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Without Theatres: ‘Oki’s Movie’ exemplifies bewildered love and autobiography

Canonical directors such as Stanley Kubrick and Howard Hawks are easy to laud and credit as masterful filmmakers. Even those new to film can understand their inclusion in the pantheon by looking at the breadth of thematic material they covered, often switching from one genre to another throughout the years without much hint of waning talent. The ability for a director’s signature to stand out no matter the working material was the spark of the American auteurism debate — Kubrick, Hawks, and a legion of other legendary figures posthumously adorn themselves with the title of auteur from their thematic eclecticism. If this is a talent to be valued and pronounced exemplified filmmaking, then what of a figure that not only works within the same genre, but seems to be remaking the same film over and over?

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