The Washington Post, July 13th, 1987
William Wyler appears to have been, on occasion, absolutely exasperating as a director. He knew what he wanted from a scene but had difficulty communicating that to his actors. Charlton Heston says that well into the shooting of "Ben-Hur," Wyler took him aside to express dissatisfaction with Heston's performance. Wyler's prescription: "Be better." In "Directed by William Wyler," a brisk, funny and heartfelt tribute to this inarguably great filmmaker, many of the actors who worked with Wyler rattle off their cherished horror stories, mostly of having to go through take after take of a scene unt...
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