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12 January 2011updated 05 Oct 2023 8:10am

Gilbey on Film: in praise of Peter Yates

He was no auteur, but the veteran director should be fondly remembered all the same.

By Ryan Gilbey

Auteurs are all very well, but what happens to those directors who don’t quite fit the bill? Well, the answer is simple. They fall through the cracks in cinema history, and don’t really get noticed until they’re gone forever.

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