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HE reply: For all its negative or deplorable aspects, award season -- an annual rite that encourages filmmakers to at least try to make aspirational, quality-calibre films -- is the only thing preventing the film industry from becoming a totally synthetic garbage mechanism. It is worth holding onto at all costs. Actors, directors, producers, screenwriters and distributors all want their moment in the sun. Ditto high-end craftspersons.
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