A blueberry tart, miniature grill with steak, tin fryer and bowl of cereal on burgundy theatrical syrup form a small row.

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Getting a movie made in Hollywood is like trying to grill a steak by having a succession of people coming into the room and breathing on it. MIT, 1999

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Trying to make a film is compared with grilling steak through a succession of people’s breath. The deliberately ineffective cooking method makes coordination and progress seem comically futile. The retained event note remains unchanged.

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