1. According to Mckee's analysis of controlling ideas, which do you consider The Apartment to be? "Up-ending? "Down-ending?" or "Up/Down ending?"
2. In Sternberg's article, there is a quote from William Goldman stating: "in terms of authority, screenwriters rank somewhere between the man who guards the studio gate and the man who runs the studio." What do you make of this?
Laurie Devaney
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I believe that the apt. has an up- ending because in the end he sticks up for himself and falls in love.
I think William Goldman is simply trying to say that writer’s voices in productions (at least in Hollywood) are under appreciated.
I thinkk what Goldman is trying to say is that while the screenwriter is an essential part in any film, his role in the film industry is to this day underapreciated.
Maybe this is because people think that screenwriters are a dime a dozen, that there are hundreds of thousands of scripts out there, so there is no true need to treat a screenwriter with the same respect as a director. I dunno...
1. I consider The Apartment to be an up-ending. The story ends on an optimistic note as both characters overcome their problems and end up together.
2. I think that Goldman was emphasizing the disparity of how important screenwriters are and how they are viewed. They produce the scripts that keep the studios in business, but are not given the credence they deserve.
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