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Should directors have full creative control over their films?

For

It preserves artistic vision and originality.

Against

Studios invest money and must protect financial success.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • At the end of the day, filmmaking is a creative vision, and that vision has to come from someone.
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  • Wes Anderson is a great example of a director whose vision permeates every frame of his films.
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Against

  • If you take studio money then they will always have decision power.
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  • If the film is being bankrolled by the studio, that company will have control in the end.
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