Making his first narrative feature outside Iran, the writer-director Abbas Kiarostami embraces the sensuous beauties of the Tuscan landscape and the freedom to show a man and a woman openly flirting, quarrelling, and possibly going to bed together.

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Though this narrative feature film project will mark something of a departure for Broomfield, fans of his documentary work can rest assured that he will continue to make his famously chaotic documentaries: he is reportedly close to completing a documentary about Sarah Palin.

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As for 2D cinema, filmmakers are likely to avoid HFR like the plague for narrative-style films which don't feature scenic vistas, action or special effects.

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The show used the shabbiest possible effects, plus a fly-by-night attitude toward narrative logic, although its low budget was as much a feature as a bug: it made something out of nothing, much the way Abed and Troy constructed their Dreamatorium engine out of cardboard tubes and a funnel.

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Each of these would bring richer flavor, visual and narrative innovations, strong storytelling, and deep modern relevance to the category of feature documentaries.

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Feature writing: John Branch of The New York Times for his evocative narrative about skiers killed in an avalanche and the science that explains such disasters, a project enhanced by its deft integration of multimedia elements.

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