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“There is a perversion, much practised in Hollywood movies, that might be called sado-paternalism, whereby a surrogate father treats a gifted but difficult pupil with derision and constant punishment. The aim is to bring out the best in the victim and to make him into a he-man or...a he-woman.”

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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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