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Message: [QUOTE="CONN78SEJ, post: 3964993, member: 10604"] I wouldn’t confuse a “perfectly made movie” with one of the “greatest films ever made”. There’s a difference, and it’s a big one. A perfectly made movie CAN be one of the greatest films ever made, but it’s not necessarily the other way around, meaning there are quite a few of the greatest films ever made that are NOT perfectly made. A perfectly made film, to my way of thinking, are great films that had meticulous scripting, great story and dialogue, camera work, editing, lighting, and acting. Every scene and every camera shot in that scene has a story board, which are actual large physical boards made up by the art department. Hitchcock made his films this way, as did Orson Welles, and for the most part David Lean, George Stevens, Leo McCarey, George Cukor and John Ford. Although McCarey, Cukor, Ford and Stevens sometimes let their cinematographers and actors stray from the plan. At the other end of the spectrum there’s directors like Robert Altman in M*A*S*H who just let his actors ad lib many scenes and made a great film, or as Frank Capra or Oliver Stone did in many of their films. Their method is different but a lucky shoot can be a great shoot that captures a priceless scene. [/QUOTE]