It's art. It's commerce. It's heartbreaking and it's fun. It's a great way to live.
Good style, to me, is unseen style.
Suffice to say that the theme (the WHAT of the movie) is going to determine the style (the HOW of the movie).
Over-length is one of the things that most often results in the destruction of the movie in the cutting room.
There are no personal revelations other than feelings arising from the work itself
There's a powerful magic about being a writer that I still marvel at.