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CREATIVE AFFINITY

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This director, known to have risen from indie roots, has just wrapped up his most ambitious film. And after several internal screenings, he is now facing a creative block which is understandable ,given all the reactions he's got.

The rough cut of his magnum opus is clocking over three hours and the filmmaker is aware that he needs to trim it down by at least 30 minutes. Before he decides which scenes will have to be left on the editing table, he has jetted off to a European capital, known to trigger bouts of creative inspiration in artistes since time imme morial. And he's not alone.
A pretty lady from his film's unit is accompanying him presumably to help him out as he contemplates how to snip his epic.

Says a source, "His wife and he are taking a 'break' from each other.
Meanwhile, he's taken a strong liking to this assistant much to the awkwardness of the rest of the crew."

The trip is supposed to be a detox vacation. The filmmaker intends to detach himself from his labour of love for a while so that he can come back and look at his baby with the objectivity that it deserves.

What can we say except when in doubt, take a break and find a muse!

That's original copy. Article itself says it'll be trimmed by at least 30 mins. Most films has 15-30 minutes deleted scenes.