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The Godfather , in fact, was the quintessential sellout: Paramount picked Coppola to direct the movie because he would work for cheap.
Until he hit big with Live in the late '80s, he was the quintessential loser, a 25-year also-ran.
"The quintessential Cannes fortnight, indeed, would involve no films at all--just invitations to parties that never happen and rumors of films that will never be made," says The New Yorker 's Anthony Lane.
Returning to the Grand Canal: You’ll find in the glorious Ca’ d’Oro the quintessential decorative tradition of Venetian architecture, arguably more successful in its compact form here than in the beautiful but sprawling Doges’ Palace.
The NYT and WP run versions of the same striking photo, a quintessential L.A. news helicopter POV depicting a chain of kids holding hands on their way to safety, recalling an icon of pre-Uzi school days--a string of paper dolls.