CIN374Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Irving Thalberg, D. W. Griffith, The Cameraman
25 Nov 2018
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Thomas schatz, selznick and hitchcock: balance of power, in the genius of the system: hollywood filmmaking in the studio era (1988; rpt. 30s and 40s found exhibition and distribution as important. How the system would be managed at a predictable interval. (lowest possible cost) Langley studio was an organized chaos. because it was a director unit system. Thalberg did not think that the responsibility of director to spend as much was a good idea. Charlie chaplin (director and star) argued that the studio added more footage in the film and he said that it had affected his reputation. The director just becomes a small part of the production. Under the director unit system: they were fully in charge but had to report to management but supervision was very light. The struggle of resources (no my film needs more budget and resources) - and this was observed by thalberg.
