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To alleviate the boredom, Roy spins a tall tale about a band of globe-trotting buccaneers, united by a common enemy and an ability to carry off an array of wacky outfits by the esteemed costume designer Eiko Ishioka. The picture's allusions to great moments in cinema a horse suspended in its harness, from Sergei Eisenstein's October; the Vertigo shot of a woman plummeting from a bell-tower; the Wizard of Oz touch of having characters from Alexandria's daily life reappear in the story-withinthe-film - carry such resonance because these are our stories round the campfire, our paintings on cave walls.
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Once in a Lifetime
A child's unearthly performance is at the heart of this brilliant directorial effort
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