FIST 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Joe Pesci, B Movie, Studio System
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Stars nowadays with more power over their own life. Stars in the past were a kind of product of the company as they were essentially owned by them/under contract. Allowed for studios to use the actors constantly and make and produce more films. Explores issues of individual creative vision, control and concerns/themes in cinema* There is a different between the director as an auteur vs. stylist, not only about look, but also about themes, concerns, ideas of the film. The director has a unique and personal artistic perspectives, and his/her films are products of that perspective* We can have access to the director"s perspective through their artistic views. Seeks to bring the director in line with other media (literature, painting), where we readily ascribe some personal provenance* The idea of authorship - came from a validation of seeing film more than just pure entertainment.
