Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by jamesgarvin (A) on July 05, 2006 at 16:56:43

In Reply to: Re: Funny that you mentioned the name Almodovar,... posted by Victor Khomenko on July 5, 2006 at 15:04:09:

The statement that the Producers often receive the best picture awards rather than the director, even though the director has far more to do with the quality of a film than the Producer. I have heard many stories of "producers" that gave large sums of cash to a film only so that they can attain a "producers" credit on the film. They have not contributed to the artistic vision of the film, but get to walk the stage.

I suspect the only reason that they get to claim a Best Picture Award is (1) because there is separate Best Director award, and (2) allowing them to walk the stage, bask in the lights, coaxes more money in future projects.

And I agree that your analogy is spot on.