To me good directors are those who can capture the essence, i.e. emotions, lessons (though not a fan of movies that "send" moral lessons) of the story, transform it into pictures through which, deliver the message back. Great directors though, are those who not only can do that, but also have a truly unique vision on how they portrait the story. So that what we got isn't only the story, it's the story seen through their minds eye. There's a lot of movies that left me thinking about the lines, the characters, etc. but only a few left me lost for words, simply because I wouldn't know where to start, the story, the hue, the sound, the light, the cutting, the fade-in and fade-out, the sense of space, etc. Good directors make us feel, great directors overwhelm us.
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