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Dimitri De Keukelaere · August 30th, 2006, 06:55 AM

I have a question for you all.
I've read this review of "Lady in the water" and the reviewer used the term "non-hack filmmaker". What does it actually mean, a non-hack and/or a hack filmmaker.

http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/...y_in_the_water <<<<< link to the review

Greets Dimitri

Kelly Goden · August 30th, 2006, 07:41 AM

I think a hack filmmaker is the derogatory term for one who only does work for hire, does it rather poorly, and has no creative vision or ideas of their own.

Probably sprang out of the auteur theory which claimed that a filmmaker is ultimately the sole driving creative artist behind a film, regardless of the other people who are on set.

Joe Carney · September 1st, 2006, 12:46 PM

I have to agree with reviewers statements on "Unbreakable", it came so close after Sixth Sense, it got overlooked by a lot of people including me. I saw it on cable and it was pretty good. The Village deserved to be panned, if for no other reason than its' entirely improbable concept.

August 30th, 2006, 06:55 AM	#1
Dimitri De Keukelaere Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 113	hack filmmaker I have a question for you all. I've read this review of "Lady in the water" and the reviewer used the term "non-hack filmmaker". What does it actually mean, a non-hack and/or a hack filmmaker. http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/...y_in_the_water <<<<< link to the review Greets Dimitri

September 1st, 2006, 12:46 PM	#3
Joe Carney Inner Circle Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Centreville Va Posts: 1,828	I have to agree with reviewers statements on "Unbreakable", it came so close after Sixth Sense, it got overlooked by a lot of people including me. I saw it on cable and it was pretty good. The Village deserved to be panned, if for no other reason than its' entirely improbable concept. __________________ Boycott Guinness, bring back the pint!!!

August 30th, 2006, 07:41 AM	#2
Kelly Goden Major Player Join Date: May 2006 Location: Surrey BC Posts: 259	I think a hack filmmaker is the derogatory term for one who only does work for hire, does it rather poorly, and has no creative vision or ideas of their own. Probably sprang out of the auteur theory which claimed that a filmmaker is ultimately the sole driving creative artist behind a film, regardless of the other people who are on set.