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DECEMBER 2005 online articles

Beauty and the Beast
Andrew Lesnie, ASC, ACS brings cinema’s biggest gorilla back to life in King Kong

DVD Playback
Reviews of current and upcoming DVD releases:
      The Innocents
      Tetsuo: The Iron Man
      A Snake of June
      Kitchen Stories

ASC Close-Up
Brief interviews with ASC members about their careers and inspirations. This month: Ralph Woolsey, ASC

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