>>212056501You have to understand, between dawn of the dead and 300 he made a shitload of money for the studio (and kicked off a decade of people aping his style).
When a studio seesthat they'll start throwing money at them.
I think he is a classic case of someone being a victim of their own success because he never had anyone from the studio standing over his shoulder pushing back on the self indulgent pretentious wankery.
Its a shame he didn't spend more time as a working directors with small budgets and constraints that would have tempered his instincts.