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Just Say Oui: An Interview with the Yes Men
“I’m shitting bricks, thinking he’s onto me.”
Author: Damon Smith
Damon Smith is a New York-based film journalist and the editor of Michael Winterbottom: Interviews, from the University Press of Mississippi. He has written for The Boston Globe, Time Out New York, Filmmaker, Senses of Cinema, and Reverse Shot. Other musings may be found at The Hands of Bresson.He can be reached at damon.g.smith@gmail.com Book review: Michael Winterbottom, by Brian McFarlane and Deane Williams
Michael Winterbottom, by Brian McFarlane and Deane Williams. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press. Hardcover $84.95. 152pp., ISBN: 978-0-7190-7422-6. One of the most versatile and politically conscientious directors of his[…]
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