But the spare use of cutting in key moments can be a drag — when your brain is working faster than the movie, that’s a problem.
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Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
The skin should look dry and slightly blistered, the potato should give with a gentle squeeze, and after cutting in, the flesh should look fluffy and steamy.
Cinematic history is filled with examples, some more successful than others, of filmmakers creating dramas based on traumatic real events and interpolating raw documentary material to impart a sense of authenticity.
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