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Barbara De Fina has 0 productions in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Barbara De Fina 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.
Fina 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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Martin Scorsese
Director
21 shared titles · The Color of Money

Thelma Schoonmaker
Editor
11 shared titles · The Color of Money

Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
5 shared titles · Cape Fear

Robert De Niro
Actor
4 shared titles · GoodFellas

Michael Ballhaus
Director of Photography
4 shared titles · The Color of Money

Richard Price
Screenplay
4 shared titles · The Color of Money

Robert Richardson
Director of Photography
3 shared titles · Hugo

Jay Cocks
Screenplay
3 shared titles · Silence

Steven Martini
Editor
3 shared titles · Lymelife

Rory Culkin
Actor
2 shared titles · You Can Count on Me

Joe Pesci
Actor
2 shared titles · GoodFellas

Mike Starr
Actor
2 shared titles · GoodFellas
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