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John Russell Taylor
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BIOGRAPHY

Art Critic, The Times (London); Film Critic, 1962–73. Professor of Cinema, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1972–78. Author of Cinema Eye, Cinema Ear: Some Key Film-Makers of the Sixties.

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David Hemmings as photographer Thomas kneels behind a tree, secretly photographing Vanessa Redgrave and Ronan O'Casey embracing in a London park in the film Blow-Up.
Michelangelo Antonioni was an Italian film director, cinematographer, and producer noted for his avoidance of “realistic” narrative in favour of character study and a vaguely metaphorical series of incidents. Among his major films were Le amiche (1955; The Girlfriends), L’avventura (1960; The…
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