We can tell that what a tyrant director/writer Jaglom is by how all the characters in his films speak exactly like he does. They all speak in a strange halting matter. Are they from France, Italy, California, New York? It doesn't matter. According to Jaglom, all those people speak in the same strange cadence in which Jaglom speaks. They all use the same words and expressions with no individual character development. Jaglom might just as well have spliced together a movie of himself playing all the parts. Hey, Jaglom, try observing real people and listening to how they talk.
(***I hope this isn't too much of a spoiler***) How can you figure out who Jaglom's love interest will be? Just check to see who is the best looking 25 year old woman in the cast. She will, for no apparent reason, fall for the balding sixty-year old. Maybe it does make sense since they both speak in the same manner, breaking up their sentences every 5 words or so for no apparent reason except for the director's belief that everyone in the world speaks like he does.
Jaglom reminds me of a director with whom I once worked. My director was such a control freak that he would insist on giving line readings to every actor for every line. NOTE: a line reading is an instruction by the director telling the actors how to say a line, including stress, pauses, speed. He was also the writer and had the second biggest acting role. If he could have he would have physically played every part. Actors are not just sock puppets waiting to be controlled by the writer/director/star.
(***I hope this isn't too much of a spoiler***) How can you figure out who Jaglom's love interest will be? Just check to see who is the best looking 25 year old woman in the cast. She will, for no apparent reason, fall for the balding sixty-year old. Maybe it does make sense since they both speak in the same manner, breaking up their sentences every 5 words or so for no apparent reason except for the director's belief that everyone in the world speaks like he does.
Jaglom reminds me of a director with whom I once worked. My director was such a control freak that he would insist on giving line readings to every actor for every line. NOTE: a line reading is an instruction by the director telling the actors how to say a line, including stress, pauses, speed. He was also the writer and had the second biggest acting role. If he could have he would have physically played every part. Actors are not just sock puppets waiting to be controlled by the writer/director/star.