John Boorman
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"John Boorman" is an English filmmaker who is a longtime resident of Ireland and is best known for his feature films such as Point Blank (1967 film)/Point Blank, Hell In The Pacific, Deliverance, Zardoz, Excalibur (film)/Excalibur, The Emerald Forest (film)/The Emerald Forest, Hope and Glory (film)/Hope and Glory, The General (1998 film)/The General, The Tailor of Panama, and Queen and Country (film)/Queen and Country. He has directed a total of 22 films and has received five Academy Award nominations.

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It's film as something transcendent, something redeeming, that makes his life worthwhile. It's a tremendously life-affirming film. And yet it's about not making a film. It's a wonderful paradox that you get a great film about someone failing to make a film.

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I was just following orders.

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[Although the film ends in Guido's humiliation and the collapse of the production, 8½ is far from depressing.] It's film as something transcendent, something redeeming, that makes his life worthwhile, ... It's a tremendously life-affirming film. And yet it's about not making a film. It's a wonderful paradox that you get a great film about someone failing to make a film.

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