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Todd Haynes’s latest film mistakes aesthetics for meaning.

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Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

Behind Carol: the photographers who influenced Todd Haynes’ award-winning film

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

Cinematographer Edward Lachman on ‘Carol’ as a Stylistic Foil to ‘Far From Heaven’

Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

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Under the Skin explained

House of Flying Daggers – Ending Notes

Under the Skin - featurette

Under the Skin: Analysis of Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

Understanding Fallen Angels

Superimposition in film

House of Flying Daggers: A Reappraisal

Carol Featurette - Story (2015) - Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler Drama HD

Film: camera shots examples

How to write scene transitions

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