He Packs a Cameraw, He’ll Skin Your Eyeballs Raw
31 Dec
The Rapture is Nigh, Reason #901,163:
Fred Durst want to be a movie director.
“While the band was taking off, I was trying to have meetings with movie people,” he said. “And all Limp Bizkit being successful did was hurt me and get in the way of the movie business. They don’t take music people seriously. They’ll take you serious if they wanna throw you in a film and let you be an actor and cash in on your success while you’re hot, and that’s not what I wanted to do. I was offered all kinds of cheesy movies that were really successful to direct and I was like, ‘I’m not here to make movies like that.’ I want to make timeless movies. I want to be beside Martin Scorsese and Wes Anderson and Paul Thomas Anderson and Francis Ford Coppola. I’m a real director.”
(link via Sadly, No! )
It took until the very last day of the year, but we finally have a winner for Most Idiotic Story of 2005. One is tempted to ponder what the cinematic equivalent of “Nookie” or “Break Stuff” would look like, but then again, one has one’s digestion to think of, so perhaps not.
You’re welcome.


