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Sunday, February 28, 2010

From a review of the film "North Face" by Roger Ebert

The movies have long been convinced themselves that any story can be improved by adding a romance. Not true. Any story can be improved by leaving out as much as you reasonably can.
Posted by Sam McPhee at 2:57 PM

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