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IT USED to be that we changed and the movies we loved didn’t.
When we revisited classic films we could rely on their immutability. If we remembered bits of dialogue and certain scenarios differently, it was good to have those memories renewed and corrected as the images flickered by in the big dark.
Nowadays and nowanights technology, marketing and the cult of the director often upend that relationship. You change, but your movies can too.
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