On the other hand I play anchor to Chuck Russell and kind of ground him in human character things as we go along, so it s a great balance. The Writer s Guild arbitration always stacks the deck against the director, particularly when a rewrite happens. It s understandable because they want to protect the writer from being ripped off. But then again, I think there are some unfair cases because Chuck did do a substantial rewrite that he's uncredited for. He s too much of a gentleman to mention that, but I ll mention it on his behalf.
Arbitrations are funny things.
You win some, you lose some. It all depends on somewhat nebulous guidelines provided by the Guild. The unqualified success of The Shawshank Redemption is a major plateau in the career of this film artist. I think there are constant turning point as you go along. It s a bit of an organic on-going process.