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Let me qualify the following by first stating that I loooove movies. I’m continually surprised by what a broad and flexible medium cinema is, encompassing expressions as diverse as the quiet contemplation of Persona, the farcical excess of Airplane! and the bold, sweeping provocation of JFK. I love the American film industry, long referred to (as I will hereinafter) by the geographic moniker “Hollywood.” In fact, I love Hollywood in the mature “warts-and-all” sense, i.e., enough for it to have the power to drive me absolutely nuts, which it often does. Continue reading →