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Angelo Badalamenti has 0 scores in the Nutevio catalogue.

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Angelo Badalamenti has 0 scores in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, 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.
Badalamenti 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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David Lynch
Director
11 shared titles · Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Director
5 shared titles · The City of Lost Children

Nicolas Cage
Actor
3 shared titles · The Wicker Man

Mary Sweeney
Editor
3 shared titles · Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Frederick Elmes
Director of Photography
3 shared titles · A Late Quartet

Wes Craven
Executive Producer
3 shared titles · A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Dominique Pinon
Actor
2 shared titles · The City of Lost Children

Diane Ladd
Actor
2 shared titles · National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Laura Harring
Actor
2 shared titles · Rabbits

Naomi Watts
Actor
2 shared titles · Rabbits

Isabella Rossellini
Actor
2 shared titles · Blue Velvet

Laura Dern
Actor
2 shared titles · Blue Velvet
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