[durasell]

My philosphy on such things -- films/writing -- is that if you're not a genius, then tell the story simply. Hitchcock was a genius. So was Welles.

What I find discouraging in film is that many of the directors of "film heads" who just reference other movies to a distracting degree. I'd put Spielberg in that category. Though I could be wrong on this, I used to put Martin Scorsese in there as well and he blew me away with The Aviator.

[Borges]

If anyone in contemporary American film making is a genius it's SS. There's hardly a scene in any of his movies that's routinely directed. You could take one of his films to a film School to teach editing, framing, cutting...