that simplicity in the movies takes teams of writers, directors, editors, etc., to achieve. the entire process of writing and producing a movie can take years. since when is simplicity ever simple? life doesn't often let us do retakes.
summarizing a 45 year relationship into two hours of entertainment is a whole heap different than living 45 years of day-to-day. and, of course, we can insert mark twain here. "of course fact is stranger than fiction. fiction is obliged to make sense."
Anything that can be summarized in 90 minutes? Is just that. A summary. Or? A glimpse at a particular moment. At best.
i seem to notice that the years of hard work behind those 90 summaries are typically shown in two minute montage snippets.
