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493. Directorpiece Theatre: How John McTiernan Adapts A Franchise

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John McTarenan's Thomas Crown

It's especially important, I think, to John McTarenan's art that he does have these kinds of references. Because what they do is they're shorthand for him to understand exactly what he's doing. Even the robbery sequence itself is a bunch of blue collar guys. And we just sort of see it through only the lens of blue collar men. He really worked hard both in his influences and in his casting and everything else to eradicate that.

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