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An interview with M. Night Shyamalan, by David Denby

This is only a stab in the dark, but could it be that M. Night Shyamalan--the maker of "The Sixth Sense" and "Unbreakable"--harbors, in the depths of his heart, the ambition to be an auteur? I only wonder because the opening credits of his latest film, "Signs," which is about crop circles and alien invasion, rise to a fine triple whammy: "Written, produced, and directed by M. Night Shyamalan." The movie, incidentally, is set in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, which happens to be where he lives, and there is a cameo by one M. Night Shyamalan. I take it for granted that he made the crop circles himself, using a long ...

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