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9 Scenes from 'Jaws' That Will Show You How Spielberg Does Cinematography


Clearly Steven Spielberg is a legendary director with a style all his own, but compared to other filmmakers with cinematic techniques more -- flashy and pronounced than his (I'm looking at you Wes Anderson), it's easy to be unfamiliar with what gives his films that Spielbergness.

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