<\/a><\/p>\nThe truth, I think, is that the movie was kind of incoherent, like a series of improvisations by talented actors that had later been stitched together by a director. It was as if Russell wasn\u2019t thinking about how character and story fit together, but how each, individual scene would come across on it\u2019s own. All the primary components of a film were showcased, without a film actually being composed from them, if that makes any sense.<\/p>\n
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