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Saluting AFI's Great American Genre Films: Part 2

The American Film Institute has issued a list of the Top 10 American films within 10 favorite genres. Fresh Air continues a series exploring those film greats, featuring interviews with notables represented on the list.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, June 27, 2008: Interview with Martin Scorsese; Interview with Michael Imperioli; Interview with Mario Puzo; Interview with John Lasseter; Interview with Rudy Behlmer;…
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From a Trash-Heap Future, a Romance for the Ages

Pixar has always focused on loss, decay, and the dark side of materialism. Here that theme extends to the ruination of the planet — and Wall-E ranks among the most sublime feature-length works of animation ever made in this country.

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