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| | Guardian Unlimited Film | Interviews | Portrait: Barry Norman |
 | | The son of Leslie Norman, a producer and director at Ealing studios, he cannot remember a time when cinema was not a part of his world. |
 | | Norman's memoirs begin and end with his sacking from the Mail in 1971, during its merger with the Daily Sketch, in what became known as the Night of the Long Envelopes. |
 | | If Norman's reviews are remembered for their evenhandedness, his interview technique was renowned for its often excruciating cosiness. |
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