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Wonderstruck Todd Haynes Builds Bridges Out of Lonely Worlds

WONDERSTRUCK
Todd Haynes Builds Bridges
Out Of Lonely Worlds

October 26, 2017 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

Loneliness is a silent world. That world is the world Ben (Oakes Fegley), Rose (Millicent Simmonds), and Jamie (Jaden Michael) inhabit in Todd Haynes’ gorgeously filmed and sensitively rendered half-period piece, half-silent and all-around beautifully woven film Wonderstruck. Haynes draws on the visual; on images that speak louder than words, to tell the story of …

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Todd Haynes Builds Bridges
Out Of Lonely Worlds

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“We come to Film and TV to find our hidden stories. If we look deeply into a character’s psyche, there is much to see about ourselves.”

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