Thursday, February 17, 2011
The Ramifications of Shifting Power
In what way did the shift of power from producer to director impact the quality of the movies made? I am inclined to think that because producers were often entwined with distributors, etc., their focus was not so much on quality and freedom of artistic expression as much as marketability. However, when a director is given complete control of a movie, a complex and often ambiguous air is added to the film, inspiring several different interpretations and complicating what could seem like obvious readings.
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Does this switch in power make movies in New Hollywood more authentic? If Old Hollywood was run by Jewish moguls who were producing movies that depicted American middle class themes and virtues for marketability reasons, can those movies be thought of as accurate representations of a culture and a society? Or did they simply establish the notion of a “Hollywood ending”?
ReplyDeleteI agree with Miriam,
ReplyDeleteproducer-run movies will focus more on the marketability and appeal to mass movie-goers, while director led films will have more of an artistic product. The directors will put in a lot more work to create their vision, putting in their authenticity and their messages they want to convey, while if they were bowing to the producers, they would have to focus more on the surface aesthetic than the overall aesthetic and deeper meanings.