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DGA QUARTERLY 85 "Sometimes, on particularly good takes, I'm so moved that I stop 'doing ' the scene and just watch in awe at the miracle of good acting. That's life up there. When it flows like that, that's when I say 'Print.'" — S I D N E Y L U M E T THE GROUP Sidney Lumet TV protégé Sidney Lumet seemed like an odd choice to direct a feature film about the intersecting lives of eight Vassar women in The Group, but to the producers' surprise he was not only capable, but also quick and economical. Lumet was adamant that most of the film be shot in and around New York, still a rarity in 1966.