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a common screenplay saying is "kill your darlings," which means, eliminate
anything in your script that is not essential to the plot.
Aren't there some great films that have scenes that are not essential?
What do you think of these:
In Star Wars, there is a scene where Luke and Leia are separated from
Han and Chewie, so that Luke swings over the bridge and Han runs around
shooting. The thing is, afterwards, aren't they right back to where they
started? Don't these scenes not make the story progress?

In the Godfather, what about the horse's head scene? Does that move
the story forward? or is it necessary to develop characters?

did you know that a great scene was cut from Annie Hall because it
wasn't essential? it was Woody making friends with some guys in jail.
-- 
Robert Chao
Oakland, California