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‘People keep reinventing the same damn movie’: cinematographer Roger Deakins on 50 years behind the camera and his fears for film’s future (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] thejoker954@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If they were actually reinventing the movies it probably wouldn't be so bad. But they are basically just plagiarizing the same movies over and over.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

"Save the cat" did so much damage to cinema, it's just staggering. The books are good but god, people treat them like MadLibs and it's ruined so many otherwise promising ideas.