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[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 67 points 9 months ago (27 children)

Virtually every single bad adaptation can be directly traced back to studio interference.

Movies like LoTR only happened because the studios thought it would be a colossal flop, and so left the directors and producers alone.

If you want great movies, the studios need to leave the producers and directors the hell alone.

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

For all the bad you hear about studios though, there are plenty of stories of movies that were saved by the studio because the director was off the rails and had no idea what to do. Here's a list with a couple:

https://collider.com/10-movies-that-were-improved-by-studio-interference/#easy-rider-1969

[–] whhavinfun@sh.itjust.works 26 points 9 months ago

Most of these are a stretch. They didn't like psycho so they underfunded it. Hitchcock finances the movie, takes a pay cut along with the actors. Somehow this is positive interference....

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