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Good and Long
Good and Long
On longer films that earn their runtime
There was a very silly argument on Twitter about whether or not Seven Samurai is too long. I shan’t bore you with details here, but suffice to say that the person making the argument vexed Peter, Alyssa, and me. We were greatly vexed. So we decided to highlight some movies that earned their runtimes, just as Seven Samurai earned its. Our picks are, hope…
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