diary / by Edward Mullany

This is why, in filmmaking, there is such a thing as a ‘director’s cut,’ as differentiated from a ‘final cut,’ which refers to the version of a film that the production company or movie studio releases to the public, and which is determined not necessarily by the director, or the creative vision behind the project, but by the producers and investors who are trying to maximize profits, and who thus suggest edits that they imagine will serve that end.