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PICTURES OF LOSS: HEREAFTER, directed by Clint Eastwood

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Joan Didion says, “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” In the months after my father died, the story I told myself was that I could write as I always had, about movies and movie directors, and that this would, in fact, serve as a useful distraction from my grief. I was certain that my professionalism would see me through this terrible time.
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  • November 21, 2011 1:44 PM
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