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MIRRORBALL
The beauty of sound and vision
Conceived in 1996 to champion the music yrdeo as a legrtrrnate art form land who can argue wrth the gromidbreakrng work by directors such as Mark Rornanek. Spike Jonze and Jonathan (Blazer), the ElFF's Mirrorhall strand this year boasts an
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MITCHELL LEISEN RETROSPECTIVE Oldies but goldies
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One ot Hollywood's hrrghtest and most undervalued talents. (illtftltt)! Mitchell Lersen gets the retrospective treatment at this year's FIH‘. Starting lll silent trlrns as a costume designer lr/ Cecil B Delvlrlle. l ersen went on to direct a string of classics in the I‘Lirs and 40s. meanwhile working as a (:outurrer rnterror decorator and nightclul) rrnpresarro at the legendary Coconut Grove He was also an overt bisexual »— a fart that sped up his downfall in the r.rirrrtar‘rr:al Mr,(;arth,rst 50s. Lersen spent his last years directing episodes of il/ago" Irarr arrd The 7‘.‘.’r//§,".‘f Forte. and dred rrr obscurity in 1972,
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