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Whether or not you ascribe to the auteur theory of directing (Auteur? What is this, film school?), there’s no doubt America has produced some visionary filmmakers. They’re even branded – a Capra comedy, a Ford western, a Spielberg epic. The director says, “Action!” and memories are made.
Director: Frank Capra
Frank Capra saw himself as a member of the “gee whiz” school of filmmaking, and made no apologies for it. Capra’s movies...
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It’s not as if Ken Burns invented the long-form, multi-part documentary. What he did was to bring a sense of style to archive...
Read MoreDirector: Steven Spielberg
As a medium, film is not much more than 100 years old. But you’ll be hard pressed to find any director who’s produced better...
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