Ernst Lubitsch and Blake Edwards Comparison

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Both Lubitsch and Blake Edwards were both the most well-known and loved filmmakers of their respective eras. In both instances people would instantly recognize a Lubitsch and Blake Edwards film, so unique was their craft with signature touches. In the case of Lubitsch it was his use of satire, “Why shouldn’t I kiss Mitzi- should I misbehave or not?’ which draws on a element of Brechtian theatre of breaking the forth wall as Dr. Andre Bertier (Maurice Chevalier) speaks directly to the audience. Stimutanelously this element with used in “Pink Panther” By Edwards, in the scene, which prince Dala (Claudia Cardinale) holds a ball in Cortina D’Ampezzo to celebrate the reseizure of her sleigh, Amber by Sir Charles Litton (David Niven). The Greek “cousin” (Fran Jeffries) sings “Meglio Stasera” with her eyes staring through the camera and at the audience in most time of the dance, in additional, the background figures were all sitting properly on the sofa watching her performance by following her dance steps just as if they are audience like we do. Edwards engaged audiences within film via the similar approach utilized by Lubitsch in “One Hour with You”. With Blake Edwards, satire was also an important element but in a different sense; he uses it more for comedic purposes but also to poke fun at society’s stereotypes. Lubitsch became famous for was known as the “Lubitsch touch”. He was an auteur who was a master at his craft, managing to choreograph his actors into doing precisely what he wanted to do. Both Edwards and Lubitsch were renowned for acting out precisely what they wanted their actors to do, then leaving the actors to give their own interpretation. Lubitsch has his directed the players in his film to every last detail, "..how vital it, then, for every scene, every action, to be detailed down to the very last raising for an eyelid. If I was going into the

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