Are the best directors tyrants?

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20141001-are-the-best-directors-tyrants

“When a film has got problems”, he says, “they’re usually little problems, but they build and build incrementally, and by the time you’re finished, there’s not much you can do about it. But if you’re like Fincher and you iron out these problems as you go along, it can save you. If you’ve got the money and the strength to do 50 takes, then do them.”

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