A true artist knows when to put down their brush.
Experience has taught me, the more you tweak the worse it gets. Why? Because the details aren't what people see, they go by initial impression. That said...if the devil is in the details you hope that people will watch more than once to get the nuance.
Details are great, if and only the service the story. When you think about telling story to.children, you rarely add the brand of wagon being towed to the clubhouse, unless it is essential. Conversely these are details that make a story more real. A 555 phone number is the opposite of that. Why bother if it's fake?
So, don't hurt yourself too much by over-analyzing a story you already can tell. The more you massage the flatter it gets. Then you kill the spontaneity of movie making. I have to remind myself this.
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