re: "I think directing is the most over-rated job in the world"

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The Steven Spielberg doc on HBO is really interesting to watch. He didn't just have the vision, he would literally look at a scripted scene and say eh I don't like the way this looks and come up with the shot as well as the lighting on the spot.

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Welles was accused of spreading himself too thin...he believed in doing everything...and he disdained Directors who would sit in a chair and yell action.

He also lost all funding from Hollywood. I don't think he thought just being a Director was terribly challenging because he had done everything personally on his stage plays in London at such an early age.

He said he loved being a Director because he could be creative but it wasn't challenging enough by itself.

We use the word auteur now. Welles was it...writing, directing, cinematography, etc. He thought Directors should have the technical skills to film a movie and should be able to put on the whole production themselves like a stage play - wear all the hats...not just direct cinematographers where to point the camera and let assistants coach the actors.

I think his point was, we think Directors do way more than they really do. As if they made the entire movie without assistants, editors, accomplished cinematographers who have their own vision, story-board men, etc.

I think Welles was so smart he wanted to dabble in everything and when Hollywood turned their back on him, he turned his back on Hollywood.

Still the best long take in movie history and he did it 60 years ago.

People would think it was awesome now if it just came out...like, how did they do that? Without computers?