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TALKING PICTURES: EXPERTLY SCREWED

By | June 2005

David Templeton takes interesting people to interesting movies in his ongoing quest for the ultimate post-film conversation. This week, journalist-author Jess Walter on economics, the Me Generation, and the blazing-hot documentary ‘Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room’…

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TALKING PICTURES: EXPERTLY SCREWED

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