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   More interesting tidbits from Christopher Nolan's press gaggle at Cannes

   He's a jack of all trades and doesn't use monitors on set.

   By Chris W · May 16, 2018 · 756 · 1

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   At Cannes, Christopher Nolan said he "couldn't get into film school"

   At a Q&A session with Christopher Nolan at Cannes (he's showing a 70mm print of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey) he had some advice on how to prepare for a career in film.

   By Chris W · May 14, 2018 · 4.5K
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   The Second City and DePaul University to offer degrees in comedy filmmaking

   DePaul collaborates with world’s largest school of improvisation

   By Chris W · May 11, 2018 · 889 · 1

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