I don't think it's a director's job to peek behind the curtain too much.
My dad was this sort of avant-garde guy who did all kinds of weird things. He was a true original and anybody who met him never forgot him.
The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff.
Of course, I'm no dummy.
To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer.
Acting is the hardest job in the entire world. By far. Harder than ditch digging.