I never stop working on a script. I like to work with somebody else because under the time pressures that you're under,

you can't afford the sort of lapse of intensity that if you work by yourself, you might suffer.

And I found that, I think in looking back, that this particular thing about problem solving is something that schools generally don't teach you,

and that if you can develop a kind of generalized approach to problem solving,

that it's surprising how it helps you in anything, you know,

and that most of the deficiencies that you see around you in people that say are,

you don't think particularly you're doing their job right or something,

is really that, I mean, assuming that they care, and, you know, a lot of people that appear to care

or may actually care are still not going about things particularly the right way.

When you think about it, I generally find that it's just that they don't have a good,

generalized approach to problem solving.

They're not thorough.

They don't consider all the possibilities.

They don't prepare themselves with the right information and so forth.

Film directing, I think, is a misnomer for anybody that seriously wants to make films,

because directing the film is only, you might say, one-third of the process.

You know, writing the film, directing the film, and then editing the film is, you might say, the whole job. But even today, you know, writing the film, directing the film, and then editing the film is, you might say, the whole job.

But even today, you know, you talk about directors have to write if they call the first cut,

which means they must approve the first cut, but then after then, the producer can do whatever he wants.

... and do whatever he wants. The New Beverly Cinema presents the Pure Cinema Podcast.

My name's Brian Sauer.

I'm joined, as always, by the delightful and precise, Mr. Elricane.

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