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Script Doctor

Michael Quinn

  • About/
  • Cultural Criticism/
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A recurring column examining films with unrealized potential through close narrative analysis. Drawing on my experience as a reader for Paramount, I focus on structure, character, and intention, offering a brief overview, a diagnosis, and a prescription in one hundred words.


February 06, 2026

“Conversation Piece”: In Search of Lost Time

February 06, 2026/ Michael Quinn
“Conversation Piece”: In Search of Lost Time

Desire, class, and cultural change collide when an aging aesthete confronts a world he no longer understands.

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film review, gay, character study, european cinema, script doctor, queer cinema
conversation piece, luchino visconti, european cinema, film analysis, aging, desire, class conflict, masculinity

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