As a media student, I have just read a interesting article talking about famous Hollywood comedy director Blake Edwards after watching his film <pink panther> on narrative studies screening. I think it should be OK to put the reading log here because as the reading of the first week suggests, blog is used to keep some salient ideas in mind and communicate with others, whatever it is or not relevant to the specific course. So here are some notes I made..
The article basically talks about the background of the famous Hollywood director Blake Edwards, who has directs some really thoughtful and representative films, like Pink Panther (1963), a shock in the dark (1964) and Victor/Victoria (1982).
It starts with lots of praises on him: a creative writer, a respected film-maker, a pioneer of American comedy who has international reputation. He has proved the diversity of his comedies by making very different films— physical comedy like Pink Panther, ‘sophisticated’ ones like Breakfaster at Tiffany’s (1961) and Victor/Victoria, which has features of the both mentioned above. These films also indicate that he very much concentrates on the struggle of human nature, which like the desperation of sex of white man during the post-war era, and the transition of the old society and cultural traditions he grew up in.
Then it specifically introduces the development of Edwards as a professional film-maker. He was inspired by his adoptive father and then entered the Hollywood studio system as a writer and director. In 1960s he earned reputation through his representative film Breakfaster at Tiffany’s and then he continued to make various films to demonstrate his multiple skills. However, he was also known as a director whom ‘being difficult to work with’. But he did work very well with Peter Sellers, one of his most close partners, and create a classic series ‘Pink Panther’.
Blake Edwards left his name and legacy in film industry, as a brilliant director, writer and producer. In 2004 he received an Honorary Academy Award and in 2010, he died after 15-years suffering from the disease.
The link of reading: https://equella.rmit.edu.au/rmit/file/49bc4464-131f-c3a8-e64c-e6daadf3ec5a/1/31259009887287.pdf
