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Posted by Martin Heffels on 09/25/46 11:53
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:14:10 GMT, "PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com>
wrote:
>If you think the stories of all movies are the same, then I suggest you
>don't watch any more movies. Most of us don't agree.
I am not saying that stories are exactly the same, although in general
terms they are, because they is very little new stuff to write about. Only
when events are turned into pictures, like 9/11, you get something newish.
What is the same IMHO, is the way in which stories are told. If you look at
the clock, the first 45 minutes are to introduce all the players and the
story. We have a couple falling in love, and then halfway the silly
love-scene, followed by a grande finale in which everything turns out for
the big hero. Many people don't care about this formulaic approach, and
still go to the cinema. I find it getting rather boring, that there are
hardly any surprise endings in your standard Hollywood-fair.
>
>>And not to forget the happy ending,
>> with a bunch of people clapping that all ended well.
>> The swearing and the love-scene have to be in there, studio's wish (or
>> demand), and a blonde girl with the usual attributes. The swearing can
>> easily be cut out, because 99.99% of the time it doesn't add anything to
>> the story.
>
>Though there is a certain amount of formula involved, it is nowhere near as
>cynically lock-step as you claim. I worked in the industry (as an actor)
>for more than a decade before I quit and became a lawyer. I knew (and still
>know) many writers and producers. You're simply wrong.
I'm not wrong :-) I have seen the side which you didn't see, so we differ
in opinion.
>> Same with the love-scene.
>> Therefor I don't find it censoring to cut these things out, because this
>> kind of content is usually brought in in a later stage, to make it
>> interesting for studios and investors, and not at the moment of creation
>> of
>> the story by the writer.
>
>Absolutely and completely wrong.
No way. As an actor you have had luck then, that this never happened.
>> And I know this from speaking with a few people
>> who have produced/written/directed feature-films.
>
>And I know you're wrong from speaking with many people who have
>produced/written/directed feature films.
Doesn't matter. Whatever I say, you always say I'm wrong. For you there is
only one right, and that seems to be your's. It doesn't matter to you there
is a whole world out there, where things are different. So be it :-)
-m-
--
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