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Phil Alden Robinson has 0 writing credits in the Nutevio catalogue.

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Phil Alden Robinson 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.
Robinson 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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John Lindley
Director of Photography
3 shared titles · Field of Dreams

Timothy Busfield
Actor
2 shared titles · Field of Dreams

James Earl Jones
Actor
2 shared titles · Field of Dreams

Mila Kunis
Actor
2 shared titles · The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

James Horner
Original Music Composer
2 shared titles · Field of Dreams

Lawrence Lasker
Producer
2 shared titles · Sneakers

Walter F. Parkes
Producer
2 shared titles · Sneakers
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