Final cut just means that, at a certain point, you have the ability to end the discussion. You have the ability to say: “I understand. I see what you are saying. I don’t think it is a better version of this. This is what I believe in. This is what I want to put my name on.” And there’s nothing that you can put in a contract that’s going to make people like it when you do that. So you haven’t really circumnavigated any of the interpersonal issues with it. You’ve simply just said, “Here’s a contractual understanding of at what point this discussion ends.”
That’s how David Fincher rolls.
