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Film Education resource: House of Flying Daggers

Documentary: making of Do the Right Thing

Zhang Yimou - Visionary of China's past

Fallen Angels - Explained

DP/30 @ Sundance '13: Stories We Tell, storyteller Sarah Polley

Vertigo video essay - cinematic influence

House of Flying Daggers - sound

Under the Skin explained

World of Wong Kar Wei - go 7 minutes and 13 seconds in!

Mastering the Movie Colour Palette: del Toro

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