Conversations
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“Hello?” “Hey, this is…” “I know. It’s been a while but it’s not like I can’t recognize your voice.” “I just heard the news. I’m terribly sorry for your loss.” “Really? I’m terribly sorry for your loss? Two years without a word, and when he dies, the best you can manage is that cliche? For
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Baradwaj Rangan’s series of interactions with contemporary Thamizh directors on Film Companion reminds me of nothing so much as Sidney Lumet’s Making Movies. When Al Pacino introduced Lumet as he was awarded the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement, he said, “The director directs.” But what does that entail, exactly? This is the question that drives
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