The man in this case was writer/director Alexander Mackendrick, and what he walked way from way making movies in Hollywood. Here’s a documentary about the film Mackendrick made and how he turned to teaching at CalArts—a school founded by Walt Disney. Scott W. Smith Tagged: Alexander Mackendrick, CalArts, Walt Disney
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Author Archive“‘Protagonist’ (the name given to the leading character in your story) literally means the person who initiates the agon (struggle). ” ‘Look, Highland cattle!’ This was a quote from a particularly amateurish travelogue in which a character pointed off-screen, said this line, and the film cut to guess what? “—Making the case against bad dialogue. “One of the tasks of the director is almost to forget what the characters are saying and reimagine their behavior as being mute…” Today I’ll start a series of posts on Alexander Mackendrick. He directed Sweet Smell of Success and received an Oscar nomination as one of the writers of The Man in the White Suit. Frustrated with the Hollywood studio system he turned to teaching at CalArts, where he was Dean of its School of Film from 1969 […]
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