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Playback: Rian Johnson, Twists and Turns, from BRICK to WAKE UP DEAD MAN

Rian Johnson wants you on the edge of your seat. The American director delights in twisting beloved genres into razor-sharp puzzles, from slick noir capers to sci-fi paradoxes. His films are (mostly) clever, without condescension. In Brick (2005), he drops...