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James Broughton

My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white page to be filled with images.

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James Broughton compares his films to his poetry, suggesting that both are creative expressions that start with a blank space. He sees the white screen in filmmaking as similar to a blank page in writing, where he fills that emptiness with visual ideas instead of words.

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