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Ryuichi Sakamoto has 0 scores in the Nutevio catalogue.

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Ryuichi Sakamoto 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.
Sakamoto 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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Brian De Palma
Director
5 shared titles · Femme Fatale

Bernardo Bertolucci
Director
4 shared titles · The Last Emperor

Jeremy Thomas
Producer
3 shared titles · The Last Emperor

Luca Guadagnino
Producer
3 shared titles · Beckett

Andrew Levitas
Director
3 shared titles · Minamata

Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Director
3 shared titles · The Revenant

Hirokazu Kore-eda
Director
3 shared titles · Monster

Ruocheng Ying
Actor
2 shared titles · The Last Emperor

Johnny Depp
Actor
2 shared titles · Minamata
Mark Peploe
Screenplay
2 shared titles · The Last Emperor

Vittorio Storaro
Director of Photography
2 shared titles · The Last Emperor

Tatsumi Yoda
Executive Producer
2 shared titles · Silk
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