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Roger Edens has 0 scores in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Roger Edens 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.
Edens 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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Arthur Freed
Producer
5 shared titles · Meet Me in St. Louis

Gene Kelly
Actor
4 shared titles · On the Town

Jules Munshin
Actor
3 shared titles · Easter Parade

Stanley Donen
Director
3 shared titles · Funny Face

Judy Garland
Actor
2 shared titles · Meet Me in St. Louis

Fred Astaire
Actor
2 shared titles · Easter Parade

Ann Miller
Actor
2 shared titles · Easter Parade

Frank Sinatra
Actor
2 shared titles · On the Town

Betty Garrett
Actor
2 shared titles · On the Town

Vincente Minnelli
Director
2 shared titles · Meet Me in St. Louis
Conrad Salinger
Original Music Composer
2 shared titles · Meet Me in St. Louis

George J. Folsey
Director of Photography
2 shared titles · Meet Me in St. Louis
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