--- "Jaime N. Christley" <j_christley@...>
wrote:

>
> I mean, could you support your argument with another
> film? I mean,
> the circumstances you describe would seem to support
> auteurism because
> the strong and powerful writer overpowers a fairly
> bland director.
>

Look at "The Best Man" -- written and produced by Gore
Vidal and directed by Franklin Schaffner. Not bland at
all.

> But then, consider Schulberg or Ray's relationship
> with WIND ACROSS
> THE EVERGLADES.
>

Right. Much like Russell's relationship to Chayevsky
on "Altered States."

The auteur? Gypsy Rose Lee!

> > You seem to think that anyone who directs a film
> has
> > magical powers capable of absorbing script,
> actors,
> > sets, costumes and every other aspect of
> filmmaking
> > into himselef -- like The Blob!
>
> No, not just any director, only the great ones. But
> the writer
> doesn't do it at all.
>

But the writer doesn't do NOTHING either -- as many in
here appear to believe. The writer isn't some looney
to be kept in the attic and never spoken of -- like
Rochester's wife in "Jane Eyre."
>
>


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