Films of the Future: New York Lately
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Today: Director Penelope Spheeris (The Decline of Western Civilization, Wayne's World, Black Sheep, The Kid and I) explains why giving actors repeated direction on a line reading is bad thing. See what she has to say in today's Ask a Filmmaker.

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