>
>
> In most cases, the decisions on what movies are
produced, and what
their
> ultimate form will be, are made by the people who
finance them, who
are in
> large part, bankers, accountants, and these days-
market researchers.
>
> John Lau
> --
Quite right, but even knowing that, somehow when you see the
name of a director who has made movies that you admire being
associated with a film there's always this optimistic sense
that this film might be as good as previous efforts & we
have been conditioned to see the director as the "author" of
a film (auteur). It varies from project to project but a
director's power is generally severely limited. My wife, who
is a veteran of Aussie movies & TV productions
(wardrobe/costume) has described one situation where the
producer's wife had the power to override a director's
decisions, indirectly, in relation to design & other
matters ("Oh no, that's a terrible colour.It just doesn't
suit her!") The man with the money is the ultimate decision
maker. Knowing this, I shouldn't be surprised at finding out
that talented people have worked on crap movies but somehow I
usually am - well, perhaps not surprised, just
disappointed.
Rene
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