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“The American independent cinema is as formulaic as Hollywood and one genre is what you might call the 'inaction movie'. The setting is invariably a decaying town in a regional backwater where a catalytic stranger or returning native meets up with a group of sad, eccentric outsiders.”

Quote by Philip French

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Philip French, born in 1933 in the United Kingdom, was a renowned film critic with over fifty years of career in the film industry. He wrote film reviews for several well-known media and had a profound understanding and unique insights into the art of film. more

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