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


“Carol” marks the Camerimage and critics-award-winning DP’s fourth collaboration with Todd Haynes.

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Farrand on Film: GCSE Film Studies, Component 1: US Films

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