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‘An Impoverished Vocabulary’

‘An Impoverished Vocabulary’

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Heidi Siegmund Cuda
Apr 17, 2023
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My obsession with the French New Wave is not unknown to my readers.

There are many reasons why I study the films from French directors from the 1930s through the 1970s. Partially because I am a cinephile, and I have already worked my way through Hollywood’s Golden Age of Cinema, which I can recite chapter and verse. The dressmakers, the makeup artists, …

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