Many directors seem to have this attitude (David Lynch, famously), which I can't understand, but then I'm not a film-maker.yoloswegmaster wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:45 amConsidering how Arrow's release also doesn't contain any scholar interviews, I wonder if Neil Jordan has requested both companies to not to add any in
On the other hand, I'm reminded of Filming Othello, where Welles refers enthusiastically to the treatment of Othello in Jack J. Jorgens' book Shakespeare on Film.
I'm trying to think of other examples of directors commenting on scholarship on their films. Some have argued Cronenberg read Robin Wood's critique of his early films as "reactionary" and took it to heart...