Director's Dilemma - Martin Scorsese

So a lot in the film industry is how well you can perform as a team player, as you need everyone to stay committed and all act as a team because it would result in arguments and potentially a crap film.  A good resent example of this would be the Solo (2018) film where from the start, the two directors  Phil Lord and Christopher Miller had creative difference which clashed affecting the production of the film, over things like understanding Han Solo as a character being more sarcastic and selfish then comedic. Which lead to both being fired and a new director being put in their place. And it's because of this distrust and not working/ listening to each other that got them fired and ultimately their idea's forgotten and reshaped by a new director. (Even though the film went under the radar before it even released, I actually think it's a decent film with some errors still)

When watching the Director's Dilemma it's clear that what Martin is talking about is still present in today's film processes. He said that "Every decision is shaped by the money men's perception of what the audience wants". Now not all films are like this but I feel like the latest Star Wars films, actually anything Star Wars related is following this at the moment. Feeling very political and targeted to a different audience then what Star Wars used to follow. And I feel like this is partly in fault to Kathleen Kennedy being the producer not allowing for the directors to flourish into their vision but one that will make them money, mainly being push these political agendas that subtract from the film or heavily relying on previous things that have made the Star Wars film popular in the past (Reuse of story threads like Episode 7 being a reboot of episode 4)

Even though Martin was talking how the producers took a lot of control back when he was talking about, it still feels like especially for the big players in the film industry that the producers/ film distributors only care about money instead of the creativity that can be placed into a film and going for the safe option.

But he also talks about how the directors would start to become more disciplined and started following the producers because in Hollywood at the time (still feel this in present day at times) that they wouldn't fit in and as a result would be almost feel like they have been forced out of the scene due to arguments and loss of funding or even having ideas rejected. But this in my eyes sparked an almost revolution against this with directors walking out on massive production that cost them time to make but would make the producers step back due to losing the whole production in general if they left completely. Thus allowing the director more control on set. Directors starting to stylize their films more so people would pay to see the name of a great director's film instead of the production company. This being seen with Hitchcock having his name above most of the films he directed.