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Thursday, July 3, 2014

When Movies Go Meta

In a clip-laden essay, Oliver Farry surveys a history of cinema that turns the spotlight on itself: Picture houses became a handy (some might say lazy) plot device for screenwriters, a place for characters to disappear into when pursued by police or the baddies. This was lampooned by Mel Brooks in Blazing Saddles where the […]

An interesting read via The Dish


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