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On Bresson: Olivier Assayas, Paul Schrader, Aki Kaurismäki and more discuss the French director
Robert Bresson's films are so singular that they have inspired legions of fine directors. Here Olivier Assayas, Bruno Dumont, Paul Schrader, Eugène Green and Aki Kaurismäki pledge their allegiance, while Michael Brooke introduces his work. From our November 2007 issue.
By Michael Brooke
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The discreet murderer of the bourgeoisie: an interview with Claude Chabrol
By Rui Nogueira and Nicoletta Zalaffi
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“We wanted the film to have a vibrancy, to be larger than life”: Danny Boyle on Trainspotting
By Geoffrey Macnab
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