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Or when Kubrick's formal skills meet up with Sellers' genius

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For the power of the close up when used sparingly

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Partly for the sheer beauty of Taylor and Clift

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For the way it embraces and transcends its economic limitations

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As good a representation as I know of Demme's loose style and ease and comfort with his actors

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The type of focused character piece the French do as well as anyone

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Where I would start people who are looking to begin discovering the challenging but important work of Cassavetes

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A missing predecessor for a number of 80s movies I like a great deal including Stranger Than Paradise and the first two Leos Carax features

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For the scene in the car between Paul Newman and Diane Kagan

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Kenji Mizoguchi, one of the masters of the medium, in a rarefied group, less than two hands full, with Dreyer, Ozu, Bresson, Godard, Renoir, Rohmer, Welles, and Wiseman.

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For the way McElwee lets you in on his awkwardness, insecurities, anxieties and how he does it with nuance, grace, and humor

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For the presence of Hossain and the narrative structure

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One of the cinema's very best films about the great profession of journalism

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One of numerous films that convinced me that Sinatra could act and Minnelli could direct

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Study this, or one of Eastwood's many as director, to learn how to keep the narrative simple and the tone earnest (as opposed to ironic)