That progression makes sense: while acting involves a very specific kind of ability and craft, directing gets to the broader scope of film-making.
First a play (Diplomatie, 2011, by Cyril Gély, who with Director Volker Schlöndorff wrote the screenplay for this film) the film combines the power of theatre with the visual scope of film.
American documentary film director who is known for the epic historical scope of his films.
July 29 , 1953New York City, New York Ken Burns, in full Kenneth Lauren Burns (born July 29 , 1953 Brooklyn, New York, U.S ., American documentary film director who is known for the epic historical scope of his films.
As Chaplin developed his on-screen persona, he also made explicit his sense of an artistic calling, through the increased refinement and scope of his films, through the audacious and socially critical subject matter, the anarchic tone, and the exacting craft by which he realized them.
By referring to characters the viewer does not see or hear, Kiarostami widens the scope of his films.
Post-"Lincoln, Spielbergg has also been linked to the sci-fi tent-pole "Robopocalypse," the 19th century religious drama "The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara" and a historical epic about the Spanish conquistador Cortez, but given the scope of those films, it's unlikely he'll tackle any of them before "The BFG," if at all.
My friend John was in New York when the movie opened, and we sat in the New York movie theater together, amazed by the scope of the film and by the performance of our friend.
"The kind of scope of the film is majestic, and the craftsmanship of the movie is impeccable," said Mangold, who first saw "Shane" on TV when he was young.
"The function of the score is to enlarge the scope of a film," he observed.
