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Joseph Kosma 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.
Kosma 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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Jean Renoir
Actor
13 shared titles · The Rules of the Game

Marguerite Renoir
Actor
6 shared titles · A Day in the Country

Julien Carette
Actor
3 shared titles · Grand Illusion

Jean Gabin
Actor
2 shared titles · Grand Illusion
Jean Bachelet
Director of Photography
2 shared titles · The Rules of the Game

Georges Franju
Director
2 shared titles · Blood of the Beasts
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