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As already noted, I The Death of Stalin i is not a Hollywood film, nor is I Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. i And are streaming series like I Berlin Station i and especially I Comrade Detective i representative of anything we might label "Hollywood"? Scholarly studies of the cultural Cold War are abundant, particularly from the American and British perspectives, with analyses of Cold War films taking pride of place. Then there's I The Death of Stalin, i which isn't even a Hollywood film, in two essays. [Extracted from the article]

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