ENGL 250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: French New Wave, Billy Wilder, Charlie Kaufman
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Films are often referred to as belonging to directors: Steven spielberg"s saving private ryan, wong kar-wai"s 2046, michel. Robert rodat wrote saving private ryan"s screenplay; charlie kaufman wrote eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. The crawl: a set of words that appear at the bottom of the screen and move upward. End credits: take the form of a crawl. Extra: a performer who has no dialogue in a crowd scene and receives no credit (saving private ryan includes over eighty extras in the credits) Though debated, film scholars generally give credit to the director as the primary creator of the film. Championed certain directors over others (such as howard hawks and alfred. Expressed an artistic politics involving the director"s visual style as well as the. Perceived moral quality of his or her world view . Tended to disregard screenwriters , especially writer-directors such as billy.
