Best. He was the GOAT. He was GOATED not because of some drive to succeed, but because he couldn't help himself. He couldn't NOT put his life at risk for his art. Everything he made had to be perfect, no matter what the cost. The producers knew he was serious too. So (at great expense) they delayed production by a few days, got the power line removed, and eventually he was able to get his perfect shot. This is a good lesson if you ever find yourself working with serious artists. They don't like it when someone fucks with their art. In fact, they can't HELP but not like it. And they'll do seemingly crazy things to protect it. That's how you know that they're serious about their work. And if you aren't serious about helping them protect the art, then maybe you should find another profession. But whatever you do--no matter what--don't fuck with their art. Because you might get a femur shoved up your ass.

Quentin Tarantino says the biggest difference between TV shows and movies is that great films stay with you for life. “Everyone talks about how great television is now, and I agree, a lot of it is really good.” “But at the end of the day, it’s still television to me.” “I watched Yellowstone and thought it was fantastic.” “Kevin Costner was great, the writing was strong, and I got completely caught up in it.” “But after a few seasons, I realized it was still basically a soap opera.” “You learn everyone’s backstory, their relationships, and then you just follow what happens next.” “You become invested in the characters.” “That doesn’t mean it’s the same thing as a great movie.” “With television, you get caught up in the drama of the moment.” “But five years later, you usually don’t remember much of it.” “A great movie is different.” “You remember the story.” “You remember specific scenes.” “You remember how it made you feel.” “It builds toward an emotional climax that stays with you for the rest of your life.”

In #DisclosureDay Spielberg challenges religious orthodoxy for being alternative to secular media power — a pop culture outrage considering Spielberg’s earlier adherence to Hollywood’s once careful regard for ecumenical consciousness & drives his legacy off the cliff.

Now THIS is a great interview moment.

@4SamsAlan @ConneryBarrymor @DylanTweetin The guy hates dogs.

@ConneryBarrymor @AVARY @DylanTweetin Lie to yourself all you want. Don't come on here and expect to be treated like anything other than an inbred genetic deadend with no mind or soul.

Can’t believe this didn’t work

@4SamsAlan @ConneryBarrymor @DylanTweetin

@ConneryBarrymor @AVARY @DylanTweetin I called that one. I knew you'd take it personally, because it's true, and try to redirect it. Roger owes me dinner.

If you hate America as much as Robert De Niro does, here's your new crazy killer boy crush. California Dreaming circa 2026. nypost.com/2026/06/16/us-…

Remember when Spencer Pratt ran for mayor on bringing back production to LA by making it more affordable for productions, livable for crews, and less apt to be burnt down by fires? Meanwhile Karen Bass ran by saying everything's fine and let's buy homeless new teeth?

@nocny_vlk No Fill tool for you!

What are you even talking about. It is fully artificial. It is not the same as human intelligence. It's just a brilliant recall machine This doesn't even take into account the wholesale theft of intellectual property without paying any royalties or citing sources when training the models

We need to remove the word “Artificial” from AI, because it’s anything but that. It’s Generative Intelligence, and it’s far from stupid, which is the last ditch of a desperate critic.

@3xchair 💯

@AVARY's KILLING ZOE, un choc esthétique, et dans le même ciné qu'à l'époque (Ugc Orient-Express) s'il-vous-plaît.

@AVARY There is absolutely no “intelligence “ involved. You’re so stupid, you took the wrong word out.

@MuteCanary_ Not looking for your validation, bro.

@thehackettman 💯

@AVARY Id only add LA had made it impossible to live in unless you made a very high amount above the nationwide living wage. Detroit didnt quite do that when it lost all its manufactory.

Since Detroit is the analog, these are the Top 3 Reasons for the collapse of Detroit industry: 1. Intense Global Competition and Failure to Adapt 2. Decentralization of Auto Production (Plants Moved Away) 3. Labor Costs, Union Relations, and Mismanagement

@RMBee Just ignore it and it will go away.

Why is it modern Trek speak is all cliched platitudes? Everyone is delivering grandiose graduation speeches all the time. Everyone acts. like they’re the most important people in the universe. Just do your fucking job.instagram.com/reel/DZpkNbyuJ…