Sublime

The set was almost finished and ready for shooting. We were just adding the final touches when a car arrived and pulled to a stop. Two figures got out looking more like film students than a Hollywood director and producer. George Lucas was in his now familiar plaid shirt, jeans, and sneakers that was his daily wear and still is, and Gary Kurtz in a

Never delegate decisions down the line to post-production that should be handled on set during filming; by that point many problems can never be adequately resolved. Bad acting, to give the most obvious example, can never be fixed.

We watch a movie; we hear a play.

You could also lump Steven Spielberg and Yasujiro Ozu together as “great directors.”

Everything changed for Clooney when he tried a new perspective. He realized that casting is an obstacle for producers, too—they need to find somebody, and they’re all hoping that the next person to walk in the room is the right somebody. Auditions were a chance to solve their problem, not his.

I’m not a compulsive film-goer, and compared to most directors am hardly what you would call cinematically literate. I can’t imagine my work would be any better or worse if I crawled into a darkened room and spent days watching other people’s efforts.