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Dorothy Amos has 0 costumed titles in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Dorothy Amos has 0 costumed titles 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.
Amos 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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Larry Cohen
Producer
4 shared titles · Maniac Cop

Bruce Campbell
Actor
2 shared titles · Maniac Cop

Laurene Landon
Actor
2 shared titles · Maniac Cop

Robert Z'Dar
Actor
2 shared titles · Maniac Cop

William Lustig
Director
2 shared titles · Maniac Cop
James Lemmo
Director of Photography
2 shared titles · Maniac Cop
Jay Chattaway
Original Music Composer
2 shared titles · Maniac Cop
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