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Same Old Song

1997

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Alain Resnais and his verfremdungseffekt… This fits perfectly into his late-career explorations of theatricality and reality. Here, the gimmick is characters lip-syncing snatches of French pop songs out of nowhere. It captures the ways in which pop music is not just a reflection of our lives but an active factor in how we shape and understand them. Sadl…

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