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Do Great Directors Need to Be Consistently Great?
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Do Great Directors Need to Be Consistently Great?

A great director (Ridley Scott) on the set of a bad movie (Exodus: Gods and Kings). (MovieStillsDB)

On this Friday’s episode, Alyssa, Peter and I discussed the importance of consistency when it comes to great directors. Should we only consider the peaks and dismiss the valleys when judging greatness? Or does a consistent body of work matter more?

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