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THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

Remedial Reading Comprehension

4.2

English / 5min. / 1970

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SYNOPSIS

Landow rejects the dream imagery of the historical trance film for the self-referential present, using macrobiotics, the language of advertising, and a speed-reading test on the definition of hokum. The alienated filmmaker appears, running uphill to distance himself from the lyrical cinema, but remember, "This is a film about you, not about its maker."

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