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David Arnold has 0 scores in the Nutevio catalogue.

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David Arnold 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.
Arnold 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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Roland Emmerich
Director
9 shared titles · Independence Day

Dean Devlin
Producer
7 shared titles · Independence Day

Simon Pegg
Actor
6 shared titles · Hot Fuzz

John Singleton
Director
6 shared titles · Four Brothers

Barbara Broccoli
Producer
6 shared titles · Tomorrow Never Dies

Michael G. Wilson
Producer
6 shared titles · Tomorrow Never Dies

Judi Dench
Actor
4 shared titles · The World Is Not Enough

Ben Stiller
Actor
4 shared titles · Zoolander

Neal Purvis
Story
4 shared titles · The World Is Not Enough

Michael Apted
Director
4 shared titles · The World Is Not Enough

Robert Wade
Story
4 shared titles · The World Is Not Enough

Scott Rudin
Producer
4 shared titles · Changing Lanes
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