@BretEastonEllis yep! Alexander Macendrick had it right: 90% of a film's impact should remain if you switch the sound off.
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@BretEastonEllis I think you sell the innate film craft on display in Wilder's best work very short. VERY short.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BretEastonEllis Yes, because Billy Wilder's films aren't also exquisitely visual. "The Apartment" is such a visual bore, right? - 1 more reply
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@BretEastonEllis don't believe what a filmmaker says. Wilder's movies were both very visual and actor oriented.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BretEastonEllis in filmmaking the script is a blueprint on which all other arts are created from. It's not God, it's a plan of creation.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BretEastonEllis The alternative altar being?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BretEastonEllis I think what is "god" depends on the viewer - some geek out over the script, some for FX, some for costumes. The Script...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BretEastonEllis it's NOT, script is Eros, a "daimon" (demon), something in between Gods and Humans. Destiny can raise it... or notThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BretEastonEllis Having a nice rant? :-) In general, it's hardly a contest: TV is moronic for the most part. I don't watch it anymore.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BretEastonEllis I think a clear line must be drawn between tv and cinema. Two totally different formats. And contenders since tv inventionThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BretEastonEllis In TV, writing is indeed everything. Even if films and TV are both image and sound, they're very different things.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BretEastonEllis altar ugh i cannot believe you of all people misspell that shitThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BretEastonEllis Wilder had a way w/ plot & dialogue, but I doubt you'd find many saying he was only person responsible for those classics.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BretEastonEllis TV's The Walking Dead is the most Zombie fun i've had since the 1968 Night of the living dead and the 2004 Dawn of the DeadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BretEastonEllis & so writing may not be everything but it is definitely the way in which we discuss discover & invariably create everythingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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