Rough Cuts

Rough Cuts

Keep It Simple, Stupid

How straightforward stories unlock complex cinema

Ed William
Jan 21, 2025
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Welcome to the 83 subscribers who joined us after my last post, which attempted to ward off the approaching behemoth of 'cinematic' TV. Today we dig into a paradox of cinema: as movies become more technically complex, why do the stories themselves remain stubbornly familiar…? In the process, we welcome a new guru to the Rough Cuts canon... 
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