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Acting
Keitel's monologue about photographing the same corner for years—devastating.
Writing
Auster's dialogue sparkles like cigarette ash in streetlight.
Cinematography
Brooklyn brownstones shot like love letters to ordinary lives.

Director
Wayne Wang
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