This rich, complex and surprisingly entertaining film also becomes a meditation on filmmaking and the parallels McElwee finds between cinema and, of all things, smoking.
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This review of Bright Leaves (2004) was written by Ken Fox and published by TV Guide on 26 Aug 2004.
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