Multiple choice

A motion picture by Satyajit Ray, the director who died in 1992, was edited down from 250 hours of footage abandoned by Ray into a 109-minute final form. The film, composed solely of shots directed by Ray, edited according to Ray' shooting script and preliminary director's notes, is therefore a legitimate Satyajit Ray motion picture.

Which of the following, if true, is most damaging to the contention that the new film is a legitimate Satyajit Ray motion picture?

  1. Part of the found footage excluded by the editors in the new film had previously been seen in a documentary completed by Ray before his death.

  2. Film scholars have maintained that the footage was shot during a period in which Ray created some of his least successful works.

  3. A motion picture can legitimately be attributed to a director if the director decides what should be selected for inclusion in it and what weight should be given to material selected for inclusion.

  4. A legitimate motion picture contains visual motifs, subject matter and editorial patterns that are similar to those present in a director's outstanding motion pictures.
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Explanation

If legitimate attribution of a film depends on the director's decisions about inclusion and weight; the film referred to in question can't possibly be a bona fide Ray film.

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