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Todd Haynes’s latest film mistakes aesthetics for meaning.

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Carol (Haynes, 2015)

Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

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

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

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

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

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House of Flying Daggers - sound

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Edward Lachman Shares His Secrets For Shooting Todd Haynes’ ‘Carol’

Carol (2015) Behind the Scenes - Part 1/2

'Carol,' 'Erin Brockovich' Cinematographer on How He Turns Images Into Ideas

Carol Interview Special | Film4 | Interview

Fallen Angels - Explained

Academy Conversations: Carol

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