CP3S said:

imperialscum said:

Film director (if not also a writer) is basically more or less an operational director. In general, I think writers should get more credit than the director since they are the real creative force.

This can be true. I feel like film as an art form really shines when it is conceived, written, and directed by the same person. Not to say you can't have amazing films with different writers and directors (Blade Runner comes to mind, and I think that film's triumph is far more the direction that the script), but it seem the majority of films I feel are truly special are written and directed by a single creative force.

I have to agree with Bladerunner. But I think it is a rare example when the film is so great primarily because of the visual aspects rather than the screenplay/idea.

If you look at Alien, the situation is reversed. It is the screenplay and the idea that is really mind blowing. Well it is visually great too but that is more thanks to H. R. Giger's art design than Scott's directing.