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I like to create a filmmaking atmosphere where I listen to & consider every voice around me. So I truly consider the studio's notes. I always try the notes out in the cut, no matter my initial distaste, to see if they actually might work. If I don't like them, I take them out. https://twitter.com/MrJoshuaGray/status/1277666742693584896
Perhaps it's because I'm lucky, or perhaps because of my openness & studio execs knowing they're being rationally considered that, after making five films, I have never once been told by a studio I HAD to put something in or cut something out.
On two occasions - once in Slither & once in Guardians Vol 1, I took out something (two shots in Slither, one line in Vol 1) that I really didn't want to. But I did that as a way to compromise, because the studios had been so good at letting me "get my way."
But I haven't had to compromise anything on my two most recent films. I also take great care to explain to my filmmaking partners why I include something or why I don't include something. And I am always working to make the film better, no matter how good a shape the film is in.
That doesn't mean I don't get some ridiculous notes, I just haven't had to implement any. So for me the whole studios-as-crushers-of-creativity has not rung true. But I'd be curious as to my fellow filmmakers thoughts on this? @mang0ld @edgarwright @rianjohnson @ManMadeMoon etc
