Saturday, April 21, 2018

The Reality

Because of the internet, a lot of production drama has...more or less disaappeared:

"The tense mood soon enveloped every aspect of the production. The actors found the overwrought director repeatedly dissatisfied with their performances. He began to insult and batter them, and sometimes his impatience became merciless. He seemed to feel that the crew, who who inevitably had many idle moments, were malingering and this aroused their resentment." - film editor Ralph Rosenblum on first time director Mel Brooks on "The Producers"

This movie became a cult favorite and smash Broadway show.
I often wonder...sometimes the less than confrontational system has gone the way of the well crafted movie. Recently the directors of "Solo: A Star Wars Story" butted heads with power producer Kathleen Kennedy and was replaced. One wonders the camps that formed there. I'd say pretty easy in 2018 to side with the franchise. Pre-1990's, I'd say everyone sided with the talent.
Look, I'm not entirely sold that bad attitude stories on set create the most amazing movies. Though I'd say it's closer to 50/50 than we realize. With all the self-regulations and sexual assaults and women acting like whores but protesting being treated like one. And men being pigs and throwing money at the problem to go away, there doesn't seem hardly any time to butt heads on something like...you know...the movie you're trying to make.
Weird. If you ask me.

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