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Hope For Film

"Don’t be afraid to be humiliated. I’ve seen so many good artists get stuck because of their fear of being seen as stupid or bad or a failure. Fine, what you made sucks. So what?"

The Best Picture Oscar-nominated Past Lives' writer & director Celine Song answers 5 Questions #20

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Ted Hope
Feb 21, 2024
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It’s remarkable when a first feature captures all the aspects of cinema and weaves them together in unison. It’s remarkable when any film takes you to the realm of a new experience but at the same time makes you feel like it is yours, something you’ve felt but not yet been able to articulate. You are seen, heard, felt, but also are seeing, hearing, feel…

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