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John Bloom has 0 titles cut 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.
Bloom 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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Richard Attenborough
Director
4 shared titles · Magic
Antonia Van Drimmelen
Editor
4 shared titles · Charlie Wilson's War

Scott Rudin
Producer
4 shared titles · The First Wives Club

John Singleton
Director
4 shared titles · Shaft

Mike Nichols
Director
3 shared titles · Charlie Wilson's War

Anthony Hopkins
Actor
2 shared titles · Magic

Tom Hanks
Actor
2 shared titles · Charlie Wilson's War

Julia Roberts
Actor
2 shared titles · Charlie Wilson's War

Dan Hedaya
Actor
2 shared titles · The First Wives Club

Jeremy Irons
Actor
2 shared titles · Damage

Joseph E. Levine
Producer
2 shared titles · Magic

Stephen Goldblatt
Director of Photography
2 shared titles · Charlie Wilson's War
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