Cinema would be a slightly less exciting place if every movie was only allowed to fit within one genre.

WouldCasablancabe compelling as just a romance movie without also being a World War II drama?

How wouldJackie Chanhave fared if he couldnt do comedy and action at the same time?

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Could any multiverse-hopping even happen ifEverything Everywhere All at Oncewas justOne Thing in One Place at One Time?

Paper Moonis a tonally odd film, but something about it works strikingly well.

Also, it came out at a time whenPeter Bogdanovichwas on something of a hot streak as a filmmaker.

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).Paper Moonis somewhere in the middle tonally, and it stillholds up as a classic of the 1970s.

Its premise sees two hitmen waiting around in Bruges, Belgium for word from their superior.

One of them hates Bruges, and complains about it constantly.

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The conversations are wittily written and usually very funny.

Then, at one stage,In Brugesshifts.

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Tony Revolori standing behind Léa Seydoux in The Grand Budapest Hotel.

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Abigail Breslin as Olive leaning on Paul Dano as Dwayne’s shoulder in Little Miss Sunshine.

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Ken and Ray sit on a bench in a Belgian town square

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Bud and Fran having a conversation in The Apartment

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Truman drives like a maniac through the streets, his wife is in the passenger seat.

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Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson and Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin in The Graduate

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Virginia Cherrill and Charlie Chaplin talking in City Lights

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