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Princeton professor Su Friedrich operates a website on this subject that contains biographies of 206 women. In a 2004 documentary on this subject, Rob Cohen describes how a scene from xXx (“triple-X”) was inspired by Cubism. The 2002 book The Conversations is a set of discussions about this subject between Michael Ondaatje (“on-DAH-chee”) and the director of Return to (15[1])Oz. (15[3])A John Huston (15[1])quote about looking at a lamp and face inspired a book on this subject that criticizes the TV show Dragnet. That book on this subject, (-5[1])which discusses a (*) “nodal” style based 51 percent of the time on emotion as well as a “rule of six,” is In the Blink of an Eye by Walter Murch. (10[1])Books on this (10[1])subject’s history discuss analog devices like the flatbed (10[2])and Moviola, which were used by women like Verna Fields, (10[1])Dede Allen, and Thelma Schoonmaker (10[2])(“SKOON-may-ker”). For 10 (10[1])points, modern (10[1])guides for what subject discuss software like Avid Media Composer and Final Cut Pro? ■END■ (10[2])

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