“I’d always seen the film in bits and pieces, only the parts that I was working on, or looking over someone’s shoulder,” Chew says. “So the most lasting impression I have of the film was after watching the first cut the first time—and when I saw it, I was really astounded by the entirety of George’s vision. I don’t think I was able to get up from my chair afterward for about ten minutes in the screening room. I realized the look of the film, the thrust of the film, the characters of the film were so uniquely George—if you know George in any way, you had to realize that all of this came as a
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