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The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending


Spoiler alert: this piece is about the end of Carol. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, you might want to hold off on reading this piece until you have and take a look at our review.

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Carol (Haynes, 2015)

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Surface Matters

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

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Realism

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Under the Skin - Film Form, Narrative and Ideology

'Carol,' 'Erin Brockovich' Cinematographer on How He Turns Images Into Ideas

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Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, on Carol

Under the Skin - featurette

House of Flying Daggers – Ending Notes

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