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It was Leacock's camera that caught Humphrey nodding off between whistle stops and captured Kennedy calmly reading the newspaper alongside his sister on election night.
The Man Who Held Up a Mirror to America Bruce Bennett 2011
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Historians and critics are inclined to classify Leacock's work, and that of his collaborators, as "cinema vérité" or "Direct Cinema."
The Man Who Held Up a Mirror to America Bruce Bennett 2011
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She was, however, quick to dismiss another phrase sometimes applied to Leacock's work.
The Man Who Held Up a Mirror to America Bruce Bennett 2011
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From Thursday through Monday, the ongoing DOC NYC festival of nonfiction films will celebrate Leacock's work, influence and peripatetic life with screenings of films made in collaboration with Mr. Pennebaker, Valerie Lalonde , Robert Drew , Joyce Chopra and others.
The Man Who Held Up a Mirror to America Bruce Bennett 2011
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"He was determined to not have documentaries be lectures and not be quote-unquote educational," said Leacock's daughter, Victoria Leacock-Hoffman.
The Man Who Held Up a Mirror to America Bruce Bennett 2011
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Even better is Leacock's satire of the passionate heroine of the Russian novel, "Sorrows of a Super Soul" Here is the heroine's first encounter with her future love:
One Shot World Tour 2008
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Even better is Leacock's satire of the passionate heroine of the Russian novel, "Sorrows of a Super Soul" Here is the heroine's first encounter with her future love:
A Different Stripe: 2008
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Since Karinthy himself is often credited with the idea that any two people are connected by no more than six degrees of separation (in the story "Chains"), it's worth noting that he also adapted one of Steven Leacock's Nonsense Novels, "Sorrows of a Super Soul" for the stage.
A Different Stripe: 2007
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Since Karinthy himself is often credited with the idea that any two people are connected by no more than six degrees of separation (in the story "Chains"), it's worth noting that he also adapted one of Steven Leacock's Nonsense Novels, "Sorrows of a Super Soul" for the stage.
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I'm being reminded of my favorite made-for-children film of my childhood -- Hand in Hand, Philip Leacock's 1960 film about the friendship between a Catholic boy and a Jewish girl who ....
Bridge to Terabithia Roger Sutton 2007
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