I got to wondering about cases in which a director went "off the deep end" by doing something very different from what they typically do in terms of style and/or genre. I can think of two decently good examples, but was curious what others yall could come up with. The two I thought of were:
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Adam McKay (Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers, The Other Guys, .......and The Big Short)
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Martin Scorsese (specifically for doing Shutter Island and Hugo back-to-back amidst the rest of his work but specifically between The Departed and The Wolf of Wall Street).
What are some other examples of big departures that turned out particularly well?