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Philip Glass has 0 scores in the Nutevio catalogue.

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Philip Glass has 0 scores in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are visual style, rewatchability, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Glass set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Errol Morris
Actor
6 shared titles · The Fog of War

Bernard Rose
Director
4 shared titles · Samurai Marathon

Scott Rudin
Producer
3 shared titles · The Hours

Ron Fricke
Director of Photography
3 shared titles · Koyaanisqatsi

Godfrey Reggio
Director
3 shared titles · Koyaanisqatsi

Ed Harris
Actor
2 shared titles · The Hours

Phil Davis
Actor
2 shared titles · Cassandra's Dream

Paul Giamatti
Actor
2 shared titles · The Truman Show

Francis Ford Coppola
Executive Producer
2 shared titles · Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Paul Schrader
Director
2 shared titles · Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Chieko Schrader
Screenplay
2 shared titles · Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
James Carabatsos
Producer
2 shared titles · Hamburger Hill
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