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Part I: What the Director Does |
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2 | (10) |
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What Does the Director Do? |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (1) |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (2) |
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The Structure of the Book |
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8 | (1) |
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How I Came to Write This Book |
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9 | (3) |
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12 | (12) |
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The Unity of the Production |
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15 | (9) |
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24 | (16) |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (2) |
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Case Study I. The Competent Director: Antoine Fuqua (``King Arthur,'' 2004) |
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29 | (3) |
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Case Study II. The Competent Director: Simon Wincer (``The Lighthorseman,'' 1087) |
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32 | (8) |
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40 | (14) |
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How the Director's Idea Works |
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41 | (6) |
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A Case Study in Good Directing: Michael Mann's ``Collateral'' |
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47 | (2) |
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Adding Value to a Project |
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49 | (3) |
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52 | (2) |
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54 | (18) |
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56 | (1) |
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Three Contemporary Great Directors in America |
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57 | (6) |
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Three Contemporary Great Directors Outside America |
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63 | (9) |
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72 | (14) |
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The Case of Steinbeck's East of Eden |
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76 | (2) |
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78 | (2) |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (1) |
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Political/Sociological/Psychological |
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82 | (2) |
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84 | (2) |
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86 | (18) |
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87 | (2) |
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89 | (2) |
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89 | (1) |
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89 | (1) |
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Subjective Camera Placement |
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90 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (3) |
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Movement from a Fixed Point |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (1) |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (7) |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (1) |
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99 | (1) |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (1) |
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101 | (1) |
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101 | (3) |
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104 | (18) |
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105 | (3) |
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108 | (2) |
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An Aside about Actors as Directors |
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110 | (1) |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (8) |
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Part II: The Case Studies of Directing |
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Sergei Eisenstein: The Historical Dialectic |
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122 | (12) |
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123 | (1) |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (3) |
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128 | (2) |
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130 | (4) |
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John Ford: Poetry and Heroism |
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134 | (14) |
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135 | (3) |
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``The Grapes of Wrath'' (1940) |
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137 | (1) |
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``My Darling Clementine'' (1946) |
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137 | (1) |
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``They Were Expendable'' (1945) |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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138 | (3) |
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141 | (2) |
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143 | (5) |
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George Stevens: The American Character -- Desire and Conscience |
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148 | (14) |
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149 | (3) |
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150 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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``The More the Merrier'' (1943) |
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150 | (1) |
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``A Place in the Sun'' (1951) |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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152 | (2) |
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154 | (2) |
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156 | (6) |
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Billy Wilder: Existence at Stake |
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162 | (12) |
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163 | (4) |
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``The Lost Weekend'' (1945) |
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165 | (1) |
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``Sunset Boulevard'' (1950) |
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165 | (1) |
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165 | (1) |
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``Double Indemnity'' (1944) |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (2) |
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169 | (2) |
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171 | (3) |
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Ernst Lubitsch: The Life Force of Romance |
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174 | (14) |
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175 | (6) |
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``Trouble in Paradise'' (1932) |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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``The Shop Around the Corner'' (1940) |
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180 | (1) |
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``To Be or Not To Be'' (1942) |
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180 | (1) |
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181 | (2) |
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183 | (1) |
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184 | (4) |
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Elia Kazan: Drama as Life |
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188 | (16) |
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189 | (8) |
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``Panic in the Streets'' (1950) |
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194 | (1) |
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``On the Waterfront'' (1954) |
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195 | (1) |
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196 | (1) |
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``America, America'' (1963) |
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196 | (1) |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (2) |
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200 | (4) |
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Francois Truffaut: Celebrate the Child |
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204 | (14) |
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205 | (4) |
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206 | (1) |
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207 | (1) |
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``Love on the Run'' (1978) |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (3) |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (5) |
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Roman Polanski: The Aloneness of Existence |
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218 | (14) |
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219 | (5) |
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``Rosemary's Baby'' (1968) |
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221 | (1) |
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221 | (2) |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (1) |
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224 | (3) |
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227 | (2) |
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229 | (3) |
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Stanley Kubrick: The Darkness of Modern Life |
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232 | (14) |
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233 | (5) |
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``2001: A Space Odyssey'' (1968) |
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235 | (1) |
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236 | (1) |
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``Full Metal Jacket'' (1987) |
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237 | (1) |
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``Eyes Wide Shut'' (2000) |
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237 | (1) |
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238 | (4) |
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242 | (1) |
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243 | (3) |
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Steven Spielberg: Childhood Forever |
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246 | (14) |
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247 | (5) |
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249 | (1) |
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``Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1981) |
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249 | (1) |
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250 | (1) |
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``Saving Private Ryan'' (1998) |
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251 | (1) |
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252 | (2) |
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254 | (1) |
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255 | (5) |
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Margarethe Von Trotta: Historical Life and Personal Life Intersect |
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260 | (14) |
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261 | (7) |
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``The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum'' (1975) |
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264 | (1) |
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``The Second Awakening of Christa Klages'' (1977) |
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264 | (1) |
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``Marianne and Juliane'' (1981) |
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265 | (2) |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (2) |
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270 | (2) |
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272 | (2) |
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Lukas Moodysson: Empathy and Its Limits |
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274 | (14) |
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275 | (7) |
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277 | (1) |
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278 | (1) |
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279 | (2) |
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``A Hole in My Heart'' (2004) |
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281 | (1) |
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282 | (2) |
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284 | (1) |
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285 | (3) |
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Catherine Breillat: The Warfare of Sexuality |
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288 | (12) |
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289 | (6) |
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292 | (1) |
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293 | (1) |
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294 | (1) |
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``Anatomy of Hell'' (2004) |
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294 | (1) |
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295 | (1) |
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296 | (1) |
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297 | (3) |
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Mary Harron: Celebrity and Banality |
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300 | (16) |
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301 | (9) |
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``I Shot Andy Warhol'' (1995) |
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306 | (1) |
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``American Psycho'' (2000) |
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307 | (3) |
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310 | (2) |
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312 | (1) |
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313 | (3) |
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316 | (14) |
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Appendix Finding the Director's Idea |
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330 | (8) |
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Strategy for Reading the Script |
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331 | (2) |
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Moving Toward Interpretation |
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333 | (2) |
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Choosing the Director's Idea |
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335 | (3) |
Index |
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