As I’ve said before—and please believe me, it’s true (and if you don’t believe me, ask anybody in the business for verification)—movies are a group endeavor. Basically, there are seven of us who are crucial to a film, and we all seven have to be at our best if the movie’s going to have a shot at quality. Listed alphabetically: the actor the cameraman the director the editor the producer the production designer the writer. In addition, there are times (Chariots of Fire) when the composer is as important as any element. But that varies. I think what made The Exorcist work was the remarkable
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