Making a large-scale sci-fi film usually comes with expectations of blockbuster resources, elaborate visual effects, and ...

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Back in 1935, the behemoth Japanese film studio Toho (then known as Photo Chemical Laboratories, or P.C.L.) put out an advertisement seeking assistant directors. A 25-year-old Akira Kurosawa applied ...

The author “isn’t shy about his opinions,” as one director put it. But he gives filmmakers a wide berth and they have to decide what to put onscreen. By Carlos Aguilar If you want to adapt one of ...