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Richard Sakai has 0 productions 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.
Sakai 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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James L. Brooks
Director
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Al Jean
Executive Producer
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Matt Groening
Executive Producer
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Matt Selman
Executive Producer
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Richard Raynis
Producer
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David Silverman
Director
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Yeardley Smith
Actor
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Denise Sirkot
Producer
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Dan Castellaneta
Actor
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Nancy Cartwright
Actor
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Julie Kavner
Actor
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Hans Zimmer
Original Music Composer
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