@dean_jerry80861@Steve_Sailer@DiscussingFilm >Sailer pushing against auteur theory, saying it’s a collaborative process by emphasizing screenwriter
>me affirming the collaborative process, but explaining the lack of authorship the screenwriter has with the final product, differing from the playwright
>anon bewildered
@dean_jerry80861@Steve_Sailer@DiscussingFilm Mentioning “writers” doesn’t double as a very sophisticated understanding of the medium lol—Like you can pay whoever you want to write yet a director with Vision might throw it away with the actors and improv the most memorable scenes lol, getting great results.
@Steve_Sailer@DiscussingFilm Seems to me that he gets his desired outcomes, and I’ve never sensed a glaring pacing issue or excessive meandering—sometimes it’s more about mood. Whereas theatre is more about the written word.
@Steve_Sailer@DiscussingFilm Largely irrelevant IMO. I’m not saying PTA is a fantastic writer or that his pacing ability (in writing) is supreme, but that it’s irrelevant because filmmaking is multifaceted & not everything needs to be “on the page” in order to get the desired, or equally stellar, outcomes