Look, it's pretty hard to be a young director. You have so many things to learn, but you also know your entire career rests on your work being good. It can feel like a no-win situation. Couple that with having to have control of the set and the actors, and that's a lot of pressure to be constantly working under. That's why I found this anecdote from actor Grace Zabriskie with David Lynch to be so poignant. In this fantastic little clip from the Criterion Collection, she shares the single most important lesson she learned from working with Lynch—and it’s a game-changer for any of us who get too stuck in our own heads.Let's dive in. - YouTube www.youtube.com The Trap of the "Perfect" VisionAs filmmakers, we live and die by our prep. You'll spend months on storyboards, shot lists, and lookbooks to make sure things run smoothly. But according to Zabriskie, this is where we actually fail. We walk onto a set and "only have in your mind what you wanted to see or what you had imagined" when reality doesn't match that perfect vision. In fact, reality will NEVER match that vision. She points out that younger directors see every deviation as a problem to be fixed when they should be more like David Lynch. The Lynch MethodIn this conversation with David Lynch, Zabriskie explains that he does the exact opposite. He "can walk in and see just what's there. In fact, he has the unique ability to...
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