As for the tangibles that matter even more (script, acting, directorial control, credible relationships between characters), Break defies belief.

Tighter directorial control by Tee Scatuorchio could have camouflaged the flaw.

The opening storm scene is over-the-top gesticulation under beautiful directorial control.

Effectively the 19th-century polemic between adherents of Italianate dual-control and adherents of single directorial control had begun already.

After assessing Altman's business acumen and marketing experience, Marks gave Altman full directorial control of Acclaim's download division.

Luc Besson then entrusted him with directorial control of Transporter 2, set this time in Miami.

Still, the film is a huge gamble in directorial control and secrecy, a contrast to the trend at major studios, which exert more control as the cost of a movie rises.

He also plans to relinquish directorial control.

For "The Lady in Waiting," made on a lavish $25,000 budget, Mr. Taylor deliberately narrowed his cast to two actors as a way of insuring directorial control.

The Bancrofts gave Robertson an unprecedented amount of directorial control over the plays, which was a key step to institutionalizing the power that directors wield in the theatre today.