Why this filmmaker matters
Russell Smith has 0 productions in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Producer in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Russell Smith has 0 productions in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, 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.
Smith 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 Malkovich
Actor
11 shared titles · The Libertine
Lianne Halfon
Producer
8 shared titles · The Libertine

Jason Reitman
Director
7 shared titles · Labor Day

Dana E. Glauberman
Editor
3 shared titles · Labor Day

Helen Estabrook
Producer
3 shared titles · Labor Day

Eric Steelberg
Director of Photography
3 shared titles · Labor Day

Stephen Chbosky
Director
3 shared titles · The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Diablo Cody
Producer
3 shared titles · Young Adult

Jean-Marc Vallée
Director
3 shared titles · Demolition

Terry Zwigoff
Director
3 shared titles · Ghost World

Daniel Clowes
Writer
3 shared titles · Ghost World

Randall Wallace
Director
3 shared titles · The Man in the Iron Mask
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