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Makeup wizard Herman Buchman reveals secrets of his craft in a richly
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The proliferation in movies of
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features, etc. Equipment and materials are
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The creative fever that shook
Paris between 1900 and 1930 found an echo
in avant-garde films by such innovators as
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Among recently published
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racial drama set in South Africa,
directed by Chris Menges and written by
Shawn Slovo; Angel, an Irish musician's
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London's Chinatown, written by Ian
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