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Directors should learn from Lee


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At the beginning of the semester I wrote about auteurship, arguing that filmmakers need to strike a balance between mindless entertainment and films that are intentionally artistic. I argued that filmmakers need to find their identity — one that is recognizable as that of their own — so their work is distinct. Ang Lee’s career, […]

‘Woodstock’ captures spirit of era, but lacks energy


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In the bathroom of the Arclight Cinema in Hollywood, two women with graying hair and beaded scarves draped over their shoulders chatted excitedly 15 minutes prior to the screening of Taking Woodstock. “Where were you during Woodstock?” one asked the other, to which she replied with a detailed description of a weekend 40 years past. […]