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Variety reports that Japanese director Sabu is preparing to debut his film "Arrested Memory" at Venice and Toronto, unveiling a first trailer for a project that spent nearly two decades in development limbo across Germany, Korea, the U.S., and Japan. The director suggests that this prolonged struggle, with multiple failed production attempts, ultimately deepened the film's emotional register beyond what his original script contained. The trailer launch marks a long-awaited moment for a picture shaped by interruption and persistence.
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