The Director

Series: Art of Film Series

Duration: 23

Genre: Art | Educational

Year Published: 1975

Creator: Janus Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 15Jan76 · MP28563 (Jan-Jun 1976) Copyright holder: Janus Films, Inc

Description: Shows the effect the director can have on the way a motion picture is interpreted from the first draft of the screenplay to the final cut of the negative. Examines the work of Alfred Hitchcock in The Lady Vanishes and The 39 Steps; Francois Truffaut in Two English Girls, Jules and Jim, and Shoot the Piano Player; Akira Kurosawa in Rashomon and Dodes' KaDen; and Ingmar Bergman in Winter Light, The Seventh Seal, The Magician, and All These Women. Narrated by Rod Serling., How the director unites the elements of the cinema--from the first draft of the screenplay to the final art of the negative--to create a finished work of art is examined in the work of Alfred Hitchcock, Francois Truffaut, Akira Kurosawa, and Ingmar Bergman.

Complete Record: Shows the effect the director can have on the way a motion picture is interpreted from the first draft of the screenplay to the final cut of the negative. Examines the work of Alfred Hitchcock in The Lady Vanishes and The 39 Steps; Francois Truffaut in Two English Girls, Jules and Jim, and Shoot the Piano Player; Akira Kurosawa in Rashomon and Dodes' KaDen; and Ingmar Bergman in Winter Light, The Seventh Seal, The Magician, and All These Women. Narrated by Rod Serling., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.