David Lean was a sophisticated gentleman. Spielberg is merely an overgrown, talented schoolboy. Luckily for Spielberg there are more overgrown schoolboys in audiences nowadays than there were when Mr Lean was making films. Otherwise no-one would bother to watch his childish films.
I feel the same way about Spielberg, but at least he did give Lean his due credit, saying that Lawrence of Arabia inspired him to become a director, and later offering to fund Lean's failed Nostromo project, when they started to disagree over it.
He supposedly got tired of people getting credit for work that he felt he had done, and he made sure he got credit for editing this, but told the assistant editor that she would get "a jolly good credit", and he apparently felt bad about it and sent her some expensive china for her wedding when she would not talk to him after this. She later said that she remembered him fondly every time she saw the china.
Brilliant! 'to hell with the photography, it was the cutter!' Seeing his films it is quite true I think. Where is this from? Is it possible to see some more of where this came from? that would be splendid..
It is from an interview on the southbank show that was broadcast on A&E. There is a little bit more showing him directing Passage to India on the program, but not much.
David Lean was a sophisticated gentleman. Spielberg is merely an overgrown, talented schoolboy. Luckily for Spielberg there are more overgrown schoolboys in audiences nowadays than there were when Mr Lean was making films. Otherwise no-one would bother to watch his childish films.
priapus56 2 weeks ago
I feel the same way about Spielberg, but at least he did give Lean his due credit, saying that Lawrence of Arabia inspired him to become a director, and later offering to fund Lean's failed Nostromo project, when they started to disagree over it.
themoviefan999 2 weeks ago
He was still editing like this in the 80s?
RevanGabriel 4 weeks ago
He supposedly got tired of people getting credit for work that he felt he had done, and he made sure he got credit for editing this, but told the assistant editor that she would get "a jolly good credit", and he apparently felt bad about it and sent her some expensive china for her wedding when she would not talk to him after this. She later said that she remembered him fondly every time she saw the china.
themoviefan999 2 weeks ago
The old master at work, brilliant.
Huddiethegreat 1 month ago
I would love to have met him.
AdamPPrice 4 months ago
who's that dork at the end?
NeoTRP 10 months ago
@NeoTRP It is STEVEN SPIELBERG...
masterkombat 3 months ago
Passage to India
themoviefan999 1 year ago
What movie is he cutting?
Stlcards789 1 year ago
Silence. Genius at work.
Grissha 1 year ago
Brilliant! 'to hell with the photography, it was the cutter!' Seeing his films it is quite true I think. Where is this from? Is it possible to see some more of where this came from? that would be splendid..
diddeliduddi 1 year ago
It is from an interview on the southbank show that was broadcast on A&E. There is a little bit more showing him directing Passage to India on the program, but not much.
I am glad you liked it.
themoviefan999 1 year ago