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The reason this movie works is only in the film for about 10 minutes, total.
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It’s an old writer’s trick that never actually works.
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The art of the cliffhanger can be applied to any serialized story. It can also ruin them.
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I will not accept a life I do not deserve.
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Sometimes we really don’t need a sequel.
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Existing simultaneously inside and outside a narrative is powerful stuff.
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I was walkin' in the woods, I don't know why. Wind came up and blew me hat off.
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It’s more than the poetic use of ‛fuck.’
The reason this show works is because every character is an unreliable narrator in the best sense of the term.
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The difference between characters and archetypes is where this show lives.
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No one watched this show in order to learn chess.
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From Maria’s clothes to Rolf’s Sexuality, the film is a treasure trove of detail.
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