24-02-2013, 08:14 PM
Jan:
I think there is a large difference between say Ridley Scott and Polanski.
Scott could make just about anything he wants to make.
And look what he comes up with.
If he lives a hundred years he will never make something like Tess. Because the beauty in that film is not there for its own sake or to support something as shallow as an android hunter story. Its to support and fulfill a tragic design, originally assigned by Hardy, translated to film by Polanski. No film by Ridley Scott has ever approached a design like that. And you can see why by listening to that silly commentary of his on Gladiator.
So personally, I think its important to sort out the personal life from the artistic vision expressed in the work. Or else we see films as personal psychodramas. Recall, films are generally joint efforts. Chinatown began as a very good script by Bob Towne. Tess ​began as a very good novel by Hardy.
I think there is a large difference between say Ridley Scott and Polanski.
Scott could make just about anything he wants to make.
And look what he comes up with.
If he lives a hundred years he will never make something like Tess. Because the beauty in that film is not there for its own sake or to support something as shallow as an android hunter story. Its to support and fulfill a tragic design, originally assigned by Hardy, translated to film by Polanski. No film by Ridley Scott has ever approached a design like that. And you can see why by listening to that silly commentary of his on Gladiator.
So personally, I think its important to sort out the personal life from the artistic vision expressed in the work. Or else we see films as personal psychodramas. Recall, films are generally joint efforts. Chinatown began as a very good script by Bob Towne. Tess ​began as a very good novel by Hardy.