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The Stacks: ‘Something Wild’ Is One Great Road Movie

Genius Mashup

An early masterpiece from Jonathan Demme, ‘Something Wild’ mixes screwball comedy with terrifying violence and gets away with it. Pauline Kael explains how Demme did it.

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Pauline Kael

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