Blockbuster director Roland Emmerich ("White House Down," "2012," "Independence Day") is Moviefone's Guest Editor from June 24 - 28. Look for more videos -- and some "White House Down" secrets -- from him throughout the week.
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Think Roland Emmerich is only interested in movies about world-ending destruction and extreme action scenarios? Think again. The writer/director has some films -- past and present -- that he would love to have made and would love to make.
From a historical drama documenting the Stonewall Riots (the NYC event marking the beginning of the gay-rights movement) to an Academy Award-winning '80s Italian-language classic ("Cinema Paradiso"), Emmerich would love to break the mold that Hollywood has put him in and flex his directorial muscle in genres outside of sci-fi and action.
In the video above, Emmerich explains the plight of director typecasting and the reveals the Spielberg classic he most wishes he'd made.
Think Roland Emmerich is only interested in movies about world-ending destruction and extreme action scenarios? Think again. The writer/director has some films -- past and present -- that he would love to have made and would love to make.
From a historical drama documenting the Stonewall Riots (the NYC event marking the beginning of the gay-rights movement) to an Academy Award-winning '80s Italian-language classic ("Cinema Paradiso"), Emmerich would love to break the mold that Hollywood has put him in and flex his directorial muscle in genres outside of sci-fi and action.
In the video above, Emmerich explains the plight of director typecasting and the reveals the Spielberg classic he most wishes he'd made.