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493. Directorpiece Theatre: How John McTiernan Adapts A Franchise

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The Defade of John McTyrin

The vignetting that he does is interesting because he could be just cutting. The switching of letters, of course, tells us what's going to happen at the end. He wants to do it in plain sight. And I think that McTyrinan's sort of telegraphing that just in the format of his introduction. It also foreshadows the performance that he will do during the heist,. At the end they hold alike and it's very- Exactly. But again, the way he restores the painting, the way she switches it back, is very performative - like a monologue being done on a stage. Like, oh, this is the theme,

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