![]() Many of my friends and I are anticipating the release of "Black Swan" in our town or even close by. As a general rule, second units don't handle dialogue scenes. But the director is responsible for selecting and supervising his team, and many work with the same second unit directors over time. True, and Riccardo Muti doesn't play all the instruments in the Chicago Symphony. It has always puzzled me how a film director can take the complete title credit for directing a film, when it is common practice to employ second unit directors who contribute their own unique vision to complete the shoot. If the director goes on to win a major award such as a Director's Guild Award or ultimately an Academy Award, isn't it a bit of a cheat to take the sole credit without also including the other director's efforts? (Kevin Fellman, Phoenix, AZ)Ī. Regarding your second question: In thinking about "depressing movies," many people don't realize that all bad movies are depressing, and no good movies are. There's a lot of sentimentality about old folks, but if they fall into sickness or poverty not a lot of modern young couples want to let them move in. His screenwriter, Kogo Noda, saw McCarey's film and said he was influenced by it. Ozu's masterpiece " Tokyo Story" (1953) told a similar story set in Japan. "It" refers to the way some younger people put old people like their parents on the shelf and consider them a nuisance. #Power to the people movie movieMy question really is: why the heck do some of us respond to "really sad" movies so strongly, while others would rather steer clear? I mean, as sad as it was, the movie made me extremely happy, in awe at its wisdom. Do you think that's maybe why it's relatively obscure? I mean, I've never seen "it" stated like that, not even by Ozu. That may be the best 1930s movie I've ever seen. I just this weekend watched Leo McCarey's " Make Way for Tomorrow" (1937), which you wrote a Great Movies article about. ![]()
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