Deus ex machina not only erases all meaning and emotion, it's an insult to the audience. Each of us knows we must choose — Robert McKee, Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Deus ex machina not only erases all meaning and emotion, it's an insult to the audience. Each of us knows we must choose — Robert McKee, Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Deus ex machina not only erases all meaning and emotion, it's an insult to the audience. Each of us knows we must choose — Robert McKee, Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Deus ex machina not only erases all meaning and emotion, it's an insult to the audience. Each of us knows we must choose — Robert McKee, Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Deus ex machina not only erases all meaning and emotion, it's an insult to the audience. Each of us knows we must choose — Robert McKee, Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
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Deus ex machina not only erases all meaning and emotion, it's an insult to the audience. Each of us knows we must choose and act, for better or worse, to determine the meaning of our lives...Deus ex machina is an insult because it is a lie.

— Robert McKee, Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
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