Mr. Von Ellstein, am I to understand that you consider this scene complete? I do. Well I...
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Jonathan:
Mr. Von Ellstein, am I to understand that you consider this scene complete?
Von Ellstein:
I do.
Jonathan:
Well I don't. You call that directing?
Von Ellstein:
That is what I have been calling it for 32 years.
Jonathan:
Why, there are values and dimensions in that scene you haven't begun to hit!
Von Ellstein:
Perhaps they're not the values and dimensions I wish to hit. I could make this scene a climax. I could make every scene in this picture a climax. If I did, I would be a bad director. And I like to think of myself as one of the best. A picture all climaxes is like a necklace without a string: it falls apart. You must build to your big moment. And sometimes you must build slowly...
Jonathan:
Look, when I want a lecture on the aesthetics of motion pictures, I'll ask for it. And it won't be on my time, and it won't be a cover-up for a shallow and inept interpretation of a great scene! To be a director, you must have imagination.
Von Ellstein:
Whose imagination, Mr. Shields? Yours or mine?
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Mr Von Ellstein am I to understand
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that you consider this scene complete
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I do Well I don't
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You call that directing
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That is what I've been calling it for 32 years
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Oh there are values and dimensions
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in that scene you haven't begun to hit
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Perhaps they're not the values and dimensions I wish to hit
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I could make this scene a climax
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I could make every scene in this picture a climax
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If I did I would be a bad director
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And I like to think of myself as one of the best
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A picture all climaxes is like a necklace
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without a string it falls apart
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You must build to your big moments
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And sometimes you must build slowly
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Look when I want a lecture on the aesthetics
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of motion pictures I'll ask for it and it won't be on my time
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It won't be a cover up for a shallow and
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inept interpretation of a great scene
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To be a director you must have imagination
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Whose imagination Mr Shields yours or mine
Clip duration: 51 seconds
Views: 139
Timestamp in movie: 01h 46m 49s
Uploaded: 21 November, 2022
Genres: drama, romance
Summary: An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.
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