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Originally Posted by Suki
So you're agreeing with me. These directors I mentioned pretty much have all the control they want over every step in the making of their movies, which is a good thing in my opinion. They show dailies because somehow they have to justify where the huge amounts of money they're being given is going to, but they know they can pretty much do anything they want with it.
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I agree with what you are saying about Casablanca, but the counter argument is going to be, "Why should I be taught why it is a good an important movie? It should stand on its own."
Regarding Welles and Lucas, no I am not agreeing. I am saying even major directors like Woody Allen and Peter Jackson have studios to answer to. Welles didn't have to in Citizen Kane, and Lucas didn't have to in Phantom Menace. Of course tiny productions like El Mariachi or The Blair Witch Project didn't either, but they were made and then shopped to studios. Directors never have all the control they want when they depend on a studio to dole out the cash, script doctor, cast, etc...