In the digital age, film-making has become a still more pressured profession, as directorial autonomy is further eroded.
“The new technologies, with a director’s work instantly appearing on Hollywood desks as it gets shot, inevitably led to more interference.
“We have gone through the era of the producer, the director, and now we are in the era of the studio executive. None of which bodes well if you’ve always had complete control of your work.”
“Great movies were made on celluloid film, when the studio executives didn’t interfere, frankly, because they couldn’t: the process was too cumbersome. The convenience of digital editing now allows the studios and producers to more often assemble their own cuts, ignoring completely the director’s intentions.”
