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A month ago Licorice Pizza's Paul Thomas Anderson told N.Y. Times Hollywood columnist Kyle Buchanan (aka "The Projectionist") that he doesn't believe in presentism, or the current industry-wide aesthetic that requires all films set in the past to reflect 2021 values and culture, especially concerning racial matters.
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