Ebert Island

Roger has provided a list of "10 conversations between directors he'd enjoy hearing if stranded with them on a desert island". I quote from the Variety article.

Buster Keaton & Charles Chaplin: Whose treatment of sentimentality will weather better?

Alfred Hitchcock & Gus Van Sant: On the necessity of Van Sant's shot-by-shot remake of "Psycho," especially in light of his explanation to Ebert at the 1999 Calcutta Film Festival: "I did it so no one else would have to."

Federico Fellini & Ingmar Bergman: Why did they briefly agree to collaborate on a film project? What exactly did they think they shared in common?

Robert Altman & Jonathan Demme: What's the best way to keep all the characters alive in a film about a large group?

Martin Scorsese & Michael Powell: On the filming of romantic obsession.

Orson Welles & John Cassavetes: On the problems besetting an untamed genius in Hollywood.

Sidney Lumet & Charlie Kaufman: On working with Philip Seymour Hoffman.

F.W. Murnau & Werner Herzog: After Nosferatu's name was changed to Dracula, what went wrong?

Woody Allen & David Mamet: On directing one's own dialogue.

John Ford & Oliver Stone: On patriotism.

I've got one of my own to add...

Quentin Tarantino & Howard Hawks: On the impulse toward both trashy entertainment and fine art.