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Merrill De Maris has 0 writing credits in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Merrill De Maris has 0 writing credits 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.
Maris 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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Pinto Colvig
Actor
2 shared titles · Three Blind Mouseketeers
Otto Englander
Story
2 shared titles · Three Blind Mouseketeers
Webb Smith
Screenplay
2 shared titles · Three Blind Mouseketeers

David Hand
Director
2 shared titles · Three Blind Mouseketeers

Walt Disney
Producer
2 shared titles · Three Blind Mouseketeers
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