{"id":13821,"date":"2011-03-31T17:12:39","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T21:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=13821"},"modified":"2011-03-31T17:12:39","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T21:12:39","slug":"barry-yourgrau-on-super-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/31\/barry-yourgrau-on-super-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Barry Yourgrau on Super 8 (?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the late \u00c9douard Lev\u00e9 once wrote, \u201cI like watching anything shot on Super 8, even though that is in such predictable good taste.\u201d We feel the same. 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