Ang Lee, in his treatment of the plot, cleverly assumes the moviegoer is not homophobic.

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But then, the ambition of this film is to take the moviegoer a little deeper.

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As the 3-D fad waned in 1960, producer Michael Todd Jr. tried to take the moviegoer into the fourth dimension.

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Though Dickstein proclaims in recent years to have become more of a "moviegoer" than a "theater buff, " his love of the theater runs deep.

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