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Later, Jean-Luc Godard would make use of these emblematic tools of Hollywood studio filmmaking in projects seeking to deconstruct the codes of hegemonic cinema. Sympathy for the Devil (1968, also known as One Plus One in its original director’s cut) clearly sets up an opposition between the portable Arriflex camera associated with direct cinema and the cumbersome rails, dolly and Mitchell BNC of hegemonic cinema, which are clearly framed as weapons of imperialism.