On the set of "Black Snake Moan"

John Beifuss of the CA takes us on a tour:

The Paramount representatives who were on set early in the production are gone, and now "they're not paying any attention to us," said [producer John] Singleton.

"We're really being left alone and we're really being respected," said [director Craig] Brewer.

He learned a lot on "Hustle," he said, but "I've found I'm learning even more now," like "when to get out of the way," a necessity on a large shoot as compared with the hands-on approach of his earlier features.