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Something to watch tonight: Friday 13 September

Blood Diamond (Zwick, 2006)

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Dan Slevin
Sep 13, 2024
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Leonardo DiCAprio and Dijon Hounsou in Ed Zwick's 2006 drama Blood Diamond

I mentioned a while ago that I was given Ed Zwick’s memoir, Hits, Flops and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood for my birthday and it has prompted me to go back to a few of his films. (I’ve never seen Legends of the Fall and I feel like The Last Samurai deserves another look.)

His chapter on the making of Blood Diamond is fascinating a…

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