[discostu]

sorry wrong across the board. Movies are about telling a story you MUST have a good story to make a good movie. Great technique in telling a bad story makes a bad movie, and bad technique in telling a good story can still make good movie (which Kevin Smith proves over and over). Vertigo is a ludicrous script, it’s also one of Hitchcock’s worst movies.

They spent 10.5 million 1982 dollars making ET that was not a low budget movie then, period. Just because when they saw the preview they thought it might flop doesn’t mean they didn’t think it was going to make money when they greenlighted the budget. It was only 700 grand cheaper to make than STII, NOT low budget, not intended not to make money.

[Borges]

Vertigo is a ludicrous script, it’s also one of Hitchcock’s worst movies.

Priceless.

Great technique in telling a bad story makes a bad movie, and bad technique in telling a good story can still make good movie

He proves he should stick to writing. I don't find Jerry Lewis all that funny as a writer or comedian but he's still a brilliant filmmaker.

Not all films are primarily concerned with narrative. ('Last Year At Marienbad', 2001). And 'story' doesn't just come from script it comes from structure, form, editing rhythym. My point about E.T. was that the choice of that subject matter at that time was considered a commercial risk. It's unexpected success opened the floodgates on tons of bad imtiations.