21 Grams

Director-Alejandro Gonzalez Writer Guillermo Arriaga

This director/writer team had previously worked on the Mexican language film Amores Perros. As such there was already a relationship between the two. Gonzalez wasn't involved heavily in the writing of the script and let Arriaga basically just write the script. However there were many rewrites of the script. Arriaga admits himself that their relationship was strong and that they communicated well during the process of production. They knew each other’s roles and stuck to them.

The writer had great respect for the director and understood that he was in charge of the production of the film. As such there was little or no problems during the production. He thought that as a writer he should work with the director not under him and in their combination this worked well. He respected the director’s responsibility to take the film into reality from its screenplay.

The director brought the writer to meet much of the cast so that they would select the right people for the characters as the film was largely character based. The film was praised for the quality of acting. This was brought about by the strong relationship between the writer, Guillermo Arriaga and the director Alejandro Gonzalez. Without this the director would not have been able to engage in dialogue easily with the writer and so his understanding of the written characters would have suffered.

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